Dr. Yong Zhao
Yong Zhao currently serves as the Presidential Chair and Director of the Institute for Global and Online Education in the College of Education, University of Oregon, where he is also a Professor in the Department of Educational Measurement, Policy, and Leadership. His works focus on the implications of globalization and technology on education. He has […]
Dr. Hugo Pardo Kuklinski
Hugo Pardo Kuklinski is the CEO & Founder of Outliers School and producer of Digitalismo. He has a PhD on Audiovisual Communication from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB). He has been a Visiting Researcher at HCI Group (2007-2009), Stanford University and is the author of: “Opportunity Valley. Lecciones (aún) no aprendidas de 30 años de cultura digital.” (2014); “Geekonomía: […]
Mr. Julian Cristia
Julian Cristia is a Lead Economist in the Research Department of the Inter-American Development Bank. His current research aims to identify effective ways of using technology to improve educational outcomes in developing countries. His work has appeared in academic publications including the American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, Journal of Development Economics, Journal of Human Resources, and Journal of […]
Dr. Mioko Saito
Mioko Saito is a Programme Specialist in the Training and Education Programme Unit at the International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP) which is a Category-I institute of UNESCO. She has a PhD degree in the field of Educational Psychology with emphasis on Educational Technology from the University of Oklahoma in the USA, 1990. She is […]
Prof. Guy Claxton
Guy Claxton is a cognitive scientist best known for his work on unconscious cognition and creativity. He is the author and co-author of many books including Hare Brain, Tortoise Mind: Why Intelligence Increases When You Think Less, WISE Up: The Challenge of Lifelong Learning, New Kinds of Smart andThe Learning Powered School. The British comedian John Cleese described […]
Prof. William Zumeta
William Zumeta, PhD, is Professor of Public Affairs and Education at the University of Washington (Seattle) where he directs the PhD program at the Evans School of Public Affairs and co-directs the CREST interdisciplinary doctoral training program in education sciences. He is a Fellow of the TIAA-CREF Institute and served from 2005-11 as Senior Fellow […]
Dr. Geoff Mulgan
Geoff Mulgan is Chief Executive of Nesta (the UK’s National Endowment for Science Technology and the Arts). Nesta combines investment in early-stage companies, grant programs in fields ranging from health and education to the arts and giving, and research. From 2004 to 2011, Geoff was the first Chief Executive of the Young Foundation, which became […]
Dr. Yasar Jarrar
Partner, Bain & Company, www.bain.com Young Global Leader, World Economic Forum Visiting Fellow, Cranfield School of Management, UK Adjunct Professor, Hult International Business School, USA Senior Advisor, Harvard International Negotiations Program, Harvard University, USA Adjunct Professor, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Singapore Fellow, Dubai School of Government, UAE www.yasarjarrar.com Yasar Jarrar is a partner […]
Prof. Peter Cappelli
Peter Cappelli is the George W. Taylor Professor of Management at The Wharton School and Director of Wharton’s Center for Human Resources. He is also a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research in Cambridge, MA, served as Senior Advisor to the Kingdom of Bahrain for Employment Policy from 2003-2005, and since 2007 […]
Ms Audrey Watters
Audrey Watters is a journalist specializing in education technology news and analysis. She has worked in the education field for the past 17 years: as a graduate student, college instructor, and program manager for an ed-tech non-profit. Although she was two chapters into her Comparative Literature dissertation, she decided to abandon academia, and she now […]