Balaji Gadicharla
Balaji Gadicharla spent more than two decades implementing technology solutions at various organizations around the globe. He is passionate about the new trends in educational technology and holds a strong belief that education is a fundamental human right.
Keri Facer
Keri Facer is Professor of Educational and Social Futures at the University of Bristol. From 2018-2020 she was Zennström Chair of Climate Change Leadership at The University of Uppsala, Sweden. From 2012-2018 she was Leadership Fellow for the AHRC’s Connected Communities Programme. From 2001-2008 she was Research Director for the Futurelab research and development lab. […]
Ms Charla Bear
Charla Bear is an award-winning journalist and design researcher, focused on translating insights from research into actionable ideas.
Ms Deirdre Cerminaro
Deirdre Cerminaro has lead and contributed to many key projects that bring design thinking to education.
Dr. Laura Moorhead
Laura Moorhead holds a Ph.D. from Stanford University’s Learning Sciences & Technology Design program.
Ms Sandy Speicher
Sandy Speicher has pioneered bringing design to the education field — formerly an educator herself, she founded the Education practice at global design and innovation firm IDEO, and has created a portfolio of design solutions that bring effective and meaningful experiences for today’s learners and teachers
Ms Annette Diefenthaler
Annette Diefenthaler is a long-term practitioner of design thinking, co-authored IDEO’s Design Thinking For Educators Toolkit, and has since engaged in helping design thinking spread across the sector.
Mr. Brian Jaewon Chung
Brian’s academic and research interests include public policy analysis and evaluation relating to social and institutional development, particularly in the Middle East.
Ms Susan Kippels
Susan’s current research interests at the Al Qasimi Foundation include philanthropy and education, private education in the Gulf, and Arab migrant teachers.
Dr. Natasha Ridge
Natasha has a number of publications, including a book entitled Education and the Reverse Gender Divide in the Gulf States: Embracing the Global, Ignoring the Local.