Shelby Cosner
Shelby Cosner is an expert on leadership for school improvement, the development of organizational capacities that support improvement, the preparation and development of educational leaders, and the use of continuous improvement to transform leadership preparation and development. Cosner’s work has been widely funded by organizations and foundations (e.g. U.S. Department of Education, the National Science […]
Piet Grymonprez
Before co-founding MyMachine with Filip Meuris and Jan Despiegelaere, Piet has been innovation consultant to both SME’s and large companies and organizations worldwide. Helping them to make their innovation ideas happen for real. He is founder and co-founder of several cross-industry networks since he is a strong advocate for cross-industry learning and collaboration.
Pierre Dubuc
Together with Mathieu Nebra, Pierre created the precursor of OpenClassrooms in 1999, at age 11. He is now the CEO of the company, one of the first online campuses in Europe and among the largest EdTechs in the world.
Hugh Bosely
Hugh Bosely is founder and executive director of ReBootKamp (RBK) – a San Francisco based non-profit focused on providing rapid technical training and employment to refugees of conflict. ReBootKamp is the first code bootcamp in the Middle East and one focused squarely on refugee and at-risk populations. He is applying lessons learned during 30 years […]
Prof. David Whitebread
David Whitebread, BA, MEd, PhD is a Senior Lecturer in Psychology & Education and Director of the Centre for Research on Play in Education, Development and Learning in the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge, UK. He is a developmental cognitive psychologist and early years specialist. Before entering higher education, he taught in early years […]
Jennifer Groff, Ph.D.
Jennifer is an educational researcher, designer, and engineer, whose work focuses on redesigning learning environments and education systems. She is the founder of Learning Futures Global, which supports schools around the world in designing for modern learning. In 2020-21, she was the Research Fellow at WISE, where she led the development and implementation of the WISE […]
Rae Jean Proeschold-Bell
Rae Jean Proeschold-Bell, PhD, is professor of global health at the Duke Global Health Institute and the Duke Center for Health Policy and Inequalities Research. She has a PhD in clinical-community psychology from Arizona State University. Rae Jean studies the wellbeing of people who are servant-hearted and called to their work; her studies include clergy, […]
Malik Muhammad Sohail
Malik earned his PhD from the University of Sargodha and completed a doctoral fellowship at Harvard University. He is a research fellow at the Center for Health Policy and Inequalities Research, and non-resident faculty scholar at the Center for Spirituality, Theology and Health at Duke University. His research interests include wellbeing, illness experiences, religious and spiritual […]
Hy Huynh
Dr. Huynh received his PhD in community psychology with a focus on international family and community studies from Clemson University. In addition, he has over a decade of experience as a community mental health practitioner with marginalized communities based in Southeast Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, Central America, and in United States south. Much of his research […]
Ahmed Baghdady
Dr. Ahmed Baghdady has been an educator and leader for over three decades, with significant contributions to educational leadership, international development, policy, research, strategic planning, and international higher education. Before moving to Canada, Ahmed served as Research Manager at the World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE), an initiative of Qatar Foundation, and as an adjunct […]