Mr. Hilmi Quraishi
Hilmi Quraishi is the Co-Founder and Director of Social Initiatives at ZMQ – a Technology for Development social enterprise based in India. He is a pioneer in using mobile phones to reach out to grass-roots communities. As an educational technologist and social entrepreneur, Hilmi specializes in developing innovative technological learning solutions in low-resource settings which effectively […]
Prof. R.P.H. Chang
R.P.H. Chang studied Physics at MIT (B.S.) and Princeton (Ph.D.). He spent 15 years at Bell Laboratories before joining Northwestern as a Professor of Materials Science and Engineering. He has served as a teacher and researcher in many important areas of materials science, particularly nanostructured materials and their applications to energy, environment and information technology. […]
Mr. Hamid Ebrahimi
Hamid Ebrahimi is the CEO and National Director of Project SEED. He has taught mathematics and mathematics education at every level from kindergarten to graduate school and has served as a consultant in mathematics and mathematics education to school districts and universities in Texas, California, Georgia, New Jersey and other states. He has taught at […]
Fr. John P. Foley
A Chicago native, Father Foley entered the Society of Jesus in 1954. He earned a B.A. in Latin from Xavier University in Cincinnati and holds an M.A. in Sociology and an M.Ed. from Loyola University in Chicago. From 1961 to 1995 he served the Jesuit missions in Peru, working primarily in education. He served as […]
Ms Jenny Bowen
A former screenwriter and independent filmmaker, Jenny Bowen founded Half the Sky in 1998 in order to give something back to China, her adopted daughters’ home country and to the many orphaned and abandoned children then languishing behind institutional walls. Today Half the Sky has grown into a global NGO that offers low-cost, scalable models […]
Dr. Lars Ballieu Christensen
Lars Ballieu Christensen (born 1963) works with information technology and design for people with special needs. He founded Sensus, a research-based consultancy organization, in the mid-1980s. Since then he has advised governments, national and international organizations, academic institutions and private companies on accessibility, inclusive design and access to digital information. Dr. Christensen is the inventor […]
Prof. Lizbeth Goodman
Lizbeth is Founder and Director of the SMARTlab, as well as Professor of Inclusive Design for Education and Chair of Creative Technology Innovation at University College Dublin, where she is an Executive Board member and academic chair of the Innovation Academy (the UCD/Trinity alliance). Lizbeth is a world-renowned expert on lifelong learning, inventing new learning […]
Dr. Frannie Léautier
Dr. Frannie Léautier is Partner and Chief Executive Officer of Mkoba Private Equity, a fund created to support small and medium enterprises in Africa. Previously, she was Executive Secretary of the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF). Dr. Léautier has had a varied career in the private sector and in international development having served as Vice […]
Mr. Rakesh Bharti Mittal
Rakesh Bharti Mittal is the Vice-Chairman and Managing Director of Bharti Enterprises, one of India’s leading business groups with interests in telecom, agri-business, financial services, retail, realty, and communication and media devices. Bharti Airtel, a group company, is among the leading global telecom service providers with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa. Rakesh […]
Mohammed Rezwan
Mohammed Rezwan is Founding Executive Director of Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha and invented ‘floating education system’ to ensure access to year round and quality education in flood-prone regions. He developed, expanded, and sustained floating schools over 14 years. Now floating schools are in operation in eight countries. Drawing on his architectural expertise, he designs spaces on boats […]