Dominic Regester

Dominic Regester is Director of Education and Director of the Center for Education Transformation at Salzburg Global Seminar, where he is responsible for designing, developing, and implementing programs on the futures of education, with a particular focus on social and emotional learning, educational leadership, regenerative education, and education transformation. Prior to this, he worked for […]
Babar Ali

Babar Ali is a teacher from Murshidabad in West Bengal. He was called the “youngest headmaster in the world” by BBC in October 2009, at the age of sixteen. He had begun teaching at nine years of age, mostly as a game, and then decided to continue teaching other children at a larger scale. That […]
Valerie Hannon

Valerie Hannon is a global thought leader, inspiring systems to re-think what educational ‘success’ will mean in the C 21st. The co-founder of both Innovation Unit and of the Global Education Leaders Partnership. Valerie is a radical voice for change, whilst grounded in a deep understanding of how education systems currently work. A former Director of Education […]
Asmaa Al-Fadala

Dr. Asmaa Al Fadala is currently an Assistant Professor at the College of Public Policy (HBKU) and the Director of Research at the World Innovation Summit for Education. With over twenty five years of experience in K-12 education, higher education and policy development, she has served as policy writer at the governmental level, professor, author […]
Anthony Mackay

Anthony Mackay AM is immediate past CEO and current Co-Chair of the Washington DC-based National Center on Education and the Economy. Anthony was inaugural Chair Australian Institute for Teaching & School Leadership; inaugural Deputy Chair Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority; immediate past Chair Australian Council for Educational Research and immediate past Deputy Chair of […]
Daniel Dotse

Daniel Dotse is the Co-founder and CEO of Lead For Ghana (LFG). Prior to launching LFG, Daniel worked as a biotechnologist at Regeneron Pharmaceuticals. Beforet he ventured into the pharmaceutical world, Daniel studied biomedical engineering at Cornell University with a keen interest in nanotechnology. Daniel’s Cornell education was made possible by the Lester B. Knight Scholarship […]
Dr. Astrid S. Tuminez

Following a rich and storied career in business, philanthropy, and academia, Dr. Astrid S. Tuminez became the seventh president of Utah Valley University in 2018. She is the first woman to serve full-time as UVU president. Raised in the slums of the Philippines, Tuminez rose to become a world leader in the fields of technology […]
Beth Yu

Beth Yu is the Executive Secretary-General, Jack Ma Foundation. She works on designing and implementing the Jack Ma Rural Education Initiatives including rural teacher’s initiatives, rural headmaster’s initiatives and preservice teacher initiatives and rural boarding school program. Beth received an MBA, is an International Business Engineer, and has profound experience in international business management, nonprofit […]
Kate Wang

Kate Wang is Vice President of MyCOS, China’s leading data analytics and consulting firm specializing in higher education. At MyCOS, Kate leads the development of business and research partnerships with international organizations and advises on human resources strategy around organizational culture and corporate social responsibility programming initiatives. Her work in higher education and the social […]
Emad Al Khaja

Emad Al Khaja is the CEO of INJAZ Qatar, and considered to be one of the youngest CEOs amongst the 120 member countries of Junior Achievement Worldwide organizations. He is also an entrepreneur and a member in the Qatar’s National committee for financial inclusion, under the administration of Qatar central Bank. Al-Khaja worked previously at […]