Emi Mahmoud
UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador and World Champion Poet, Emtithal (Emi) Mahmoud advocates for refugees and disadvantaged communities worldwide. Named one of BBC’s 100 Most Inspirational Women, Emi co-founded a Sickle Cell research initiative at age 19. She’s since worked with President Obama, the Dalai Lama, the World Bank, and more. Emi has moved audiences at the UN General Assembly, The […]
Ahmad Khan
Speaking at WORKSHOP EAA-PEIC – Taking it beyond words: Youth advocacy around the world
Charles Autheman
Charles Autheman is the managing director of Labo des histoires, a non-profit providing free creative writing programs to French children, teens, and young adults. He participated in setting up the Labo des histoires in 2011 and, after serving as a board member, took his current position in 2014. Under his stewardship, the Labo des histoires has […]
Jason Silva
Jason Silva is the Emmy-nominated host of National Geographic Channel’s #1 rated and Emmy-nominated series, Brain Games, seen in over 100 countries. He will next be seen as the host of the eight-part National Geographic series, Origins: The Journey of Humankind, premiering March 2017. “A Timothy Leary of the Viral Video Age” was how The Atlantic described television personality, filmmaker […]
Leonora Dowley
Leonora is the Country Director for the Varkey Foundation in Ghana, overseeing two donor funded education projects in the country. She was previously the Project Manager for Varkey Foundation’s teacher training pilot project in Ghana, which intends to improve the professional practice of 4,000 teachers in government schools over 2.5 years. Over the past year, […]
Dr. Eduardo José Padrón
An American by choice, Eduardo J. Padrón arrived in the United States as a teenage refugee in 1961. Since 1995, he has served as President of Miami Dade College (MDC), the largest institution of higher education in the United States with more than 165,000 students. He is credited with elevating MDC into a position of […]
Yannick Du Pont
Founder and CEO of SPARK, Drs. Yannick has been working in the field of higher (vocational) education & economic development in post-conflict countries since 1994. SPARK programmes include supporting growth oriented SMEs and facilitating youth job creation in fragile States in primarily East and West Africa, the Middle East& North Africa & Somalia. Yannick du […]
Gabriela Lozano Campos
Gabriela Lozano Campos is the Chief Operating Officer of Education for Sharing. She holds a Master in Business Administration from the IPADE Business School and studied for a degree in Communication Sciences at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). Since 2011, she has dedicated her life to forming global citizens through education. Gabriela has […]
Miriam Wachira
Miriam is an advocate of the High Court of Kenya with 12 years post admission experience having been admitted to the bar in 2010 upon acquiring a diploma in law from the Kenya School of law. Ms. Wachira holds a Bachelors of Law degree from the University of Nairobi 2005, an MBA in International Business […]
Martin Meissonnier
A former reporter for the legendary French daily Libération, Martin Meissonnier’s work as a filmmaker has a strong global flavor. His producing and directing credits include major documentaries about finance, politics and history. Martin has also developed the ground-breaking music program Mégamix for La Sept and Arte, with 220 episodes from 1989 to 1994. As […]