Andreas Schleicher is Director for Education and Skills at the OECD. He initiated and oversees the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) and other international instruments that have created a global platform for policy-makers, researchers and educators across nations and cultures to innovate and transform educational policies and practices. He has worked for over 20 years with ministers and education leaders to improve education. Former U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said that Schleicher “understands the global issues and challenges as well as or better than anyone I’ve met, and he tells me the truth”.

Malcolm Parlett⁠ has had an active and distinguished career in educational research, training and gestalt therapy. He obtained a first class honours degree in Psychology from the University of Nottingham in 1962. He became a research student working in the Psychological Laboratory at King’s College, Cambridge. His Ph.D research was into memory and selective perception.

Moving from experimental psychology to pursue applied studies in education, he worked in the ⁠Education Research Center at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)⁠ as an Associate Professor of Teaching and Learning Analysis, before being appointed as a Lecturer in Educational Sciences at the University of Edinburgh.

Abdul Matheen Yousuf⁠ is Executive Director of ⁠Project You⁠, and an award winning social entrepreneur with a focus on youth issues and education. He has a bachelors in Aeronautical Engineering and a LLM in International Business Leadership. He cofounded Project You with ⁠Hend Al Rais⁠ in 2017 and has led the development of auxiliary learning systems to bridge the gap in learning that youth face today.

Jennifer Groff, PhD⁠ is an educational engineer, designer, and researcher, whose work focuses on redesigning learning environments and systems. Currently, she is the Innovation Fellow at ⁠WISE (Qatar Foundation)⁠, where she is leading the development of their ⁠Global Innovation Hub⁠--a platform helping schools transform for our modern world. Previously, she was the Chief Learning Officer for ⁠Lumiar Education⁠, a network of innovative, redesigned schools. She has spent much of her career doing leading-edge work at the MIT on new learning pedagogies and game-based assessments, and recently earned her PhD from the ⁠MIT Media Lab⁠. Previously, she was the co-founder of the ⁠Center for Curriculum Redesign⁠, an international NGO dedicated to redesigning the general curricula for the 21st century. 

Dr. James Mannion⁠ is an education researcher and consultant who worked as a Science teacher for 12 years, and spent 8 years in school leadership roles. James has an MA in Person-Centred Education from the University of Sussex, and a PhD in Learning to Learn from the University of Cambridge. James’s ⁠doctoral thesis⁠ is an evaluation of Learning Skills, a whole-school approach to teaching and learning that led to significant gains in subject learning, with accelerated gains among students from disadvantaged backgrounds. James works part-time as a Bespoke Programmes Leader at the ⁠London Centre for Leadership in Learning⁠ at the University College London Institute of Education.

Ed Fidoe is co-founder and President of the ⁠London Interdisciplinary School⁠. LIS will provide a fully interdisciplinary undergraduate degree, with students studying complex problems rather than specific subjects. Students will graduate with a ⁠BASc in Interdisciplinary Problems and Methods⁠. LIS also runs ⁠professional/leadership programmes⁠.

In 2012, with Peter Hyman and Oli de Botton, Ed co-founded ⁠School 21⁠, an innovative 4 – 18 school in Stratford, East London, designed for children from all starting points and backgrounds (achieved Outstanding Ofsted in 2014).

Prof. Sugata Mitra⁠ is ⁠Professor Emeritus at NIIT University⁠, India. He retired in 2019 as Professor of Educational Technology and Principal Research Investigator in the School of Education, Communication and Language Sciences at ⁠Newcastle University⁠, UK. In 2012, he was Visiting Professor for the ⁠MIT Medialab⁠ in Massachusetts, US.

Rose Luckin⁠ is Professor of Learner Centred Design at the ⁠UCL Knowledge Lab⁠ in London. Her research involves the design and evaluation of educational technology using theories from the learning sciences and techniques from Artificial Intelligence (AI).

Rose is the Director of ⁠EDUCATE⁠, a London hub for educational technology startups, researchers and educators to work together on the development of evidence-informed Educational Technology, and author of ⁠Machine Learning and Human Intelligence: the future of education in the 21st century⁠ (2018).

Rose Luckin⁠ is Professor of Learner Centred Design at the ⁠UCL Knowledge Lab⁠ in London. Her research involves the design and evaluation of educational technology using theories from the learning sciences and techniques from Artificial Intelligence (AI).

Rose is the Director of ⁠EDUCATE⁠, a London hub for educational technology startups, researchers and educators to work together on the development of evidence-informed Educational Technology, and author of ⁠Machine Learning and Human Intelligence: the future of education in the 21st century⁠ (2018).

Considered one of the founding fathers of Project Based Learning, ⁠Thom Markham⁠ is an educator by trade, a positive psychologist by training, and a global entrepreneur dedicated to expanding educator mindsets in service to a positive future. In 2015, Thom founded ⁠PBL Global⁠, a world-wide partner-based organization offering online courses and onsite professional learning for a transformative strengths-focused model of project based learning that integrates high quality project design, student centered growth, and social emotional wellbeing. Thom has worked with over 400 schools and 6000 teachers in 20 countries.

Sir Anthony Seldon⁠ is a leading authority on contemporary British history and education and former Vice-Chancellor of the ⁠University of Buckingham⁠. He is author or editor of over 40 ⁠books⁠ on contemporary history, politics and education and is the author on, and honorary historical advisor to, Downing Street.

After gaining an MA in Politics, Philosophy and Economics at Worcester College, Oxford, and a PhD at the London School of Economics, Anthony qualified as a teacher at King's College, London, where he was awarded the top PGCE prize in his year.

Yong Zhao⁠ is a Foundation Distinguished Professor in the ⁠School of Education at the University of Kansas⁠ and a professor in Educational Leadership at the ⁠Melbourne Graduate School of Education⁠ in Australia. He previously served as the Presidential Chair, Associate Dean, and Director of the Institute for ⁠Global and Online Education in the College of Education, University of Oregon⁠, where he was also a Professor in the Department of Educational Measurement, Policy, and Leadership. 

Prior to Oregon, Yong Zhao was University Distinguished Professor at the ⁠College of Education, Michigan State University⁠, where he also served as the founding director of the Center for Teaching and Technology, and executive director of both the ⁠Confucius Institute⁠ and the US-China Center for Research on Educational Excellence. 

Gidion Peters is the co-founder of the Dutch training & consultancy company ⁠Organize Agile⁠ specialized in organizational change, agile transformation, business agility and ⁠Agile HR⁠. They serve their clients; wide-ranging and including Fortune 500 retail, finance, pharma, telecommunications and engineering organizations as well as the public sector. Their offices are located in New York and The Netherlands.

Joysy John⁠ is an entrepreneur, digital consultant, advisor and speaker. She is a global connector and a collaborator who makes things happen. She wants to inspire others, especially women and those from low-income backgrounds, to achieve their potential. She mentors startups and high potential leaders.

Until very recently, Joysy was the Director of Education at ⁠Nesta⁠ and led their work in education across innovation programmes, research and investment.

Priya Lakhani OBE⁠ is the Founder CEO of ⁠CENTURY Tech⁠, the award-winning artificial intelligence education technology company. CENTURY is the global leader in AI-powered learning tools for schools and families, working in dozens of countries across the world.

In 2008, Priya left her career as a barrister to launch a successful cooking-sauce business, which through its charitable foundation provided millions of meals and thousands of vaccinations to the underprivileged in India and Africa, and funded several schools.

Chris Menagé⁠ is an interdisciplinary educational leader, consultant, public speaker and the driving force behind ⁠e²⁠.

Chris has over 20 years’ international experience across private enterprise, government administration and education sectors. For the past 15 years, Chris has successfully applied his critical and systems thinking to educational contexts both in Australia & abroad.

Will Richardson⁠ has an international reputation as someone who effectively challenges traditional thinking about schools. A former classroom teacher of 22 years, Will is an author, as well as a blogger, podcaster, leadership coach, and serial entrepreneur. Last year, he co-founded ⁠The BIG Questions Institute⁠ with ⁠Homa Tavangar⁠, which was created to help educators use "fearless inquiry" to make sense of this complex moment and an uncertain future.

Will has spent the last 15 years developing an international reputation as a leading thinker and writer about the intersection of social online learning networks, education, and systemic change.

Will Richardson⁠ has an international reputation as someone who effectively challenges traditional thinking about schools. A former classroom teacher of 22 years, Will is the author of six books, most recently "Freedom to Learn," as well as a blogger, podcaster, leadership coach, and serial entrepreneur. Last year, he co-founded ⁠The BIG Questions Institute⁠ (bigquestions.institute) with ⁠Homa Tavangar⁠. [RE]LEARN Session: ⁠We're Not Disrupted Enough Yet: Why Real Change in Schools Will Take More Than a Pandemic⁠, Monday, November 9 • 20:15 - 20:45 (CEST)

Yong Zhao⁠ is a Foundation Distinguished Professor in the School of Education at the University of Kansas and a professor in Educational Leadership at the Melbourne Graduate School of Education in Australia. He previously served as the Presidential Chair, Associate Dean, and Director of the Institute for Global and Online Education in the College of Education, University of Oregon, where he was also a Professor in the Department of Educational Measurement, Policy, and Leadership. [RE]LEARN Session: ⁠In conversation with Yong Zhao: learning beyond 2020⁠, Thursday, November 12 • 20:15 - 20:45

Bena Kallick⁠ is the co-founder and co-director of the ⁠Institute for Habits of Mind⁠ with ⁠Art Costa⁠ and program director for ⁠Eduplanet21⁠, a company dedicated to online professional learning and curriculum development based on the ⁠Understanding by Design®⁠ framework. She is a consultant providing services to school districts, state departments of education, professional organizations, and public agencies throughout the United States and abroad.

Bena received her doctorate in educational evaluation from Union Graduate School. Her areas of focus include group dynamics, creative and critical thinking, and alternative assessment strategies in the classroom.