Speakers

Honored Guests

Macky Sall

Fromer President of the Republic of Senegal

Ameenah Gurib-Fakim

Fromer President of the Republic of Mauritius

Speakers & Moderators

Amina J. Mohammed

Deputy Secretary-General, United Nations

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

WHO Director General

Luis Benveniste

Global Director for Education at the World Bank

Abdulrahman bin Mohammed Al-Asmi

Director General Arab Bureau of Education for the Gulf States (ABEGS)

Mohamed Ould Amar

Director General of The Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization (ALECSO)

Fadia Kiwan

The Director General Arab Women Organization (AWO)

Andreas Schleicher

Director for Education and Skills at the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

Leonardo Garnier

Former Special Advisor to the UN Secretary General for the Transforming Education Summit (TES)

Adele Khodr

UNICEF Regional Director the Middle East and North Africa

Min Jeong Kim

Director of Education 2030 , UNESCO

Shannon May

Co-Founder & President, NewGlobe Education

Wendy Kopp

CEO and Co-founder of Teach For All

Abdulrahman Almedaries

Director General UNESCO Regional Center for Quality and Excellence in Education

Stavros N. Yiannouka

CEO of the World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE)

Yasmine Sherif

Executive Director of Education Cannot Wait

Christine Özden

Global Director, Climate Education, Cambridge University Press & Assessment

Jane Mann

Managing Director Cambridge Partnership for Education

Patrick C. Kyllonen

Distinguished Presidential
Appointee, ETS

Nasser bin Mohammed Al Fannah

Director of the Office of Technical Programs at the Ministry of Transport, Communications, and Information Technology, Sultanate of Oman

Academic at the University of Technology and Applied Sciences

Abdullah bin Khamis Ambusaidi

Undersecretary of the Ministry of Education, Sultanate of Oman

David Fairbairn-DAY

Head of Education Strategy, Avantis Education

Mohammad Suhail Al Madani

CEO, Classera

AISHAH AL YAMMAHI

STRATEGIC ADVISOR, Alef Education

Mohamad Alshiriakah

Chairman, Gulf Arab States Educational Research Center

Fahed Al-Sulaiti

CEO, Education Above All (EAA)

Michael Kremer (Noble Laureate)

Director of the Development Innovation Lab and Faculty Director of Development Economics Center, University of Chicago

Jokha Bint Abdullah Al Shukaili

CEO, Oman Authority for Academic Accreditation and Quality Assurance of Education

Marwan Awartani

Senior Advisor, ICESCO

Olli Pekka Heinonen

Director General of the International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO)

Ministers

Yousef Bin Abdullah Albanyan

Minister of Education – Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Azmi Mahmoud Mofleh Mahafzah

Minister of Education, Higher Education and Scientific Research – Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

Fadhlina Binti Sidek

Minister of Education – Malaysia

Ayman Albasal

Deputy Minister of Education and Technical Education – Arab Republic of Egypt

Tareq Salem Saleh Al-Akbari

Minister of Education – Republic of Yemen

Amjad Saad Suleiman Dababat

Minister of Education and Higher Education – State of Palestine

Pierre Gomez

Minister in charge of Basic and Secondary Education – The Republic of the Gambia

Khalid Maqbool Siddiqi

Federal Minister for Education and Professional Training – Islamic Republic of Pakistan

Khilola Umarova

Minister of the Preschool and School Education – Republic of Uzbekistan

Tahir Mamman

Minister of Education – Federal Republic of Nigeria

Baisalov Edil

Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers – Kyrgyz Republic