Confirmed Speakers

New speakers being added on a regular basis.

Keynote Speakers

Manuel Muñiz

Rector
IE University

Matt Sigelman

President
The Burning Glass Institute
Speakers

Mamta Murthi

Vice President, People
World Bank Group

Alfonso García Mora

Regional Vice President, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean
IFC

Christian Bodewig

Director for Education and Skills
World Bank Group

Esther T. Benjamin

CEO and Executive Director
World Education Services

Sergio Abramovich

CEO
Scala Learning

Deborah Quazzo

Managing Parner
GSV Ventures

Marcelo Adler

Chief Financial Officer
Talisis

Sandeep Aneja

Founder and Managing Partner
Kaizenvest

Agustín Albán

President
Univer Milenium

Asyia Kazmi, OBE

CEO
WISE

Ismael Al-Hinti

President
Al Hussein Technical University

Courtney Brown

Vice President Strategic Impact and Planning
Lumina Foundation

Aurelio Amaral

Director of Programs, WISE
Qatar Foundation

Raquel Bernal

President
Andes University

Douglas L. Becker

Founder & Chairman
Cintana Education

Paula Harraca

CEO
Anima Educaçao

Patrick Gyimah Awuah Jr

Founder & President
Ashesi University

John Baker

President and CEO
D2L

Fernando Barrios Ipenza

President and Founder
Continental University and Continental International Education

Amine Bensaid

President
Al Akhawayn University

Kelvin Bentley

Director, CoP on Microcredentials
National Association of Higher Education Systems

Father Camilo Bernal Hadad

Vicepresidente
El Minuto de Dios

María Belén Mendé

Vice President, Fundación Universidad Siglo 21
Founder and CEO, R'Evolution Education Group

Benjamin Castro

General Manager Global Expansion
APUS

Andres Chavez Belisario

President
AP Latam

Felipe Child

Partner
McKinsey & Company

Christopher Chilese

Manager Training and Development
Mopani Copper Mines

Irene Blazquez

Center for Governance for Change
IE University

Ulrik Juul Christensen

Executive Chairman
Area 9

Lawrence Daniels

Co-founder
POK - Proof of Knowledge

William Davila

Center for Leadership Development & Innovation CEO
IE University

Adriana Gaviria

Executive Director, LATAM Market Development
College Board

Fagner de Deus

LATAM VP
+a educação

Carlos Díez de la Lastra

CEO
Les Roches

Rodrigo de Macedo Alves

Director of Invesment Relations, M&A and Strategic Planning
Grupo Ser Educacional

Karim Saada

Managing Director and CEO
Al Ahly Capital Holding

Maria Marta Ferreyra

Senior Economist, Education Global Practice
World Bank

Mohamed El-Shinawi

President
Galala University

José Escamilla

Associate Director of the Institute for the Future of Education (IFE)
Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico

José Ferreira

Chief of Staff and Vice President of Corporate Strategy
Preply

Saamira Halabi

Senior Education Specialist
World Bank Group

Michael Fung

Executive Director, Institute for the Future of Education
Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico

Dominic Gore

Executive Vice President of Product
Blackboard

Laura Kakon

Former Group Chief Growth and Strategy Officer
Honoris United Universities

Daragh Scaife

VP, Global AI innovation
Ellucian

Juan Jose Güemes

Senior Vice President for Strategy and Chaiman of the Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation
IE University

Parul Gupta

Managing Director, Mobilization
Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Anita Kover

Global Head of Social Finance
UBS Optimus Foundation

Christian Happi

Director
Institute of Genomics and Global Health (IGH)

Santiago Iñiguez

President
IE University

Ian Jones

Founder and President
InnoGlobal

Divya Krishan

Chief Growth Officer
The Job Plus

Peter Kagunye

CEO
Maarifa Education

Alfonso Petersen Farah

Vice President of Academic Affairs and Health Sciences
Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara

Roberta Malee Bassett

Global Lead for Tertiary Education and Senior Education Specialist
World Bank

Paul J. LeBlanc

Visiting Scholar and Special Advisor
Harvard University Graduate School of Education

Alexandre Lect

CEO & Co-founder
edtake

Fernando León García

President
CETYS University

Eman Liu

Executive Director and CEO
Edvantage Group

Lisa Marsh Ryerson

President
Southern New Hampshire University

Luis Lopez

CEO
Healthcademia

Francisco Machin Aragones

Chief Data & Analytics Officer
IE University

Teresa Martín-Retortillo

Executive Chair of IE Exponential Learning
IE University

Juan Pablo Mena

CEO
uPlanner

Oliver Mizne

Founder
Pravaler

Juan Camilo Montoya

President
Universidad Autónoma de Bucaramanga (UNAB)

Ben Nelson

Founder and CEO
Minerva Project

Amanda Nolen

NED, Advisor, Investor

Josh Nester

Managing Director
Seek Investments

Nic Newman

General Partner
Emerge Capital

Amit A. Patel

Co-founder and Managing Partner
Owl Ventures

Claudia Peirano

President
Universidad Santo Tomás Chile

Ricardo Phillips

CEO
Universidad Insurgentes

Nunzio Quacquarelli

President
QS Quacquarelli Symonds

Anandhi Rajakumaran

Global Head of Equity - Manufacturing, Agribusiness & Services
IFC

Érico Ribeiro

Vice President of Undergraduate
Afya

Sebastian Riomalo

Partner Leading Education Practice in Latin America
McKinsey & Company

Gabriela Rocha

Co-Founder & CEO
Laboratoria

Martin Rodriguez

General Manager IE Lifelong Learning & Digital Learning
IE University

Edward Roekaert

Executive VP and Incoming Provost
Golden Gate University

Julia Rosen

Vice President of Global Academic Initiatives
Arizona State University

Victor Sanchez

CEO
Smile & Learn

Arijit Sanyal

Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer
Credila

Thiago Sayão

CEO
Clariens Educação

Sven Schütt

CEO
IU Group

Nieves Segovia

President
Universidad Camilo José Cela – SEK Education Group

Kamil Senhaji

CEO
Galileo Global Education

Amit Sevak

CEO
ETS

Joana Silva

Deputy Chief Economist
World Bank Group

Hazem Shatila

CAIO
ElSewedy Electric Group

Vaibhav Singh

Co-Founder & CEO
Leap Finance

Catalina Tejero

Dean of School of Humanities
IE University

Professor Dr. Murali Raman

Deputy Vice Chancellor
Asia Pacific University of Technology and Innovation (APU / APIIT)

Tigran Sloyan

CEO and Co-founder
CodeSignal

Emmanuel Smadja

Co-Founder & CEO
MPOWER Financing

Cameron Stevens

Founder & CEO
Prodigy Finance

Kate Tulenko

CEO
Corvus Health

Edwin van Rest

Co-Founder and CEO
Studyportals
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