Wednesday 25 – Friday 27 September 2019

Financing@EDU 2.0

Investing in Education Pays Well!

Financing Education in a Data-Driven Society and the EdTech Value Proposal

SEM2019 CONCEPT NOTE

Reference Documentation for Financing@EDU 2.0

Reference Documentation for Data@EDU Reference Documentation for Data@EDU

WELCOME ADRESS

Anthony Prince

Americas Regional Leader

Microsoft Education Industry

Education Data Solutions

Alex Palacios

Director

Global Partnership for Education

Global Partnership for Education (GPE)

EdTech Ventures: The Value Proposal

Charles A. Foley

CHAIRMAN

Critical Links

Josh Cohen

Partner

TEAM

Michael Pope

President and Director

Boxlight Corporation

Finance and Sustainable Development

Bernardo Ivo Cruz

Executive Board Member

SOFID

Portuguese Sustainable Development Finance Institution

Arab@EDU

Education and Digital Transformation: The Arab Value Proposal

H.E. Prof. Dr. Mohamed Ould Amar

Director-General

Prof. Dr. Mohamed Jemni

Director of ICT

ALECSO

Saudi Arabia Vision 2030: Smart Learning and the Role of EdTech Sector

Eng. Mohammad Suhail Al Madani

Founder & CEO

Classera Inc.

Americas@EDU

Anthony Prince

Americas Regional Leader

Microsoft Education Industry

URUGUAY

History e Achievements of Plan Ceibal:

Lessons for the World

Miguel Brechner

President

Plan Ceibal

BOLIVIA

Productive Sustainable Development, Technology and Education

H.E. Weimar Pereira Zárate

Viceministro de Producción a Mediana y Gran Escala

Ministry of Productive Development and Plural Economy

Secundino Cortéz Rodriguez

General Manager

QUIPUS

ECUADOR

The Vision of Ecuador on Technology and Sustainable Development

H.E. Andrés Michelena

Minister of Telecommunications and the Information Society

SPECIAL SESSION

SUSTAINABLE EDUCATION ACHIEVEMENT TROPHY

H.E. José Ulisses de Pina Correia e Silva

Prime Minister

CABO VERDE

Africa@EDU

Paving the Way for Education:

Sustainable Development in Africa

ICT in Education Initiatives: Expectations and Way Forward to Achieve the SDG’s and the Agenda 2063

CESA 2016-25: The Role of ICT and What Is Expected From ICT Stakeholders to Achieve the Strategy’s Goals

Keynote Speaker:

H.E. Prof. Sarah Anyang Agbor

Commissioner for Human Resources, Science and Technology

H.E. Prof. Sarah Anyang Agbor

Commissioner for Human Resources, Science and Technology

Dr. Beatrice Njenga

Head of Education Division

African Union Commission (AUC)

H.E. Dr. Dautarin da Costa

Minister of National Education and Higher Education

Republic of Guinea-Bissau

ETHIOPIA

Ethiopia and Education Strategy:

The Role of Technology

Zelalem Assefa

CEO & Director

Ethiopian Education and

Research Network

SENEGAL

Seyni Ndiaye Fall

Coordinator

Moderator

John Glassey

CEO

Brains Global

Code For SDG

Code for SDG’s, CULTURE OF DATA and

Computational Thinking

Domingos Folque Guimarães

Code for All – ubbu

Digital Champion of Portugal

The Development of Education in Bangladesh and the Role of International Financial Entities: The Asian Context

Dr. Md. Sabur Khan

Founder and Chairman

Daffodil International University

Predicting Inventing the Future of Learning

Breakthrough Mindsets: Hurdles, Accelerators and Tech Enablers

Keith Krueger

CEO

Consortium for School Networking (CoSN)

Connectivity and Education: Technological Solutions and Business Models

Paul Landers

Head of Strategic Partnerships

Ericsson

Empowering a Global Community of Creative Problem Solvers

Dr. Amir Zarkesh

CEO & Co-Founder

Polyup

The Role of Private Sector in Generating Investment for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at National Level