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Introduction

Personalised Learning, addressing the individual needs of every learner is by no means a new concept. Pedagogies such as Waldorf by Rudolf Steiner are concerned with the child’s temperament to inform teachers on how to address the learner. Montessori focuses on the child’s individual needs and potential in a carefully crafted environment and setting. Two examples of early 20th century pedagogies that focus on individual learners, pre-technology and EdTech.

The arrival of EdTech has propelled the personalisation discussion into new dimensions and especially talking to EdTech start-ups, widespread personalisation claims resonate loudly through the EdTech landscape. Aiming to address individual learners’ needs, the technology is often seen as the silver bullet that realises this challenge by enabling true adaptive learning paths.

Yet, the picture is perhaps not quite that simple and merits in- depth questioning. This conference, bringing together experts and delegates involved in education and its different kaleidoscopic facets, will delve into the multiple facets of Personalised Learning. We will explore how technology can enhance and facilitate the challenge, but equally discuss its implications, its defnition(s) or misappropriations. We will hear from experts that new ethics are needed, that we need to understand learning, that personalisation if not implemented well, may even stop the construction of learning, as the result of an adaptive determined learning path. We will hear how personalised learning may require new approaches in pedagogy or how personalisation is already implemented in the classroom.

Bringing together multiple stakeholders and experts, this conference aims to shine a focused light on personalised learning to reveal its depth, complexity and opportunity.

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School of One: Reimagining How Students Learn Monday, 10th December Vikas Pota, Group CEO, Tmrw Digital, UK 9:40am Opening remarks Carla Aerts, Director, Tmrw Institute, UK

School of One: reimagining how students learn – 60 10:00am John J. H. Kim, Harvard University, USA a case study discussion mins

Tmrw Talk: “what personalisation means for my school and pedagogies we may need to adopt.” 20 11:00am Vijita Patel, Principal, Swiss Cottage School, London, UK - a leading special needs school head shares her mins views and experience

Tmrw Talk: the role of ethics in personalised Priya Lakhani, OBE, Co-founder, Institute for Ethical AI in 11:20am learning Education, UK COFFEE BREAK Xueqin Jiang, Teacher & School Leader, Chengdu, China Gaurav Gupta, Chief Growth Officer, Ekstep, India 55 12:00pm Lessons from China and India Moderator: Dr Rebecca Winthrop – Centre for Universal mins Education, Brookings Institution. 12:55pm LUNCH Tmrw Talk: AI & machine learning in personalised Paul Kim, Chief Technology Officer & Assistant Dean, 40 2.00pm learning – limitations and opportunities Stanford Graduate School of Education, USA mins

Tmrw Talk: the use of chatbots to gauge the mood Angus Reith, Computing Lead, Plymouth School of Creative 30 2:40pm of my students Arts, UK mins

Moderator: Carla Aerts, Director, Tmrw Institute, UK 3 approaches, 1 goal – start-up approaches to 30 3.10pm personalised learning Tej Samani, Founder, MyPerformance Learning, UK mins Joel Hellermark, CEO & Founder, Sana Labs, Sweden

Moderator: Andrew Jack, Global Education Editor, Financial Times, UK

H.E. Debbie Schäfer, Minister of Education, Western Cape, 3:40pm Ministerial view: policy challenges 40mins South Africa

Dr Rebecca Winthrop, Centre for Universal Education, Brookings Institution TBC 4:20pm COFFEE BREAK

Bobbi Kurshan, Senior Fellow & Innovation Adviser, Penn 12 4:45pm Tmrw Talk: entrepreneurship & personalisation Graduate School of Education, USA mins

10 5:00pm Tmrw Talk: teaching for advancement Andria Zafirakou, Winner of 2018 Global Teacher Prize, UK mins

6 A-Level Students of UCL Academy talk about personalisation with their Principal, Robin Street. Tyrone Panel: listening to what learners think about 45 5:10pm Chisanga, Jacques Foex, Ponmile Femi-Sunmaila, Jimena personalisation (TBC) mins Benedetto, Olivia Goldenberg Raz Naji

6:30pm Drinks reception

7:15pm Dinner

H.E. Matthew Prempeh, Minister of Education, Ghana 8:15pm Fireside chat 60mins Ana Roca-Castro, CEO, GeniusPlaza, US

9:15pm Close for day

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John Ingram, CEO, Pamoja Education, UK 30 9:00am Views from incumbents & platform players Erez Tocker, MD International, Renaissance, USA mins Claudia Bickford-Smith, Director, Cambridge Assessment, UK Colin Hughes, MD, Collins Learning

Moderator: Nafez Dakkak 40 9:30am How schools implement PL Stacey Brewer, CEO, Spark Schools, South Africa mins Peter Hyman, Co-founder, School 21, UK

Moderator: Xueqin Jiang Sandro Guiliani, MD, Jacobs Foundation, Switzerland What research exists? A conversation with leaders 30 10:10am Rebecca Winthrop, Senior Fellow & Director of the Centre of research institutions mins for Universal Education, Brookings Institution, USA Josh Hillman, Director of Education, Nuffield Foundation, UK

10:40am COFFEE BREAK

10 11:10am Tmrw Talk: natural born learners Alex Beard, Author & Senior Director Teach for All, UK mins

10 11:20am Tmrw Talk: PL for refugees Nafez Dakkak, CEO – UK, Queen Rania Foundation, Jordan mins

Breakout session – Group Discussions & Reporting back to audience: Culture and personalisation (lead: Justine Cassell) In these breakout sessions, small groups will discuss aspects The policy challenge for education systems (lead: 90 11:30am of personalisation and report back on their findings to the John Kim) mins conference The implication for classroom pedagogies (lead: Stacey Brewer) Breaking the bias (lead: Paul Kim) 13:00pm LUNCH 10 2:00pm Tmrw Talk: agility in learning Paul Mumma, VP Science, Cerego, USA mins

Moderator: Barbara (Bobbi) Kurshan, Senior Fellow & Innovation Adviser, Penn Graduate School of Education, USA

Panel with start-ups on their personalisation Kirsten Campbell-Howes, Head of Education, Busuu, 45 2:15pm journey Germany mins Katri Meriläinen, Head of Educational Development, Lyfta, Finland Adam Still, Ripple, UK

Concluding address: “what does personalisation Justine Cassell, Associate Dean, Technology Strategy 30 3:00pm really mean?” & Impact, Carnegie Mellon University, USA mins

3:30pm Summary & vote of thanks Vikas Pota, Group CEO, Tmrw Digital, UK

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Academia & Research Affiliation Expertise/Domain Prof Justine Cassell Carnegie Mellon University, USA Associate Dean, Technology Strategy and Impact Senior Lecturer of Business Administration John J. H. Kim Harvard Business School, USA Technology and Innovations in Education Course Harvard Graduate School of Xueqin Jiang Researcher, Global Education Innovation Initiative Education, USA Penn University Graduate School of Dr Barbara (Bobbi) Kurshan Senior Fellow and Innovation Advisor Education, USA Stanford University Dr Paul Kim Chief Technology Officer and Assistant Dean Graduate School of Education, USA Sandro Giuliani Jacobs Foundation, Switzerland Delegate of the Board & Managing Director Josh Hillman Nuffield Foundation, UK Director, Education Dr Rebecca Winthrop Brookings Institution, USA Director, Centre for Universal Education

Policy H.E. Matthew Prempeh Ministry of Education, Ghana Minister of Education Ministry of Education, Western H.E. Debbie Schäfer Minister of Education Cape, South Africa Queen Rania Foundation for Nafez Dakkak Managing Director & CEO (London) Education and Development, Jordan Ministry of Education, Western Brian Schreuder Superintendent General (Head of Department) Cape, South Africa Rhys Spence Education Policy Institute, UK Director of External Communications & External Engagement Laila Abubakari Ministry of Education, Ghana Communications Officer Chris Yiu Tony Blair Global Institute, UK Senior Policy Fellow for Technology Department for International Jamie Proctor Programme Manager EDTech Hub Development, DfID, UK

EdTech Ana Roca-Castro Genius Plaza, US CEO Century Tech and Institute for Ethical Founder and CEO, CenturyTech Priya Lakhani OBE AI in Education, UK Co-founder, Institute for Ethical AI in Education Katri Meriläinen Lyfta, Finland Head of Educational Development Joel Hellermark Sana Labs, Sweden CEO & Founder Kirsten Campbell-Howes Busuu, UK Head of Education Paul Mumma Cerego, US Chief Operating Officer, Board Director - Cerego Adam Still Ripple Education, UK Co-founder & CEO Tej Samani Performance Learning, UK Founder Erez Tocker Renaissance Learning, UK MD, International Samyr Qureshi JoinKnack.com Founder Gaurav Gupta Ekstep, India Chief Growth Officer

INSTITUTE School of One: Reimagining How Students Learn Teachers, Educators and Education Specialists Alex Beard Teach for All, UK Plymouth School of Angus Reith Creative Arts, UK Andria Zafirakou Global Teacher Prize Winner, 2018 Claudia Bickford-Smith Cambridge Assessment International Education, UK Vijita Patel Swiss Cottage School, UK Margaret Mulholland Swiss Cottage School, UK Colin Hughes Collins Education, UK Peter Hyman School21 & Big Education, UK Stacey Brewer Spark Schools – edAdvance, South Africa Robin Street UCL Academy, UK

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Learners Tyrone Chisanga UCL Academy, London, UK Jacques Foex UCL Academy, London, UK Ponmile Femi-Sunmaila UCL Academy, London, UK Jimena Benedetto UCL Academy, London, UK Olivia Goldenberg UCL Academy, London, UK Raz Naji UCL Academy, London, UK

Tmrw Digital Vikas Pota Carla Aerts Nikita Retnasingam Christian Farley John Ingram Pamoja, UK Simon Lebus Pamoja, UK

GEMS Education Sunny Varkey Chairman Jay Varkey Group Executive Director

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Debbie Schäfer Provincial Minister for Education in the Western Cape, South Africa

She has the degrees of BA.LLB, and is a qualifed attorney and conveyancer. She has been a city councillor and Member of Parliament and has served her political party, the Democratic Alliance, in various capacities.

Monday, 10th December Ministerial view: policy challenges

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Kirsten Campbell-Howes Head of Education at busuu

Kirsten is Head of Education at busuu, the world’s largest community of language learners. She is an expert in digital pedagogies for language learning and is studying for an MSc in Applied Linguistics at the University of Oxford. Her research interests include machine learning and adaptive technologies for language acquisition.

Tuesday, 11th December Panel with start-ups on their personalisation journey

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John J-H Kim Senior Lecturer at Harvard Business School

John J-H Kim is a Senior Lecturer at Harvard Business School. He created and teaches Entrepreneurship and Technology Innovations in Education, which explores how entrepreneurs use technology to transform education and achieve higher performance. He also co- teaches the Social Innovation Lab, a project-based course in which student teams build a social enterprise.

Monday, 10th December Tuesday 11th December School of One: reimagining Breakout session – Group How Students Learn – a case Discussions & Reporting back study discussion to audience: The policy challenge for education systems

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Joel Hellermark Founder and CEO of Sana Labs

Joel is the founder and CEO of Sana Labs, an AI company that applies recent breakthroughs in machine learning to personalize education at scale. Using deep neural networks, Sana’s algorithms recommend content in real time based on each student’s learning patterns.

An enterprising child, Joel taught himself to code in C at 13 and founded his frst company, at 16. Joel is an AI-specialist appointed by the Swedish government, and was recently awarded ”Super-talent of the year” by Veckans Affärer.

Monday, 10th December 3 approaches, 1 goal – start-up approaches to personalised learning

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Rebecca Winthrop Director of the Center for Universal Education at the Brookings Institution

Rebecca Winthrop is a senior fellow and director of the Center for Universal Education at the Brookings Institution. Her research focuses on education globally, with special attention to the skills children need to succeed in their lives as workers and citizens, and exploring how education innovations can leapfrog progress. Her most recent publication is Leapfrogging Inequality: Remaking Education to Help Young People Thrive with Adam Barton and Eileen McGivney. She studied at Columbia University, Teachers College (Ph.D, 2008), Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs (MA, 2001), and Swarthmore College, (BA, 1996).

Tuesday, 11th December What research exists? A conversation with leaders of research institutions

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Xueqin Jian Researcher at the Harvard Graduate School of Education Global Education Innovation Initiative (GEII)

Xueqin Jiang is a researcher at the Harvard Graduate School of Education Global Education Innovation Initiative (GEII), a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (RSA), and a selection committee member of the Global Teacher Prize. He is curriculum consultant to the Chengdu public school system in Sichuan province, China, and in this capacity he trains teachers how to teach creativity. Over his career, he has worked as a journalist, a documentary flmmaker, and United Nations offcial. From 2008 until 2012, he built and managed study abroad programs at two of China’s most prestigious public schools – Shenzhen Middle School and Peking University High School - to teach Chinese students creativity, critical thinking, and global citizenship. In April 2014, Mr. Jiang published Creative China, which discusses his education reform efforts. Mr. Jiang graduated with distinction in English literature from Yale College in 1999.

Monday, 10th December Lessons from China and India

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Katri Meriläinen Head of Educational Development at Lyfta

Katri Meriläinen is a middle and high school teacher and Head of Educational Development at Lyfta. Lyfta is an immersive learning platform for global understanding and empathy. Katri has worked as a teacher and teacher educator in Finland and Eritrea, designed various educational materials, and specialises in educational psychology and ICT in education.

Tuesday, 11th December Panel with start-ups on their personalisation journey

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Andria Zafrakou Arts and Textiles teacher (2018 Varkey foundation Global Teacher prize winner,)

Andria Zafrakou, an Arts and Textiles teacher and a member of the senior leadership team at Alperton Community School in Brent, won $1 million when she was crowned the best teacher in the world earlier this year.

Monday, 10th December Tmrw Talk: teaching for advancement

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Colin Hughes MD of the Collins Education division

Colin joined HarperCollins in April 2012 as MD of the Collins Education division. In October 2012 he was promoted to MD, Collins Learning - bringing together the Education, Language and Geo divisions and in 2013 he launched Collins India. He has been Chair of the Education Publishers Council in the UK since 2014. Colin was Chair of Middlesex University from June 2010 to June 2017.

Colin worked at the Press Association and The Times before joining the Independent in 1986 as Political Correspondent. He went on to become Policy Editor, Education Editor, and US Correspondent, and spent his fnal fve years at the Independent as Managing Editor of the Independent and Independent on Sunday, and Deputy Editor of the Independent. He joined the Guardian in 1998, and founded Learnthings Ltd, the Guardian’s digital learning business, in 2000. Colin was appointed Managing Director of Guardian Professional in 2006, and Director, Business and Professional, in 2009.

Tuesday, 11th December Views from incumbents & platform players

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Angus Reith A developer of innovative pedagogical approaches

Playfully disrupting the traditional classroom - a developer of innovative pedagogical approaches using project-based learning with artifcial intelligence, robots, code and games.

Developed Emoti-OS with i-DAT, participated in the EdTech week Nesta panel discussion ‘What Does Artifcial Intelligence Really Mean For Our Education System?’, installed Emoti-OS at Tate Modern’s ‘Tate Exchange - Factory Settings’ exhibition in Jan 18.

Monday, 10th December Tmrw Talk: the use of chatbots to gauge the mood of my students

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Sandro Giuliani Managing director - Jacobs Foundation

Sandro Giuliani earned an MBA at the University of Zurich and a master’s degree in advanced studies in development and cooperation at ETH Zurich. He joined the Jacobs Foundation in 2009 as a program offcer. Since 2013, he has served as the foundation’s managing director and, since 2015, as delegate of the board. Sandro Giuliani is a member of the Governing Board of the Compagnia di San Paolo and of the Managing Board of the SwissFoundations association.

Tuesday, 11th December What research exists? A conversation with leaders of research institutions

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Stacey Brewer SPARK Schools network

Stacey is a true innovator who has actively disrupted the norm. Dedicated to making a difference and solving South Africa’s education challenges, she launched the SPARK Schools network in 2012, and has been intricately involved in its evolution and growth ever since. After completing her Bachelors degree, Stacey obtained an MBA in Entrepreneurship (cum laude) from the Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS). At GIBS, Stacey channelled her passion for education into her thesis, which focused on a sustainable fnancial model for low-fee private schools in South Africa. This research served as the foundation for the establishment of SPARK Schools. SPARK Schools’ vision is to ensure that South Africa is a leader in global education through the establishment of affordable, high quality schools within the country. There are currently 15 schools operating in the network, serving over 7000 families across South Africa.

Tuesday, 11th December How schools implement PL Breakout session – Group Discussions & Reporting back to audience: The implication for classroom pedagogies

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Adam Still Founder - Ripple Education

Adam founded Ripple Education in June 2018 after graduating with an MBA from Harvard Business School as a Fulbright Scholar. Prior to that he was Director of Programmes for the Varkey Foundation, responsible for its government and donor-funded projects. Adam is an alumnus of the Teach First programme.

Tuesday, 11th December Panel with start-ups on their personalisation journey

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Erez Tocker International Operations for Renaissance

Erez has extensive global experience in the education industry. He currently heads the international operations for Renaissance, the leading provider of K-12 cloud-based assessment, teaching and learning analytics globally. Erez came to Renaissance from Kaplan Inc., where he held several leadership roles including as Managing Director for Kaplan International English.

Erez previously set up a British education company in China and has a background in corporate law practice. Erez holds an LLB from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and an MBA from INSEAD.

Tuesday, 11th December Views from incumbents & platform players

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Claudia Bickford-Smith Cambridge International

Claudia Bickford-Smith looks after Cambridge International’s development portfolio, working with Cambridge schools and Ministries of Education around the world. Her division is responsible for:

• Digital support services and products for teachers and learners • Formative on-screen assessments, innovation, R&D • International curricula and qualifcations from ages 5-19 • Partnership strategies with providers of learning resources linked to Cambridge International qualifcations • Bespoke curricula, qualifcations, consultancy and training for Ministries of Education

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Barbara Kurshan Senior Fellow and Innovation - University of Pennsylvania

Dr. Barbara (Bobbi) Kurshan currently serves as a Senior Fellow and Innovation Advisor at the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania. She is developing new programs for GSE at the Wharton San Francisco Center, chairs the Education Design Studio, Inc, and founded and advises the Masters in Education Entrepreneurship program. Previously, she was the President of ECC, the Executive Director of Curriki; the Co-CEO of Core Learning, an education investment fund; and the CAO of bigchalk. She has numerous publishing credits and research articles to her credit.

Monday, 10th December Tmrw Talk: entrepreneurship & personalisation

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Tej Samani Founder and creator of Performance Learning®

Dropped out of school at aged 15, former tennis pro and founder and creator of Performance Learning® of which over the last seven years their technology and products have successfully improved the academic performance and well-being of students across three countries. Over 10,000 happy pupils, 300 trained teachers and parents as well as a growing list of academic institutions are enrolling into Performance Learning®.

Monday, 10th December 3 approaches, 1 goal – start-up approaches to personalised learning

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Josh Hillman Director of Education at the Nuffeld Foundation

Josh has been Director of Education at the Nuffeld Foundation since 2008, leading both its research funding and student programmes. He was Acting Chief Executive for a year during this period. Prior roles include Head of Education Policy at the BBC, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Public Policy Research, and research offcer at the National Commission on Education, the Institute for Education and the Department of Education and Science.

Tuesday, 11th December What research exists? A conversation with leaders of research institutions

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Ana Roca Castro Genius Plaza

Ana Roca Castro started her career at Columbia University as a project manager for the School of Public Health. She then led the implementation of Oracle Learning Management System (OLM) for the United Nations. In 2008, Ana became a social entrepreneur and started her frst tech venture to help businesses and organizations achieve their capacity building objectives via state-of-the-art application development. Ana and her team developed a series of educational platforms and over 300 educational games. Her latest startup Genius Plaza is dedicated to closing the academic achievement gap particularly among children of recent immigrants and At-Risk students.

Monday, 10th December Fireside chat

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H.E. Dr Matthew Opuku Prempeh Minister of Education in Ghana

Under his leadership, the Ministry of Education ensured that the fagship Free Senior High School policy was implemented successfully. He has made it his mission to improve learning outcomes as well as bridge the gap between education and employability in the country, with a focus on Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) and school leadership and accountability.

Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh was adjudged the overall Best Minister of 2017 and continues to receive worldwide recognition for his effciency and effectiveness.

Monday, 10th December Fireside chat

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Justine Cassell Associate Dean of Technology Strategy and Impact in the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University, and Director Emerita of the Human Computer Interaction Institute

Justine Cassell is Associate Dean of Technology Strategy and Impact in the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University, and Director Emerita of the Human Computer Interaction Institute. Previously Cassell was faculty at Northwestern University where she founded the Technology and Social Behavior Doctoral Program and Research Center. Before that she was a tenured professor at the MIT Media Lab.

Cassell has received the MIT Edgerton Prize, and Anita Borg Institute Women of Vision award, in 2011 was named to the World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on AI and Robotics, which she chaired for 2 years before moving to chair the World Economic Future Council on the Future of Computing. In 2012 Cassell was named an AAAS fellow, in 2016 made a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Scotland, in 2017 made a Fellow of the ACM, and in 2018 was awarded the National Academy of Sciences Henry and Bryna David Prize for Social Science research with an impact on policy issues. In 2017-2018 Cassell held the Chaire Blaise Pascal in Paris, where she was a visiting researcher at the Sorbonne. Cassell has spoken at the World Economic Forum in Davos for the past 7 years on topics concerning the impact of AI and Robotics on society.

Tuesday, 11th December Tuesday, 11th December Culture and personalisation Concluding address: “what does personalization really mean?”

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Peter Hyman Co-Director of Big Education

Peter is Co-Director of Big Education. Big education is a new organisation with a big ambition. To bring together the energy and spirit of our schools, teachers and communities to deliver a bigger and bolder vision of what education can be about.

He is passionate that we need to educate the whole child – head, heart and hand. And if we do that with innovation and rigour, then young people will be equipped to make a difference to the world.

Tuesday, 11th December How schools implement PL

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Gaurav Gupta Senior Growth Offcer, EkStep

Gaurav is responsible for ensuring user growth at EkStep - a universal, collaborative platform to reimagine learning opportunities for every child. Prior to EkStep, Gaurav has played leadership roles at Flipkart, Accenture consulting & Marketics (India’s pioneering marketing analytics company). He has cross functional experience and has managed P&L roles in eCommerce & consumer goods sectors. Besides, Gaurav has spent more than a decade in consulting where he has worked with clients across multiple industries in areas like sales transformation, brand building and guiding investment choices.

Gaurav is an alumnus of XLRI, Jamshedpur and Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee which are India’s premier education institutes. Gaurav takes keen interest in addressing problems at scale & identifying methods to deliver value to consumers.

Monday, 10th December Lessons from China and India

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Paul Mumma Chief Operating Offcer, Board Director - Cerego

Paul leads business operations at Cerego, bringing the platform to the world and working to make sure our team and partners are successful. Before Cerego, he studied Classics as an undergrad at Harvard and grad student at Oxford, and worked as a strategy consultant with McKinsey in Chicago.

He’s a fan of languages living and dead, and takes pride in having lived on the east coast, west coast, and midwest. You’ll fnd him learning Norwegian and bartending facts on Cerego.

Tuesday, 11th December Tmrw Talk: agility in learning

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Paul Kim Chief Technology Offcer and Assistant Dean at Stanford University Graduate School of Education

Gaurav is responsible for ensuring user growth at EkStep - a universal, collaborative platform to reimagine learning opportunities for every child. Prior to EkStep, Gaurav has played leadership roles at Flipkart, Accenture consulting & Marketics (India’s pioneering marketing analytics company). He has cross functional experience and has managed P&L roles in eCommerce & consumer goods sectors. Besides, Gaurav has spent more than a decade in consulting where he has worked with clients across multiple industries in areas like sales transformation, brand building and guiding investment choices.

Gaurav is an alumnus of XLRI, Jamshedpur and Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee which are India’s premier education institutes. Gaurav takes keen interest in addressing problems at scale & identifying methods to deliver value to consumers.

Monday, 10th December Tuesday, 11th December Tmrw Talk: AI & machine learning in personalised Breaking the bias learning – limitations and opportunities

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Priya Lakhani OEB - Founder Century, Co-founder Institute for Ethical AI in Education

Priya, former libel barrister, university law lecturer and founder of FMCG business Masala Masala, launched CENTURY Tech in 2015. CENTURY is a personalised learning platform combining A.I., big data and behavioural science.

Priya was a member of the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills’ Entrepreneurs’ Forum and an advisory board member to several educational/skills organisations. Awarded Business Entrepreneur of the Year (2009), The Mayor of London Fund’s Special Recognition Award (2016) and Offcer of the Order of the British Empire in 2014. Priya regularly presents on BBC World News as a commentator on news, politics, business and technology.

Monday, 10th December Tmrw Talk: the role of ethics in personalised learning

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John Ingram CEO of Pamoja Education

John is CEO of Pamoja Education, a GEMS majority owned company based in Oxford in the UK. Pamoja specialises in providing online courses for secondary education, including the IB Diploma, education’s global gold standard. He has a background as a leader in both the education and technology sectors and has overseen companies through signifcant scale-up and change. John is a geographer at heart and his education interest lies in applying both people and technology to the real problems faced in education today.

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Vijita Patel Tmrw Institute

Vijita Patel is the Principal of Swiss Cottage School, Development & Research Centre, a large special needs school for children aged 2 to 19 in London. The school is a designated National Teaching School, leading a large alliance of schools, organisations, and higher education partners to drive systemic improvements in the school system for pupils with special educational needs (SEN) and disabilities. Vijita is a National Leader of Education, expert advisor for policy and legislation on SEN and Disabilities, co-author of The SEND Review, and a Trustee for the Varkey Foundation. Her school is one of eight schools in the country to have six consecutive ‘Outstanding’ Ofsted Inspections. @PatelVijita @ SwissCottageSch www.swisscottage.camden.sch.uk

Monday, 10th December Tmrw Talk: “what personalisation means for my school and pedagogies we may need to adopt.” - a leading special needs school head shares her views and experience

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Nafez Dakkak CEO – UK, Queen Rania Foundation, Jordan

Nafez is the CEO of the Queen Rania Foundation’s London offce where he oversees the foundations strategic partnerships and talent development. He also leads the foundations engagement with the education entrepreneurship sector across MENA and globally – of which the latest manifestation is the Queen Rania Award for Education Entrepreneurs which attracted over 400 quality applicants from the region (you can learn more at startups.qrf.org).

Prior to this role, Nafez founded Edraak.org, the largest Arabic online education portal that reaches almost 2 million learners across the MENA region – and an initiative of the Queen Rania Foundation. Nafez was recognized for his work at Edraak as one of the top 50 “Makers+Shakers” in education technology globally by EdtechXGlobal in 2016; and received the Order of Independence First Class on behalf of Edraak from HM Abdullah II King of Jordan.

Tuesday, 11th December How schools implement PL Tmrw Talk: PL for refugees

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Carla Aerts Tmrw Institute

Carla started life in the performing arts, before moving into the digital space and becoming absorbed by learning with technologies and learning science for the past 17 years. She was Global Digital Director at Cambridge University Press Education, designed international digital education strategies and products, managed publishers’ digital transformation programmes and innovation initiatives.

Carla was Director of Futures at the Institute of Education - UCL where she also set up and ran the EDUCATE programme with Prof Luckin, working with over 100 London edTech start-ups. She has worked with and mentored start-ups in the UK and Africa and advises startups and learning technology companies internationally. Carla was awarded the EduTech Global Leadership award by the World Education Congress - India in 2017 and is a Zinc fellow. Carla runs the Tmrw Institute.

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INSTITUTE School of One: Reimagining How Students Learn Vikas Pota Chairman of the Varkey Foundation

Vikas Pota is Chairman of the Varkey Foundation, a family foundation seeking to uplift the status of teachers as a way of improving student outcomes in schools. As its frst Chief Executive, Vikas established the Global Teacher Prize, convenes the Global Education & Skills Forum and established a dialogue with key stakeholders through the publication of research, amongst a portfolio of programming commitments in Africa and Latin America.

In 2018, Vikas was appointed the Group Chief Executive of Tmrw Digital, which invests in education technology businesses and has incubated an Institute to advance understanding of the education technology sector in key areas.

Vikas is a Visiting Practitioner in Education at Harvard University, a Policy Leaders Fellow at the University of Cambridge, a Honorary Lecturer at UCL Institute of Education, Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, and was selected by the World Economic Forum as a Young Global Leader for his work in education. Vikas received a Honorary Doctorate in 2016 and was listed by London’s Evening Standard newspaper as being in the Progress 1000 list of most infuential Londoners in 2016. Investment bank UBS, in 2018, appointed him to their Global Visionaries programme.

Monday, 10th December Tuesday, 11th December Opening remarks Summary & vote of thanks

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