ㅣOverview
2021
Leveraging AIEd
to Narrow the Achievement Gap
in Education
Date : 2021. 06. 29. (Tue) ~ 07. 02. (Fri)
Location : Yangjae aT Center Grand Hall,
Riiid Conference Hall Y-FLOW,
3rd floor, Yonsei University &
Samsung Academic Information
Center
ㅣSchedule
10:00 - 10:35
Opening
10:35 - 11:05
[Round Table] Sharing vision and case studies to bridge educational gaps through HTHT
Chair
Lee Ju-ho | Chairperson of Education Commission Asia (ECA)
Speaker
Chang Soon-heung | President of Handong Global
University
Jung Jang-seon | Mayor of Pyeongtaek City
Cho Eun-hee | Mayor of Seocho City, Seoul
Lee Kang-deok | Mayor of Pohang City
Oh Se-hoon | Mayor of Seoul Metropolitan Government
Park Heong-joon | Mayor of Busan Metropolitan
City
Lee Cheol-woo | Governor of Gyeongsangbuk-do
11:05 - 11:35
Keynote Speeches
Speaker
Ban Ki-moon | 8th UN Secretary General,
Chairman of the Ban Ki Moon Foundation for a Better Future
Gordon Brown | UN Special Envoy for Global
Education, Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Nadiem Makarim | Minister of Education and
Culture of the Republic of Indonesia
Yun Hai-young | Managing Director of the
International Cooperation & Capacity Building Department at KDI school of Public Policy and
Management
11:40 - 12:40
[Session 1] Implementing HTHT : Lessons and Beyond
Chair
Lee Ju-ho | Chairperson of Education Commission
Asia (ECA)
Speaker
Eric A. Hanushek | Senior Fellow at the Hoover
Institution of Stanford University
Christopher Thomas ㅠ Director of Partnerships at
the Yidan Prize Foundation
Park Yoon-soo | Associate Professor at Harvard
Medical School
Kim Min-ki | Associate Professor at KAIST College
of Business
Sajitha Bashir | Adviser in the Office of the Global
Director of the Education Global Practice at the World Bank
13:30 - 15:30
[Special Session 1] Building a Global EdTech Ecosystem
Speaker
Tal Redler | Head of the South Branch and Headquarter at MindCET Edtech Innovation Center
Paz Eliav | Head of Accelerator at MindCET Edtech
Innovation Center
Fernando Valenzuela | Managing Partner of the Global Edtech Impact Alliance
Rebeca Barbalat | Director of Products, R&D at Positivo Technologia
Tobia Himmerich | CEO of EDUvation
Shin So-hee | CEO of Education Commission Asia
Roy Zur | CEO and Founder of Cybint
Edison Duran | CEO and Founder of PleIQ
Joab Rosenberg | CEO and Founder of Ment.io
Oren Jackman | CEO and Co-founder of examPAL
15:30 - 16:30
[Country Session 1 - Korea] Exploring Korean Edtech ecosystem and global partnership
Speaker
Cho Yong-sang | CEO of i-Scream edu
Bang Seung-cheon | Chief Business Development Officer of hunet
Lee Chang-mook | Learning Scientist Team Leader of Woongjin Thinkbig Corporation
Hur Woo-kun | Head of Global Business Development & Strategic Alliances at Visang Education
15:30 - 16:30
[Country Session 2 - Dubai] Exploring UAE Edtech ecosystem and global partnership
Speaker
Krishnan Gopi | Group Chief Disruption Officer at GEMS Education
20:00 - 21:00
[Special Session 2] Environmental Education for Action with High Touch High Tech by Ban Ki-moon Foundation for a Better Future
Chair
Kim Sook | Executive Director of the Ban Ki-moon Foundation for a Better Future, Former Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to the UN
Speaker
Jung Tae-yong | Professor at Yonsei University Director of the Sustainable Development Program at the Ban Ki-moon Foundation for a Better Future
Daniel Zhang | Executive Director and Social Responsibility Principal of Broad Group
Shinji Kaneko | Executive Vice President of Global Initiatives at Hiroshima University
Um Woo-chong | Managing Director-General of the Asian Development Bank
Andrew Steer | President of Bezos Earth Fund
21:00 - 22:00
[Session 2] Understanding the Global Learning Crisis
Chair
Liesbet Steer | Director of the Education Commission
Speaker
Baela Raza Jamil | CEO of Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi (ITA) Centre for Education and Consciousness, Commissioner at the Education Commission
Halsey Rogers | Lead Economist in the Education Global Practice at the World Bank
Park Nam-gi | Professor at Gwangju National University of Education, Former President of Gwangju National University of Education
Anthony Salcito | Vice President of Worldwide Education at Microsoft
22:00 - 23:00
[Session 3] The Promise of HTHT
Chair
Brajesh Panth | Chief of Education Sector Group at the Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Speaker
Amy Bellinger | Lead of the Education Workforce Initiative (EWI), HTHT Initiative of Education Commission
Marcelo Perez Alfaro | Lead Education Specialist at the Inter-American Development Bank
Gouri Gupta | Project Director of EdTech at Central Square Foundation
Carmen Strigel | Director of Technology for Education and Training at RTI International
23:00 - 00:00
[Session 4] Research on and Impact Evaluation in HTHT
Chair
Elizabeth King | Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution Former Director of Education, Vice President for Human Development at the World Bank
Speaker
Louis Major | Senior Research Associate at the University of Cambridge Senior Research
Associate at the EdTech Hub
Kim Boo-yuel | Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Environmental Studies
at Seoul National University
Prashant Loyalka | Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Education at Stanford University
Tetsushi Sonobe | Dean and CEO of the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)
2021
Leveraging AIEd to Narrow the Achievement Gap in Education
Date : 2021. 06. 29. (Tue) ~ 07. 02. (Fri)
Location : YangjaeaT Center Grand Hall, Riiid Conference Hall
Y-FLOW, 3rd floor, Yonsei University & Samsung Academic
Information Center
Time
Program
Content
10:00 - 10:35
Opening
10:35 - 11:05
Round Table
Sharing vision and case studies to bridge educational gaps through HTHT
Chair Lee Ju-ho | Chairperson of Education Commission Asia (ECA)
Speaker Chang Soon-heung | President of Handong Global University
Jung Jang-seon | Mayor of Pyeongtaek City
Cho Eun-hee | Mayor of Seocho City, Seoul
Lee Kang-deok | Mayor of Pohang City
Oh Se-hoon| Mayor of Seoul Metropolitan Government
Park Heong-joon | Mayor of Busan Metropolitan City
Lee Cheol-woo | Governor of Gyeongsangbuk-do
11:05 - 11:35
Keynote Speeches
Speaker Ban Ki-moon | 8th UN Secretary General,
Chairman of the Ban Ki Moon Foundation for a Better Future
Gordon Brown | UN Special Envoy for Global Education,
Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Nadiem Makarim | Minister of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia
Yun Hai-young | Managing Director of the International Cooperation & Capacity Building
Department at KDI school of Public Policy and Management
11:40 - 12:40
Session 1
Implementing HTHT : Lessons and Beyond
Chair Lee Ju-ho | Chairperson of Education Commission Asia (ECA)
Speaker Eric A. Hanushek| Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution of Stanford University
Christopher Thomas | Director of Partnerships at the Yidan Prize Foundation
Park Yoon-soo | Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School
Kim Min-ki | Associate Professor at KAIST College of Business
Sajitha Bashir | Adviser in the Office of the Global Director of the Education Global Practice
at the World Bank
13:30 - 15:30
Special Session 1
Building a Global EdTech Ecosystem
Speaker Tal Redler | Head of the South Branch and Headquarter at MindCET Edtech Innovation Center
Paz Eliav | Head of Accelerator at MindCET Edtech Innovation Center
Fernando Valenzuela | Managing Partner of the Global Edtech Impact Alliance
Rebeca Barbalat | Director of Products, R&D at Positivo Technologia
Tobia Himmerich | CEO of EDUvation
Shin So-hee | CEO of Education Commission Asia
Roy Zur | CEO and Founder of Cybint
Edison Duran | CEO and Founder of PleIQ
Joab Rosenberg | CEO and Founder of Ment.io
Oren Jackman | CEO and Co-founder of examPAL
15:30 - 16:30
Country Session 1
Korea
Exploring Korean Edtech ecosystem and global partnership
Speaker Tal Redler | Head of the South Branch and Headquarter at MindCET Edtech Innovation Center
Cho Yong-sang | CEO of i-Scream edu
Bang Seung-cheon | Chief Business Development Officer of hunet
Lee Chang-mook | Learning Scientist Team Leader of Woongjin Thinkbig Corporation
Hur Woo-kun | Head of Global Business Development & Strategic Alliances
at Visang Education
16:30 - 17:30
Country Session 2
Dubai
Exploring UAE Edtech ecosystem and global partnership
Speaker Krishnan Gopi | Group Chief Disruption Officer at GEMS Education
20:00 - 21:00
Special Session 2
Environmental Education for Action with High Touch High Tech by Ban Ki-moon Foundation for a Better Future
Chair Kim Sook | Executive Director of the Ban Ki-moon Foundation for a Better Future,
Former Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to the UN
Speaker Jung Tae-yong | Professor at Yonsei University Director of the Sustainable Development
Program at the Ban Ki-moon Foundation for a Better Future
Daniel Zhang | Executive Director and Social Responsibility Principal of Broad Group
Shinji Kaneko | Executive Vice President of Global Initiatives at Hiroshima University
Um Woo-chong | Managing Director-General of the Asian Development Bank
Andrew Steer | President of Bezos Earth Fund
21:00 - 22:00
Session 2
Understanding the Global Learning Crisis
Chair Liesbet Steer | Director of the Education Commission
Speaker Baela Raza Jamil | CEO of Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi (ITA) Centre for Education
and Consciousness, Commissioner at the Education Commission
Halsey Rogers | Lead Economist in the Education Global Practice at the World Bank
Park Nam-gi | Professor at Gwangju National University of Education,
Former President of Gwangju National University of Education
Anthony Salcito | Vice President of Worldwide Education at Microsoft
22:00 - 23:00
Session 3
The Promise of HTHT
Chair Brajesh Panth | Chief of Education Sector Group at the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Speaker Amy Bellinger | Lead of the Education Workforce Initiative (EWI),
HTHT Initiative of Education Commission
Marcelo Perez Alfaro | Lead Education Specialist at the Inter-American Development Bank
Gouri Gupta | Project Director of EdTech at Central Square Foundation
Carmen Strigel | Director of Technology for Education and Training at RTI International
23:00 - 00:00
Session 4
Research on and Impact Evaluation in HTHT
Chair Elizabeth King | Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution Former Director of Education,
Vice President for Human Development at the World Bank
Speaker Louis Major | Senior Research Associate at the University of Cambridge Senior Research
Associate at the EdTech Hub
Kim Boo-yuel | Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Environmental Studies
at Seoul National University
Prashant Loyalka | Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Education
at Stanford University
Tetsushi Sonobe | Dean and CEO of the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)