Program
Schedule

Overview

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)