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GLOBAL EDUCATION FORUM

Welcome to the Global Education Forum! We are an open community of changemakers promoting the transformation of higher education and the university system. We started with a global discussion that took place on September and October 2021, with during September with microevents and a 3-day conference to discuss the Future of Education. Now, we continue to lead this debate through innovation initiatives, talks and events.

The future of higher education is in our hands. Let’s reimagine it and redesign it together.

DISCOVER OUR MORE THAN 120 SPEAKERS!

Adrian Monck

Managing Director, Head of Public And Social Engagement, World Economic Forum

Albert Sangrá

Director de la Cátedra UNESCO en Tecnología y Educación para el Cambio Social en la Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC)

Albert Triola

Senior Vice President Support Renewal Sales EMEA & Country Leader Oracle Spain

Alejandro Piscitelli

Hibrid pedagoy consultant, National University of Buenos Aires.

Alfonso González Hermoso de Mendoza

Ex deputy minister of Science, Universities and Innovation from Community of Madrid.

Álvaro Fernández Ibáñez

CEO

Andrés Pedreño Muñoz

1MillionBot President.

Andrey Parrilla Prokopyev

Student, SEK Alborán

Angela Baldellou

CEO 2030 Observatory of the Spanish Institute of Architects, Spanish Institute of Architects

Anthony Monaco

President, Tufts University

Arpad Von Lazar

Chairman of the SEK-UCJC International Advisory Board

Axel Rivas

Headmaster of Education School of San Andrés Universtity - San Andrés University, Argentina.

Bárbara Arrowsmith-Young

Director

Beatriz Carratalá

Project Manager, SEK Education Group

Belén Gancedo

Head of Education, Microsoft

Prof. Benno Werlen

UNESCO Chair on Global Understanding for Sustainability, Friedrich Schiller University Jena (Germany)

Berta Lázaro Corcuera

Co-founder TEAMLABS, TEAMLABS

Bertold Fridlender

President, Hadassah Academic College, Jerusalem

Bijay Dhungana

Vice-President : ICEFIL (International Centre of Excellence For Innovative Learning)

Blanca Connelly

Psychology Student, Camilo José Cela University

Bruce Magid

CEO and Executive Chairman, The Unionsports LLC

Bruno Zepeda

Rector, Universidad Tecmilenio

Camila Polensvaig

Director of the Degree in Entrepreneurship and Business Management, Universidad Camilo José Cela

Carlos Magro

Member of the Design, Innovation and Educational Technology Department, SEK

Carlota Tovar

Head of social innovation, University Camilo José Cela Foundation

Chance Bisimwa

Former Academic Advisor with GEM \| Business Developer, Global Education Movement

Christo Joseph, FRSA

Director - Strategy & Planning

Chrystina Russell

Executive Director, Southern New Hampshire University's Global Education Movement (GEM)

Cristina Marcos

Country Manager Spain & LATAM, Genially

Cruz Sánchez de Lara Sorzano

Vicepresidenta de EL ESPAÑOL - Editora ENCLAVE ODS

Daniel Cassany

Speech analysis head professor, Universitat Pompeu Fabra.

Daniel Truran

B Corp Ambassador - ebbf director general, B Lab Europe + ebbf.org

David H. Clifford

Craftsperson, Collaborator, Catalyst of Your Creative Courage, Design school X (DSX) Stanford d.school K12Lab

David Martín Díaz

Director Entrepreneurship, Skills and Social Impact, UCJC

Dayna Cunningham

Dean of Tisch College of Civic Life

Diego Francesch

Periodista, El Magisterio Español

Digital Skill School

Dr. Paul J. LeBlanc

President

Elena Arias Ortiz

Education Senior Specialist, Inter-American Development Bank

Elena Ibáñez Elena Ibáñez

CEO, Singularity Experts

Elisa Silió

Redactora especializada en educación, El País

Elsa Punset

Escritora

Emilio Lora-Tamayo

Rector at Universidad Camilo José Cela

Eva Cano

Director of International Relations & LanguageLab at University Camilo José Cela (UCJC)

Félix López Capel

Director SEK Lab Edtech Accelerator, SEK Education Group

Fernando M. Reimers

Professor of International Education, Harvard University

Francesc Pedró

Director del Instituto Internacional de la UNESCO para la Educación Superior en América Latina y el Caribe (UNESCO IESALC)

Gonzalo Hervás

Profesor titular, Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Guillermo García Cubero

CEO & Founder of Alumne, The Knowledge Company

Howard Blumenthal

Senior Scholar, The University of Pennsylvania

Howard Gardner

Hobbs Research Professor of Cognition and Education,Harvard Graduate School of Education

Ian Dunn

Provost, Coventry University

Irene Sánchez

Estudiante, UCJC

Israel Mañas Mañas

Ph.D. in Psychology. Psychology, Health, and Education Research Team (HUM-760), Health Research Centre, University of Almería (Spain)

Jaime Barrio Cortes

Director del Máster en Salud Escolar de la UCJC

James Tooley

Vice-Chancellor, University of Buckingham

Jane Larsson

Executive Director, Council of International Schools (CIS)

Javier Antoranz Rivero

Bewell Center team teacher, Universidad Camilo José Cela

Jeanette van Beek

Director, Symphony Healthcare Academy

Jeff Maggioncalda

Chief Executive Officer, Coursera

Jeroo Billimoria

Co-Founder & Chief Facilitator, Catalyst 2030

Joaquín Rodríguez

Director of the Department of Design, Innovation and Educational Technology SEK

José Javier Hombrados

Director de deportes, Institución Educativa SEK

José Luis Neira Alzaga

SEK-Ciudalcampo Alumnus, University of Edinburgh

José M. Ordovas

Jose Santamans Caballero

Project Manager - Digital Skills School

Josefina Giancaterino Stegmann

Periodista Diario ABC

Juan Carlos Copero Montoya

Student, Universidad Camilo José Cela

Juan Freire

Vicerrector Innovación y Transformación

Juan José Juárez

Senior Project Manager, Fundación Bertelsmann

Juan Ramos-Cejudo

Associate Professor at UCJC. Co-founder and CEO of Mind Group, UCJC

Julian Skyrme

Director of Social Responsibility, The University of Manchester

Julio Lumbreras

Professor, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid and Harvard University

Karen Sibley

Emeritus Dean, Brown University School of Professional Studies & VP of Strategic Initiatives

Keila Zurisadai Contreras Santos

CEO Aliyel en Libertad and Kei Technologies, Camilo José Cela

Khan Alkazoe

Student, Universidad Camilo Jose Cela

Kyriakos Kouveliotis

Provost & Chief Academic Officer at Berlin School of Business and Innovation

Laura García Caro Lorenzo

Atleta Olímpica en 20km marcha, Universidad Ucjc

Leonardo Martins Dias

Profesor titular, Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Linda Castañeda

Profesora Titular de Universidad del Departamento de Didáctica y Organización Escolar de la Universidad de Murcia

Lorlene Hoyt

Executive Director, Talloires Network of Engaged Universities, Tufts University

Lucía Acurio

Presidenta del Grupo Edutec

Lucía de Jasso Galaso

4th year Psychology Student, Universidad Camilo José Cela

Lynn Murray-Chandler

Assistant VP, Learner Engagement and Academic Innovation, Southern New Hampshire University

Mª José Martín

Talent Solutions Right Management and NextGen ManpowerGroup Director, ManpowerGroup

Madeleine Tate

Teaching Assistant and Language Tutor, SEK Les Alpes

Magdalena Claro

Directora del Centro de Estudios de Políticas y Prácticas en Educación de la misma universidad (CEPPE-UC)

Maggie Cornejo

Fulbright Teaching Fellow at UCJC, Fulbright Association

Maite Lama

Member of the Design, Innovation and Educational Technology Department at SEK Educational Group & UCJC

Manuel Butler Halter

Consejero de Turismo, Spanish Tourist Office in London

Marc Prensky

Founder, The Global Ministry of Empowerment, Accomplishment and Impact

María Ángeles Huerta

Associated Profesor, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

María Cortés Puch

Vice President, Networks, SDSN

María Emilia Correa

Co Fundadora Sistema B, Sistema B

María Pedraza Méndez

Estudiante de Educación, UCJC

Marian De la Morena Taboada

Directora del Centro de Bienestar BeWell Center UCJC, Universidad Camilo José Cela

Marina Kim

Co-Founder, Ashoka U

Marta Barea

University Student, Universidad Camilo Jose Cela

Martha Korok

Former student, University of Saskatchewan

Martina Charaf

Profesora BeWell Center UCJC

Matias Matias

Global Director of Education, HP

Mercedes Valcárcel

Directora General, Fundacion Generation Spain

Michael B. Horn

Author on the Future of Education, Clayton Christensen Institute

Miguel Ángel Pérez Nieto

Dean. Faculty of Health, Universidad Camilo José Cela

Miguel Ángel Sicilia

Director of R&D projects, CAILab, UCJC

Miriam Aldea de Vicente

Representadora de los estudiantes de la UCJC, Camilo José Cela University

Nicholas Sabato

Director, Education for Humanity, Arizona State University

Nieves Segovia

President at SEK Education Group

Nigel Adams

Director Buckingham Enterprise and Innovation Unit, University of Buckingham

Noelia García

Periodista, El Economista

Noelia Hernandez

Redactora, Disruptores e Innovadores (D+I) - El Español

Pablo Santaeufemia

CEO & Co-founder, Bridge for Billions

Patrizio Paoletti

Presidente Fondazione Patrizio Paoletti

Paul Kim

Associate Dean & CTO, Stanford University

Paula Biarge

Alumna del grado en Protocolo y Organización de Eventos en la UCJC, Universidad Camilo José Cela

Paula Sierra

Principal Associate - Acumen Academy Spain

Pilar Posadas de Julián

Catedrática de Pedagogía del Real Conservatorio Superior de Música de Granada. Profesora del Experto y Master de Mindfulness en Contextos Educativos de la UCJC.

Prof. Dr. Albrecht Von Mueller

Director Parmenides Center for the Study of Thinking, Parmenides Foundation

Prof. Dr. Klaus-Dieter Barbknecht

Rector, TU Bergakademie Freiberg

Rafael L. Bras

Professor and former Provost, Georgia Institute of Technolgy

Rafael Navarro

CEO, Inndux Digital Group

Raquel Nogueira

Head writer Enclave ODS, El Español

Richard J. Light

Pforzheimer Professor of Teaching and Learning, Harvard University.

Ritu Kalra

Director of Treasury, Harvard University

Rosa Menéndez

President, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)

Ruth Castillo Gualda

Coordinadora Diseño Académico de la UCJC y Consultora del Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, UCJC

Salvador Medina

CEO and Cofounder of VALHALLA®

Saúl Loriente Rodríguez

Director en Design Thinking España

Sidharth Santhosh

Graduate Student, Sciences Po Paris

Stavros N. Yiannouka

CEO, WISE

Stephen Heppell

Director of the Felipe Segovia Chair of Innovation in Learning at the Camilo José Cela University

Prof. Tawana Kupe

Vice-Chancellor and Principal, University of Pretoria

Teresa Viejo

Escritora, periodista y conferenciante

Tony Bates

President and CEO of Tony Bates Associates Ltd.

Vanessa Jaklitsch

TV Anchor & US Correspondent

Vicente Gil Valdés

Director de Vigilancia de la Salud del Grupo Santalucia

Vikas Pota

Founder, T4 Education

Wendy Fischman

Research Project Director, Harvard Graduate School of Education

Zaynab Berriche

Representative of the International Mobility Student Community, University Camilo Jose Cela (UCJC)

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DISCOVER OUR MORE THAN 120 SPEAKERS!

BLOG POSTS & NEWS

JOIN THE CONVERSATION

BRING YOUR IDEAS

WHAT THE EDUCATION COMMUNITY SAYS

SOCIAL WALL

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