The Conference Programme is finalised. Please find below a list of speakers:
- Joe ASTROTH – Chief Education Officer, Autodesk Education
- Soumitra DUTTA – Professor of Information Systems and Dean of External Relations, INSEAD
- Charles FADEL – Global Lead, Education, CISCO Systems
- Malcolm GRANT – President and Provost, University College London
- Ania GROBICKI – Executive Secretary, Global Water Partnership
- Maria Helena GUIMARÃES DE CASTRO – Former Minister for Higher Education, Brazil
- Janyne HODDER – President, The College of the Bahamas ,and Board Member, The International Association of Universities
- Barbara ISCHINGER – Director for Education, OECD
- Merle JACOB – Professor of Research Policy, Lund University, Sweden and Chairholder, UNESCO Chair in Research Management and Innovation Systems supported by the Swedish International Development Agency (Sida)
- Denise KIRKPATRICK – Pro Vice-Chancellor Learning, Teaching and Quality, The Open University
- Doug LEDERMAN – Editor, Inside Higher Ed
- Luc MONTAGNIER – Nobel Prize winner 2008
- Charles REED – Chancellor, The California State University
- Johan ROOS – President, Copenhagen Business School
- Alan RUBY – Senior Fellow, Penn GSE
- Jamil SALMI – Tertiary Education Coordinator, World Bank
- Maria Jesús SAN SEGUNDO – Ambassador of Spain to UNESCO and Spanish Minister of Education ,Science and Technology 2004-2006
- Celeste SCHENCK – President, American University of Paris
- Peter SMITH – Senior Vice-President for Academic Strategies and Development, Kaplan Higher Education
- Dirk VAN DAMME – Head of the Centre for Educational Research and Innovation, OECD
- Bert VANDENKENDELAERE – President, European Students Union
- Marijk VAN DER WENDE – Chair Governing Board, IMHE
- Lesley WILSON – Secretary General, European University
- Richard YELLAND – Head of the Education Management and Infrastructure Division, OECD
- Xinsheng ZHANG – Vice-Minister, Ministry of Education, China