Speakers and attendees will include representatives from:
Academic leadership (presidents of universities, vice-chancellors, provosts and deans), Government, business (top managers from leading corporations), media (higher education and innovation editors), researchers (top scholars in the field of higher education).
Co-Chairs of the Conference
Hugh Brady
President, Imperial College London, United Kingdom
Santiago Íñiguez
President, IE University, Spain
Keynote Speakers
Eric Mazur
Academic Dean of Applied Sciences and Engineering and Balkanski Professor of Physics and Applied Physics
Joel Poldony
CEO, Honor Education, United States
Speakers, Moderators & Delegates
Ikhlaq Sidhu
Dean of the IE School of Science and Technology, IE University, Madrid, Spain
Ramana Nanda
Deep Tech Institute Academic Lead, Imperial University, London, United Kingdom
Peter Todd
Dean Imperial Business School, Imperial University, London, United Kingdom
Mary Ryan
Vice Provost Research and Enterprise, Imperial University, London, United Kingdom
David Gann
Chair, Step Uk, London, United Kingdom
Muhammad Al-Saggaf
President, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia
Valérie Amiraux
Vice-Rector, Global Engagement and First Peoples, Université de Montreal, Canada
Nelson Baker
Dean of Professional Education, Georgia Institute of Technology, United States
Arlette Beltrán
Academic Vice Rector, Universidad del Pacífico, Peru
Francesco G. Billari
Rector, Bocconi University, Italy
Paolo Boccardelli
Rector, LUISS University, Italy
Annelien Bredenoord
Rector, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Jayna Devani
Higher Education Lead, OpenAI EMEA, United Kingdom
Hicham El Habti
President, Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Morocco
Thomas Estermann
Director, Governance, Funding and Public Policy Development, European University Association, Belgium
Gonzalo Garland
Executive Vice President of IE Foundation, IE University, Spain
David B. Go
Vice President and Associate Provost for Academic Strategy, University of Notre Dame, United States
Lucas S. Grosman
Rector, Universidad de San Andrés, Argentina
Ahmad Hasnah
President, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar
Peter Haynes
Provost and Deputy President (starting October 2025), Imperial College, United Kingdom
Andrew Jack
Global Education Editor, The Financial Times, United Kingdom
Daniel Jutras
Rector, Université de Montréal, Quebec, Canada
Susanna Kempe
CEO, Laidlaw Foundation, London, United Kingdom
Pradeep K. Khosla
Chancellor, UC San Diego, USA
Larry Kramer
President and Vice-Chancellor, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), United Kingdom
Marlos C. Lima
Director for International Affairs, Fundação Getulio Vargas, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
María Eugenia Marín
Vice Provost, Academic Partnerships & Alliances, IE University, Spain
Emma McCoy
Vice President and Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Education, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), United Kingdom
Anne McElvoy
Executive Editor, Politico, United Kingdom
Carlos Montúfar
President of the Board, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador
Didas Kayihura Muganga
Acting Vice-Chancellor, University of Rwanda, Rwanda
Manuel Muñiz
Provost, IE University, Spain
Juan Pablo Murra
Rector, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico
Ben Nelson
Founder, Minerva University, United States
Funmi Olonisakin
Vice President of Global Engagement, King’s College London, United Kingdom
Martin Paul
Rector, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany
Usha Prashar
Member of the House of Lords, UK Parliament, United Kingdom
Deborah Prentice
Vice-Chancellor, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Nunzio Quacquarelli
Founder and CEO of QS Quacquarelli Symonds, UK
Diego Quiroga
Rector, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador
Deresh Ramjugernath
Vice-Chancellor and Rector, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
Julie Sanders
Vice-Chancellor and Principal at Royal Holloway, University of London, United Kingdom
Dr. Carlos Ivan Simonsen Leal
President, Fundação Getulio Vargas, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Metin Sitti
President, Koç University, Istanbul, Türkiye
Mikkel Sørensen
Director, DTU Skylab, Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Denmark
Michael Spence
President, University College London, United Kingdom
Matthew Symonds
Editor-in-Chief, BlueSky Thinking, United Kingdom
Marianne Thellersen
Senior-Vice-President for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Denmark
Federico Valdés
Rector, Universidad del Desarrollo, Chile
Evelyn Welch
Vice Chancellor and President, University of Bristol, United Kingdom
Zheng Xinye
Vice-President, Renmin University, China
Planning Committee
Geoffroy Gérard
Managing Director, Reinventing Higher Education Conference, Managing Director, IE Foundation, IE University, Spain
Igone Jayo
Executive Assistant, President Office, IE University, Spain
Heather Haseley
Managing Director – Institute for Extended Learning, Imperial College London, UK