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
Julio Frenk
President, University of Miami, United States
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
Valérie Amiraux
Vice-Rector of Community & International Partnerships, 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
Hugh Brady
President, Imperial College London, United Kingdom
Jayna Devani
Higher Education Lead, OpenAI EMEA, United Kingdom
Hicham El Habti
President, Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Morocco
Gonzalo Garland
Executive Vice President of IE Foundation, IE University, Spain
Thomas Estermann
Director, Governance, Funding and Public Policy Development, European University Association, Belgium
David B. Go
Vice President and Associate Provost for Academic Strategy, University of Notre Dame, United States
Ahmad Hasnah
President, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar
Andrew Jack
Global Education Editor, The Financial Times, United Kingdom
Pradeep K. Khosla
Chancellor, UC San Diego, USA
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
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
Nunzio Quacquarelli
Founder and CEO of QS Quacquarelli Symonds, UK
Diego Quiroga
Rector, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador
Julie Sanders
Vice-Chancellor and Principal at Royal Holloway, University of London, United Kingdom
Mikkel Sørensen
Director, DTU Skylab, Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Denmark
Michael Spence
President, University College London, United Kingdom
Nhlanhla Thwala
Provost and Vice-Chancellor, Africa Leadership University, Rwanda
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
Kathi Kern
Vice Provost for Educational Innovation, University of Miami, United States
Iva Nichols
Director of Presidential Events, Office of the President, University of Miami, United States