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11:00 - 12:00

11:00 – 11:05
13 October 2022 | 5 Minutes
Paid
  • Gitex Global
  • Track: Education
  • Hall 7A Pavilion, Blue Stage

MC welcome

Speakers

Aki Anastasiou

Interviewer

Johannesburg (SA)

11:05 – 11:20
13 October 2022 | 15 Minutes
Paid
  • Gitex Global
  • Track: Education
  • Hall 7A Pavilion, Blue Stage

Opening Keynote by KHDA

Speakers

H.E. Dr. Abdulla Al Karam

Director General

Knowledge & Human Development Authority (KHDA)

11:20 – 11:50
13 October 2022 | 30 Minutes
Paid
  • Gitex Global
  • Track: Education
  • Hall 7A Pavilion, Blue Stage

Panel: Edtech Beyond the Pandemic, What's Here to Stay for the Greater Good?

•Post pandemic, we consider which solutions add value in “normal” times •Is blended learning here to stay?
•Emerging and anticipated EdTech trends
•How and why different ages and levels require different approaches; the impact on children and teens, brains and society

Speakers

Stephen Hall

Partner - Public and Social Sector practice

McKinsey & Company

Soraya Beheshti

Regional Director MENAT

Crimson Education

Aman Merchant

General Partner

United Arab Emirates

RemaginED Collective

Dr. Humam Elagha

Director - Centre for General Studies

Bahrain

Royal University for Women

Dr.Tina Kapp

Head of Learning

Alef Education, UAE

11:50 – 12:10
13 October 2022 | 20 Minutes
Paid
  • Gitex Global
  • Track: Education
  • Hall 7A Pavilion, Blue Stage

Presentation: AI enabled adaptive, personalised learning

•We know there’s no one size fits all in education, so now how can AI help teachers give their students what they need?
•An overview of AI enabled personalized and interactive learning
•Student behavior analysis and prediction for optimized learning outcomes
•How AI will change the role of the teacher

Speakers

Fernando Bermudez

The Oracle

Spain

Nybl

12:00 - 13:00

12:10 – 12:30
13 October 2022 | 20 Minutes
Paid
  • Gitex Global
  • Track: Education
  • Hall 7A Pavilion, Blue Stage

Insight Talk: Spark Education Through Collaboration

Speakers

Kinven Zhou

IVS and Collaboration Solution Sales Director, Enterprise Business Group

United Arab Emirates

Huawei Middle East

12:30 – 12:45
13 October 2022 | 15 Minutes
Paid
  • Gitex Global
  • Track: Education
  • Hall 7A Pavilion, Blue Stage

Creation of a Startup Ecosystem in Higher Education Institutions: the HCT Startup Development Program and InnCuVation Spaces

Speakers

Nicola Bettio

Executive Director - ARIE

Higher Colleges of Technology, UAE

12:45 – 13:15
13 October 2022 | 30 Minutes
Paid
  • Gitex Global
  • Track: Education
  • Hall 7A Pavilion, Blue Stage

Panel: If the Future of Education Lies in AR/VR/XR and Metaverse, How Will it Affect Society?

•The multi-billion-dollar question under the microscope
•How are AR/VR/XR currently used in education?
•Will these ever become truly mainstream? What are the barriers? What are the gains?
•Can learning in the metaverse ever replace face to face and can it ever be fully democratised

Speakers

Ahmed Ameen Ashour

United Arab Emirates

Microsoft

Shadman Sakib

Founder & CEO

Vurse

Aki Anastasiou

Interviewer

Johannesburg (SA)

Roger Bassoul

Executive Director

INSEAD, UAE

13:00 - 14:00

13:15 – 13:50
13 October 2022 | 35 Minutes
Paid
  • Gitex Global
  • Track: Education
  • Hall 7A Pavilion, Blue Stage

Panel: Preparing Kids Today to Become Tomorrow’s Leaders

•Just how much does the global education system need to change? 
•Coding, data science, robotics – what are the big hitters in STEM our kids need to learn? 
 •The growing gap - how can we make these accessible to all?
 •Can human and soft skills make better entrepreneurs – creativity, empathy…? 

Speakers

Dennis Kambeitz

Founder & CEO

EZ-Robots

Baz Nijjar

Principal Advisor Education Technology

GEMS Education

Ashok Kurian Panjikaran

Director - Entrepreneurship and Incubation

India

Kerala Startup Mission

Prof. Paul Hopkinson

Head of the School of Social Sciences & Edinburgh Business School Dubai; Academic Director

United Arab Emirates

Heriot-Watt University

Roman Tschupp

Associate Partner

United Arab Emirates

McKinsey & Company

13:50 – 14:10
13 October 2022 | 20 Minutes
Paid
  • Gitex Global
  • Track: Education
  • Hall 7A Pavilion, Blue Stage

Quickfire Presentation: Embracing New Education Models to Fill the Tech Talent Gap

•Half a billion people without jobs
•Old methods “too slow” to train at scale
•How to solve this now?

Speakers

Boris Paillard

CEO

Le Wagon

14:00 - 15:00

14:10 – 14:30
13 October 2022 | 20 Minutes
Paid
  • Gitex Global
  • Track: Education
  • Hall 7A Pavilion, Blue Stage

Reinventing Education: A Practical Vision for the Future

How can we apply first principles thinking to reinvent what, how, and where we learn? We'll explore frameworks for true innovation in education and how we can go beyond EdTech when designing novel models of learning.

Speakers

Raya Bidshahri

Founder & CEO

School of Humanity

14:30 – 15:00
13 October 2022 | 30 Minutes
Paid
  • Gitex Global
  • Track: Education
  • Hall 7A Pavilion, Blue Stage

Fireside Chat: The Skills-Based Economy and Preparing Future Generations to Compete in it

•Continuous re-skilling and up-skilling - Generating the lasting habit of learning and why it’s increasingly essential
•Beyond traditional learning, what sets acquiring new skills (particularly tech skills) apart
•The rapid rise of the skills-based economy – what does it mean and how will it impact education
•The links and gaps between our current education systems and future requirements. 
•How can we make sure we don’t leave anyone behind?

Speakers

Malakeh El Haj

Director of Knowledge and Innovation

United Arab Emirates

Abdulla Al Ghurair Foundation for Education

Alvaro Biel

International Business Development Manager

United Arab Emirates

Udacity

Ahmed Al Hujairy

Group CEO

Thinksmart Gulf, Bahrain

15:00 - 16:00

15:00 – 15:20
13 October 2022 | 20 Minutes
Paid
  • Gitex Global
  • Track: Education
  • Hall 7A Pavilion, Blue Stage

The Potential of AI in Education: Using AI to create Engaging Learning Experiences

Speakers

Richard Brooker

Lead Data Scientist

United Arab Emirates

Alef Education

15:20 – 15:40
13 October 2022 | 20 Minutes
Paid
  • Gitex Global
  • Track: Education
  • Hall 7A Pavilion, Blue Stage

Esports In Education Here, Now & The Future

Speakers

Nicholas Biswas

Regional Business Manager

Lenovo, UAE

15:40 – 16:20
13 October 2022 | 40 Minutes
Paid
  • Gitex Global
  • Track: Education
  • Hall 7A Pavilion, Blue Stage

The Education Gamechangers on the Rise

  15-min spotlight intros to the startups and unicorns pioneering change in the education space though innovative tech solutions

Speakers

Shadman Sakib

Founder & CEO

Vurse

16:00 - 17:00

16:20 – 16:30
13 October 2022 | 10 Minutes
Paid
  • Gitex Global
  • Track: Education
  • Zabeel Hall 7, 10X Stage

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