
Lord Jim Knight
Chief Education and External Officer
Tes Global Ltd
Tes Global Ltd
Lord Jim Knight is the Chief Education and External Officer at TES Global Ltd, where he is responsible for Tes Institute and external relations.
Jim is also a founder of XRapid, enabling diagnosis of malaria and asbestos fibres using iPhones.
As a UK government minister his portfolios included rural affairs, schools, digital and employment.
He was a member of Gordon Brown’s Cabinet 2009-2010, before joining the Lords after the 2010 General Election.
He is also a visiting Professor at the Knowledge Lab of the UCL Institute of Education.
OUR SPEAKERS

Alex Rappaport
Co-Founder & CEO, Flocabulary

Anant Agarwal
CEO, EdX

Anthony Salcito
VP of Worldwide Education, Microsoft

Bruce Rodrigues
Deputy Minister Responsible for Early Years and Child Care
Deputy Minister, Ministry of Education
Deputy Minister, Ministry of Education

Carol Dweck
Lewis and Virginia Eaton Professor of Psychology, Stanford University

Cherie Blair CBE, QC
Chancellor, Asian University for Women; Founder, Cherie Blair Foundation for Women

Clive Lee
Chief Executive Officer, Yidan Prize Foundation

Dr Charles Chen Yidan
Founder, the Yidan Prize

Dr Qian Tang
Assistant Director-General for Education, UNESCO

Ellen Pinchuk
Deputy CEO, Mikhailov & Partners;
former correspondent for Bloomberg News TV and bureau-chief for CTV Canada in Moscow
former correspondent for Bloomberg News TV and bureau-chief for CTV Canada in Moscow

H.E. Dr. Ahmed AI Eissa
Minister of Education, Saudi Arabia

Jaime Saavedra
Senior Director, Education,
The World Bank Group
The World Bank Group

Jan Smejkal
Head of China and APAC, Startup Grind

John McDermott
Public Policy Editor,
The Economist
The Economist

John Wood
Founder, Room to Read

Jonathan Schor
CEO, CodeMonkey

Koichi Saito
Founder & General Partner, KK Fund

Li Yuan
Columnist, The Wall Street Journal

Martin Lau
President, Tencent Holdings

Matt Greenfield
Managing Partner, Rethink Education

Michael Gold
Editor, The Economist Intelligence Unit

Miho Taguma
Senior Policy Analyst/ Project Manager of the OECD Education and Skills 2030, Early Childhood and School Division, Directorate for Education and Skills, OECD

Peter Lewis
Presenter of “Money Talk”,
RTHK Radio 3
RTHK Radio 3

Prof Fernando M. Reimers
Professor of the Practice in International Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education

Richard Baraniuk
Founder and Director, OpenStax

Ryan Craig
Co-Founder, Managing Director, University Ventures

Sandeep Murthy
Partner, Lightbox

Stanley Buchesky
Partner and Founder, EdTech Fund

Vicky Colbert
Founder, Fundacion Escuela Nueva

Yves Daccord
Director-General, International Committee of the Red Cross