Yidan Prize Summit

YIDAN PRIZE SUMMIT 2018

10 DECEMBER 2018

HONG KONG

GRAND HYATT HONG KONG

Jan Smejkal

Head of China and APAC, Startup Grind

Jan Smejkal is the head of China and APAC at Startup Grind, the world's largest entrepreneur community. He works with some of the brightest and most passionate tech ecosystem builders to educate, inspire and connect founders from all around the world. Over the past year, under Jan's leadership, Startup Grind community in China has more than doubled to 11+ active cities hosting regular events and impacting the entrepreneurial landscape across the region.

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

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

H.E. Dr. Ahmed AI Eissa

Minister of Education, Saudi Arabia

Jaime Saavedra

Senior Director, Education,
The World Bank Group

John McDermott

Public Policy Editor,
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

Lord Jim Knight

Chief Education and External Officer
Tes Global Ltd

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