
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
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

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

Lord Jim Knight
Chief Education and External Officer
Tes Global Ltd
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

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