Speakers

Head of Skills Policy and Governance Unit, ILO

Senior Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Education & Ministry of National Development, Singapore

WorldSkills Champions Trust Representative for Middle East & North Africa

Director of Sponsorship and Partnership, WorldSkills International

Coordinator for the Dissemination of Vocational and Technological Education Indicators, Anísio Teixeira National Institute for Educational Studies and Research, INEP, Brazil

Head of the Education Division, African Union Commission

Former WorldSkills Champions Trust representative for MENA

Chair, South Australian Skills Commission

Managing Director, Digital Impact Office APJC, Cisco, Singapore

Programme Officer, Head of the UNEVOC Network Secretariat

Vice President of Global Product Development, Festo Didactic SE

Secretary/Director General, TESDA Philippines

Regional Practice Director for People, East Asia and Pacific, World Bank

Superintendent of Vocational and Higher Education, SENAI

Vice President, English Language Learning, Greater China; CEO Greater China, Pearson

Director, Division for Policies and Lifelong Learning Systems, UNESCO

Co-Senior Country Officer for China, JPMorganChase

Minister of Labour, Skills and Innovation, Malawi

Vice President, Teachers Union of Ireland

Head of the Skills Development and Fair Production Unit, UNIDO

Deputy Head of Division, Federal Ministry for Education, Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth, Germany

Team Lead for the Towards a Global TVET Agenda (TGTA)

Head of Vocational Education and Training, PISA-VET Project Manager, OECD

Student, Caofeidian College of Technology, China

General Coordinator for Institutional Evaluation of Vocational and Technological Education, Anísio Teixeira National Institute for Educational Studies and Research, INEP, Brazil

Vice President APAC, Refinish Coatings at Surventis

Director General for VET and Lifelong Learning, Federal Ministry for Education, Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (BMBFSFJ)

Assistant Director-General, ILO

CEO, WorldSkills International

Senior Measurement Scientist, ETS Research Institute

Head, UNESCO-UNEVOC

VP Global Sales, Festo Didactic

Dean, School of Education in the College of Education, Behavioural and Social Sciences at Adelaide University, South Australia; Chair, WorldSkills Global Research Council

Professor, Institute of Vocational and Adult Education, Faculty of Education, East China Normal University

Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science of Ireland

Educational Technologies Manager at the National Department of SENAI DN

Lead Education Specialist, World Bank

Associate Vice President, ETS Educational Testing Service

WorldSkills Champions Trust Representative for Americas

WorldSkills Champions Trust representative for Asia

Vice President, China Association for Labour Studies

Head of Global Research, Lightcast

Coordinator National ODeL in TVET, Kenya School of TVET, and Regional Coordinator Africa Regional Centre for ODeL in TVET (ARCOT)

Chief Human Resources Officer and Member of the Executive Board, Bühler AG, Switzerland

Executive Officer, Executive Vice President, Chief Impact Officer, LIXIL Corporation

Student, Tangshan Maritime Institute, China

Head of the OECD Centre for Skills, OECD

Managing Director, Pearson Qualifications

Technical Specialist in Lifelong Learning, ILO

Project Manager for TVET, GIZ Algeria

Pro Chancellor, Symbiosis Skills and Professional University, Pune, India

WorldSkills Champions Trust Representative for Africa

Programme Officer, Innovation and Excellence in TVET, UNESCO-UNEVOC

WorldSkills Champions Trust representative for Africa

Director-General, Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, European Commission

President & CEO, Stanley Black & Decker

Senior Vice President AI, Digitalization, Education, Festo Group

Coordinator, UNESCO Global Skills Academy, Global Education Coalition, UNESCO

Student, Tangshan Maritime Institute, China

Knowledge Management and Digitalization Specialist, HELVETAS Nepal

WorldSkills Champions Trust Representative for Asia, India

Director of External Affairs, WorldSkills UK

Executive Director, GAN Global

Senior Regional Skills and Employability Specialist at International Labour Organization

Senior Vice President, Head Group Public Affairs, the Adecco Group; President, World Employment Confederation

Director for Education and Skills, OECD

Senior Economic Adviser, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, India; Official Delegate WorldSkills India

Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education, Innovation, Science and Technology Development, Republic of Zimbabwe

EVP Global Partner Ecosystem, Siemens

Head of Future Skills Unit, ILO

Co-founder & Executive President, China POCY Group, China

Senior Ecosystem Operation Manager, Huawei, China

Head of Department “International VET”, BIBB, Germany

Director of the European Training Foundation (ETF)

Chief Technology Officer, Pearson

WorldSkills Champions Trust Representative for Middle East & North Africa

Team leader for EU VET policy – Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, European Commission

Director General, China Employment Training and Technical Instruction Center, MOHRSS

Head of Labour Mobility, International Organization for Migration

Head of Educational Assessment, SENAI-SP

CEO & President, Neutech

ASCOT representative

Director General, Department of Vocational Capacity Building, MOHRSS

Vice President, Professor, East China Normal University

Vice Minister, Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (MOHRSS), PRC

Chief Investment Officer, International Finance Corporation

Professor, East China Normal University

Head of Our Impact Plan, KPMG, China

Head of the Investment and Technology Promotion Office of Shanghai at the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)

Vice Chairperson of the China Vocational Education Association and President of Tianjin University of Technology and Education

Member of the Standing Committee of the CPPCC National Committee and President of the Shanghai Public Diplomacy Association

President, Vocational School