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Meeting hosts | Organisateurs

Finland | Finlande

Ms. Sanni Grahn-

Laasonen Minister of Education and

Culture

Personal details Minister of Education and Culture, 29 May 2015 to present Master of Social Sciences, Member of Parliament National Coalition Party Date and place of birth: 4 May 1983, Forssa, Place of Residence: Forssa Political career Minister of Education and Culture, 29 May 2015 to present Minister of the Environment, 26.9.2014–29.5.2015 National Coalition Party, Vice Chair 2014 to present Member of Parliament, 2011 to present Parliament work Forssa Town Council, Member, 2012 to present, 1st Vice Chair, 2012–2014 Regional Council of Häme, Assembly, Chair 2011–2014 Other work experience and societal responsibilities Press Attaché to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, 2009–2011 Duty Editor, Iltalehti, 2009 Foreign Correspondent in Stockholm, Iltalehti, 2007–2008 Journalist, Iltalehti, 2004–2007 Social Insurance Institution of Finland, 2011–2014 National Advisory Board on Social Welfare and Health Care Ethics ETENE, 2011–2014 Development Policy Committee, Vice Chair 2012–2014 Advisory Committee on Mental Health Policy, 2012–2014 Kemijoki Oy, Supervisory Board, 2012–2014 Women’s association Naiset Yhdessä ry, Board of Directors, 2011–2014 Forssa Church Council, 2010 to present Finnish Hospital Clowns Association, Board of Directors, 2014 P. E. Svinhufvud Memorial Foundation, Supervisory Board, 2012–2014 Kansalliskustannus Oy, Board of Directors, 2011–2014 Other information Married with one child, Language skills: Swedish and English

European Commission | Commission européenne

Ms. Martine Reicherts

Director-General for Education and Culture

Après avoir débuté sa carrière en tant qu’avocate au barreau de Luxembourg, Martine Reicherts l’a poursuivie au sein des institutions européennes à partir de 1984. Elle y a occupé les fonctions de chef de cabinet adjoint de 1995 à 1998 auprès de Jacques Santer, Président de la Commission européenne, et de porte-parole de la Commission de 1998 à 1999. De 2003 à 2007, Martine Reicherts a dirigé l’Office Infrastructures et logistique Luxembourg, puis, entre 2007 et 2015, l’Office des publications en tant que directrice générale.

En septembre 2015, Martine Reicherts a pris les fonctions de directrice générale Education et Culture auprès de la Commission européenne.

Ms. Sari Artjoki Head of European

Commission Representation in Finland

Sari Artjoki was appointed as Head of the European Commission Representation in Helsinki as from 1 September 2015.

Sari Artjoki has worked as the Acting Head of the European Commission Representation in Finland for almost three years. Before that she has held the post of Press and Media Officer in the Helsinki Representation since May 2012. Prior to this appointment she has served in various Directorates-General of the European Commission, most recently in the Directorate-General for Health and Consumers.

She holds a Master of Arts degree from the University of Helsinki.

OECD | OCDE

Mr. Stefan Kapferer

Deputy Secretary-General

Mr. Stefan Kapferer was appointed Deputy Secretary-General of the OECD on October 6, 2014. He will be promoting the OECD’s work specifically in the areas of Human and Social Capital, Skills Strategy, SME’s and Local Development, Gender Strategy, Health and Inequality, and the Centre for Entrepreneurship.

Prior to joining the OECD, Mr. Kapferer, a German national, was State Secretary at the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy. He was responsible for the Department of Industrial Policy, the Department of External Policy, the Department of innovation and ICT as well as the Department of Small and Medium Sized Companies’ Policy.

He previously served as State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology, where he was responsible for the Department of Energy, the Department of European Affairs, as well as for human resources and budget.

Mr. Kapferer was also State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Economics, Labour and Transport of Lower Saxony.

Mr. Kapferer holds a Diploma in administrative science from Konstanz University. After graduating, he contributed to the research project at the Treuhandanstalt, an agency responsible for the privatization of the former German Democratic Republic state property.

Mr. Andreas Schleicher

Director for the Directorate for Education

and Skills and Special Advisor on Education

Policy to the Secretary-General

Andreas Schleicher is Director for Education and Skills, and Special Advisor on Education Policy to the Secretary-General at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in Paris.

As a key member of the OECD Senior Management team, Mr. Schleicher supports the Secretary-General’s strategy to produce analysis and policy advice that advances economic growth and social progress. He promotes the work of the Directorate for Education and Skills on a global stage and fosters co-operation both within and outside the OECD. In addition to policy and country reviews, the work of the Directorate includes the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), the OECD Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC), the OECD Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS), and the development and analysis of benchmarks on the performance of education systems (INES).

Before joining the OECD, Mr. Schleicher was Director for Analysis at the International Association for Educational Achievement (IEA). He studied Physics in Germany and received a degree in Mathematics and Statistics in Australia. He is the recipient of numerous honours and awards, including the “Theodor Heuss” prize, awarded in the name of the first president of the Federal Republic of Germany for “exemplary democratic engagement”. He holds an honorary Professorship at the University of Heidelberg.

Ministers – Heads of Delegation | Ministres – Chefs de délégation

Bulgaria | Bulgarie

Mr. Kostadin Kostadinov

Deputy Minister of Education and Science

Kostadin Kostadinov is a professor in Robotics and Mechatronics and holds a PhD in Applied Mechanics.

He has specialized in the sphere of Robotics in France and Germany.

Prof. Kostadinov is member of the committees of a number of EU programs and projects – TEMPUS; Forth, Sixth and Seventh Framework Programs of the European Union; INTERREG IIIc; PHARE; CIP; as well as many other bilateral research and industrial programs.

He is the author of 9 current patents and applications for patents and has 38 scientific publications in reputable science journals for the last 10 years.

Cyprus | Chypre

Mr. Evangelos Savva

Ambassador of the Republic of Cyprus in

Finland and to the Republic of Estonia

Education 1989 – 1993 State University of New York, Albany BA (Cum Laude) in Communications & Rhetoric 1993- 1995 State University of New York, Albany MA in Political Science (International Relations) Work Experience Joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 1st of August 1997 9/1997 – 9/1998: Attaché, Political Affairs Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nicosia 10/1998 –7/2000: Second Secretary / Consul, Embassy of the Republic of Cyprus in the State of Israel, Tel-Aviv 7/2000 – 7/2004: First Secretary, Embassy of the Republic of Cyprus in the Federal Republic of Germany, Berlin 7/2004 – 9/2005: First Secretary, Political Affairs Department (Middle East and North Africa Division) 9/2005 - 8/2006: First Secretary, Cyprus Question Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nicosia 8/2006 – 8/2010: Consul-General, High Commission of the Republic of Cyprus in The United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland 8/2010– 8/2013: Deputy Director, Cyprus Question Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nicosia 8/2013: Head of Department of Development Cooperation, Humanitarian Assistance and International Financial Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nicosia 9/2014: Ambassador of the Republic of Cyprus to the Republic of Finland 2/2015: Ambassador of the Republic of Cyprus to the Republic of Estonia (resident in Helsinki) Skills Languages, English (Fluent), French (Good)

Czech Republic | République Tchèque

Mr. Stanislav Štech Deputy Minister for

Education, Youth and Sports

Stanislav Štech is a Deputy Minister for Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic. He also holds the position of Professor in pedagogical psychology at Charles University in Prague and is active in scientific and educational boards both in the Czech Republic and abroad. From 2003 to 2015, he served as vice-rector for development at Charles University in Prague. His research activities cover school socialization, teaching profession, relationships between school and family, and school psychology.

Since 2004, he has also focused on education policy. He is the author of three books and a hundred of articles and research studies. In 2011, the French Government awarded him the Order of Academic Palms for distinguished academics.

Denmark | Danemark

Ms. Ellen Trane Nørby

Minister for Children, Education and Gender

Equality

Member of the Danish Parliament The Liberal Party Minister for Children, Education and Gender Equality Ministeriet for Børn, Undervisning og Ligestilling, Frederiksholms Kanal 21, 1220 Copenhagen K Ellen Trane Nørby, born February 1st 1980 in Herning, grew up in Nørre Nissum. Daughter of biologist and Mayor of Lemvig Jørgen Andreas Nørby and architect Merete Nørby MAA. Member period Member of Parliament for the Liberal Party in South Jutland greater constituency from November 13th 2007. Member of Parliament for the Liberal Party in South Jutland County constituency from February 8th 2005 to November 13th 2007. Candidate for the Liberal Party in Sønderborg nomination district from 2004. Parliamentary career Minister for Children, Education and Gender Equality from June 28th 2015. Political spokeswoman 2011-2014, spokeswoman on media 2006-2015, spokeswoman on social affairs and gender equality 2007-2011, and cultural policy spokeswoman 2005-2007. Education and jobs Minor subject, social studies, University of Copenhagen, from 1999 to 2001. MA (history of art), University of Copenhagen, from 1998 to 2005. Upper secondary school, Lemvig, from 1995 to 1998. Primary school, Nørre Nissum, from 1985 to 1995. Political employee, Christiansborg, from 1999 to 2004. Various student and temporary jobs. Affiliations President of LYMEC, European Liberal Youth 2002-2004, vice-president 1999-2002. Candidate for the Liberal Party in Copenhagen County for the European Parliament election 2004. Chairwoman for the Liberal Party's European Affairs Committee 2004-2009. Vice-chairwoman of the Danish European Movement 2007-2013, acting chairwoman 2012–2013.

Estonia | Estonie

Mr. Mart Laidmets

Deputy Secretary General for General and

Vocational Education

Born 1975 in Tallinn, studied at Noarootsi Gymnasium and graduated as historian from the University of Tartu in 2000. After career as political adviser of Prime Minister and Parliament fraction, Mr Laidmets was Secretary General of Estonian Rectors´ Conference 2002-2009. Since 2009 working at the Ministry of Education and Research, first as Head of Higher Education Department and from October 2013 as Deputy Secretary General for General and Vocational Education.

The Deputy Secretary General for General and Vocational Education is tasked with co-ordinating issues related to general, vocational and adult education, the vocational system, external evaluations, the teaching profession and special educational needs. The vocational education, adult education, external evaluation, teachers and general education departments are directly subordinate to him.

France

Mr. Gilles Braun

Inspecteur général de l'Education nationale

Inspecteur général de l’éducation national, Gilles Braun a été chargé de définir la stratégie pour faire entrer l’Ecole dans l’ère du numérique dans le Cabinet de Vincent Peillon, ministre de l’éducation nationale française d’avril 2012 à mai 2014. Précédemment, dans différentes directions des administrations centrales des ministères de l’éducation nationale, de l’enseignement supérieur et de la recherche, en tant que professeur agrégé hors classe de Mathématiques puis expert de haut niveau auprès du directeur général de l’enseignement scolaire, il a participé depuis une vingtaine d’année à la définition et à la mise en œuvre des politiques d’intégration des technologies de l’information et de la communication dans les établissements scolaires et universitaires et en particulier la coordination de la production institutionnelle de contenus et services numériques éducatifs et de l'harmonisation des politiques de soutien à l'édition multimédia pédagogique.

Germany | Allemagne

Ms. Kornelia Haugg Director-General for

Vocational Training and Lifelong Learning

Kornelia Haugg has been Director-General for Vocational Training and Lifelong Learning at the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) since 2006.

Studied home economics and nutrition in Munich and Giessen; research assistant at Giessen University. Responsible for youth and family research at Federal Ministry for Youth, Family Affairs, Women and Health. Joined BMBF in 1989: Responsible for vocational training, including programmes with other countries, BIBB and education policy cooperation in the EU and general university matters. Secondment to Department for Education and Employment, London in 1995. BMBF: Head of Division for Strategy and Planning; Director for Research Institutions and Wissenschaftsrat.

Hungary | Hongrie

Mr. Gábor Kerpen Chief Adviser on

Education to the Minister of Human Capacities

I am a graduated (MA) secondary school teacher. I taught at lower and upper secondary schools between 1986 and 2002. Besides, I also participated in strategy building, social partnerships and legislation in the field of education both on national and international level.

Since 1990 I’ve intensively got involved in policy and strategy making on education, first as a member and leader of a new independent teacher trade union, then as leader of a governmental educational institution. Now, I am the chief political advisor to the Minister of Human Capacities on education issues.

Iceland | Islande

Ms. Ásta

Magnúsdóttir Permanent Secretary

Work 2009 - Ministry of Education, Science and Culture in Iceland. Permanent Secretary. 2006-2009 - European Free Trade Association (EFTA) Secretariat, Brussels. Director for the Services, Capital, Persons and Programmes Division. 2003-2006 - EFTA Secretariat – Senior Officer in the field of Environment, free movement of persons and consumer protection. 1999-2003 - EFTA Surveillance Authority. Officer in the field of Environment. 1999-1999 - National Audit Office. Environmental Auditing. 1995-1999 - Ministry for the Environment. Legal expert in the Division for International Affairs. 1991-1995 - General legal work at Odal Real Estate/Sigurdur Sigurjonson Supreme Court Attorney. 1989-1991 - The Real Estate Owners Organisation. Education 2009 - LLM in EU Law (Social legislation), University of Leicester, United Kingdom. 1989 - Candidatus Juris. University of Iceland (Special fields European law, International Private Law, Thesis: Employees Right to Inventions) Courses 2009 - Environmental Law (European Institute of Public Administration, Maastricht) 2007 - Management Course (Management Centre Europe, Brussels) 2005-2006 - Creativity in Management, 9 month course, Open University (OU), United Kingdom 2005 - Science Matters, 3 months course (OU) 2004-2005 - Environmental Management in Decision Making, 6 months course (OU) Courses given 2009 - Training for EFTA Employees in EU law.

India | Inde

Mr. Ashok Kumar

Sharma Ambassador of India in

Finland and Estonia

Mr. Ashok Sharma has been Ambassador of India in Helsinki (also concurrently accredited to Estonia) since 6th September, 2014.

Mr. Sharma did his Graduation in Economics and Statistics followed by Master of Business Administration from University of Delhi in 1978. After working briefly in State Bank of India, he joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1981. During his diplomatic career, he has served in Moscow, Kuwait, Karachi, New Delhi, Mumbai, Toronto and Tashkent, before his posting at St. Petersburg (Russia) as Consul General of India (2002-2005). He was Ambassador of India in Paramaribo (Suriname), concurrently accredited as High Commissioner of India to Barbados, St. Lucia and St. Vincent & the Grenadines from 2005-2008. He was a Faculty Member in the National Defence College, New Delhi from December 2008 to January 2011. From February, 2011 to July 2014, Mr. Sharma was Ambassador of India to Kazakhstan (Astana).

Latvia | Lettonie

Mr. Uģis Bambe

Ambassador Extraordinary and

Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Latvia in

Finland

Professional experience 2013.10 – present Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Latvia to the Republic of Finland, Helsinki 2007.01 – 2013.09 Adviser on Foreign Affairs to the Speaker of the Latvian Parliament 2006.08 – 2007.01 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia, EU Enlargement and Western Balkans Division, Head of Division 2003.01 – 2006.08 Embassy of Latvia to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Deputy Head of Mission 2002.09 – 2003.01 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia, Second Secretary, EU Policy Division 2001.10 – 2002.09 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia, Second Secretary, Western Europe Division 2000.10 – 2001.10 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia, Third Secretary, Western Europe Division 2000.07 – 2000.10 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia,Attaché, Western Europe Division 2000.01 – 2000.07 EU Directorate, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Portugal (assignment for the Portuguese EU Presidency) 1997.05 – 2000.01 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia, Senior Desk Officer, Western Europe Division 1996 Assistant, Komin Ltd. Education 1998 MA in International Relations, Madrid School of Diplomacy 1997 BA in political science/ international relations, University of Latvia 1993 Riga Secondary School No. 64 Language skills Latvian- mother tongue

Lithuania | Lithuanie

Ms. Audronė Pitrėnienė Minister of Education and

Science

Ms. Audronė Pitrėnienė was born on 21 July 1958, in Skuodas District, Lithuania. In 1984 she graduated from the Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences with the qualification of Teacher of Biology and Agriculture. In 2004 gained Master’s Degree in Educational Science (Klaipėda University).

In 1984-1986 lectured at Vilnius Trade Vocational College, in 1986-2004 – served as a head in several schools.

In 2003 joined Labour party. In 2004-2008 and 2012-2015 was a member of the Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania, in 2012-2015 – chair of the Committee on Education, Science and Culture. Since June 2015 – Minister of Education and Science.

Luxembourg

Mr. Michel Lanners

First Advisor to the Minister

Michel Lanners, 49, got appointed in 2010 as first advisor to the minister of national education, children and youth.

In this function today, he is coordinating the general affairs of the ministry as well as the international relations department where he represents Luxembourg in the Education committee at the OECD.

Before he got appointed first adviser in the ministry he was responsible for the department of innovation and pedagogical research where he represented Luxembourg for 9 years at the OECD in the CERI Governing board and in the PISA Governing board.

Mexico | Mexique

Ms. Norma Bertha Pensado Moreno

Ambassador Extraordinary and

Plenipotentiary in Finland

Ambassador Norma Pensado Moreno holds a Degree in Economics from the National Autonomous University of Mexico, UNAM (1977-1981).

Ambassador to the Republic of Finland concurrently accredited to the Republic of Estonia since 2013; to the Kingdom of Sweden concurrently accredited to the Republics of Latvia and Lithuania (2006-2011).

Likewise, Ambassador Pensado has held the following positions:

• Undersecretary for Latin America and the Caribbean (2012). • Director General for Latin America and the Caribbean (2011-2012). • Director General for Europe (2004-2006). • Alternate Representative of Mexico to the OCDE in Paris, France (1998-2001). • Alternate Representative at the Permanent Mission of Mexico to United Nations in Vienna, Austria (1994-1997).

New Zealand | Nouvelle-Zélande

Ms. Hekia Parata

Minister of Education

Hekia Parata has been Minister of Education since 2011. As a believer in the transformative power of education, she is committed to ensuring every young New Zealander gets a better education.

She grew up in Ruatoria and is of Ngāti Porou and Ngāi Tahu descent.

Hekia’s classroom education was enriched by a hard-working family with high expectations.

She completed an MA in Māori and New Zealand History at the University of Waikato and has worked successfully in both the private and public sector, including at the New Zealand Embassy in Washington, DC.

Hekia and her husband live in Wellington and have two daughters.

People's Republic of China | République populaire de Chine

Mr. Yuhang Gao

First Secretary of Embassy

Mr. Gao was born on 22 March 1961. He was the Education Consul of the Consulate General of China at Auckland, New Zealand from 2005-2010.

Following that, he was the Office Director of China’s Education TV station for 5 years. In July 2015, he took up his new post as the First Secretary of the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Finland.

Poland | Pologne

Ms. Ewa Dudek

Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Education

Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Poland since February 7th 2014.

She coordinates activities related with funds for the subsequent financial perspective, international relations, and works on the new free textbooks for primary schools.

Graduate of Polish Philology at Warsaw University and the English Language Teacher College.

1991-2007: she was a teacher at local school.

2007-2010: she worked at the Polish Ministry of Education, in the Department for Structural Funds, where she was responsible for monitoring educational projects financed with ESF, and held the function of system projects’ manager.

September 2010 - January 6th 2014 – she worked at the Centre for Education Development (ORE), initially as a coordinator of the project on pedagogical supervision (until the end of 2012) and next as ORE deputy director responsible for the realization of system projects of the Polish Ministry of Education financed with ESF, including projects on the implementation of the core curriculum, pedagogical supervision, teacher training, electronic textbooks and the Scholaris educational resources portal.

During her leisure time she likes bike riding. She is married and has three children.

Romania | Roumanie

Mr. Emil Florin Albotă

Secretary of State, Ministry of Education and

Scientific Research in Romania

Education 2000 – 2006 : PhD in Civil Engineering, specialization “Construction and Earthquake Engineering”, Technical University of Civil Engineering in Bucharest

1994 – 1999 : B.Sc. in Civil, Industrial and Agricultural Constructions, Technical University of Civil Engineering in Bucharest

Work experience 2015 – present : Assistant Professor, Technical University of Civil Engineering in Bucharest

2014 – present : Secretary of State, Ministry of Education and Scientific Research

2012 – 2014 : Local Councillor, Slatina City Hall

2007 – 2009 : Expert, Romanian National Centre for Seismic Risk Reduction

1996 – 2014 : Researcher and Author of numerous articles and papers published in scientific journals

Slovak Republic | République slovaque

Ms. Romana Kanovská

State Secretary of Education

PhDr. Romana Kanovská was born on 19 August 1971 in Žilina. In 1996 she graduated from the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Faculty of Philosophy of the Comenius University in Bratislava, specialization teaching of biology and philosophy. Between 1998 and 2003 she taught as a high school teacher at high schools in Bratislava.

Between 2004 and 2008 she worked in the State Pedagogical Institute as a specialist and as a deputy director in the field of measuring results in education, and she prepared the New concept of school-leaving exam and introduction of Nationwide testing of pupils in grade 9. Between September 2008 and March 2015 she managed the National Institute for Certified Educational Measurements (NÚCEM), state organization directly managed by the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic. She was responsible for process of nationwide measurements (external part of the school-leaving exam, Testing of grade 9 pupils, and Testing of grade 5 pupils) and international measurements (PISA, TALIS, TIMSS, PIRLS).

Between 2010 and 2015 she was the main manager of national projects co-financed by the ESF sources, operational programme Education. Within the project „Increase of quality of education in primary schools and high schools applying the electronic testing“ she introduces electronic testing into education process as a new modern form of electronic school leaving exam and electronic Testing 9.

Since 2008 she has been representing the Slovak Republic on international level as a member of the Executive Board OECD PISA and member of the Executive Board IEA. She also represents the Slovak Republic as a member of the Committee of Participating Countries OECD TALIS.

She was appointed to the position of the State Secretary of the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic by the Government of the Slovak Republic on 11 March 2015.

Sweden | Suède

Mr. Roger Mörtvik State Secretary to the

Minister for Upper Secondary School and Adult Education

and Training

Roger Mörtvik is State Secretary to the Minister for Upper Secondary School and Adult Education and Training, Aida Hadzialic.

State Secretaries are politically appointed senior officials at the Government Offices who lead the work of a ministry directly under the head of the ministry or another minister. State Secretaries are responsible for planning and coordination.

Switzerland | Suisse

Ms. Elisabeth Baume-

Schneider Ministre de la Formation, de la Culture et des Sports

Elisabeth Baume-Schneider, Ministre de la Formation de la Culture et des Sports de la République et Canton du Jura est née le 24 décembre 1963 à St-Imier. Cadette d'une famille paysanne de trois enfants, elle grandit dans le village des Bois. Elle poursuit ses études en économie à la Chaux-de-Fonds, puis à l’Université de Neuchâtel. Au bénéfice d’une licence ès sciences sociales, elle occupe différents postes dans le domaine social et contribue à la mise en place dans le canton du Jura des mesures d’insertion en matière d’aide sociale. Elle vit avec son époux Pierre-André et leurs deux fils Luc (22 ans) et Théo (15 ans) aux Franches-Montagnes, aux Breuleux.

Fonctions et mandats politiques Députée au Parlement jurassien, de 1995 à 2002; présidente en 2000 ; Coprésidente du Parti socialiste jurassien en 2001 et 2002 ; Ministre de la Formation, de la Culture et des Sports, depuis 2003 ; Représentante du Gouvernement jurassien à la Conférence des gouvernements cantonaux ; Présidente de la Conférence des Gouvernements de la Suisse du Nord-Ouest (CGNO) juin 2013 à juin 2015 ; Membre du Comité et de la Conférence suisse des directeurs de l’instruction publique (CDIP) ; Membre de la Conférence suisse des hautes écoles ; Membre de la Conférence intercantonale de l’instruction publique de la Suisse romande et du Tessin; Présidente de la Haute-Ecole Spécialisée de Suisse occidentale (HES-SO) ; Présidente de la Haute-Ecole Arc Neuchâtel-Berne-Jura ; Présidente du Conseil suisse de la recherche en éducation ; Présidente du Conseil de fondation de la Fondation Education21 ; Présidente de la Commission fédérale du cinéma.

Speakers | Intervenants

Facilitators | Facilitateurs

Ms. Karen Cator

President and CEO of Digital Promise

Karen Cator is President and CEO of Digital Promise and a leading voice for transforming American education through technology, innovation and research. From 2009-2013, Karen was Director of the Office of Educational Technology at the U.S. Department of Education, where she led the development of the 2010 National Education Technology Plan and focused the Office’s efforts on teacher and leader support. Prior to joining the department, Cator directed Apple’s leadership and advocacy efforts in education. Cator holds a master’s in school administration from the University of Oregon, and a bachelor’s in early childhood education from Springfield College.

Mr. Christopher Dede

Wirth Professor in Learning Technologies

Chris Dede is the Timothy E. Wirth Professor in Learning Technologies at Harvard University. His fields of scholarship include emerging technologies, policy, and leadership. His funded research includes grants to design and study immersive simulations, scaling up educational improvements, and online professional development. In 2007, he was honored by Harvard University as an outstanding teacher, and in 2011 he was named a Fellow of the American Educational Research Association. His books include Scaling Up Success, Online Professional Development for Teachers, Digital Teaching Platforms, and Professional Development and Teacher Learning in the Digital Age.

Mr. Gavin Dykes

Program Director for the Education World Forum

Gavin Dykes is Program Director for the Education World Forum which has taken place annually since 2004, and which brings together Ministers of Education and senior representatives to share experience and debate policy challenges and practice. In recent years between 75 and 95 ministers have attended each Education World Forum event. In 2014 and 2015 Gavin was also Program Director for the Asian Summit on Education and Skills which takes place in India.

He is also Co-founder and Chair of Education Fast Forward, a charity

focused on improving understanding among and between education’s stakeholders through global discussions and debates using an innovative blend of technologies and social media to bring participation within the reach of as wide a group of stakeholders as possible.

Gavin also holds a range of additional roles and consultancy that broadly support innovation in education and the use of technology for learning. His clients have included the OECD, the World Bank, UNESCO, governments and commercial corporations. For example, in June 2014 he chaired the OECD’s ministerial meeting in Japan to launch the OECD’s Teaching and Learning International Survey publication. In 2012 Gavin was lead author for the UNESCO Publication, Mobile Learning for Teachers in Europe.

Gavin started working life as a Civil Engineer, then moved into teaching in further and higher education. Following innovative initiatives in which, for example, he and his students worked with the Football Association Premier League to develop support in learning for young professional footballers, he was being invited to work on secondment to the English Government. After his secondment, Gavin set up his own company to support his work on encouraging learner voice, designing, stimulating and researching digital innovation, reporting on international developments and organizing, chairing and presenting international events.

Mr. Heikki Mannila

President of the Academy of Finland

Heikki Mannila received his Ph.D. in computer science in 1985 from the University of Helsinki. After some time at the University of Tampere and various researcher positions, in 1989 he was appointed a professor of computer science at the University of Helsinki. He was a visiting professor in the Technical University of Vienna in 1993 and a visiting researcher at Max Planck Institute for Computer Science in Saarbruecken in 1995-96. He moved to Microsoft Research in Redmond in 1998, came back to Finland to Nokia Research in 1999, where he stayed until the end of 2001.

Since 1999 he is a professor of computer science at Helsinki University of Technology (currently Aalto University). In 2004-2008 he was an academy professor.

In 2009-2012 he was vice president for academic affairs and deputy president at Aalto University, a new university formed by the merger of Helsinki University of Technology, Helsinki School of Economics, and University of Art and Design Helsinki.

In 2012 Heikki Mannila was appointed the president of the Academy of Finland. The Academy of Finland provides funding for scientific research in all disciplines, handling over 4000 applications per year, of which about 15 % are funded, and with a yearly budget of over 400 million euros.

Heikki Mannila is the author of two books and over 190 refereed articles in computer science and related areas. His specific area of interest is in algorithms for data analysis, and applications in science and in industry. The book ”Principles of Data Mining”, with David Hand and Padhraic Smyth, is available also in Chinese and in Polish. He received the ACM SIGKDD Innovation award in 2003 and the IEEE ICDM research contributions award in 2009.

Mr. Alek Tarkowski

Co-Founder and Director of Centrum Cyfrowe

Projekt

Alek Tarkowski (1977). Director of Centrum Cyfrowe Projekt: Polska, a think-and-do-tank building a digital civic society in Poland. Public Lead of Creative Commons Poland, the Polish branch of the global organization promoting flexible copyright models for creators, for which he also works in the individual capacity of an European Policy Fellow.

Member of the Polish Board of Digitisation, an advisory body to the Ministry of Administration and Digitisation, in which he coordinates the working group on digital competences. Member of the Administrative Council of Communia, a European association supporting the digital public domain.

Vice-chairman of the Polish Coalition for Open Education (KOED). In 2007-2011 member of the Board of Strategic Advisors to the Prime Minister of Poland, responsible for issues related to the development of digital society. Co-author of the report "Poland 2030" and the Polish official long-term strategy for growth. Co-author of the report "Roadmap for Open Government in Poland". Actively involved in policy debates on digital and open education, reform of copyright and public sector information laws, with a focus on making public content, information and data openly available.

Activist for Open Education, Open Access to scientific materials and Open Data. Sociologist of new media, obtained PhD in sociology from the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Science. His interests include new models of cooperation, production and distribution of digital goods; open models in culture, science and education; and the use of digital technologies to further cultural, social and civic engagement.

Rapporteurs

Mr. Paul Collard Chief Executive of

Creativity, Culture and Education

Paul Collard is the Chief Executive of Creativity, Culture and Education (CCE) an international foundation dedicated to unlocking the creativity of children and young people in and out of formal education.

CCE was originally established to design and support the delivery of the Creative Partnerships programme in England which ran from 2002 to 2011. With a budget of around $70 million each year, it was able over the period to work with more than 5000 schools, well over a million young people and around 90,000 teachers. The success and impact of the programme attracted considerable international attention and CCE now supports the delivery of programmes modelled on Creative Partnerships across a wide range of European countries including Norway, Lithuania, Holland, Germany, the Czech Republic, and Hungary.

Within the United Kingdom, it is advising the Arts Council of Wales and the Welsh Government on a £20 million Arts and Creative Learning Plan which was launched in March this year, and is delivering training, seminars and workshops in most local authorities in Scotland on behalf of the Government agencies Education Scotland and Creative Scotland. Beyond Europe, CCE has been running Creative Partnerships programmes in Karachi and Lahore, Pakistan, and has provided training for teachers and artists in countries as diverse as Taiwan, Vietnam, Western Australian, Qatar and Tunisia. In 2011, CCE was the recipient of the World Innovation Summit on Education (WISE) award for its outstanding contribution to innovation in world education.’

Mr. Martyn Farrows Director, Learnovate

Centre

With 20 years’ international experience in technology and learning, Martyn is focussed on supporting the growth of the 'EdTech' sector in Ireland as Director of the industry-led Learnovate Centre. Hosted by Trinity College, Dublin - and with the support of Enterprise Ireland, IDA Ireland and over 60 industry partners – Learnovate’s mission is to establish Ireland as a global centre of excellence in learning innovation.

Prior to Learnovate, Martyn worked with a number of web tech start-ups and businesses, from strategic and business planning through to fund-raising and operation. As a specialist in learning technologies, he has been engaged as an expert consultant to government agencies and departments on the use and deployment of technology to support learning.

Ms. Vibeke Kløvstad

Head of Communications

Vibeke Kløvstad is Head of Communications at the Ministry of Education's National Centre for ICT in Education in Norway. She is the former vice chair at the research unit (ITU) within the field ICT in education at the University of Oslo. She has been developing strategies for national expansion of knowledge about digital education and expertise to improve the quality of Norwegian education (basic education and teacher training). She has been working within the field for 17 years and has a Master of Education from University of Oslo.

Mr. Risto E.J. Penttilä

CEO of the Finland Chamber of Commerce

Dr Penttilä is the CEO of the Finland Chamber of Commerce.

He is also Secretary General of the European Business Leaders’ Convention (the organiser of Northern Light conferences), a member of the Prime Minister’s Economic Council, a Trustee of the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London and a member of the international advisory board of Oxford Analytica and of the International Centre for Defence and Security (Tallinn).

His past positions include Director of the Finnish Business and Policy Forum EVA (2002 – 2010), Senior Vice President at Oxford Analytica (2000 – 2002), Director at World Economic Forum in Geneva (1999 -2000) and a Member of Parliament in Finland (1995 – 1999).

Dr Penttilä is a Doctor of Philosophy, University College, Oxford; Master of Philosophy, University College, Oxford; and Bachelor of Arts, Saybrook College, Yale University.

Dr. Penttilä has published several books on international relations, business and economy and contributes regularly to national and international media such as The Financial Times. He is President of The Finnish Squash Association.

Industry Leaders | Dirigeants de l'industrie

Ms. Louise Butler Head of Learning &

Development for Electronic Arts

Louise is Head of Learning & Development for Electronic Arts (EA) World Wide Customer Service at their European Centre of Excellence in Galway, Ireland. Louise’s role involves strategically partnering with Corporate, International and local business stakeholders to influence and facilitate the delivery and evaluation of optimised organisational and individual learning within her organisation. Louise holds a Master’s degree in Training and Performance Management and is a Fellow of the Irish Institute for Training and Development (IITD).

Louise is passionate about diversity in learning and in learning styles and advocates for the use of technology in education. Through her work in EA she has assisted with programs such as the EA Robotics Championship, Coderdojo and Junior Achievement, hosting a variety of school to work days for Junior, Transition and Leaving Cert students to further inform them about potential careers in technology.

Mr. Jussi Hurmola

Chairman of the Educloud Alliance

Chairman of the Educloud Alliance, bringing together Universities, Companies, and Government and Municipality officials to define and promote open standards in the field of Digital Education Technology to speed up the loop of innovation, adoption, measurement and benefit.

Long time ICT and mobile industry professional at Nokia Oy worldwide.

Co-founder and first CEO of Jolla Oy, the company behind Sailfish OS powered Smartphones and tablets. Working with Finnish start-up companies and The Federation of Finnish Enterprises to improve the fundamentals of entrepreneurship in Finland.

Mr. Ernest Jenavs

CEO of Edurio

Ernest Jenavs is the CEO of Edurio – a venture that is building web tools to help education institutions globally improve the quality of education by managing and analysing feedback from students, parents and teachers in an easy and insightful way.

Previously Ernest has worked as a strategy consultant for McKinsey & Company in London, advising major organisations on continuous improvement and innovation. He is also a non-executive director for Nifty, a consumer electronics start-up and an evaluator of the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 innovation support programme.

Ernest holds a degree in Decision Sciences from the University of Manchester.

Mr. John Martin CEO of Sanoma Learning

CEO of Sanoma Learning, HQ Helsinki. Born 1970, Ph.D. Molecular Biology.

CEO of Sanoma Learning since 2014. Joined Executive Management of Sanoma as Chief Strategy & Digital Officer of the Group end 2011. Earlier roles in scientific and educational publishing and scientific research in The Netherlands.

Sanoma Learning serves about 10m pupils and 1m teachers in Europe with multichannel learning solutions, helping pupils to achieve their learning goals and evaluated by teachers to save them about 8 hours of work time per week. Leader in some of the World’s best education systems including Finland, Belgium, Poland, The Netherlands and Sweden and Europe’s biggest edtech company in K-12 education today.

Mr. Luis Pinto

Global Operations Partner at Learn Capital

Global Operations Partner, managing external relations with Governments and their stakeholders for EdTech impact and investments. Advisor to Virtual Educa’s Board on EdTech innovation (Org. American States).

Previously, led the internationalization effort at Intel’s biggest Partner for K12 solutions, developing projects in 30+ countries, impacting 10M+ students. Drove sales and managed government relationships in Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America.

Founder of consulting firm, Sustinova.

Was Director of OEM Sales for Microsoft in Portugal.

Bs in Computer science, MsC in Sustainable Development.

Luis is fluent in four languages and has travelled to more than 60 Countries.

Mr. Aape Pohjavirta Chief Evangelist and

Founder at Funzi

Aape Pohjavirta is Chief Evangelist and Founder at Funzi, a mobile learning service ecosystem with initial focus on emerging markets.

He sits on advisory boards of several research projects and technology programs and coaches entrepreneurs at the Aalto University, EIT - European Institute of Technology, Startup Sauna, DTBi and other institutions and curates the Education and Impact tracks at SLUSH Helsinki.

Aape has worked in the mobile industry since 1997 in various management positions and has gained international success in product and technology development. He is an Apple Achiever and an international patent inventor for a mobile media app.

Ms. Martina Roth

Senior Director Global Education Strategy,

Research and Policy at Intel’s Corporate Affairs

Group

Dr. Roth is responsible for Global Education Strategy, Research and Policy at Intel’s Corporate Affairs Group. In this capacity she drives Intel’s education engagement with strategic alliance partners like UNESCO, OECD, IEA, the WEF, GPE, World Bank and governments and industry partners, initiated new alliances like ATC21S (Assessment and Teaching of 21st Century Skills), drives research and ICT policy supporting Education Transformation worldwide . She is member of various global and regional education and research boards and author of various publications in the field of education research and policy. Dr. Roth joined Intel in 1997 as Program Manager for “Kids and Creativity" at Intel’s Content Group, managing Intel education software developers throughout Europe. From 1999 to 2002 she led the Intel Education Group for Central Europe, from 2002 to 2007 for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). In 2008 she became

Global Director for Education Strategy, Research and Assessment and was appointed in 2011 as Sr Director Global Education Strategy, Research and Policy.

Prior to joining Intel Corporation Dr. Roth was Methodic Director of the Management Training Center at Carl Zeiss in Jena/Germany; Learning Systems and Multimedia Manager at the start up 3V Multimedia in Munich/Germany; Lecturer and Scientific Collaborator at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena/Germany.

Dr. Roth holds a M.A. in Pedagogy and a Ph.D. in Philology from the University of Jena/Germany. She holds a Certificate as Media-Didactic and Lecturer for Learning Systems from the IBI, Munich/Germany, a Certificate on Market Strategy from INSEAD, Fontainebleau/France and a Certificate for Entrepreneurship from UC Berkley/US.

Mr. Wouter Van Tol

Director of Sustainability and Citizenship at

Samsung Electronics Europe

As Director of Sustainability and Citizenship, Wouter van Tol is responsible for all social and environmental impact of Samsung Electronics Europe.

One of Samsung’s flagship programmes is a huge push to improve the digital skills of hundreds of thousands of young people across 28 European countries, thereby contributing to a reduction of youth unemployment. This programme forms Samsung’s commitment to the Grand Coalition for Digital Jobs. Since 2013 the programme has reached an estimated 100,000 children of 6-16 years old, 6000 students of 16-24 years old, and 9,000 teachers.

Wouter has a PGCert in Sustainable Business from the University of Cambridge and an MA in Communication Studies from the University of Twente in his home country, the Netherlands. He lives in the UK.

Ms. Marianne Voigt Co-Founder and Chief

Financial Officer of bettermarks GmbH

Marianne Voigt is Co-Founder and Chief Financial Officer of bettermarks GmbH, the leading adaptive learning platform for maths. Bettermarks has partners in Uruguay, Netherlands and Mexico and sells directly to schools and teachers in Germany.

The innovative online learning system is already the second business idea that Voigt brought to fruition together with Arndt Kwiatkowski. As ImmobilienScout’s CFO / COO from 1999 to 2008, Voigt was responsible for enabling its growth to the Nr. 1 real estate market place in Germany.

Marianne studied economics in Koblenz, Berkeley and Lyon. After briefly working for Stinnes AG, she held senior management accounting positions at VEBA AG and Refugium Holding AG.

Marianne Voigt currently lives in Berlin with her husband and two children.

Mr. Conrad Wolfram Co-founder and CEO of

the Wolfram group

Conrad Wolfram is European co-founder/CEO of the Wolfram group of companies. Described as the place where "Computation meets Knowledge" and "The Maths Company", the Wolfram Group specialises in pushing boundaries at the intersection of computation, maths, and knowledge, including making Mathematica software, the Wolfram|Alpha knowledge engine (powering knowledge answers for Apple's Siri), the Computable Document Format (CDF) standard and Wolfram Language. Conrad also founded computerbasedmath.org, an organisation dedicated to a fundamental reform of maths education. The movement is now a worldwide force in re-engineering the STEM curriculum with early projects in Estonia, Sweden and Africa. Conrad holds degrees in natural sciences and maths from University of Cambridge.'

Experts

Ms. Marita Aho

Vice Chair of the BIAC Education Committee;

Senior Adviser, Education and Skills

Marita Aho works in the Competence and Growth division in the Confederation of Finnish Industries EK. She is Senior Adviser for higher education policy. She represents Finnish companies also in the issues of education export and new cross-border, open learning environments.

For many of the EK member companies the operational environment is international, often global. That is why international co-operation is a very important area in Marita’s work.

She is the vice-chair of the Education Committee in the Business and Industry Advisory Committee, BIAC, of the OECD. Marita believes in exchange of knowledge, experiences and ideas. Sharing hindsight, insight and foresight creates added value and win-win situations.

Ms. Riikka

Heikinheimo Director for the

Competence and Growth Sector, BIAC

Dr Riikka Heikinheimo is currently responsible for the Competence and Growth Sector (education, research, innovations, trade policy and funding) at the Confederation of Finnish Industries, EK.

She has a long experience as an executive director in both national public funding organizations (scientific research / Academy of Finland and innovations / Tekes).

Mr. Patrick Krassén

Education Policy Analyst, BIAC

Patrick Krassén is Education Policy Analyst and Intellectual Property Policy Manager at the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise, Sweden's largest employers' organization, member of BIAC.

Krassén holds an LL.M. in Tax Law and a B.A. in Political Science from Stockholm University. Prior to joining the Confederation, he worked as political advisor to the Minister of Higher Education and Research in Sweden and as editorial writer in one of Sweden’s largest daily newspapers.

Mr. Fred Van Leeuwen

General Secretary of Education International,

TUAC

Fred van Leeuwen became EI General Secretary during the Constituent Congress of Education International in January 1993. He was since re-elected by EI's World Congresses (July 1995, Harare; July 1998, Washington D.C.; July 2001, Jomtien; July 2004, Porto Alegre; July 2007, Berlin; July 2011, Cape Town and Ottawa 2015). A former teacher in the Netherlands, he joined the Algemene Bond van Onderwijs Personeel (ABOP - now AOb) in 1973 and became responsible for its international affairs in the late 70s.

Fred van Leeuwen was elected General Secretary of the International Federation of Free Teachers' Unions (IFFTU) at its World Congress in Panama in 1981. He held this post until the IFFTU and the World Confederation of Organisations of the Teaching Profession (WCOTP) formed the Education International in 1993. Education International today comprises about 400 unions in more than 170 countries and territories, thus representing 30 million teachers and education employees in education institutions from early childhood to university.

Fred van Leeuwen also serves as Vice-President of NOVIB, the Netherlands Organisation for International Development Cooperation (Oxfam Netherlands) and was Chair of the Council of Global Unions between 2005 and 2009.

Fred van Leeuwen was born on 22 April 1950. He currently lives in the Netherlands.

Mr. Angelo Gavrielatos

Project Director at Educational

International, TUAC

Angelo Gavrielatos is the Project Director at Educational International (EI) responsible for leading EI's response to the growing commercialisation and privatisation of education.

He was the Federal President of the Australian Education Union (AEU) for 7 years prior to commencing work with EI.

Angelo started his career in 1987 as a secondary teacher in South West Sydney, NSW in 1987.

Invited Expert | Experts invité

Ms. Tuula Teeri President of Aalto

University

Professor Tuula Teeri is the first President of Aalto University since April 2009. Under her leadership, Aalto University has implemented the tenure track career system for professors, renewed its educational offering and developed multidisciplinary research and educational initiatives. The innovation ecosystem around the university has grown into a major hub for student-driven entrepreneurship.

During her scientific career, Tuula Teeri was a pioneer of forest industrial biotechnology and the development of biomimetic materials. She is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences, and Technology Academy Finland.

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