Education & Training

37th World Education Summit 2027, Dubai

The World Education Summit (WES) is the world's longest-running and most influential global platform for education leadership, bringing together education ministers, university leaders, principals, EdTech founders, and innovators from around the world. In 2027, its 37th edition convenes in Dubai for two days of insight, networking, and learning at the inters…

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37Speakers
22Sponsors
10Sessions
53Companies · in total

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Speakers

Programmed at 37th, in alphabetical order.

Andrea Baldini
Mayor of Municipality · Argenta Emilia Romagna-Italy
Basavadarshan GN
Senior Academia Partnership Manager - APAC · MongoDB
Dr. Adil Alzarooni
Founder & Chairman · Citizens School
Dr. Ahmed S. Yamani
President · Prince Sultan University
Dr. Ghenwa Habbal
People & Culture Lead | MENA ERG Chair - Middle East Chapter · Ford Middle East & Africa
Dr. Hamad Odhabi
Vice Chancellor · Abu Dhabi University
Dr. Khaled Assaleh
Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs · Ajman University
Dr. Leena Wanganoo
Discipline Lead in Business · Murdoch University
Dr. Lolowa Al Marzooqi
Associate Vice Provost · New York University Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Maurey Bond
Vice President for Global Initiatives, American Imperial University, USA Dean, Royal Roads University RAK Campus, UAE
Dr. Mohammad Khaled
Member of the Board of Advisors, British University in Dubai; Member of the Board of Advisors - CSIT Industrial, Abu Dhabi University
Dr. Ravi Gupta
Founder, CEO, Elets Technomedia & Editor-in-Chief Digital Learning Magazine
Dr. Richa Arora
Chief Executive Officer and Head of the Institution · University of Stirling - Ras Al Khaimah, UAE
Dr. Saad Al Rawaita
Vice President for Administrative and Financial Affairs · Prince Sultan University
Dr. Samira Al Nuaimi
Vice Chancellor for Support Services · Mohamed Bin Zayed University for Humanities
Dr Shweta Singh
Founder & CEO · Ennoble IP
Dr. Tim Hughes
Director of Academic Quality Assurance and School Improvement · Bloom Education
Gihan ElGendy
Head of Business Operations, Saudi Arabia
Jan Horn
Managing Director · SAE University College, Dubai, UAE
Lavinia Bracci
Founder and Director · SIS Intercultural Study Abroad, Siena, Italy
Maged Fahmy
Vice President, Middle East & Africa · Ellucian
Mohammad Hani
CEO · Besomi Group

Sponsors

The companies behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.

Alluri
Arpita
BenQ
Best
Canvas by Instructure
Coursera for Campus
Creatix
De Montfort University
DL
Elets
Ellucian
Google
Google Cloud
GUVI
IBM
Jain
LinkedIn
Marrito
Mastersoft
SWET
Teachmint
Udemy

Agenda

Selected from 10 sessions.

  • 02:00 PM - 03:10 PM

    Panel Discussion 3: Data to Decisions: AI, Analytics & the New Leadership Mindset

    Higher Education
  • 03:20 PM - 03:30 PM

    University Presentation

    Higher Education
  • 09:00 AM - 09:45 AM

    Welcome Address & Inaugural Session

    Higher Education
  • 09:45 AM - 10:00 AM

    Institute Excellence Session

    Higher Education
  • 10:00 AM - 10:10 AM

    Industry Presentation

    Higher Education
  • 10:10 AM - 10:20 AM

    Industry Presentation

    Higher Education
  • 10:20 AM - 11:20 AM

    Panel Discussion 1: The Middle East Advantage: Why Dubai is Becoming the Global Education Hub

    Higher Education
  • 11:55 AM - 12:05 PM

    Industry Presentation

    Higher Education
  • 12:05 PM - 12:15 PM

    Industry Presentation

    Higher Education
Company intelligence

What does it mean when 53 companies show up, and 1 bet on three roles at once?

53 companies. one are betting more than once.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page, cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room
1All threespeak · spons · exh
21Sponsoringsponsor only
31Speakingspeaker only

In all three roles

De Montfort University

Speakers by seniority

46% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite514%
  • Founder / Owner38%
  • VP-level514%
  • Director / Head of411%
  • Manager / Lead411%
  • Other roles1643%

Of 37 speakers · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
#CompanyRolesSpeakers
1De Montfort UniversitySponsor1
2AlluriSponsor-
3ArpitaSponsor-
4BenQSponsor-
5BestSponsor-
6Canvas by InstructureSponsor-
7Coursera for CampusSponsor-
8CreatixSponsor-
9DLSponsor-
10EletsSponsor-
11EllucianSponsor-
12GoogleSponsor-
13Google CloudSponsor-
14GUVISponsor-
Sponsors by tier
unspecified22
100% of 22
At peer events but not here

These companies sponsored two or more peer events recently, but aren't on this program. For an organizer, that's a list of warm prospects.

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