MEET THE SPEAKERS

EXPERT LEADERS FROM THE EDUCATION, SCIENCE, & CULTURE INDUSTRY, WILL PRESENT ACTIONABLE INSIGHTS, DATA-DRIVEN KNOWLEDGE, INNOVATIVE IDEAS AT FESCIOF IN RIYADH.

JiNan Glasgow George

CEO & US Patent Attorney, Neo IP | Intellectual Property Expert in Residence, High Point University

Irina Bokova

Former DG, UNESCO & Patron | International Science Council (ISC)

Dr. Salim M. AlMalik

Director General | Islamic World Educational, Scientific & Cultural Organization

Dalila Hamou

Director External Relations Division, Global Challenges and Partnerships Sector | World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

Dr. Said Ould Voffal

Chief of Education Survey | UNESCO Institute for Statistics

H.E Dr. Muhammad Al Jasser

Chairman | Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group

Dr. Heba Aziz

Director | Arab Regional Centre for World Heritage

Yanchun Zhang

Chief Statistician | United Nations Development Programme

Prof Michael G. Jacobides

Sir Donald Gordon Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation and Professor of Strategy | London Business School

Prof. Maria Chiara Malaguti

President | The International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT)

Ziad-Alexandre Hayek

President | WAPPP, The World Association of PPP Units & Professionals, Chairman of Earth64

Lévon Amirjanyan

Representative for the Middle East | Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie

Dr. Jasir Suleiman Al-Herbish

CEO | Heritage Commission

H.E. Dr. Mohammad bin Abdulaziz AlOhali

President | King Faisal University

Okan Dursun

Young Leader for the SDGs endorsed by United Nations & Founding Member at Twin Science

Rob Thurner

Founder & CEO | Burn the Sky Digital

Prof. Dr. Miguel Clüsener-Godt

Professor | Yokohama National University

Otto Lowe

Head of 3D | Factum Foundation for Digital Technology in Preservation

Carl Manlan

Vice President Inclusive Impact & Sustainability | Visa

Kimberlee Wells

CEO | TBWA\Group Australia & TBWA\Sustain

Prof. Dr. Mohammad Sanad Abu-Darwish

Director of Science and Scientific Research Directorate | ALECSO

Sallyann Della Casa

Founder & Chief Identity Hacker | GLEAC

Pr. Dr. Mohamed Zinelabidine

Head of Culture and Communication Sector | The Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ICESCO)

Papa Amadou Sarr

Executive Director of Mobilization, Partnerships & Communication | Agence Française de Développement

Rima Mismar

Executive Director | The Arab Fund for Arts and Culture-AFAC

Dr. Christina Yan Zhang

CEO and Founder | The Metaverse Institute

Dr. Sabah Al-Binali

Executive Chairman | OurCrowd Arabia

H.E. Ahmed bin Abdulaziz AlBlihed

Secretary General | Saudi National Commission for Education, Culture and Science (SNC)

H.E. Mohamed Ouled Amar

Director General | Arab League Educational, Cultural & Scientific Organization (ALECSO)

Prof. Asha S. Kanwar

President & CEO | Commonwealth of Learning


Torunn Gjelsvik

Secretary General | Intl. Council for Open & Distance Education (ICDE)


Dr. Allan Goodman

CEO | Institute of International Education (IIE)

Mario Santana Quintero

Secretary General, International Council of Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS)


Dr. Webber Ndoro

Director General | Intl. Center for the Study of the Preservation & Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM)

Dr. Tarifa Ajeif Al Zaabi

Director General | International Center for Biosaline Agriculture -ICBA-

Dr. Hany El Shaer

Regional Director for West Asia | IUCN ROWA

Rebecca McLaughlin-Eastham

Moderator & MC

Fatma Fahad

Journalist and News Anchor

Prof. Peter Stone OBE

President | Blue Shield, UNESCO Chair in Cultural Property Protection & Peace, Newcastle University

Prof. Renée Mauborgne

Professor of Strategy & Co-Director, Blue Ocean Strategy Institute | INSEAD

H.E Dr. Munir bin Mahmoud Eldesouki

President | King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology

Prof. Jacint Jordana

Director | Institut Barcelona d'Estudis Internacionals (IBEI)

Mathieu Denis

Senior Director & Head of ISC Centre for Science Futures | International Science Council

Sarah Al-Husseini

Head of Government Affairs and Public Policy for Saudi Arabia | Google

Dr. Marielza Oliveira

Director, Division for Digital Inclusion, Policies and Transformation | UNESCO

Andre Bennin

Managing Partner | Rethink Education Capital Partners

Dr. Ghulam Omar Qargha

Fellow | Center for Universal Education, Brookings Institution

Othman Almoamar

Chair | Y20 KSA

H.E. Dr. Abdulrahman Mohammed Alasmi

Director General | Arab Bureau of Education for the Gulf States (ABEGS)

H.R.H Prince Abdulaziz Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

Chairman | AGFUND

Prof. Rami Eskander

Director of Education Department | Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organisation (ALECSO)

Dr. Ahmed Said Ould Bah

Supervisor of the General Secretariat of the National Commissions and Conferences | ICESCO

Dr. Abdulaziz Ali Almagushi

Assistant Director General | Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud Foundation

H.H. Princess Haifa bint Abdulaziz Al Mogrin

Permanent Delegate of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to UNESCO | UNESCO

H.E. Yousef Al Benyan

Minister of Education & Vice Chairman | Saudi National Commission for Education, Culture & Science (SNC)

Frederic Laloux

Thought Leader & Author

Costanza Farina

Director, Regional Bureau for Education in the Arab States & Representative to Lebanon and Syria | UNESCO

Prof. Simon See

Head, Nvidia AI Technology Center | Executive Director, Asean Applied Research Centre

Rudolph Lohmeyer

Partner | Kearney

Maral Jule Bedoyan

Manager of Museum Education, Engagement and Outreach | Louvre Abu Dhabi

Dr. Abdulaziz Muhammad Al-Swailem

CEO | Saudi Athority for Intellectual Property

Cecilia MoSze Tham

CEO and Co-Founder | Futurity Systems

Lawrence Eta

Vice President, Digital & Analytics | Royal Commission of AlUla

Ke Leng

Programme Coordinator, Cultural Policies and Development | UNESCO

Lydia Ruprecht

Global Citizenship Education Team Leader & Programme Specialist | UNESCO

H.R.H. Princess Lamia Bint Majed AlSaud

Secretary General | Alwaleed Philanthropies

Prof. Aline Gatignon

Assistant Professor of Management | The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

Prof. Andy Wu

Assistant Professor of Business Administration | Harvard Business School

Prof. Arnaud Chevallier

Professor of strategy | IMD

Prof Tina C.Ambos

Professor of International Management | University of Geneva

Susheel Sethumadhavan

Partner | Kearney

Rawan Radwan

Journalist | Arab News

Khalid Alzamil

VP of Public Affairs | Aramco

Lara Habib

Senior Business News Presenter | Al Arabiya News Channel

Ismail Radwan

Lead Economist, GCC | World Bank