Global Forum Virtual Educa

Coordinator:
Xavier Prats-Moneé
Adviser of UOC and former Director General of Education
European Commission
Spain

‘A Europe adapted to the digital age’
Margaritis Schinas
Vice President
European Commission
European Union

‘Plans for educational transformation’
Isabel Celaá
Minister, Ministry of Education and Minister of Education and Vocational Training
Spain

‘Public education: The engine for transformation in Portugal’
Tiago Brandão Rodrigues
Minister
Ministry of Education
Portugal

‘Scenarios for the future of schooling’
Andreas Schleicher
Director of Education
OCDE
Headquarters: Paris

Coordinator:
Nuno Mota Pinto
ex Alternate Executive Director
World Bank
Portugal

Diálogo inicial con
André de Aragão Azevedo
Secretário de Estado para a Transição Digital. Ministério de Economia e Transição Digital
Portugal

´Educational technology for all’
Calos Medina
Director of INTEF
National Institute of Technology and Professional Development
Spain

´Innovative educational environments´
José Vítor Pedroso
General Director of Education
Ministery of Education.
Portugal

´Digital educational ecosystems´

‘Always connected, Always Learning’
Jorge Sá Couto
Chairman
jp.ik

‘Using the Skills for Innovation Framework to Prepare Students for the Future’
Juan Pablo Ferrero
Director
Western Europe, Public Sector & Education Sales
Intel Corporation

Rui Grillo
Western Europe Director for the Education sector
Microsoft Education

Coordinator:
António Teixeira
Collaborator of Virtual Educa
Professor at Universidade Aberta de Portugal UAb
Portugal

‘Educa en digital’
Javier García Vieira
Director of Public Services, RED.ES
Secretary of State for Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence.
Ministry of Economic Affairs and digital transformation.
Spain

‘Projects transforming the education in Europe´
Agueda Gras-Velázquez
Science Programme Manager, European Schoolnet
Headquarters: Bruselas European Union

‘Connected schools’
Cristobal Cobo
Senior Education and Technology Policy Expert at International Organization
Washington DC. USA

‘San Luis digital model’
Alicia Bañuelos
Minister of Sciences and Technology of San Luis Province and rector of the ULP
Argentina

Coordinator:
Miguel Brechner Frey
former President Plan Ceibal
Uruguay

‘The future of education’
João Costa
Secretário de Estado Adjunto e da Educação
Portugal

‘The Mexican educational system in the face of future challenges’
Esteban Moctezuma Barragán
Secretary of Public Education
México

‘Building the education of the future’
Monserrat Creamer Guillen
Minister of Education
Ecuador

‘Educating in democracy’
Lorenzo Córdova Vianello
Counselor President of INE. National Electoral Institute
México

Coordina:
Germán Escorcia
Director de Innovación de Virtual Educa
México

‘Classroom of the Future, today’
Matias Matias
Sr Manager, WW Business Development, Education
Advisory Member for HP Foundation, HP Life Program at HP Inc
Florida, USA

Coordinator:
Andrés Delich
Deputy Secretary OEI Ibero-American States Organization for Education, Science and Culture
Headquarters: Madrid

‘Prepare teachers to educate students in a changing world’
Fernando M. Reimers
Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts. USA

‘Training and collaboration. Educational resources’
Pilar de la Encina Buenache
Head of the Online Training Area and Educational Digital Competence
INTEF (National Institute of Technology and Professional Development)
Spain

‘Europe in digital’
Elena Pezzi
Servizio Marconi TSI, Emilia-Romagna. MIUR
Italy

‘The teaching update in the technical professional education’
Diego Golombeck
Executive Director INET (National Institute of Technological Education)
Argentina

Coordinator:
Asunción Sanz
President
Virtual Educa Foundation
Washington DC.
USA

‘Educating the future’
Pedro Cunha
Director Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian
Portugal

‘Digital training to breach the educational gap in the world’
Elizabeth Galdo
Fundación Telefónica
Peru Headquarters

‘Cultivating local leadership to build more equitable education systems’
Anna Molero
Chief Government Officer.
Teach for all.
Global network

‘The capacity to transform ourselves and transform´
Agustín Porres
Regional Director. Varkey Foundation
Buenos Aires Headquarters

Coordinator:
Miguel Marques
Leader of the PwC Sea Economy Thought Leadership Project
Portugal

Ricardo Serrão Santos
Minister of the Sea
Portugal (tbc)

Peter Heffernan
Ocean Ambassador and Member of the EU Mission Board for Healthy Oceans
Seas, Coastal and Inland Waters

Octavio Llinás
CETCIMA Centro Tecnológico de Ciencias Marinas
Islas Canarias, España

Vanessa Batista
Project Officer for Ocean Literacy at Ciência Viva
Portugal

Coordinator:
Consuelo del Val Cid
Ex Dean of UNED National University of Distance Education
Spain
Alejandro LLovet Abascal
Director de Estrategia de Virtual Educa
México

Maria de Lurdes Rodrigues
Head of ISCTE-IUL
Former Minister of Education of Portugal [2005-2009]
Portugal

Ricardo Mairal Usón
Head of UNED University of Distance Education
President at EADTU European Association of Distance Teaching Universities
Spain

Sandra Kucina Softic
President at European Distance and E-learning Network EDEN
Assistant Director for Education and User Support, University Computing Centre
University of Zagreb
Croatia

Francesc Pedró
Director IESALC-UNESCO
International Institute for Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean
United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization
Headquarters: Caracas. [prov.: España]

Coordinator:
Miguel Ángel Cañizales
former minister of education
Panamá

‘Antropoceno, pandemia, sindemia y nueva realidad’
Martín Zilic
former minister of education
Chile

‘Mirar lo que no se ve’
Luis Solari
ex Primer Ministro
Perú

‘La Post pandemia y los nuevos desafíos analíticos’
Edgar Jiménez
Director General
General Director of the International Center for Strategic Studies
Bolivia

‘Prospectiva educativa. Amenazas y soluciones’
Tomás Miklos
General Director
National Institute of Specialized Counsoulting
Headquarters: Mexico City

‘Desafío del Futuro en educación, salud y nuevos escenarios para el aprendizaje’
Miguel Ángel Cañizales
Ex Ministro de Educación
Panamá

Coordinator:
Germán Escorcia
Innovation Director of Virtual Educa.
México

´́Educational Solutions’
Jander Mesquita
International Business Manager
POSITIVO
Global Partner of Virtual Educa

´Technology for hybrid learning’
Jorge Zamora
Director, Business Development
Qualcomm International, Inc
Socio global de Virtual Educa

´AI in educational platforms’
Flavio Camargo
Costumer Success Manager
D2L
Global Partner of Virtual Educa

Coordinator:
Sabine Rieble-Aubourg
Education Division Chief IDB / BID
Inter-American Development Bank
USA

Marcelo Cabrol
Gerente Sector Social
BID, Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo.
Sede: Washington DC., USA

Cristieni Castilhos
Public Administration Manager
Lemann Foundation
Headquarters: Sao Paulo, Brazil

Laura Abadía
Development Center
OCDE
Sede: Paris

Delva Batista Mendieta
CAB Executive Secretary Andrés Bello Agreement
Headquarters: Clayton, Panama

Coordinator:
Sandra Milena Chica Gómez
Executive Director Fundación Virtual Educa Colombia
General Manager of Aulas amigas
Strategic partner of Virtual Educa
Colombia

‘Soluciones innovadoras para una Educación en crisis: Ejemplo Egipto’
Dirk Halbach
Business Development Director LATAM
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Strategic partner of Virtual Educa

‘Optimización del aprovechamiento de la tecnología educativa para asegurar la continuidad de su plan de estudios’
Dorota Ford
Commercial Director
Blackboard
Strategic partner of Virtual Educa

´Digital transformation in the learning of mathematics’
Lucio Manfredi
Vice President Business Development for Latin America
MATIFIC
Strategic partner of Virtual Educa

Claudette Muñoz
Latin America Regional Manager
Lego Education
Strategic partner of Virtual Educa