GE2050 HIGH-LEVEL GUESTS, INCL. SPEAKERS AND PANELISTS

  • Mr. Colm Brophy

    Minister for Overseas Development Aid & Diaspora, Ireland

  • Mr. Franz Fayot

    Minister for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Affairs, Luxembourg

  • Ms. Jutta Urpilainen (virtual)

    European Commissioner for International Partnerships

  • Prof. Annette Scheunpflug

    GENE Chairperson, Professor of Education Science, University of Bamberg

  • Mr. Bjørn Berge

    Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe

  • Mr. Ban Ki Moon (virtual)

    Former Secretary-General of the United Nations

  • Ms. Mamusu Patricia Massaquoi

    Deputy Minister of Education, Sierra Leone

  • Mr. Leonardo Garnier

    Special Adviser to the Secretary-General of the United Nations for the Transforming Education Summit

  • Ms. Stefania Giannini (virtual)

    UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Education

  • Mr. Clifton Grima

    Minister for Education, Sport, Youth, Research and Innovation​, Malta

  • Ms. Zetta Makri

    Deputy Minister of Education and Religious Affairs, Greece

  • Mr. Jan Mareš

    Deputy Minister, Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, The Czech Republic

  • Mr. Peter Butchkov

    Acting Deputy Minister for Youth and Sports, Bulgaria

  • Ms. Pilar Cancela Rodríguez

    Secretary of State for International Cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation, Spain

  • Ms. Anamarija Viček

    State Secretary, Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, Serbia

  • Dr. Darjo Felda

    State Secretary, Ministry of Education, Science and Sport, Slovenia

  • Ms. Rasa Kairienė

    Director General of International Cooperation Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Lithuania

  • Mr. John Concannon

    Director General, Global Ireland, Department of Foreign Affairs, Ireland

  • Mr. Kálmán Petőcz

    Director General, Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport, Slovakia

  • Dr. Minna Kelhä

    Director-General of the Finnish National Agency for Education (EDUFI)

  • Ms. Agnieszka Skuratowicz

    Head of Unit of Youth, Education and Culture – Directorate-General for International Partnerships - European Commission

  • Mr. Friedrich Stift

    Managing Director of the Austrian Development Agency (ADA)

  • Mr. Luca Maestripieri

    Director of the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation

  • Mr. Michael Gaffey

    Director General, Development Cooperation and Africa Division (Irish Aid), DCAD

  • Dr. Marlène Siméon

    Director of PLATFORMA and Director at the Council of European Municipalities and Regions

  • Dr. Aravella Zachariou

    Chair of UNECE Steering Committee on Education for Sustainable Development

  • Dr. Libby Giles

    Education Director, Centres of Asia-Pacific Excellence (CAPEs), University of Waikato, New Zealand

  • Mr. Feilim Mclaughlin

    Director, Global Programmes, Irish Aid at Department of Foreign Affairs, Ireland

  • Mr. David McNair

    Executive Director, ONE Campaign

  • Ms. Ida McDonnell

    Team Lead, OECD Development Co-operation Report & Data for Development

  • Ms. Lydia Ruprecht

    Global Citizenship Education Team Leader & Programme Specialist, UNESCO

  • Mr. Kieran McLoughlin

    Managing Partner at VentureWave Capital

  • Ms. Anja Fortuna

    Vice President, European Youth Forum

  • Mr. Frank Geary

    Director of the Irish Development Education Association (IDEA)

  • Ms. Mary Hanafin

    Cathaoirleach of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, Ireland

  • Mr. Rilli Lappalainen

    President of CONCORD Europe

  • Ms. Virginie Gilbert

    Cooperation Officer, Environment/Climate Focal Point at the Government of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs

  • Mr. Liam Wegimont

    Executive Director of GENE

  • Prof. Joe O'Hara

    Professor of Education at Dublin City University (DCU) and President of the European Educational Research Association (EERA)

  • Prof. Naouel Abdellatif Mami

    Vice-rector of External Relations at University Mohamed Lamine Debaghine - Setif 2, Algeria

  • Dr. Carlos Cardoso

    Director of Amilcar Cabral Centre for Social Studies, Guinea-Bissau

  • Dr. Oscar Jara Holliday

    Educator and Sociologist; Managing Director of the Alforja Centre for Studies and Publications, Costa Rica

  • Prof. Namrata Sharma

    Adjunct Professor, State University of New York College at Oswego

  • Prof. Arjen Wals

    Professor of Transformative Learning for Socio-Ecological Sustainability at Wageningen University, The Netherlands

  • Mr. Kingsley Aikins

    CEO of The Networking Institute

  • Mr. Rareș Voicu

    OBESSU Board member, Coordinator of Global Education and Youth group on the European Declaration on Global Education to 2050

  • Mr. Aaryan Salman

    President of the Global Citizenship Foundation

  • Mr. Andrew Tabura

    Education Officer, Ministry of Education and Sports, Uganda

  • Mr. Roel van Raaij

    Senior Policy Officer, Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality, The Netherlands

  • Ms. Ilenia Ventroni

    Policy Officer, SOLIDAR & SOLIDAR Foundation

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