Speakers

Meet our speakers. World-renowned specialists and notable personalities from their areas of expertise will share their experience at this event. The conference presentations are available here on each speaker’s profile page.

April 26th 2018

John O’Brien President and CEO of EDUCAUSE View profile
Paul LeBlanc President of Southern New Hampshire University View profile
Carlos Moedas European Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation View profile
Lauritz B. Holm-Nielsen Executive Director of the SDC View profile

April 27th 2018

Simon Nelson CEO of FutureLearn View profile
Ian Dunn Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the Coventry University View profile
J. Gómez Ortega Rector of the University of Jaén View profile
João Gabriel Silva Rector of the University of Coimbra View profile
Michael Gaebel Director of the Higher Education Policy Unit at EUA View profile
Fred Mulder Emeritus UNESCO / ICDE Chair in Open Educational Resources at OUNL View profile
Arild Raaheim Professor at University of Bergen View profile
Shijie Yu Director of Tsinghua Online Education Office View profile
Filipe Araújo Vice-Mayor of the Municipality of Porto View profile

April 28th 2018

Nevena Agaeva Alumna of the European Students' Union (ESU) View profile
Venguswamy Ramaswamy Global Head – iON, Tata Consultancy Services View profile
Ronald Barnett Emeritus Professor at University College London Institute of Education View profile
Sarah Davies Head of Higher Education and Student Experience at JISC View profile