EdTech Asia Summit 2019 Agenda
Sessions, Schedule, Speakers and ThemesDay 1 – Thursday August, 1st
8:00am – 9:15am
Registration and Networking
Coffee, tea, and breakfast canapes
9:15am – 9:30am
Welcome Greetings and Introduction to EdTech Asia
Stamford Ballroom
Senior Emcee of EdTech Asia Summit – Ms. Teri Horn (WeWork), Senior Emcee of EdTech Asia Summit – Mr. Mac Ling (Coaching Collective), Mike Michalec (Founder and Managing Director, EdTech Asia)
9:30am – 10:00am
Future Forward – Asia’s Leading Role in Learning Innovation and Disruption
Stamford Ballroom
Larry Nelson (Asia Regional Business Lead, Education – Microsoft), James Leo (Chief of Staff, VIPKID), Mac Ling (Moderator)
10:00am – 10:20am
China’s Ever-Growing Influence on Southeast Asia’s Education Markets – Trends and Opinions
Stamford Ballroom
Duc Luu (Chief Strategy Officer of Rise Education & CEO of The Edge Business Unit at Rise Education)
10:20am – 10:40am
The Technification of Education
Stamford Ballroom
Fireside chat with Peng T. Ong (Founder, Monk’s Hill Ventures), Teri Horn (Interviewer)
11:00am – 11:45AM
Asia’s Burgeoning Live-Online Tutoring Markets – Perspectives and Insights
Stamford Ballroom
Cheng CHENG (VP, Dongfang Youbo/Koolearn), Sophie Chen (China Country Manager, Discovery Education), Jun Lin (Head of Business Development, 17EdTech), Steven To (VP of Strategy and Operations, Onion Math)
11:00am – 11:45AM
Emerging Trends in Education Financing for Individuals and Institutions
VIP Room
Monique Morales (Co-founder, EduLoans), Judge Calimbahin (Chief of Staff, Edukasyon), Michael Reyes (CEO, Moneytree Asia Pacific), Ioann Fainsilber (Co-founder, Pintek)
11:00AM – 11:45AM
Cultivating Education and Entrepreneurial Leadership for Growth and Impact in Asia
Bras Basah Room
Samuel Chua (Founder, Metacata), Lee Hoi Leong (Co-founder, Vivita Singapore), Tu Ngo (Co-founder, Yola), Victor Zhang (Founder, Generation Entrepreneur), Tom Stader (Founder, The Library Project),
11:45AM – 12:30PM
EdTech’s Increasing Influence on the Early Childhood Education Market
Stamford Ballroom
Attila Gazdag (Managing Director, Age of Learning Studios), Pooja Goyal (CSO, Founding Years Learning Solutions), Tram Ho (Co-founder & CEO, KYNA), Josep Mas (Regional Director, Asia, EDT Partners), Mint Lim (Founder, School of Concepts)
11:45AM – 12:30PM
Blended Finance and Patient Capital’s Increasing Role In Education Investment
VIP Room
Monica Mehta (Executive VP, Wadhwani Foundation), Namita Dalmia (Principal, Omidyar Network), Sandeep Aneja (Founder and Managing Partner, Kaizen PE), Pranjal Kumar (Head of Education Fund, CFO, Bertelsmann India)
11:45AM – 12:30PM
Educational Success in the Fourth Industrial Revolution – Building Essential Skills in Youth
Bras Basah Room
David Doran (Founder, WeLearn), Lim Weiyuan (Co-founder, Reactor), Anne Tham (Founder, AceAdventure), John Tan (Founder, Saturday Kids), Timothy Low (COO, Halogen Foundation), Chris Geary (CEO, BSD Education)
12:30PM – 1:30PM
Lightening Lunch Pitches – Early Startup Phase
VIP Room
Hosted by Misaki Yamashita (Regional Ambassador, EdTech Asia). Brief company pitches featuring winning teams from EdTech startup competitions in Tokyo, Hong Kong, Bangkok, and Singapore.
1:30PM – 2:10PM
Future Schools – Strategic Design and Optimization of Learning Experiences and Environments
Stamford Ballroom
Matt Harris (Chief Consultant, International EdTech), Rajeev Katyal (Deputy COO, Global Indian School Education Services), Stuart Patton (Founder, Polkuni), Chris Greulich (Consultant, Sekoerber GmbH., Gabriel Suppiah (Founder, ScoreCampus)
1:30PM – 2:10PM
Collective Impact – Addressing Core Issues in Education
Bras Basah Room
Viria Vichit-Vadakan (Former CSO, Learn Corporation), Ashish Rajpal (Founder, XSEED), Janine Teo (CEO, Solve Education), Dr. Shan Huang (YouChange)
2:10PM – 2:50PM
The Evolution of Higher and Executive Education in the Digital Age – Trends and Opportunities
Stamford Ballroom
Raghav Gupta (Director of APAC & India, Coursera), Michael Klemm (Regional Director SE Asia, Minerva), Dr. John Fong (CEO & Head of Singapore Campus, SP Jain School of Global Management), Adam Brimo (Founder & CEO, Open Learning), Kentaro Watari (Director of Strategy & Planning, Fulbright University Vietnam)
2:10PM – 2:50PM
Predictability of Outcomes – Due Diligence in an Overhyped Education Market
VIP Room
Juliette Li (Founder & CEO, Tengyue Education), Chris DeMarino (Managing Partner, Academus Partners), Dr Joshua Kuma (Director Investment & Corporate Affairs, Baring Private Equity Asia), Raj Shastri (Partner, Kaizen PE), Tanya Sen (Sofina Asia),
2:10PM – 2:50PM
Case Study Spotlight – Large Scale Education Innovation for Impact in Asia
Bras Basah Room
Joy Nathrada (Founder, S.E. EdWINGS – Thailand), Sambhrant Sharma (Director of Education, ZIIEI Sri Aurobindo Society – India), Dr. Shan Huang (YouChange – China)
2:50pm – 3:30pm
Professional Development – Tech as an Enabler to Close Knowledge and Skills Gaps at Scale
Stamford Ballroom
So-Young Kang (Founder & CEO, Gnowbe), Deborah Tan-Pink (Co-CEO, SmartUp.io), Sonny Yuen (Director of Government Operations, Udemy), Ryan O’Hare (CEO, Keypath Education), Christian Walter (Country Manager, Wantedly)
2:50pm – 3:30pm
Education vs. EdTech – Strategies Shaping Private Equity in 2019 and Beyond
VIP Room
Juliette Li (Founder & CEO, Tengyue Education), Brian Snyder (M&A Counsel, Morrison & Foerster), Chris Tran (Head of Asia – Strategy, Capital Raising, M&A, Exits, North Ridge Partners), Arjun Anand (Principal, Verlinvest), Brian Rogove (Founder & CEO, A-Star Education Holdings),
2:50pm – 3:30pm
The Feasibility of EdTech Accelerators in Asia
Bras Basah Room
Oko Davaasuren (APAC Director, Techstars), Dora Sae-ho (Director, EdAbler), Jantanarak Tuekaew (Managing Director, Strombreaker Venture), Bobby Liu (Senior Director, Topica EdTech Group), Nesh Sooriyan (Accelerating Asia)
3:50pm – 4:10pm
Scaling EdTech Businesses throughout ASEAN and Beyond
Stamford Ballroom
Keynote – Tuan Pham (Founder & CEO, Topica EdTech Group)
4:10pm – 4:30pm
Leveraging EdStart for Strategic Business Growth
Stamford Ballroom
Keynote – Vincent Quah (Regional Head Education, Research, Healthcare and Non-profit, APAC Public Sector, AWS)
5:30pm – 6:30pm
Attendee Networking Event
Day 2 – Friday August, 2nd
8:00am – 9:00am
Morning Coffee & Networking
Coffee, tea, and breakfast canapes
8:00am – 10:00am
EdTech and Education Investor – Founder Speed Dating
t.b.a via invitation only
Note: This is a privately held session for pre-approved applicants only.
9:00am – 9:30am
Educational Videos and Edutainment – Latest Trends on YouTube
VIP Room
Joy Kaung (YouTube Learning Programs and Partnerships Manager, APAC, Google)
9:00am – 9:30am
The Rise of Skills Assessment and its Impact on Traditional Degrees
Bras Basah Room
Andrew Duck (Founder & CEO, Aversafe), Lucille Jade Galvan (Assistant Director, Nanyang Business School), Seema Mishra (Partner, Entangled Solutions)
9:30am – 10:00am
China Market Overview – Prevalent Business Models for Online Providers &
Strategies to Entry through Social Media
Stamford Ballroom
Jun Lin (Head of Business Development & Business Intelligence, 17EdTech), Deana Gao (Founder, China Gravy)
9:30am – 10:00am
How are Learning Technologies and Science Entwined through Efficacy?
VIP Room
Fireside chat with Robert K. Kamei, MD (Professor NUS and Duke-NUS, ALSET Founding Director, NUS hosted by Yoshi A. Okamoto (Executive Director, SHO-zemi Innovation Ventures and Visiting Associate Professor, NUS)
9:30am – 10:00am
Learning Science Showcase – Charter Online Education with Videography Technology for Today’s Learners and Implications of Students’ Diurnal Learning Behavior on Academic Achievement
Bras Basah Room
Fun Man (Assistant Director of Education ALSET, NUS), Joshua J Gooley (Assistant Professor, Duke-NUS Medical School)
10:00am – 10:40am
Understanding and Engaging China’s Education Market
Stamford Ballroom
Qian Liu (Investment Director, New Oriental Education & Technology Group), Tang Zhenhua (CEO, Math for Kids), Huang Ren (Founder, IvyDad), Mark Pemberton (Co-founder, Studycat), Jerrick Ren (Global Director, JMDedu)
10:00am – 10:40am
Leveraging AI and Big Data for Workforce Analytics
VIP Room
Adrian Tan (Regional Manager, Client Solutioning at PeopleStrong), Pei Ying Chua – APAC Lead LinkedIn Economic Graph,LinkedIn), Djoann Fal (Founder, GetLinks), Felix W. Ortiz III (Founder, Viridis Learning)
10:00am – 10:40am
Developing Better Educational Products – Efficacy, Localization and Monetization
Bras Basah Room
Ratnesh Kumar Jha (Managing Director of Cambridge University Press, South Asia), Natalya Twohill (Founder & CEO of Kiddet), Hla Hla Win (Founder of 360ed), Ashish Fitkariwala (Founder & Director of EduQuest), Eric Lam (CEO of Amdon Consulting)
10:40am – 11:00am
South Asia Perspectives – Re-imagining Learning and Engagement for an Evolving Workforce
VIP Room
Kami Viswanathan (Founder, Work4.0Capital),
10:40AM – 11:00AM
Improving Outcomes with EdTech – TBL in Higher Education and Corporate Learning
Bras Basah Room
Brian O’Dwyer (Founder and Executive Chairman, CognaLearn)
11:00AM – 11:45AM
Future Ready Education – Anticipation of Tomorrow’s Workplace Needs Today
Stamford Ballroom
Billy Naveed (Head of Strategy, Zilingo), Aziza Sheerin (Regional Director, General Assembly), Hung Tran (Founder, GotIt), Andreas Holmer (Co-founder, MAQE), Christian Walter (moderator)
11:00AM – 11:45AM
South Asia Perspectives – Opportunities in the Future of Work
VIP Room
Kami Viswanathan (Founder, Work4.0Capital), Shrikant Latkar (CEO, Oust Labs), Annanya Sarthak (CEO, Awign), Shivam Sharma (CEO, Transneuron), Vijay Sivaram (Regional Director APAC, Quess Corp)
11:00AM – 11:45AM
AI and New Learning Pathways – The Age of Smart Content and Intelligent Instruction
Bras Basah Room
Sandeep Aneja (Founder and Managing Partner, Kaizen PE), Vu Van (Co-founder and CEO, ELSA), Raphael Nolden (Founder and CEO, Amy.app), Bernard Golstein (CEO, sharperAI), Suk ho Song (CEO, ClouBot), Gerard Suren Saverimuthu (Technical Sales Executive, IBM)
11:45AM – 12:30pm
EdTech and HRTech Startup Showcase
Stamford Ballroom
Showcase of 7 regional EdTech and HR Tech high growth companies leading the way for innovation across Asia: Vietnam (2), Malaysia, Philippines, Taiwan, Australia (2)
11:45AM – 12:30PM
Improved Outcomes and Growth – How Founders are Achieving Success in South Asia
VIP Room
Utkarsh Lokesh (Co-founder, EdTech Review), Naveen Mandava (Co-Founder, ClassKlap/IMAX), Gaurav Goel (CEO, TopRankers), Akshay Chaturvedi, (CEO, Leverage Edu), Kavesh Gadia (Co-founder and CEO, Stones2Milestones)
11:45AM – 12:30PM
AI, Education, and Ethics – Ensuring Ethical and Effective Use of AI in Education
Bras Basah Room
Jessica Kennedy White (Senior Consultant, EDUvation), Yaki Dayan (Founder, EdTech Israel), Eric Lam (CEO of Amdon Consulting), Sunita Kannan, Jason Tamara Widjaja
12:30PM – 1:30PM
Lightening Lunch Pitches – Growth Phase
VIP Room
Hosted by Misaki Yamashita (Regional Ambassador, EdTech Asia). Brief 5 minute pitches from growth stage EdTech and HR Tech companies representing Australia, Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Singapore, and Indonesia.
1:45pm – 2:00pm
EdTech and Indonesia’s Education Policy – Expert Insights into the Road Ahead
VIP Room
Paul Sabda (Founder & CEO, Zenius)
1:30pm – 2:00pm
Scaling Education Content Distribution and Product in Southeast Asian Markets
Bras Basah Room
Nattawut Arunanondchai (Strategic Adivsor, EdTech Asia), Tawan Dheva-Aksorn (CEO, Aksorn Education PLC), R Sinnakaruppan (CEO, Singapore Education Academy), Arjun Singh (APAC Country Manager, Nuadu)
2:00pm – 2:45pm
Rising Sun – Japan’s Increasing Regional Presence in Learning Innovation
Stamford Ballroom
Daisuke Asano (Director of Education Services, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Government of Japan), Kotaro Ueda (Director of Strategy, R&D, and Business Development of Benesse Corporation), Koji Takahashi (Managing Partner, EduLab Capital Partners), Yuta Funase (Indonesia Country Director, Quipper), Ken Watari (Director of Strategy & Planning, Fulbright University)
2:00pm – 2:45pm
Indonesia’s Digital Transformation of Education – Startup Perspectives
VIP Room
Tomy Yunus (Founder & CEO, Cakap), Paul Sabda (Founder & CEO, Zenius) Rama Manusama (Agora), Rizky Muhammad (Youth Manual), , Angela Arunarsirakul (EdTech Asia)
2:00pm – 2:45pm
Optimisation of Large Scale Education Data Management
Bras Basah Room
Vincent Quah (Regional Head, Education, Research, Healthcare and Not-for-Profit APAC Public Sector, Amazon Web Services), Karl Turnbull (IT Advisor, KORD IT), Bernd Nordhausen (Associate Director, Accenture Singapore)
2:45pm – 3:30pm
Insights into Asia’s Online Language Learning Markets
Stamford Ballroom
Eloi Andre (Head of Delivery, Emerging Strategy), Estella Chen (Founder & CEO of Mandarin X), Tony Pang ( Director of Chinese Testing Services), Pawan Lalwani (CEO of Language Your Way)
2:45pm – 3:30pm
Innovative Trends in Test Prep and Admissions
VIP Room
Edwin Tay (Co-founder & CEO, EasyUni), Stanley Chia (Co-founder & COO, Cialfo)
2:45pm – 3:30pm
Leveraging Singapore as a Hub for EdTech Innovations
Bras Basah Room
Payal Lal (Cogna Learn), Rohan Pasari (Co-founder, Cialfo), Will Fan (CEO, New Campus), Chung Chiew Farn (CEO, ClassDo), Lokesh Tayal (Founder, Learning Analytic)
3:30pm – 4:00pm
Integration of Live-Online Instructional Delivery – Expert Trends and Tips
VIP Room
Amit Gupta (Founder and CEO, NCR Eduservices), Karthik Kadampully (Founder and CEO, AEON Learning), Phyllis Zhang (Head of Global Market, ClassIn)
3:30pm – 4:00pm
Central Asia’s Rapidly Growing E-learning Market
Bras Basah Room
Aigerim Khafizova (Founder and CEO, EdGravity)
4:30pm – 5:00pm
Final Session – EdTech Asia 2020
Stamford Ballroom
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