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Summit 2024

5-7th November, 2024

CO - CONVENOR

Day 1

Role of Leadership in School Transformation

Building resilient schools through excellent leadership

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Day 2

Elevating School Leader Development

Enabling conditions for school leaders to thrive

Day 3

Leading Through Global South Challenges

School leaders as key levers of education reform

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Event Overview

Global School Leaders and UNESCO Global Education Monitoring Report (GEM R) are pleased to invite you to a three-day virtual global convening on school leadership, recognizing the vital role of school leaders worldwide.

Join us for insightful sessions featuring school leaders, practitioners, policymakers, researchers, NGOs, philanthropists, and others as they explore solutions to the most pressing challenges in school leadership, especially in the Global South. This convening coincides with the launch of the 2024 UNESCO GEM Report, offering a unique opportunity to shape the conversation around education leadership.

SUMMIT DAY 1

Role of Leadership in School Transformation

Building resilient schools through excellent leadership

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5th Nov, Tuesday
11 AM UTC Onwards

Launch: 2024 Global Education Monitoring Report

11 - 11:50 AM UTC

OPENING REMARKS

Stefania Giannini, Assistant Director-General for Education, UNESCO

Manos Antoninis, UNESCO GEM Report

Camila Pereira,
Global School Leaders

Promoting Collective Leadership: From Schools to Systems

12:00 - 1:00 PM UTC

Khadija Bhaktiar,
CEO, Teach for Pakistan

Magdalena Ortiz,
School Leader, Chile

Santosh More
Co-Founder, Mantra4Change

MODERATOR

Alex Beard,
Teach for All

Trusting and Empowering School Leaders

1:15 - 2:15 PM UTC

Herbert Lima,
Sec. of Ed, Sobral

Phuti Ragophala,
Former School Leader,
South Africa

Kiran Bir Sethi, Founder, RLC, India

Iwan Syahril
D.G., MoE, Indonesia

MODERATOR

Folawe Omikunle,
GSL Board Member

SUMMIT DAY 2

Elevating School Leader Development

Enabling conditions for school leaders to thrive

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6th Nov, Wednesday
11 AM UTC Onwards

Investing in the Professionalising of School Leaders

11 - 12:00 PM UTC

Anna Penido,
Centro Lemann, Brazil

Steve Kariithi,
Dignitas, Kenya

Baidurya Sen,
Alokit, India

Agustin Porres,
Varkey Foundation

MODERATOR

Raman Sidhu,
Octava Foundation

Masterclass: Designing for Lasting Impact

12:00 - 1:00 PM UTC

FACILITATOR

Beatriz Pont
UNESCO IIEP
Global Training Lead

School Leaders Lounge

1:15 - 2:00 PM UTC

Rob Ford,
School Leader, Moldova

Manuel Urrutia, School Leader, Chile

Alejandra Yuszcsyssyn, School Leader, Argentina

Eha Julaeha,
School Leader, Indonesia

SUMMIT DAY 3

Leading Through
Global South Challenges

School Leaders as key levers of education reform

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7th Nov, Thursday
11 AM UTC Onwards

Unpacking Leadership Policies from the Global South

11 - 12:00 PM UTC

Anna A'ddio,
UNESCO GEM Report

Daniel April,
UNESCO GEM Report

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Basheer J. Khaleel
MoE, Iraq

Ihsan bin Ismail
MoE, Malaysia

Spotlight Sessions: FLN/ Gender/ Technology

12:15 - 1:00 PM UTC

Pauline Essah, Education Sub-Saharan Africa (ESSA)

Dr. Jacqueline Jere Folotiya, ADEA

Jocelyne Cyiza Kirezi,
VVOB

Fay Hodza, African Centre of School Leadership (VVOB)

Sonakshi Sharma, UNICEF Innocentii

Carolina Alban Conto
UNESCO IIEP

Guilherme Cintra, Lemann Foundation

School Leaders Lounge

1:15 - 2:00 PM UTC

Kavita Sanghvi,
School Leader, India

Abby Mubiru,
School Leader, Uganda

Nelba Contreras
School Leader, Argentina

Andrés Salazar
School Leader, Chile

Participating Organizations

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