THURSDAY JULY 26TH

FRIDAY JULY 27TH

9:40AM – 10:00AM CKK Main Hall AWS Education Program Launch

Vincent Quah(Regional Head, Education, Research,Healthcare and Not-for-Profit APACPublic Sector AWS)

10:20AM – 11:10AM CKK Main Hall

Trends in Asia’s Online EnglishLanguage Learning Market

Eloi Andre (Emerging Strategy)Kai Herng Loh (Duolingo)Gaku Nakamura (RareJob)Dr. Minh Tran (EF)Vu Van (ELSA)

10:00AM – 10:20AM CKK Main Hall

Designing a New Operating Systemof Work through Adaptive Talents

Djoann Fal(CEO & Co-founder of GetLinks)

11:10AM – 12:00PM CKK Main Hall

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Knowledge and Skills,What are Modern EmployersLooking For?

Billy Naveed (Young Founders School)Nikki Davies (Credit Suisse)Lars Bratsberg (Google)

12:00PM – 12:45PM CKK Main Hall

Unlearning to Learn:Fostering Intrinsic LearningMotivation in the Modern Workplace

Min-Lin Lim (Palo IT)Shah Widjaja (Palo IT Singaopre)Djoann Fal (GetLinks)Tomas Laboutka (SEA Founders)

12:00PM – 12:45PMHall A 4-5

Innovative Trends in EducationAdmissions, Counseling,and Coaching

Gerry Chu (Advisor)Huixian Ye (Paragon One)Rohan Pasari (Cialfo)Xin Er Quek (Crimson Education)Sarah Lee (Higher Ground Education)

11:10AM – 12:00PM Hall A 4-5

Global Perspectives: Asia's Educationand Edtech Investment Opportunities

David Li (Queens Road Capital)Furuzonfar Zehni (Fresco Capital)Raj Shastri (Kaizen PE)Yuan Lee Chung (Susquehanna)Koji Takahashi (EduLab)

11:10AM – 12:00PM Hall B 6-7

Addressing Core Issues in Educationthrough Technology: Opportunitiesfor Impact

Kentaro Watari (FulbrightUniversity Vietnam)Tom Stader (The Library Project)Talitha Amalia (Solve Education)Rina Bautista (KnowledgeChannel Foundation)

9:10AM – 9:30AM CKK Main Hall

Perspectives on Asia’s EdTech andEducation Markets

Anip Sharma(Partner, L.E.K. Consulting)

9:30AM – 9:50AMCKK Main Hall The Future of Education: AI

Dr. Eric Yang(Founder and CEO, iTutor Group)

9:50AM – 10:10AMCKK Main Hall

Global EdTech Ecosystem:20 City Profiles

Tim Praill(Head of Navitas Ventures)

11:10AM – 12:00PMCKK Main Hall

Asia’s Leading Role for the Future ofLearning and Work: Higher Educationand Upskilling

Diana Wu David (Sarana Capital)Michael Gold(The Economist Intelligence Unit)Sandeep Aneja (Kaizen PE)Felix Ortiz (Viridis Learning)Clive Lee (Yidan Prize)

1:45PM – 3:25PMHall B 6-7

No Margin, No Mission: Managingyour Cash to Extend your StartupRunway

Brian O’Dwyer(Commercial Founder, Cognalearn)

4:00PM – 4:45PMCKK Main Hall

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Growing an EdTech Company inHong Kong: Gateway to Asia

Edward Chan (HKSTP)Olive Wong (Motive Force)Eric Yung (PlayNote)Jimmy Hui (Coding 101)Katherine Cheung (SnapAsk)

4:45PM – 5:30PMCKK Main Hall

AI Technology: Reshaping theLearning Experience through AIand Analytics

Ryan Lo (SenseTime)Jun Lin (17zuoye)Conor O’Sullivan (Adaptemy)Dr. Andy Chun (CityU)

4:00PM – 4:50PMHall A 4-5

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India’s Coming Inflection Point:Is Mass EdTech Adoption Near?

Utkarsh Lokesh (EdTech Review)Sunitha Vishwanathan (Unitus Seed Fund)Krishna Srinivasan (PALGenie)T. K. Arunachalam (Cambridge English)

4:50PM – 5:20PMHall A 4-5

E�cacy vs. E�ectiveness: Why Technology Has Not DisruptedClassrooms and What Can Be DoneAbout It

Yurika Morita(Head of Partnerships, Quipper)

4:00PM – 5:00PMHall B 6-7

ASEAN Emerging Markets EdTechShowcase: Indonesia and Philippines

Monique Morales (Klasecko)Paul Sabda (Zenius)

12:00PM – 12:30PMHall A 4-5

Building an Education Business thatLasts Forever

Dr. David Klet(Klett Group)

2:35PM – 3:25PMCKK Main Hall

Skilling India’s Burgeoning LabourMarket: Opportunities and Challenges

Monica Mehta (Advisor)Rahil Rangwala(Michael and Susan Dell Foundation)Shivaam Sharma(TransNeuron Technologies)Arunprasad Durairaj (Flintobox)

1:45PM – 2:35PMHall A 4-5

Accelerating Growth by Closing theFunding Gap for Edtech Startups

Phil Psilos (FHI360)So-Young Kang (Gnowbe)Lana Duong (Open Space Ventures)Richard Roque (SA Capital)

2:35PM – 3:25PMHall A 4-5

ASEAN’s Emerging Tiger Markets:Opportunities and Challenges

Will Greene (ALSET)Takuya Homma (Quipper)Bobby Liu (Topica)Judge Calimbahin (Edukasyon)Raphael Nolden (Jaipuna)

12:00PM – 12:30PMHall B 6-7

Leveraging Social Media to EnterChina’s Education Market

Deana Gao(Founder, China Gravy)

1:45PM – 2:35PM CKK Main Hall

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The Road to IPO: Insight into China's Rapid Growth in EdTech

Sophie Chen (JMD Edu)Kenneth Ke (China New HigherEducation Group)Duc Luu (RISE Education)Andrew Yang (Shanghai Xin Nanyang)Steve Zhang, CFO (iTutor Group)

11:10AM – 12:00PMHall A 4-5

Asia’s Evolving Online LearningLandscape: Higher Education andUpskilling

Rebecca Chan (Advisor)Richard Qiu (Udemy)Amit Goyal (edX)Abhinav Mital (Linc Education)

12:00PM – 12:45PMCKK Main Hall

Education Evolution: The Rise of EarlyYears Coding and ComputationalThinking Providers

Rachel Brujis (Pearson)Michelle Sun (First Code Academy)Christopher Geary (BSD Education)John Tan (Saturday Kids)Yasunobu Hashimoto (Soro Touch)

10:30AM - 11:10AM Break

12:30PM - 13:45PM Lunch

5:30PM - 7:30PM Networking [Tom’s Bar]

3:25PM - 4:00PM Break

12:00PM – 12:45PMHall B 6-7

Cultivating STEAM Education withBlended and Online/O�ine Solutions

Cheuk Kwong Ng (Data42)Gabriel Suppiah (Score Campus)Eric Lam (Amdon Consulting)Chu Tsz Wing (EdFuture)

4:00PM – 4:30PM CKK Main Hall

Fireside Chat: Ryan Bubinski,Co-founder of Codeacademy

Bhavneet Chahal (GoSkills)Ryan Bubinski(Co-founder, Codeacademy)

4:30PM – 4:45PM CKK Main Hall Closing Remarks Mike Michalec

EdTech Asia

1:45PM – 2:35PM CKK Main Hall

Blockchain Technology: Implicationsfor the Future of Education andEmployment

Ramya Ravikumar (Anquan Capial)Andrew Duck (Aversafe)Jonathan Chan (Jules)Vivian Leung (ANX Academy)

1:45PM – 2:35PM Hall A 4-5

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EdTech Product Localization forAsian Markets

Yaki Dayan (EdTech Israel)Natalya Twohill (Kiddet)Yoshi Okamoto (SZIV)Tawan Dheva-Aksorn (AksornEducation Group)

2:35PM – 3:25PM CKK Main Hall

Education Evolution: CultivatingEntrepreneurship and 21st CenturyLearning Skills in Youth

David Doran (WeLearn)Natalie Chan (Own Academy)Billy Naveed (Young Founders School)Tu Ngo (Yola)Dora Sae-Ho (LearnHub)

1:45PM – 2:35PMHall B 6-7

Myanmar and Bangladesh EducationMarket Insights and Opportunities

Hla Hla Win (360Ed)Abu Sayed (Tutor 71)

2:35PM – 3:25PMHall A 4-5

Leveraging YouTube to ScaleEducation Content Distribution

Don Anderson (Google Youtube)Gerald Sebastian (Kok Bisa)Colin Brown (Skoolbo)Hitendra Merchant (Yoboho)

2:35PM – 3:25PMHall B 6-7

Education in the Workplace:Interest, Insurance, or Investment?

Weisheng Neo (UpGrad)Will Fan (QLC)Vince Chan (Creta Ventures)Katrina An (Nomura)Iris Chan (PACT)

12:45PM - 13:45PM Lunch

9:00AM – 9:10AMCKK Main Hall Welcome Greetings

and AnnouncementsTeri Horn (Learn Education)Chawisa Chen (Startup Thailand)

9:30AM – 9:40AM CKK Main Hall

Welcome Greetingsand Announcements

Teri Horn (Learn Education)Chawisa Chen (Startup Thailand)

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FRINGE ACTIVITIES

THURSDAY JULY 26TH

5:30PM - 7:30PMTom's Bar

Networking Function(Powered by GETLINKS)

CENTERTIME

FRIDAY JULY 27TH

8:00am - 11:00amHall B 6-7

Memtorship Capacity Building Workshop(Powered by YFS)

12:45pm - 2:00pmMeeting Room 23

Landing an Edtech Company in Hong Kong(Powered by HKSTP) - Registration required

12:45pm - 1:45pmMeeting Room 24

Education & Edtech Market Intelligence(Powered by HolonIQ) - Registration required

8:00am - 9:30amMeeting Room 23-24

Hall A 4-5

Investor - Startup Speed Dating(Invite only)

CENTERTIME

EdTech Asia provides education market intelligence, business development and research services for Asian markets. Our community programs network throughout the region have organized over 60 events in 10 countries including bootcamps, work-shops, and meetups in addition to the annual summit. EdTech Asia seeks to promote both social and economic growth and understanding of the education and edtech sectors by fostering a collaborative and cohesive regional community of thought leaders, innovators, and change makers.

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