Confirmed Speakers
Education experts confirmed for the NIS Conference 2026
Speakers

Andy Hargreaves
Research Professor, Boston College; Visiting Professor, University of Ottawa; President & Co-Founder, ARC Education
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Harry Anthony Patrinos
Head of the Department of Education Reform and 21st Century Endowed Chair in Education Policy at the University of Arkansas
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Katri Saarikivi
Head of science communication and interaction, the FINSCI project, Skope Chair negotiating committee, Futures work in comprehensive schools, Ministry of Education and Culture, Finland CEO and co-founder, Samoi
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Rouble Nagi
Indian artist, educator, and public figure, winner of the 2026 GEMS Education Global Teacher Prize. Founder of the Rouble Nagi Art Foundation.
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Simon Lightman
Head of Humanities, Victoria International School of Sharjah, UAE
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Eszter Salamon
Director, Parents International; Visiting Professor, Vytautas Magnus University
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Aidan Clerkin
Research Fellow, Educational Research Centre, Ireland
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Kamila Rollan
Disability and Neurodiversity Adviser at Anglia Ruskin University, UK, and an Assistant Professor at the School of Education and Humanities at SDU University
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Anastasiia Serazetdinova
Founder and Head of the educational project Hungry Teachers (a support and training platform for educators), practicing counseling psychologist
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Douglas K. Hartman
Professor of Technology & Human Learning, Michigan State University
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Olivia Roth
Director of School Evaluation & Development Services, Council of International Schools (CIS)
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Arnold Brouwer
Director, Dutch Research Centre for Examination and Certification (RCEC); Guest Lecturer, University of Twente (Netherlands) and ADA University (Azerbaijan)
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Hongliang Ma
Full Professor/ Associate Dean, Faculty of Education, Shaanxi Normal University, China
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Francesco Banchini
CEO & Director, European Azerbaijan School (EAS)

Colleen McLaughlin
Emerita Professor of Education, University of Cambridge

Bruce Lander
Dean of the Graduate School of Language and Communication, Matsuyama University, Japan
