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

Katri Saarikivi
Cognitive neuroscientist and co-founder of Samoi, science communication in the FINSCI research project.

Simon Lightman
Head of Humanities, Victoria International School of Sharjah, UAE

Eszter Salamon
Director, Parents International; Visiting Professor, Vytautas Magnus University

Harry Anthony Patrinos
Head of the Department of Education Reform and 21st Century Endowed Chair in Education Policy at the University of Arkansas

Aidan Clerkin
Research Fellow, Educational Research Centre, Ireland

Anastasiia Serazetdinova
Founder and Head of the educational project Hungry Teachers (a support and training platform for educators), practicing counseling psychologist

Douglas K. Hartman
Professor of Technology & Human Learning, Michigan State University

Olivia Roth
Director of School Evaluation & Development Services, Council of International Schools (CIS)

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
