Speaker information
Kati Tiainen
Finland
As Director of K12 Education EMEA, Microsoft’s Worldwide Education organization, Kati works in EMEA with Ministries of Education, education leaders, policy makers, schools and education partners to help them realize the teaching and learning potential and help with digital transformations strategies.
Kati is a Finnish K-12 educator. She has master’s degree in Education and has background working for the Teachers Union of Finland, leading eLearning Service Opit (LMS) at the biggest Education Publisher in Scandinavia and has political experience as a Member of the Board of Education in the capital of Finland – Helsinki. Recently she has continued her academic studies in Aalto University and she is certified Prosci practitioner.
Kati has worked in Education for over 20 years, teaching, leading Schools and directing large 1:1 Information and Learning Technology Programs. During 2003-2008 Kati began working with Microsoft focused on eLearning in Finland and transitioned to the US as the WW Program manager for Microdot’s Innovative Schools Program. 2012-2015 Kati returned to Europe as Director of Microsoft Education business in Central- and Eastern Europe, covering 36 countries and all up business from K12 to HE.
Kati now leads Microsoft’s Education K12 work in EMEA. Mastering big transformation markets, partner engagement and leader relationships. She is one of the global champions of the Microsoft’s Education Transformation Framework which is a guide for educators and leaders engaged in holistic education transformation and the critical conversations needed for effective transformation of education systems.
Kati is a recognized public speaker and well known for her work in helping universities, Ministries of Education, schools and education leaders to effectively plan, implement, integrate and evaluate learning with Information and mobile learning technologies. Her strategic planning has assisted in the development of education policy directions for governments and Ministries of Education & agencies throughout the world in diverse markets like Finland, Georgia and Kenya.
Speaker presentations
Date: 12.11
Time:
10:00 – 12:00
Nur-Sultan time
Keynote speech
Transformation, Leadership and Innovation in education
The speaker will illustrate how data-driven analysis of teaching and learning impacted leadership strategies, school practices and community beliefs and what has been done to put a child’s wellbeing in the centre of all transformation activities. Also, Kati will speak on the role of school principals as mediators between policymakers and teachers, students and parents in transforming the education.
Date: 11.11
Time:
12:00 – 13:00
Nur-Sultan time
Master-class
The impact of digital transformation on the development of secondary education
The expert will speak on what values digital solutions can bring to the community in a post-covid era, for example, on more transparency and quick decision making. Kati Tiainen will also speak on the improved communication between children, parents, teachers and school management, which has become possible owing to the use of efficient digital solutions.