{"id":508,"date":"2022-05-21T10:12:37","date_gmt":"2022-05-21T10:12:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sofianet.uk\/?page_id=508"},"modified":"2022-05-21T10:51:44","modified_gmt":"2022-05-21T10:51:44","slug":"bridge-the-gap-2021","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sofianet.uk\/index.php\/bridge-the-gap-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Bridge the Gap 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"508\" class=\"elementor elementor-508\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-528bc2c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default exad-glass-effect-no exad-sticky-section-no elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"528bc2c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;zoomIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column 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exad-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"105385a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-485dfc4 exad-sticky-section-no exad-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"485dfc4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.6.5 - 27-04-2022 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\nTRANSFORMATION IN EDUCATION<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2c1a8af elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default exad-glass-effect-no exad-sticky-section-no elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"2c1a8af\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;zoomIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3e9b399 exad-glass-effect-no exad-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"3e9b399\" 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alt=\"\u03a3\u03c4\u03b9\u03b3\u03bc\u03b9\u03cc\u03c4\u03c5\u03c0\u03bf 2021-10-01, 15.08.17.png\" \/><\/a><\/div><div id=\"comp-kudkkqvj__item1\" class=\"_1Q9if\" data-testid=\"richTextElement\"><h4 class=\"font_4\">\u00a0Margaret Andersen<\/h4><\/div><div id=\"comp-kudkkqvz__item1\" class=\"_1Q9if\" data-testid=\"richTextElement\"><p class=\"font_8\"><i>Senior Policy Associate,\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">Action Lab (J-PAL) MIT<\/span><\/i><\/p><\/div><div id=\"comp-kudkkqw7__item1\" class=\"_1Q9if\" data-testid=\"richTextElement\"><p class=\"font_8\"><span class=\"color_11\">Margaret Andersen is a Senior Policy Associate at J-PAL Global, where she works on the\u00a0Education sector. In this position, she manages the Post-Primary Education Initiative, writes\u00a0policy publications, cultivates research partnerships, and promotes evidence-informed\u00a0policymaking.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"font_8\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">Prior to joining J-PAL full-time in 2019, Margaret worked as a summer intern for J-PAL\u2019s\u00a0Policy &amp; Communications Group, spent a semester studying in Ecuador, and tutored for\u00a0undergraduate econometrics courses at Boston College.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"font_8\"><span class=\"color_11\">Margaret graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Boston College with a\u00a0BA in economics and a minor in international studies. She received the Alice E. Bourneuf\u00a0Award, distinguishing her as one of the two most outstanding Economics majors in her\u00a0graduating class.<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"_1ozXL\" role=\"gridcell\"><div id=\"comp-kudkkqti__item-j9pnv9cm\" class=\"_1vNJf\"><div id=\"bgLayers_comp-kudkkqti__item-j9pnv9cm\" class=\"_3wnIc\" data-hook=\"bgLayers\"><div class=\"_3KzuS _3SQN-\" data-testid=\"colorUnderlay\">\u00a0<\/div><div id=\"bgMedia_comp-kudkkqti__item-j9pnv9cm\" class=\"_2GUhU\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><div class=\"\" data-mesh-id=\"comp-kudkkqti__item-j9pnv9cminlineContent\" data-testid=\"inline-content\"><div data-mesh-id=\"comp-kudkkqti__item-j9pnv9cminlineContent-gridContainer\" data-testid=\"mesh-container-content\"><div id=\"comp-kudkkqv0__item-j9pnv9cm\" class=\"_3vYzk\"><div class=\"_3-x13\" data-testid=\"linkElement\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.wixstatic.com\/media\/c335f8_50fe33ad3c2e42d59388c1aa609080ef~mv2.png\/v1\/crop\/x_3,y_0,w_198,h_196\/fill\/w_156,h_155,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto\/%CE%A3%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%B3%CE%BC%CE%B9%CF%8C%CF%84%CF%85%CF%80%CE%BF%202021-10-01%2C%2015_08_23.png\" alt=\"\u03a3\u03c4\u03b9\u03b3\u03bc\u03b9\u03cc\u03c4\u03c5\u03c0\u03bf 2021-10-01, 15.08.23.png\" \/><\/div><\/div><div id=\"comp-kudkkqvj__item-j9pnv9cm\" class=\"_1Q9if\" data-testid=\"richTextElement\"><h4 class=\"font_4\">\u00a0Dr Jaime Saavedra<\/h4><\/div><div id=\"comp-kudkkqvz__item-j9pnv9cm\" class=\"_1Q9if\" data-testid=\"richTextElement\"><p class=\"font_8\"><i>Global Director, Education,\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">World Bank<\/span><\/i><\/p><\/div><div id=\"comp-kudkkqw7__item-j9pnv9cm\" class=\"_1Q9if\" data-testid=\"richTextElement\"><p class=\"font_8\"><span class=\"color_11\">Jaime Saavedra leads the Education Global Practice at the World Bank Group. He rejoined\u00a0the World Bank Group from the Government of Peru, where he served as Minister of\u00a0Education from 2013 through 2016. During his tenure, the performance of Peru\u2019s education\u00a0system improved substantially as measured by international learning assessments.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"font_8\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">Throughout his career, Mr. Saavedra, a Peruvian national, has led groundbreaking work\u00a0in the areas of poverty and inequality, employment and labor markets, the economics of\u00a0education, and monitoring and evaluation systems. He has held positions at a number of\u00a0international organizations and think-tanks, among them the Inter-American Development\u00a0Bank, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, International Labour\u00a0Organization, Grupo de An\u00e1lisis para el Desarollo and the National Council of Labor in Peru.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"font_8\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">He has also held teaching and research positions in academia and has published\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">extensively. Prior to assuming his role as Minister for Education of Peru, he had a ten year\u00a0career at the World Bank where, most recently, he served as Director for Poverty Reduction\u00a0and Equity as well as Acting Vice President, Poverty Reduction &amp; Economic Management\u00a0Network. Mr. Saavedra holds a Ph.D in economics from Columbia University and a\u00a0Bachelor\u2019s degree in economics from the Catholic University of Peru.<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"_1ozXL\" role=\"gridcell\"><div id=\"comp-kudkkqti__item-kg80bx1c\" class=\"_1vNJf\"><div id=\"bgLayers_comp-kudkkqti__item-kg80bx1c\" class=\"_3wnIc\" data-hook=\"bgLayers\"><div id=\"bgMedia_comp-kudkkqti__item-kg80bx1c\" class=\"_2GUhU\">\u00a0<\/div><div id=\"bgMedia_comp-kudkkqti__item-kg80bx1c\" class=\"_2GUhU\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><div class=\"\" data-mesh-id=\"comp-kudkkqti__item-kg80bx1cinlineContent\" data-testid=\"inline-content\"><div data-mesh-id=\"comp-kudkkqti__item-kg80bx1cinlineContent-gridContainer\" data-testid=\"mesh-container-content\"><div id=\"comp-kudkkqv0__item-kg80bx1c\" class=\"_3vYzk _2S73V\"><a class=\"_3-x13\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wix.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"linkElement\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.wixstatic.com\/media\/c335f8_1887ed781b6a448e9ba198265ee18d61~mv2.png\/v1\/fill\/w_156,h_155,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto\/%CE%A3%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%B3%CE%BC%CE%B9%CF%8C%CF%84%CF%85%CF%80%CE%BF%202021-10-11%2C%2018_10_57.png\" alt=\"\u03a3\u03c4\u03b9\u03b3\u03bc\u03b9\u03cc\u03c4\u03c5\u03c0\u03bf 2021-10-11, 18.10.57.png\" \/><\/a><\/div><div id=\"comp-kudkkqvj__item-kg80bx1c\" class=\"_1Q9if\" data-testid=\"richTextElement\"><h4 class=\"font_4\">Andria Zafirakou<\/h4><\/div><div id=\"comp-kudkkqvz__item-kg80bx1c\" class=\"_1Q9if\" data-testid=\"richTextElement\"><p class=\"font_8\"><i>Global Teachers Award winner\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">2018, Alperton Community,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">School \/ Artists in Residence<\/span><\/i><\/p><\/div><div id=\"comp-kudkkqw7__item-kg80bx1c\" class=\"_1Q9if\" data-testid=\"richTextElement\"><p class=\"font_8\"><span class=\"color_11\">Andria Zafirakou, a teacher at Alperton Community School in Brent, was crowned the best teacher in the world when in 2018 she won the Global Teacher Prize.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"font_8\"><span class=\"color_11\">Born in north-west London to Greek-Cypriot parents and state-educated in Brent and Camden, Andria began her career as an art and textiles teacher in her home suburb, one of the world\u2019s most ethnically diverse places.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"font_8\"><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-size: 14px;\">Passionate about education and changing the lives of young people and underserved communities through creativity, she has worked her entire teaching career of 16 years at Alperton Community School is now an Associate Deputy Headteacher leading on Staff Development, Diversity and Transitions.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"font_8\"><span class=\"color_11\">Using the $1m prize money awarded by the Global Teacher prize, Andria founded a charity called Artists in Residence (AiR) with an aim to improve arts education in schools. \u00a0<\/span><\/p><p class=\"font_8\">\u00a0<\/p><p class=\"font_8\"><span class=\"color_11\">Named in the top 10 of The Evening Standard&#8217;s 1,000 Londoners List, Andria is a Culture Leader for the World Economic Forum as well as a member of their Global Future Leaders Council.\u00a0 She sits on the Advisory board for the Cultural Leaders Alliance, Art UK and was the winner of the prestigious GIWA (Greek International Women&#8217;s award) for Arts and Culture in 2021.\u00a0 Her debut and best-selling book \u201cThose who can, Teach\u201d was published by Bloomsbury in April 2021.<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"_1ozXL\" role=\"gridcell\"><div id=\"comp-kudkkqti__item-kg80btuq\" class=\"_1vNJf\"><div id=\"bgLayers_comp-kudkkqti__item-kg80btuq\" class=\"_3wnIc\" data-hook=\"bgLayers\"><div class=\"_3KzuS _3SQN-\" data-testid=\"colorUnderlay\">\u00a0<\/div><div id=\"bgMedia_comp-kudkkqti__item-kg80btuq\" class=\"_2GUhU\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><div class=\"\" data-mesh-id=\"comp-kudkkqti__item-kg80btuqinlineContent\" data-testid=\"inline-content\"><div data-mesh-id=\"comp-kudkkqti__item-kg80btuqinlineContent-gridContainer\" data-testid=\"mesh-container-content\"><div id=\"comp-kudkkqv0__item-kg80btuq\" class=\"_3vYzk _2S73V\"><a class=\"_3-x13\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wix.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"linkElement\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.wixstatic.com\/media\/c335f8_a73353f4e35c4726a2fa83c180c9c737~mv2.png\/v1\/fill\/w_156,h_155,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto\/%CE%A3%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%B3%CE%BC%CE%B9%CF%8C%CF%84%CF%85%CF%80%CE%BF%202021-10-01%2C%2015_08_42.png\" alt=\"\u03a3\u03c4\u03b9\u03b3\u03bc\u03b9\u03cc\u03c4\u03c5\u03c0\u03bf 2021-10-01, 15.08.42.png\" \/><\/a><\/div><div id=\"comp-kudkkqvj__item-kg80btuq\" class=\"_1Q9if\" data-testid=\"richTextElement\"><h4 class=\"font_4\">\u00a0Natalie Wexler<\/h4><\/div><div id=\"comp-kudkkqvz__item-kg80btuq\" class=\"_1Q9if\" data-testid=\"richTextElement\"><p class=\"font_8\">Author and Education<\/p><p class=\"font_8\">Journalist, Forbes\u00a0<span class=\"color_11\" style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">Natalie is the author of The Knowledge Gap: The Hidden Cause of America\u2019s Broken\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"color_11\" style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">Education System&#8211;and How to Fix It (Avery 2019), and the co-au thor with Judith C.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">Hochman of The Writing Revolution: A Guide to Advancing Thinkin g Through Writing in\u00a0All Subjects and Grades (Jossey-Bass 2017).<\/span><\/p><\/div><div id=\"comp-kudkkqw7__item-kg80btuq\" class=\"_1Q9if\" data-testid=\"richTextElement\"><p class=\"font_8\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">She also has a free Substack newsletter called Minding the Gap,\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/nataliewexler.substack.com\/,\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-auto-recognition=\"true\">https:\/\/nataliewexler.substack.com\/,<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">\u00a0and she works as a senior contributor on educati on to Forbes.com.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"font_8\"><span class=\"color_11\" style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">Her writing has also appeared in The Atlantic, The Washington Post, The New York\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">Times, and other publications. To learn more about Natalie, vis it her website,\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/nataliewexler.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-auto-recognition=\"true\">https:\/\/nataliewexler.com\/.<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"_3Rcdf\" role=\"row\"><div class=\"_1ozXL\" role=\"gridcell\"><div id=\"comp-kudkkqti__item-kuh5141s\" class=\"_1vNJf\"><div id=\"bgLayers_comp-kudkkqti__item-kuh5141s\" class=\"_3wnIc\" data-hook=\"bgLayers\"><div class=\"_3KzuS _3SQN-\" data-testid=\"colorUnderlay\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"_1ozXL\" role=\"gridcell\"><div id=\"comp-kudkkqti__item-kg80bz6a\" class=\"_1vNJf\"><div class=\"\" data-mesh-id=\"comp-kudkkqti__item-kg80bz6ainlineContent\" data-testid=\"inline-content\"><div data-mesh-id=\"comp-kudkkqti__item-kg80bz6ainlineContent-gridContainer\" data-testid=\"mesh-container-content\"><div id=\"comp-kudkkqw7__item-kg80bz6a\" class=\"_1Q9if\" data-testid=\"richTextElement\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6e860d9 exad-glass-effect-no exad-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"6e860d9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4776112 exad-sticky-section-no exad-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4776112\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div role=\"row\"><div role=\"gridcell\"><div><div data-mesh-id=\"comp-kudkkqti__item1inlineContent\" data-testid=\"inline-content\"><div data-mesh-id=\"comp-kudkkqti__item1inlineContent-gridContainer\" data-testid=\"mesh-container-content\"><div>\u00a0<a style=\"font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; background-color: #ffffff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wix.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"linkElement\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\" src=\"https:\/\/static.wixstatic.com\/media\/c335f8_75e1ed98c6a34b08b7bc6eb699fa489d~mv2.png\/v1\/crop\/x_0,y_2,w_230,h_228\/fill\/w_156,h_155,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto\/%CE%A3%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%B3%CE%BC%CE%B9%CF%8C%CF%84%CF%85%CF%80%CE%BF%202021-10-07%2C%2019_11_43.png\" alt=\"\u03a3\u03c4\u03b9\u03b3\u03bc\u03b9\u03cc\u03c4\u03c5\u03c0\u03bf 2021-10-07, 19.11.43.png\" \/><\/a><\/div><div><div style=\"font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\" data-testid=\"richTextElement\"><h4>\u00a0Tony Wan<\/h4><\/div><div style=\"font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400;\" data-testid=\"richTextElement\"><p style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><i>Head of Investor Content,\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">Reach Capital<\/span><\/i><\/p><\/div><div style=\"font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\" data-testid=\"richTextElement\"><p style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Tony Wan is Head of Investor Content at Reach Capital, overseeing editorial projects and thought leadership in support of the Reach team, its portfolio and the broader education technology ecosystem.<\/span>\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Prior to Reach, Tony was a co-founder and managing editor at EdSurge, where he oversaw newsroom operations and covered business and investment trends in the edtech industry. He was named one of Forbes\u2019 \u201c30 Under 30\u201d in Education in 2014 and received an Education Writers Association Reporting Fellowship in 2020. Before that, he co-founded an edtech startup that developed a game best described as \u201cZelda with math.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Tony has an M.A. in East Asian Studies from Stanford University, and B.A. in History from the University of California at San Diego.<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><div data-testid=\"richTextElement\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div role=\"gridcell\"><div><div data-hook=\"bgLayers\"><div style=\"font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><div style=\"font-size: 14px;\" data-testid=\"linkElement\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\" src=\"https:\/\/static.wixstatic.com\/media\/c335f8_2d8257dcb5de4e2e90722d8833288862~mv2.png\/v1\/crop\/x_0,y_5,w_308,h_306\/fill\/w_156,h_155,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto\/%CE%A3%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%B3%CE%BC%CE%B9%CF%8C%CF%84%CF%85%CF%80%CE%BF%202021-10-18%2C%2010_57_43.png\" alt=\"\u03a3\u03c4\u03b9\u03b3\u03bc\u03b9\u03cc\u03c4\u03c5\u03c0\u03bf 2021-10-18, 10.57.43.png\" \/><\/div><\/div><div style=\"font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\" data-testid=\"richTextElement\"><h4>Mark East<\/h4><\/div><div style=\"font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400;\" data-testid=\"richTextElement\"><p style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><i>General Manager (Education) \u2013 WW Corporate HQ\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">Europe, Middle East &amp; Africa (EMEA) MICROSOFT<\/span><\/i><\/p><\/div><div style=\"font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\" data-testid=\"richTextElement\"><p style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Mark East is responsible for the EMEA Region for Education leading a team of approx. 300 people dedicated to helping Institutions transform education through the efficient &amp; effective use of information technology. Mark is located in Dubai scaling across EMEA time zone with accountability for K12, Higher, Further Education, Libraries and Museums reporting into Anthony Salcito, global VP of Education for Microsoft in Seattle.<\/p><p style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">Mark joined Microsoft UK in 1988 to establish Microsoft UK\u2019s Education division. In 1990, he was awarded the Microsoft UK President\u2019s Award in recognition of his work serving Education institutions throughout the UK.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">Since joining Microsoft, Mark has managed teams in Enterprise, Small Business, Home &amp; Retail and Channel infrastructure and latterly specializing in Public-Sector. Mark was appointed to the Microsoft UK board or directors in 2000.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">Mark lived in Seattle, Washington for 2 years whilst leading the worldwide Education group before returning to the UK to provide Education leadership to Europe, Middle East and Africa. In September 2005, Mark was awarded the Microsoft achievement award for sustained high level contributions to Microsoft leadership in the education community.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">In 2007, Mark was appointed chairman of Digital Pipeline, a UK registered charity, whose aim is to empower communities through access to\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">technology\u00a0 <\/span><a style=\"font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.digitalpipeline.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.digitalpipeline.org<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">. Mark is involved in many philanthropic projects. In 2008 he built a secondary school in the Mauta village on Mfangano Island, Lake Victoria, Kenya and is now sponsoring Students who graduate from the school to attend University, one of which recently graduated as a teacher. More recently he has supported the development of a research centre for Gorillas in the Bwindi hills of Uganda.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Before joining Microsoft, Mark spent 8 years with a Microsoft partner \u2013 Micro Facilities \u2013 having worked for them part time whilst he was at college student initially training to be a Micro Computer engineer and ending up leading their sales &amp; marketing team focused in Public-Sector.<\/p><p style=\"font-size: 14px;\">In his spare time, Mark enjoys spending time with family and researching materials for the historical novels he hopes to write when he retires. He is an ardent supporter of the UK football club Queens Park Rangers (QPR), having worked for the club in his youth. He is \u201cstill\u201d learning to play golf.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div role=\"row\"><div role=\"gridcell\"><div><div data-hook=\"bgLayers\">\u00a0<\/div><div data-mesh-id=\"comp-kudkkqti__item-kg80bz6ainlineContent\" data-testid=\"inline-content\"><div data-mesh-id=\"comp-kudkkqti__item-kg80bz6ainlineContent-gridContainer\" data-testid=\"mesh-container-content\"><div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wix.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"linkElement\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.wixstatic.com\/media\/c335f8_d6f9b41a6d9f42ca95d316cd7c92cc55~mv2.png\/v1\/fill\/w_156,h_155,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto\/%CE%A3%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%B3%CE%BC%CE%B9%CF%8C%CF%84%CF%85%CF%80%CE%BF%202021-10-01%2C%2015_08_47.png\" alt=\"\u03a3\u03c4\u03b9\u03b3\u03bc\u03b9\u03cc\u03c4\u03c5\u03c0\u03bf 2021-10-01, 15.08.47.png\" \/><\/a><\/div><div data-testid=\"richTextElement\"><h4>Konstantinos Doukas<\/h4><\/div><div data-testid=\"richTextElement\"><p><i>Founder and President,\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">SoFIA \u2013 School of the Future\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">International Academy<\/span><\/i><\/p><\/div><div data-testid=\"richTextElement\"><p>Konstantinos Doukas is the President and CEO of Doukas School (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.doukas.gr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-auto-recognition=\"true\">www.doukas.gr<\/a>), a private\u00a0education institution with a tradition of more than 100 years. As a third-generation owner,\u00a0previously or parallel with his work at the school, Konstantinos held several teaching, research\u00a0and administrative positions mainly in the private sector, specifically as Systems Manager\u00a0Assistant at the TC Computer Lab of Columbia University (NYC), Scientific Consultant to Project<\/p><p>Athena at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Boston, MA), President &amp; CEO, at the\u00a0Information Society SA (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktpae.gr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-auto-recognition=\"true\">www.ktpae.gr<\/a>) and several boards of directors positions.<\/p><p>As an entrepreneur, he has founded several start-up companies in Greece and also<\/p><p>Internationally, most of them still in operation, mainly in the area of technological innovations,\u00a0use of ICT in education, supporting services in education and digital marketing services.<\/p><p>He is the founder and Chairman of SoFIA (School of the Future International Academy,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sofianet.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-auto-recognition=\"true\">www.sofianet.org<\/a>), an International NGO focusing on supporting educational institutions and\u00a0schools that wish to excel academically and operationally, by using global best practices and\u00a0innovative methodologies.<\/p><p>He is also the co-author of more than 11 publications in Greek and International<\/p><p>Conferences and Journals and co-editor of 5 Greek Conference Proceedings. Recently he\u00a0was the co-editor of the IGI Global Edition 2018: \u201cHandbook of Research on Educational\u00a0Design and Cloud Computing in Modern Classroom Settings\u201d.<\/p><p>He holds an Electrical Engineering and Computer Science BSc from the National Technical\u00a0University of Athens and an MA in Communications, Computers and Technology in Education\u00a0from Columbia University (NYC). In the past 20 years, Konstantinos has been a regular speaker at conferences on education, technology and the future of education in the USA, Europe and the Middle East. He was born in 1964 has a family with 3 kids and his hobby is sports.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0c39e9c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default exad-glass-effect-no exad-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"0c39e9c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e7d741d exad-glass-effect-no exad-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"e7d741d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-061da6b exad-sticky-section-no exad-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"061da6b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TRANSFORMATION IN EDUCATION LEARNING LOSS IN AN ERA OF EVOLUTION FOR EDUCATION Bridge the Gap 2021 Speakers \u00a0Margaret Andersen Senior [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":402,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-508","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","entry","has-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sofianet.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sofianet.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sofianet.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sofianet.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sofianet.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=508"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/sofianet.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/508\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":545,"href":"https:\/\/sofianet.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/508\/revisions\/545"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sofianet.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sofianet.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}