{"id":530,"date":"2022-05-21T10:29:30","date_gmt":"2022-05-21T10:29:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sofianet.uk\/?page_id=530"},"modified":"2022-05-21T10:50:11","modified_gmt":"2022-05-21T10:50:11","slug":"bridge-the-gap-2020","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sofianet.uk\/index.php\/bridge-the-gap-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Bridge the Gap 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"530\" class=\"elementor elementor-530\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ab50561 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default exad-glass-effect-no exad-sticky-section-no elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"ab50561\" 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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.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><h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Bridge the Gap 2020<\/h1>\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-33ca8af elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default exad-glass-effect-no exad-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"33ca8af\" 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-d7e5305 exad-glass-effect-no exad-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"d7e5305\" 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-9d3621e exad-sticky-section-no exad-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"9d3621e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.6.5 - 27-04-2022 *\/\n.e-container.e-container--row .elementor-spacer-inner{width:var(--spacer-size)}.e-container.e-container--column .elementor-spacer-inner,.elementor-column .elementor-spacer-inner{height:var(--spacer-size)}<\/style>\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<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2c1eb19 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default exad-glass-effect-no exad-sticky-section-no elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"2c1eb19\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&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-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-17e8b78 exad-glass-effect-no exad-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"17e8b78\" 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-540e704 elementor-aspect-ratio-169 exad-sticky-section-no exad-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"540e704\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=mGwkgwTTkTI&amp;list=TLGGpc-O_15eN9syMTA1MjAyMg&amp;t=78s&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;aspect_ratio&quot;:&quot;169&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.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-widget-video .elementor-widget-container{overflow:hidden;-webkit-transform:translateZ(0);transform:translateZ(0)}.elementor-widget-video .elementor-open-inline .elementor-custom-embed-image-overlay{position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;background-size:cover;background-position:50%}.elementor-widget-video .elementor-custom-embed-image-overlay{cursor:pointer;text-align:center}.elementor-widget-video .elementor-custom-embed-image-overlay:hover .elementor-custom-embed-play i{opacity:1}.elementor-widget-video .elementor-custom-embed-image-overlay img{display:block;width:100%}.elementor-widget-video .e-hosted-video .elementor-video{-o-object-fit:cover;object-fit:cover}<\/style>\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-fit-aspect-ratio elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\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<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-99d16ce exad-glass-effect-no exad-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"99d16ce\" 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-916b282 exad-sticky-section-no exad-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"916b282\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.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-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p class=\"font_8\"><span class=\"color_12\"><i>The conference was held on the 9th\u00a0of November 2020, with six keynote addresses. Sessions such as \u201cDefining the Problem\u201d, \u201cInequality in Education\u201d, \u201cBridging the Gap\u201d, \u201cLessons Learned during the Covid-19 Crisis\u201d were all part of a rich program that included valuable presentations.\u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/p><p class=\"font_8\"><span class=\"color_12\"><i>Each session had a discussant, and time was made for audience questions and discussion.\u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/p><p class=\"font_8\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\"><i>The conference brought together more than 300 participants from all five Continents. Participants were mostly from the education industry, not-for-profit organizations supporting education equality, and policy makers.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\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-956387b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default exad-glass-effect-no exad-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"956387b\" 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-354038e exad-glass-effect-no exad-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"354038e\" 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-9ccec68 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data-id=\"631e6f7\" 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<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e3b3def elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default exad-glass-effect-no exad-sticky-section-no elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"e3b3def\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&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-38961a0 exad-glass-effect-no exad-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"38961a0\" 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-6d64131 exad-sticky-section-no exad-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6d64131\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Round Table Discussion<\/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-39f0e84 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default exad-glass-effect-no exad-sticky-section-no elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"39f0e84\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&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-f44439a exad-glass-effect-no exad-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"f44439a\" 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-0c3d7c5 exad-sticky-section-no exad-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0c3d7c5\" 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<p class=\"font_8\"><span class=\"color_12\">London, UK: Bridge the Gap 2020 Roundtable was organized by the School of the Future International Academy (SoFIA).<\/span><\/p><p class=\"font_8\"><span class=\"color_12\">The Roundtable: Bridge the Gap 2020 brought together policy-relevant evidence on the interelation between access to K-12 education, poverty and inequality. The Panel aimed to become a knowledge hub for education demographics research and policy that examines these interactions; the conference was a way to bring together international experts from across the globe to share their views and experience on this topic,\u00a0address the issue of \u201cwhy\u201d this inequality grew during the pandemic, provide answers to \u201chow\u201d we could and should take advantage of this unprecedented opportunity for Transformation in Education and bridge the gap through effective actions on the school level but also through\u00a0new international collaborations.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"font_8\"><span class=\"color_12\">Honourable Speakers:<\/span><\/p><ul class=\"font_8 color_12\"><li><p class=\"font_8\"><span class=\"color_12\">Dr. Constantine Kiritsis, host, Academic Board Member,\u00a0SoFIA \u2013 School of the Future International Academy<\/span><\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"font_8\"><span class=\"color_12\">Harry Patrinos, Practice Manager Europe and Central Asia,\u00a0World Bank<\/span><\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"font_8\"><span class=\"color_12\">Nicholas Piachaud,\u00a0Head of Advocacy and Analysis,\u00a0Varkey Foundation<\/span><\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"font_8\"><span class=\"color_12\">Alexa Joyce,\u00a0EMEA Education Skills Director WW Public Sector,\u00a0Microsoft<\/span><\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"font_8\"><span class=\"color_12\">Stelios Christakos,\u00a0Chief Education Officer,\u00a0Sofia Education Experts<\/span><\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"font_8\"><span class=\"color_12\">Konstantinos Doukas, Founder and President,\u00a0SoFIA \u2013 School of the Future International Academy<\/span><\/p><\/li><\/ul><p class=\"font_8\"><span class=\"color_12\">The Roundtable covered a range of topics that informed the central theme of intersecting access to K-12 education, poverty and inequality, particularly within low- and middle-income countries. The keynote speakers harnessed a set of cross-cutting themes that were highlighted in all sessions: the importance of solid methodological practice using the example of the usefulness of the lessons learnt during the COVID-19 crisis, the progressive use of technology, and how to create solutions that are useful for policy makers and educational stakeholders who will\u00a0take advantage of this opportunity and bridge the gap.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p class=\"font_8\"><span class=\"color_12\">The conference was held on the 9th\u00a0of November 2020, with six keynote addresses. Sessions such as \u201cDefining the Problem\u201d, \u201cInequality in Education\u201d, \u201cBridging the Gap\u201d, \u201cLessons Learned during the Covid-19 Crisis\u201d were all part of a rich program that included valuable presentations. Each session had a discussant, and time was made for audience questions and discussion.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p class=\"font_8\"><span class=\"color_12\">The conference brought together more than 300 participants from all five Continents. Participants were mostly from the education industry, not-for-profit organizations supporting education equality, and policy makers.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"font_8\"><span class=\"color_12\">The host, Dr. Constantine Kiritsis, board member of SoFIA stated\u00a0\u201cThe speakers were true experts in their area, and I feel that the audience really felt the value. Covid has accelerated the need to change in education and the timing is right despite the challenges. It was great to hear tangible solutions from the roundtable experts apart from problems\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p class=\"font_8\"><span class=\"color_12\">President and Founder of\u00a0SCHOOL\u00a0OF\u00a0THE\u00a0FUTURE\u00a0INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY (S\u03bfFIA), Kostantinos Doukas, in an effort to contibute to the global effort of transformation in education offered\u00a0free access\u00a0to the School Self Assessment tool (SSA) that the NGO has developed. Aiming to assist schools around the world in their quest for continious development. The School Assessment Tool will provide them with a clear idea of where they are currently and suggest actions for their Educational Transformation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p class=\"font_8\"><span class=\"color_12\">The roundtable offered a friendly Q&amp;A session for all the participants and experts alike to learn about each other\u2019s work, receive feedback, and forge collaborations on topics of education, poverty and inequality. We look forward to next year\u2019s roundtable.<\/span><\/p>\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-68a0c09 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default exad-glass-effect-no exad-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"68a0c09\" 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-79ceb12 exad-glass-effect-no exad-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"79ceb12\" 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-565827a exad-sticky-section-no exad-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"565827a\" 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<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0037d15 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default exad-glass-effect-no exad-sticky-section-no elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"0037d15\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&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-ee44beb exad-glass-effect-no exad-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"ee44beb\" 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-a9e0c28 exad-sticky-section-no exad-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a9e0c28\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Speakers<\/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-f3d7c54 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default exad-glass-effect-no exad-sticky-section-no elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"f3d7c54\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&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-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-683b96b exad-glass-effect-no exad-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"683b96b\" 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-e607b6d exad-sticky-section-no exad-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e607b6d\" 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 class=\"_3Rcdf\" role=\"row\"><div class=\"_1ozXL\" role=\"gridcell\"><div id=\"comp-kg8094wy__item1\" class=\"_1vNJf\"><div class=\"\" data-mesh-id=\"comp-kg8094wy__item1inlineContent\" data-testid=\"inline-content\"><div data-mesh-id=\"comp-kg8094wy__item1inlineContent-gridContainer\" data-testid=\"mesh-container-content\"><div id=\"comp-kg8094yh__item1\" 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_cdd263d1fa404b69a18ac270884d6e5a~mv2.png\/v1\/crop\/x_3,y_5,w_169,h_167\/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%202020-10-13%2C%2016_36_33.png\" alt=\"\u03a3\u03c4\u03b9\u03b3\u03bc\u03b9\u03cc\u03c4\u03c5\u03c0\u03bf 2020-10-13, 16.36.33.png\" \/><\/a><\/div><div id=\"comp-kg8094zf__item1\" class=\"_1Q9if\" data-testid=\"richTextElement\"><h4 class=\"font_4\">Dr. Constantine Kiritsis<\/h4><\/div><div id=\"comp-kg8094za__item1\" class=\"_1Q9if\" data-testid=\"richTextElement\"><p class=\"font_8\"><i>Academic Board Member,\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 id=\"comp-kg8094yv__item1\" class=\"_1Q9if\" data-testid=\"richTextElement\"><p class=\"font_8\"><span class=\"color_13\">Entrepreneur, Professional Trainer, Author, Award winning training concept developer\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">Constantine (Dino) is one of the most versatile professionals in business operating as an\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">entrepreneur &amp; consultant in the Business, HR, training &amp; development industry. He is\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">considered a world-class inspirational trainer \/ presenter having trained and led diverse\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">events for numerous corporations and associations. He has delivered over 18,000 hours\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">of professional training, hosting &amp; presentations in the last 20 years in more than 45\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">countries in Europe, Asia and the Middle East mainly to corporate clients. He is founder of\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">StudySmart.gr\u00ae, a company offering consulting, professional qualifications training mainly\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">for corporate clients. He is also a consultant and International Curriculum Development\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">expert for PwC\u2019s Academy in the CEE and the Middle East. Dino has also done work\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">with PwC\u2019s Global Steering Committee for Private Company Services and has developed\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">curriculum, methodology and mapping procedure for PwC\u2019s Mini MBA programme being\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">offered in the CEE region &amp; the Middle East in more than 10 countries. In 2019, he won the\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">Silver medal from the prestigious Boussias Education Awards for his Mini MBA concept\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">based on a Holistic Process Diagram (Flowchart methodology).<\/span><\/p><p class=\"font_8\"><span class=\"color_13\">He is known for his innovative flowcharting training techniques which have been licensed\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">by a number of organizations and responsible for many of his conference invitations.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">ACCA named him one of its \u201ctutor gurus\u2019 in 2018, training trainers globally towards their\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">preparation to teach ACCA\u2019s SBL (Strategic Business Leader) exam, while his SBL flowchart\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">has been used by thousands of candidates globally.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"font_8\"><span class=\"color_13\">He has published a number of educational guides (7) and books such as \u201dAre you serious?\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">(2019) sold on Amazon and ibooks. He is an active speaker on entrepreneurship, innovation,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">educational, professional training and business development issues in over 100 events in\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">the past decade.<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"_1ozXL\" role=\"gridcell\"><div id=\"comp-kg8094wy__item-kgaas43p\" class=\"_1vNJf\"><div class=\"\" data-mesh-id=\"comp-kg8094wy__item-kgaas43pinlineContent\" data-testid=\"inline-content\"><div data-mesh-id=\"comp-kg8094wy__item-kgaas43pinlineContent-gridContainer\" data-testid=\"mesh-container-content\"><div id=\"comp-kg8094yh__item-kgaas43p\" class=\"_3vYzk\"><div class=\"_3-x13\" data-testid=\"linkElement\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.wixstatic.com\/media\/c335f8_1ad3f538c0f0469d8e53ae5864e33927~mv2.png\/v1\/crop\/x_0,y_4,w_150,h_149\/fill\/w_156,h_155,al_c,lg_1,q_85,enc_auto\/%CE%A3%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%B3%CE%BC%CE%B9%CF%8C%CF%84%CF%85%CF%80%CE%BF%202020-10-15%2C%2007_00_36.png\" alt=\"\u03a3\u03c4\u03b9\u03b3\u03bc\u03b9\u03cc\u03c4\u03c5\u03c0\u03bf 2020-10-15, 07.00.36.png\" \/><\/div><\/div><div id=\"comp-kg8094zf__item-kgaas43p\" class=\"_1Q9if\" data-testid=\"richTextElement\"><h4 class=\"font_4\">Nicholas Piachaud<\/h4><\/div><div id=\"comp-kg8094za__item-kgaas43p\" class=\"_1Q9if\" data-testid=\"richTextElement\"><p class=\"font_8\"><i>Head of Advocacy\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">and Analysis,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">Varkey Foundation<\/span><\/i><\/p><\/div><div id=\"comp-kg8094yv__item-kgaas43p\" class=\"_1Q9if\" data-testid=\"richTextElement\"><p class=\"font_8\"><span class=\"color_13\">Nicholas is a policy and advocacy expert with extensive experience of leading major projects\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">for international NGOs focused on human rights and education.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"font_8\"><span class=\"color_13\" style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">As an advocacy leader, he has delivered summits that have convened dozens of presidents,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">prime ministers and ministers. As a campaigns strategist, he has developed public facing\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">campaigns that have generated tens of thousands of actions worldwide. As an\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">expert communicator and lobbyist, he has frequently appeared in the global media and\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">spoken at key international bodies including the EU, OECD, UN and UK parliament. Today,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">Nicholas leads advocacy at the Varkey Foundation, where he manages the foundation\u2019s\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">key partnerships and grows its portfolio of global research. He studied at the University of\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">Oxford.<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"_1ozXL\" role=\"gridcell\"><div id=\"comp-kg8094wy__item-kg80bz6a\" class=\"_1vNJf\"><div class=\"\" data-mesh-id=\"comp-kg8094wy__item-kg80bz6ainlineContent\" data-testid=\"inline-content\"><div data-mesh-id=\"comp-kg8094wy__item-kg80bz6ainlineContent-gridContainer\" data-testid=\"mesh-container-content\"><div id=\"comp-kg8094yh__item-kg80bz6a\" 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_dc48659c08ef42f89c9d65d41f0bec68~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%202020-10-13%2C%2016_37_06.png\" alt=\"\u03a3\u03c4\u03b9\u03b3\u03bc\u03b9\u03cc\u03c4\u03c5\u03c0\u03bf 2020-10-13, 16.37.06.png\" \/><\/a><\/div><div id=\"comp-kg8094zf__item-kg80bz6a\" class=\"_1Q9if\" data-testid=\"richTextElement\"><h4 class=\"font_4\">Konstantinos Doukas<\/h4><\/div><div id=\"comp-kg8094za__item-kg80bz6a\" class=\"_1Q9if\" data-testid=\"richTextElement\"><p class=\"font_8\"><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 id=\"comp-kg8094yv__item-kg80bz6a\" class=\"_1Q9if\" data-testid=\"richTextElement\"><p class=\"font_8\"><span class=\"color_13\">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\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">private education institution with a tradition of more than 100 years. As a third-generation\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">owner, previously or parallel with his work at the school, Konstantinos held several\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">teaching, research and administrative positions mainly in the private sector, specifically as\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">Systems Manager Assistant at the TC Computer Lab of Columbia University (NYC), Scientific\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">Consultant to Project Athena at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Boston, MA),\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">President &amp; CEO, at the Information Society SA (<\/span><a style=\"font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ktpae.gr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-auto-recognition=\"true\">www.ktpae.gr<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">) and several boards of\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">directors positions.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"font_8\"><span class=\"color_13\" style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">As an entrepreneur, he has founded several start-up companies in Greece and also\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">Internationally, most of them still in operation, mainly in the area of technological\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">innovations, use of ICT in education, supporting services in education and digital marketing\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">services.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"font_8\"><span class=\"color_13\" style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">He is the founder and Chairman of SoFIA (School of the Future International Academy, www.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">sofianet.org), an International NGO focusing on supporting educational institutions and\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">schools that wish to excel academically and operationally, by using global best practices and\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">innovative methodologies.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"font_8\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">He is also the co-author of more than 11 publications in Greek and International\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">Conferences and Journals and co-editor of 5 Greek Conference Proceedings. Recently he\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">was the co-editor of the IGI Global Edition 2018: \u201cHandbook of Research on Educational\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">Design and Cloud Computing in Modern Classroom Settings\u201d.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"font_8\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">He holds an Electrical Engineering and Computer Science BSc from the National Technical\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">University of Athens and an MA in Communications, Computers and Technology in\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">Education from Columbia University (NYC).<\/span><\/p><p class=\"font_8\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">In the past 20 years, Konstantinos has been a regular speaker at conferences on education,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">technology and the future of education in the USA, Europe and the Middle East.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"font_8\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">He was born in 1964 has a family with 3 kids and his hobby is sports.<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"_3Rcdf\" role=\"row\"><div class=\"_1ozXL\" role=\"gridcell\"><div id=\"comp-kg8094wy__item-kg80btuq\" class=\"_1vNJf\"><div class=\"\" data-mesh-id=\"comp-kg8094wy__item-kg80btuqinlineContent\" data-testid=\"inline-content\"><div data-mesh-id=\"comp-kg8094wy__item-kg80btuqinlineContent-gridContainer\" data-testid=\"mesh-container-content\"><div id=\"comp-kg8094yv__item-kg80btuq\" 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-b413821 exad-glass-effect-no exad-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"b413821\" 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-8cb4bc9 exad-sticky-section-no exad-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8cb4bc9\" 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 class=\"_3Rcdf\" role=\"row\"><div class=\"_1ozXL\" role=\"gridcell\"><div id=\"comp-kg8094wy__item1\" class=\"_1vNJf\"><div class=\"\" data-mesh-id=\"comp-kg8094wy__item1inlineContent\" data-testid=\"inline-content\"><div data-mesh-id=\"comp-kg8094wy__item1inlineContent-gridContainer\" data-testid=\"mesh-container-content\"><div id=\"comp-kg8094yh__item1\" class=\"_3vYzk _2S73V\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\" src=\"https:\/\/static.wixstatic.com\/media\/c335f8_a5ce535db21c4752a2a9e9a864aeccdf~mv2.png\/v1\/crop\/x_0,y_1,w_166,h_165\/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%202020-10-13%2C%2016_36_40.png\" alt=\"\u03a3\u03c4\u03b9\u03b3\u03bc\u03b9\u03cc\u03c4\u03c5\u03c0\u03bf 2020-10-13, 16.36.40.png\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"_3Rcdf\" role=\"row\"><div class=\"_1ozXL\" role=\"gridcell\"><div id=\"comp-kg8094wy__item-j9pnv9cm\" class=\"_1vNJf\"><div class=\"\" data-mesh-id=\"comp-kg8094wy__item-j9pnv9cminlineContent\" data-testid=\"inline-content\"><div data-mesh-id=\"comp-kg8094wy__item-j9pnv9cminlineContent-gridContainer\" data-testid=\"mesh-container-content\"><div id=\"comp-kg8094zf__item-j9pnv9cm\" class=\"_1Q9if\" data-testid=\"richTextElement\"><h4 class=\"font_4\">Harry Patrinos<\/h4><\/div><div id=\"comp-kg8094za__item-j9pnv9cm\" class=\"_1Q9if\" data-testid=\"richTextElement\"><p class=\"font_8\"><i>Practice Manager, Education, Europe and Central Asia Region,\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">World Bank<\/span><\/i><\/p><\/div><div id=\"comp-kg8094yv__item-j9pnv9cm\" class=\"_1Q9if\" data-testid=\"richTextElement\"><p class=\"font_8\"><span class=\"color_13\">Harry Anthony Patrinos is the Practice Manager for the Europe and Central Asia\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">region of the World Bank\u2019s education global practice. He specializes in all areas of\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">education, especially school-based management, demand-side financing and public private\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">partnerships. He managed education lending operations and analytical work\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">programs in Argentina, Colombia and Mexico, as well as a regional research project on\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">the socioeconomic status of Latin America\u2019s Indigenous Peoples, published as Indigenous\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">Peoples, Poverty and Human Development in Latin America (Palgrave Macmillan, 2006).<\/span><\/p><p class=\"font_8\"><span class=\"color_13\" style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">He is one of the main authors of the report, Lifelong Learning in the Global Knowledge\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">Economy (World Bank, 2003). Mr. Patrinos has many publications in the academic and policy\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">literature, with more than 40 journal articles.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"font_8\"><span class=\"color_13\" style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">He is co-author of the books: Policy Analysis of Child Labor: A Comparative Study (St.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">Martin\u2019s, 1999), Decentralization of Education: Demand-Side Financing (World Bank, 1997),\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">and Indigenous People and Poverty in Latin America: An Empirical Analysis with George\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">Psacharopoulos (World Bank\/Ashgate, 1994). He has also worked in Africa, Asia, Europe,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">the Middle East and North America. He previously worked as an economist at the Economic\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">Council of Canada. Mr. Patrinos received a doctorate from the University of Sussex.<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"_1ozXL\" role=\"gridcell\"><div id=\"comp-kg8094wy__item-kg80bx1c\" class=\"_1vNJf\"><div id=\"bgLayers_comp-kg8094wy__item-kg80bx1c\" class=\"_3wnIc\" data-hook=\"bgLayers\"><div class=\"_3KzuS _3SQN-\" data-testid=\"colorUnderlay\">\u00a0<\/div><div id=\"bgMedia_comp-kg8094wy__item-kg80bx1c\" class=\"_2GUhU\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><div class=\"\" data-mesh-id=\"comp-kg8094wy__item-kg80bx1cinlineContent\" data-testid=\"inline-content\"><div data-mesh-id=\"comp-kg8094wy__item-kg80bx1cinlineContent-gridContainer\" data-testid=\"mesh-container-content\"><div id=\"comp-kg8094yh__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_a23ff335fabd428a8a2a1a9d8ec86a30~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%202020-10-13%2C%2016_37_00.png\" alt=\"\u03a3\u03c4\u03b9\u03b3\u03bc\u03b9\u03cc\u03c4\u03c5\u03c0\u03bf 2020-10-13, 16.37.00.png\" \/><\/a><\/div><div id=\"comp-kg8094zf__item-kg80bx1c\" class=\"_1Q9if\" data-testid=\"richTextElement\"><h4 class=\"font_4\">Alexa Joyce<\/h4><\/div><div id=\"comp-kg8094za__item-kg80bx1c\" class=\"_1Q9if\" data-testid=\"richTextElement\"><p class=\"font_8\"><i>EMEA Education &amp; Skills &#8211;\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">Director &#8211; WW Public Sector\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">Microsoft<\/span><\/i><\/p><\/div><div id=\"comp-kg8094yv__item-kg80bx1c\" class=\"_1Q9if\" data-testid=\"richTextElement\"><p class=\"font_8\"><span class=\"color_13\">My focus is driving digital, cloud and AI skills development as part of digitally transforming\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">education systems world-wide as they adopt new approaches to teaching, learning and\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">administration. I\u2019ve worked with more than 100 countries at all levels of the system, from\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">teachers and faculty level through to Ministers of Education as they develop their vision,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">strategy, skills programs and roll out digital transformation. I love learning and inspiring\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">others to learn more.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"font_8\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">I\u2019m a globally-experienced leader, forging multi-stakeholder partnerships in science,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">technology, education to address the rapid digital transformation taking place in our society\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">and economy.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"font_8\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">I\u2019ve got a track record in winning multi-million dollar contracts in digital services, campaigns\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">and tech deployments in public sector. Award winning Public Sector communicator\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">and sales leader. I lead high impact teams in non profit, government and Fortune 500\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">organisations.<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"_1ozXL\" role=\"gridcell\"><div id=\"comp-kg8094wy__item-kg80btuq\" class=\"_1vNJf\"><div id=\"bgLayers_comp-kg8094wy__item-kg80btuq\" class=\"_3wnIc\" data-hook=\"bgLayers\"><div class=\"_3KzuS _3SQN-\" data-testid=\"colorUnderlay\">\u00a0<\/div><div id=\"bgMedia_comp-kg8094wy__item-kg80btuq\" class=\"_2GUhU\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><div class=\"\" data-mesh-id=\"comp-kg8094wy__item-kg80btuqinlineContent\" data-testid=\"inline-content\"><div data-mesh-id=\"comp-kg8094wy__item-kg80btuqinlineContent-gridContainer\" data-testid=\"mesh-container-content\"><div id=\"comp-kg8094yh__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_d0ce8c0447d6414299fbcf361162a2cc~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%202020-10-13%2C%2016_36_54.png\" alt=\"\u03a3\u03c4\u03b9\u03b3\u03bc\u03b9\u03cc\u03c4\u03c5\u03c0\u03bf 2020-10-13, 16.36.54.png\" \/><\/a><\/div><div id=\"comp-kg8094zf__item-kg80btuq\" class=\"_1Q9if\" data-testid=\"richTextElement\"><h4 class=\"font_4\">Stelios Christakos<\/h4><\/div><div id=\"comp-kg8094za__item-kg80btuq\" class=\"_1Q9if\" data-testid=\"richTextElement\"><p class=\"font_8\"><i>Chief Education Officer,\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">Sofia Education Experts<\/span><\/i><\/p><\/div><div id=\"comp-kg8094yv__item-kg80btuq\" class=\"_1Q9if\" data-testid=\"richTextElement\"><p class=\"font_8\"><span class=\"color_13\">I was born in Athens and studied Law in the University of Athens (LLB, Law). At the same\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">time (1986-1988) I studied and got a Diploma in Programming and Information Systems\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">Analysis of Data Rank Corp. I continued my studies at postgraduate level, gaining a Degree\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">in Economics (MSc Finance) in 2001 from the University of Strathclyde.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"font_8\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">In 2008 I became certified in Investment Management from the FCA, UK (Certificate in\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">Investment Management (CertIM)).<\/span><\/p><p class=\"font_8\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">My professional career began as a computer expert and then as the founder and CEO of my\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">own software development company (1989), which I sold in 1999 and managed until 2004.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"font_8\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">The period from November 2004 to September 2010 I worked for the Greek government\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">(Ministry of Economy and Finance, European Union co-funded projects).<\/span><\/p><p class=\"font_8\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">From October 2010 to September 2012, I worked at KPMG as Senior Manager.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">Starting October 2012, I founded and manage my own management consulting\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">company working with public and private sector organizations and implementing Digital\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">Transformation, Business Plans, Financial Studies, Feasibility Studies and Cost-Benefit\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">Analysis, Marketing and sales for various clients.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"font_8\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">During my career, I have launched successful start-ups in the sectors of ICT, Construction,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">Finance and Energy and have helped many others create and grow their businesses.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"font_8\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">Since January 2017 I jointed SoFIA Education Experts as a CEO. I am responsible for\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">managing all projects and coordinating all resources. I help Education Leaders strategize,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">plan, implement, deploy and adopt digital technologies.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"font_8\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">I am passionate about change and transformation on what and how people learn, so they\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">can adapt to the new world of the 4th Industrial Revolution.<\/span><\/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-cdde14e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default exad-glass-effect-no exad-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"cdde14e\" 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-77ae3d1 exad-glass-effect-no exad-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"77ae3d1\" 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-8808366 exad-sticky-section-no exad-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"8808366\" 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>Bridge the Gap 2020 https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mGwkgwTTkTI&#038;list=TLGGpc-O_15eN9syMTA1MjAyMg&#038;t=78s The conference was held on the 9th\u00a0of November 2020, with six keynote addresses. 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