Speakers

We are delighted to be hosting a wide variety of policy makers and educationalists, sharing their experience and specialist knowledge.

Opening:

• Sir Peter Lampl
• LaVerne Srinivasan

Keynote speakers:

• Nick Gibb MP
• Andreas Schleicher
• Professor Anna Vignoles
• Melinda George

Panel members:

Panel One: New Choices for Disadvantaged Pupils

• Saskia Levy Thompson (Program Director, New Designs for Schools and Systems, Carnegie Corporation of New York)
• Professor Toby Salt (Chief Executive Officer, Ormiston Academies Trust)
• Dr Becky Allen (Director of Education Datalab, Fischer Family Trust)
• Professor Anne West (Director, Education Research Group, London School of Economics)

Chair: LaVerne Srinivasan (Vice President, National Program and Program Director, Education – Carnegie Corporation of New York)

Panel Two: Attracting the best teachers to the most challenging schools

• Sir Michael Wilshaw (Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Ofsted)
• Reuben Moore (Director of Leadership, TeachFirst)
• Martin Tune (Headmaster at Bonner Primary School and lead of the Globe Teaching Alliance)
• Norman Atkins (Co-founder and President, Relay Graduate School of Education)

Chair: Barry Sheerman MP

Panel Three: Developing teachers in the most challenging schools

• Professor Rob Coe (Professor in the School of Education and Director of the Centre for Evaluation and Monitoring, Durham University)
• Dr Charles Chew (Principal Master Teacher, Academy of Singapore Teachers)
• Susie Weaver (Principal, Wellscourt Farm Academy)
• Tony Jackson (Vice President for Education, Asia Society)

Chair: Dr Lee Elliot Major (Chief Executive, Sutton Trust)