He is a former Australian TAFE CEO who led the country’s largest TAFE Institute with over 78,000 students and 4,500 staff. He was also a founding Director of the World Federation of Colleges and Polytechnics (WFCAP) and Chair of the Australian TAFE Directors Association (TDA). In those capacities, he was actively involved in leading the ongoing TVET reforms in Australia for over 20 years including restructuring the NSW state TAFE system.

Currently, He is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Section for Vocational Teacher Education, School Development, and Educational Leadership in the Department of Teacher Education of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway. Before his current position, he was working as a Lecturer at the Department of Vocational Education and Training at Osnabrück University, Germany. His research focus lies in international and international comparative research in vocational education and training (VET).

Leotes has over 15 years of professional experience in the field of Education, including 10+ years working with UNICEF Regional Offices, and Country Offices as Chief of Education and with UNESCO Institute of Statistics/UNESCO Asia-Pacific Regional Bureau in Bangkok. Leotes brings strong expertise in the areas of education, digital learning, early childhood development (ECD), M&E, communications, knowledge management, partnerships building, education sector planning and coordination, systems building, and capacity development support to countries.

Prof. Bakhadir Suyunovich Mirzaev is the rector of the Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Agricultural Mechanization Engineers National Research University (TIIAME NRU). He was appointed to the position in 2019 and is the first rector of the university since it was granted national research university status.

Dr. Kim served as president of the Korea Rural Economic Institute and is currently a visiting scholar at the Seoul National University Asia Centre. He was recently appointed as a subcommittee chairman of the Presidential Committee on Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Policy. He is particularly interested in promoting agricultural human resources in DMC's and is committed to building a global high-tech agricultural network.
 

Yee Ler Lau leads Tencent’s public affairs and policy work in Southeast Asia. He oversees the company’s engagements with governments and other partners on programmes and policy developments to promote the positive impact of technology on the economy and community. 

Prior to Tencent, Mr Lau spent eight years with the Singapore Foreign Service and worked on cross-cutting issues including foreign policy, economic partnerships, and security. He also served as a diplomat at the Singapore Embassy in Jakarta.

Ms. Nandita Ganapathy serves as Partner & Head, Investor Relations at Kaizenvest. Prior to joining Kaizenvest, Nandita spent nine years at Northern Arc Capital. Nandita has twenty years of experience in financial services with global and Indian Financial Institutions such as ICICI Bank and Standard Chartered Bank. She has a Bachelors degree in Commerce from Mumbai University.