Dr. Treisha Thorpe is an International Thought Leader, Motivational Speaker, and Advocate for quality and equitable education for underrepresented and economically disadvantaged students and for the support of resources for teachers in the classroom, particularly in developing countries.
She is the CEO and President of U.S. Elite International, a global non-profit organization that has provided over 5,000 underrepresented and underserved students with access and opportunities to achieve higher education debt free and a trailblazer in assisting developing countries to meet their sustainable goal of quality education and teacher training through U.S. Elite’s Global Education Teacher Summit.
Dr. Thorpe was recognized in March 2023 with an International Women’s Day Award of Excellence in Teaching, for her work in the African Diaspora and global community.
She also received a 2021 Distinguished Faculty of the Year Award for her work in higher education.

Winner of the Nobel Prize in Education by the Varkey Foundation and UNESCO for opening the college to low-income first generation Americans, immigrant students and refugees.
Co-founder and VP of the non-profit organization U.S. Elite International, which helps low-income students earn college degrees debt-free. U.S.A LifeChanger of the Year 2018-19, for making a significant difference in the lives of students by exemplifying excellence, positive influence and leadership.
Received Distinguished Achievement Medal of Honor from the Governor of Maryland for her work in influencing fair education policies.

With a scientific background, Olivier Crouzet got a Master degree as an IT engineer. During scholarship, he acted both as a technical assistant and a teaching assistant. After 2 years as system administrator in the 3rd French Internet service provider, he developed during thirteen years a well-known IT school which became a French major institution.
He designed the pedagogical model, and made it evolve. Based on this educational success, a new IT school '42' was created in 2013, promoting an even more advanced training methodology, called Peer-Learning.
Olivier Crouzet designed this model: 100%-project-based, without any teacher, lecture, nor knowledge transfer. Students debate, exchange ideas, try, fail, try again, to reach the goal, and finally evaluate their peers.

Ranjitsinh Disale is the 2020 Global Teacher Prize Winner who is known for transforming the lives of young girls at the Zilla Parishad Primary School in Maharashtra, India.
He translated class textbooks' into his pupils' mother tongue, and embedded them with unique QR codes to give students access to audio poems, video lectures, stories and assignments. In 2017, the State Ministry announced that they would introduce QR coded textbooks across the state for all grades 1-12.
Ranjitsinh also started Let's Cross The Borders - a project that connects young people from countries in conflict - India and Pakistan, Palestine and Israel, Iraq and Iran and USA and North Korea - over a six-week programme, where students are matched with a peace buddy from other countries to understand their similarities.

Mr. Akash Patel is the Founder of Happy World Foundation Inc., an international nonprofit organization that promotes global citizenship education in schools and communities worldwide.
In January 2021, Patel was inducted in the International Literacy Association’s 30 Under 30 List.
In January 2022, Patel was elected as the first-ever polyglot immigrant President of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL).
In June 2022, Patel was elected Vice-Chairman of the National Council of the United Nations Association of the United States of America (UNA-USA) to serve the 2022-2024 term.
Patel was also featured as a 2022 TIME Magazine Innovative Educator of the Year.
He has also trained over 100,000 teachers to use the Global Connect database and other multicultural programs. Today, thousands of American children travel to countries worldwide through Happy World Foundation’s global education programs.

Phuti Ragophala - 2023 Presidential Order of Baobab recipient, multi-award winner, former principal of Pula Madibogo Primary School in South Africa. She served the department of Education for more than 34 years as a teacher and later as a school principal.
After retiring, she decided to lend a helping hand to the students by turning her home into a learning space where children from the community can continue their studies using her technology gadgets, Wi-Fi, home library corner, etc.
She introduced Coding using the Make Code Arcade, TANKS, The Rangers and Scratch with the aim of grooming future programmers looking at the era we are now
The University of Johannesburg appointed her as a Teaching Associate and Creative coding facilitator from 2019 to date under the Education faculty.
She is a Microsoft Innovative Educator Fellow facilitating ICT training sessions for global educators through webinars.

Dr. Carlos Beato is Co-Director at Next Generation Learning Challenges (NGLC). Carlos leads efforts to ensure excellence in program delivery, tools development, internal flow, and organizational learning and serves as the NGLC practice ambassador.
Prior to joining NGLC, Carlos served as the founding principal at the International High School at Langley Park in Maryland, a school that serves 100% emergent bilingual students. The school earned high national and metro-area rankings in the 2021 & 2022 Best High Schools U.S. News and World Report.
Carlos has been a teacher, assistant principal, and college counselor at high schools in NYC. Carlos is the recipient of the Posse Foundation leadership scholarship, is a NYC Teaching Fellow and PAHARA fellow.

Mr. Evans Odei is a Mathematics Teacher of Achimota Senior High School in Accra Ghana, with 23 years of teaching experience.
In 2015, Evans Odei was trained as an International Leader in Education Program in Clemson University South Carolina in USA.
He is currently a Trainer of Teachers (TOT). He has trained over 3,000 Basic and Senior High School teachers on the use of technology in teaching and in students engagement strategies.
In October, 2020, Evans Odei was celebrated among the Top Ten Best Teachers in Ghana.
Evans is the coordinator and founder of Maths Clinic multimedia series.

Dr. Claire Nelson, Global Futurist and Sustainability Engineer is named on Forbes as one of top 50 female futurists in the world.
The author of the game-changing book SMART Futures for a Flourishing World: A Paradigm for Advancing Global Sustainability and speaker, is a board member of the World Futures Studies Federation and Editor-At-Large of its flagship publication Human Futures.
An award-winning writer and storyteller, the Convenor of the Space Futures Forum and Architect of National Caribbean American Heritage Month, holds a Doctorate in Engineering Management from George Washington University, and is honored as a White House Champion of Change.

Muammer Gul, a mathematics teacher at the capital's "Bilim-Innovation" lyceum, represents an impressive example of pedagogical dedication. Over the course of his 25-year professional career, he has nurtured and educated approximately 2500 winners and laureates of international mathematics Olympiads. The name of this outstanding Kazakhstani educator was inscribed in the Guinness World Records in 2001. This incredible achievement is attributed to the fact that three of his students simultaneously secured gold medals at the International Mathematical Olympiad. This record remains unparalleled globally to this day.
He is the recipient of numerous awards and letters of appreciation, including the "Y. Altynsarin" Medal and a letter of gratitude from the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Additionally, he is an author of educational materials and programs, boasting a rich experience in teaching mathematics.

Professor Abraham Arcavi was born in Argentina, where he earned his undergraduate degree in mathematics. He received both his MSc and PhD from the Weizmann Institute of Science (Israel). He did postdoctoral work in Berkeley and returned to the Weizmann Institute of Science as a faculty member of the Department of Science Teaching where he is now Professor Emeritus.
In parallel to his undergraduate studies in Argentina, and his graduate studies in Israel he worked as a mathematics teacher for more than 10 years.
During his career, he worked on the history of mathematics for teacher education, on development and implementation of curriculum materials for lower and upper secondary schools, and on research on teaching and learning mathematics. In the last decade and a half, he focused on professional development of mathematics teachers using video resources and establishing school communities doing Lesson Study.
Professor Arcavi has been visiting professor in several universities abroad and has served as consultant of the Israeli Academy of Sciences and the Israeli Ministry of Education.
During 2013-2020, he served as the Secretary General of the International Commission on Mathematical Instruction (ICMI), a Commission of the International Mathematical Union.

Clea Fernandez is a math education specialist. Her research has been instrumental in introducing the Japanese professional development practice of “lesson study” to a western audience (see Lesson study: A Japanese approach to improving mathematics teaching and learning -Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2004).
She has a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago and a bachelor’s degree from Columbia University. She has held several academic positions at major US institutions, including Stanford University and Columbia University. She has also worked as an independent researcher, grant writer and project manager, most recently for the OECD in Paris. Fernandez has published extensively and served on several important committees including a 6-year term as an advisor for National Academy of Sciences in Washington DC.

Makoto Yoshida, Ph.D. is one of the foremost experts on Lesson Study (a professional learning focused on development of teacher’s mathematics content knowledge, improvement of teaching, and student learning) in the U.S.
His doctoral dissertation on lesson study in Japan, presented to the University of Chicago in 1999, helped to introduce lesson study in the United States and the world.
He has spent many years studying mathematics textbooks and teaching from countries such as Japan, Singapore, China, and Thailand.
He is also involved in projects such as translating Japanese mathematics textbooks (Grades 1 to 9) into English, and writing elementary mathematics textbooks in the U.S. and Brazil.
In recent years, he has developed a strong interest in helping young students to learn and master basic math skills with understanding and enjoyment using specially designed activity cards. In 2017, he was President of the Association of Mathematics Teachers of New Jersey (AMTNJ) and continues to provide guidance to this valuable organization.

William Schmidt is a University Distinguished Professor and founder and director of the Center for the Study of Curriculum Policy, a member of the National Academy of Education as well as the International Academy of Education, an American Educational Research Association (AERA) Fellow, and an OECD Thomas J. Alexander Fellow for education quality and equity.
He was recently awarded the 2022 AERA Distinguished Contributions to Research in Education Award.
His most recent books include "Schooling Across the Globe: What We Have Learned from Sixty Years of Mathematics and Science International Assessments," "Inequality for All," and “Why Schools Matter."

Askhat Zhumabekov works as a physics teacher and deputy director for academic affairs at Nazarbayev Intellectual School of Chemistry and Biology in Almaty. Work experience is more than 10 years. Askhat Zhumabekov is the Best teacher of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan. In 2021 he became a TOP-50 Finalist of the Global Teacher Prize. During his career, he has trained 50+ prize-winners of Olympiads and competitions of scientific projects in the country and abroad. His graduates are the holders of scholarships to the leading universities in the world.

Kavita Sanghvi is a National Awardee 2022 receiving award from the President, Droupadi Murmu, Teach SDG’s Ambassador, Climate Action Ambassador, and Scientix Ambassador for India.
She is an advisory member of MISA from 2023 to 2026 for 3 years and advises the Executive body on the latest trends and developments in education. She presently heads SVKM's CNM School, in Mumbai.
She has conducted many action researches and was awarded the ‘Global Teacher Accreditation’ by the British Council in 2014.
In 2016, she was nominated as Top 50 teachers by the Varkey Foundation for the Global Teacher Prize award. In 2020, she was awarded, 'Iconic Principals' by the Governor of Maharashtra.
She has created a STEAM curriculum called ‘Global Outlook’ for 1800 students of Std. She has created a STEM course, ‘’Build your STEM Competency’ available to educators across the world. The course has shown a positive impact on the learning curve of the teachers. Her dedication to the promotion of STEM education for girls was published on the Teacher Task Force website.

Vineeta Garg is a passionate educator working in SRDAV Public School, Delhi, for the last 25 years as Head of the Computer Science Department.
She is a resource person for prestigious Indian government organizations like NCERT, SCERT, NIOS, DIET and has written many books, research articles, and research papers.
She is passionate about music and has written and sung many songs on social issues as well as jingles to help children overcome their anxiety about learning to code.
Her outstanding contribution to the field of education has won her many accolades at the national and international levels. She is a recipient of the National Teachers’ Award by President 2019, the top 50 Global Teacher Prize finalist 2020 by Varkey Foundation and the top 50 Dedicated Teacher Award 2020 by Cambridge University Press UK to name a few.

She started as a primary school teacher and worked in a primary school for 7 years. After that she was a teacher in a highschool for 2 years. She followed them to vocational college and teached Dutch, Career Guidance and Citizenship to the mechanical students for 6 years. In 2021 Ms. Cuppen became teacher of the year in The Netherlands and was a finalist of the Global Teacher Prize.
Now she works as a teacher in a teacher college where she teaches students how to become a good teacher.
Besides that she has her own foundation for starting teachers. She helps and guides them to prevent drop out and helps them to maintain job satisfaction and happiness.

Он преподает в течение 21 года в Службе образования Ганы.
В 2015 году Эванс стал международным лидером в образовательной программе (Фулбрайт)
Является тренером Учителей. Он подготовил более 3000 преподавателей начальной и старшей школы по вопросам использования технологий в стратегиях обучения и вовлечения учащихся.
Эванс является координатором и основателем мультимедийной серии Maths Clinic.