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SUMMIT 2023

DAY 1: THURSDAY 2ND NOVEMBER

KECAK Room 1 Room 2 Room 3

BALLROOM RAMA REJANG LEGONG

09:00 - 10:45 Opening Plenary

AI & Emerging Tertiary

11:00 - 12:15 Strategic Growth Core Issues
Tech Transformed

12:15 - 13:30 LUNCH

AI & Emerging Evolving

13:30 - 15:00 Strategic Growth Tomorrow’s Schools
Tech Workforce

Innovation Tomorrow’s Schools

15:30 - 17:00 Smart Capital Strategic Growth
Showcase Evolving Workforce

17:00 - 18:00 NETWORKING DRINKS @ KECAK BALLROOM FOYER

DAY 2: FRIDAY 3RD NOVEMBER THEMATIC TRACKS

KECAK Room 1
BALLROOM RAMA
Strategic Growth
Innovation
08:00 - 09:00 Core Issues
Showcase

AI & Emerging Tech

09:00 - 10:15 Opening Plenary
Smart Capital
Strategic Growth
10:20 - 11:30 Smart Capital Tomorrow’s Schools
AI & Emerging Tech

Tertiary Transformed
Tertiary
11:35 - 12:35 Core Issues
Transformed
Evolving Workforce

12:35 - 13:45 LUNCH

13:45 - 15:30 Global Connections Roundtables Share what you’ve learned

and inspire others

15:30 - 16:00 EdTech Asia Awards & Closing #EdTechAsiaSummit

 SUMMIT 2023

DAY 1: THURSDAY 2ND NOVEMBER (09:00 - 12:15)

09:00 - 10:45 KECAK BALLROOM

09:00 - 09:15 EDUCATION IN THE AGE OF TRANSFORMATION

Michael Golden (Executive Director, University of Pennsylvania / Catalyst @ Penn GSE)

09:15 - 10:00 KEY DRIVERS OF EDTECH IN INDONESIA - KARTU PRAKERJA

Mike Michalec (Founder & Managing Director, Edtech Asia), Denni Puspa Purbasari (Executive Director, PMO Prakerja),
Ray Pulungan (CEO, Pintar), Ronald Ishak (CEO, Hacktiv8)

10:00 - 10:15 BEYOND BORDERS: FIRESIDE INSIGHTS ON GLOBALIZATION, HIGHER EDUCATION, AND MOBILITY
Dr. Avantika Tomar (Partner, EY-Parthenon), Akshay Chaturvedi (Founder & CEO, Leverage Edu)

10:15 - 10:35 BUILDING PROGRESSIVE AND SUSTAINABLE EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS OF THE FUTURE
Nisha Bhakar (CEO, Education Business, Chinta Shashidhar Foundation),
Mochamad Ircham Maulana (Senior Education Officer, Begawan)

11:00 - 12:15 KECAK BALLROOM 11:00 - 12:15 RAMA ROOM

11:00 - 11:40 SCALING EDTECH ACROSS ASIA: 11:00 - 11:40 THE NEXT CHAPTER IN EDUCATION
CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES INNOVATION: A DEEP DIVE INTO GENERATIVE AI'S
Gaurav Jain (Kaizenvest), Paul Blackstone (Group CEO, FUTURE
CURIOO), Vu Van (Co-Founder & CEO, ELSA), Niko Lindholm (xEdu), Dr. Hung Tran (Founder &
Alicia Cheong (Co-Founder & COO, Geniebook) President, Got It!), Mark Stanley (CEO, Literatu Scribo),
Martijn Enter (CEO, NovoLanguage), Sophie Chen (AI
11:40 - 12:15 ONLINE AND OFFLINE TUTORING AND Research, Tsinghua University)
TEST PREP MARKETS: INSIGHTS FOR GROWTH
Utkarsh Lokesh (EdTech Review), Henry Munoz 11:40 - 12:15 IMPLEMENTING AI INTO EXISTING
(Founder & CEO, Edge Tutor ), Evan Heng (CEO, Zenith PRODUCT AND SERVICE OFFERINGS: LESSONS
Learning Group), Gaurav Goel (Founder & CEO, LEARNT
Toprankers), Pratyusha Mukherjee (Strategic Junjie Liu (Philosophie AI, Minsam Kim (VP of Product,
Partnerships, Google) Riiid), Claudia Buckley (CMO, GoSkills), Michael Ngo
(SEA GM, ELSA), Yoshi Okamoto (Global Ambassador,
Tools Competition)

11:00 - 12:15 REJANG ROOM 11:00 - 12:15 LEGONG ROOM

11:00 - 11:40 UNLOCKING TERTIARY OPPORTUNITIES: 11:00 - 11:40 COLLECTIVE IMPACT: ADDRESSING CORE
DIGITAL PATHWAYS & CREDENTIALING ISSUES IN EDUCATION WITH MULTI-STAKEHOLDER
Justin Sanders (Minerva), Henry Mappesona (Chairman, ENGAGEMENT
Kelas Digital), Tong Ratanapan (Co-Founder, Degree Urvi Doshi (EdTech Asia), Dr. Nanthaporn Prae Seributra
Plus), Ronald Ishak (CEO, Hacktiv8) (CEO, Starfish Education), Raman Sidhu (CEO, Octava
Foundation), Talitha Amalia (Director of Operations,
11:40 - 12:15 TERTIARY-INDUSTRY COLLABORATION: Solve Education!), Juli Adrian (Director, PT Enuma
CULTIVATING DIGITAL EXPERIENCES FOR WORK Edukasi Indonesia)
READINESS
Benjamin Wong (Co-Founder & CEO, Kinobi), Dann 11:40 - 12:15 MEASURING PROGRESS:
Angelo De Guzman (Founder & CEO, Cloudswyft Global) IMPLEMENTATION OF IMPACT METRICS INTO ONLINE
AND OFFLINE EDUCATION SOLUTIONS (ROUNDTABLE
DISCUSSION)

Strategic Growth Core Issues AI & Emerging Tech Smart Capital

Tomorrow’s Schools Tertiary Transformed Evolving Workforce
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DAY 1: THURSDAY 2ND NOVEMBER (13:30 - 15:00)

13:30 - 15:00 KECAK BALLROOM 13:30 - 15:00 RAMA ROOM

13:30 - 13:50 GLOBAL EDTECH MARKET TRENDS: 13:30 - 14:10 BALANCING INNOVATION AND
EDTECH'S TRANSFORMATIVE IMPACT ON RESPONSIBILITY:
EDUCATION AI ETHICS IN ADAPTIVE LEARNING
Sudeep Laad (Managing Director & Partner, Sophie Chen (Tsinghua), Conor O'Sullivan (CEO,
L.E.K. Consulting) Adaptemy), Monika Srivastava (Partner, Khaitan & Co),
Raphael Nolden (Founder & CEO, Amy.app)
13:50 - 14:30 INDONESIA’S EVOLVING EDUCATION
MARKET: INSIGHTS INTO THE ROAD AHEAD
Tuong Truong (ClassIn), Ika Yadin (Director, LEAP Eng. & 14:10 - 14:50 AI GENERATED LEARNING EXPERIENCES:
Digital Class), Henny Irniawan (Co-Founder & Co-CEO), AUGMENTING TRADITIONAL LEARNING MATERIALS
Fammi Indonesia Edutech), Cecillia Ong (COO, Cakap), WITH AI AGENTS
Oliver Anderson (Board Member, Kelas Digital) (ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION)

14:30 - 15:00 NAVIGATING VIETNAM’S EDUCATION

ECOSYSTEM: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES
FOR BUSINESS
Tu Pham (Founder & CEO, Prep Technology),
Khoa Pham (Co -Founder & Exec. Chairman, YOLA)

13:30 - 15:00 REJANG ROOM 13:30 - 15:00 LEGONG ROOM

13:30 - 14:15 FASTTRACK TO EMPLOYABILITY: 13:30 - 14:00 FUTURE PROOFING EDUCATION:

RETHINKING THE SKILLS VERSUS DEGREES LEVERAGING PROJECT-BASED LEARNING TO
PARADIGM ENHANCE OUTCOMES
Spencer Ton (Marathon Edu), Erick Hadi (Founder, Chung Man Chan (Chief Product Officer, THINK Learning
Nusantara Academy), Matteo Sutto (Founder & CEO, Studio)
RevoU), Dev Terway (Social Impact Investor)
14:00 - 14:20 CULTIVATING SUSTAINABLE LOCAL
14:15 - 15:00 ELEVATING HUMAN CAPITAL FOR PRIVATE SCHOOLS
TOMORROW'S TECH COMPETENT WORKFORCE Mochamad Ircham Maulana (Senior Education Officer,
Tara Hill (Glints), Charles Lee (CEO, CoderSchool), Kirk Begawan Foundation)
Pathumanun (CEO, Quest EdTech), Rahul Attuluri (CEO,
NxtWave), Heyu Huang (Partner, Fresco Capital) 14:20 - 14:45 INTEGRATING PERSONAL PURPOSE AND
MEANING INTO NEW AGE SCHOOLS AND
EDUCATION EXPERIENCES
Sam Chua (Founder, Metacata)

14:45 - 15:05 GOING GREEN - CONSTRUCTING

RESILIENT AND COST EFFECTIVE SCHOOLS OF
TOMORROW
Jimmy Hutasoit (CEO, Block Solutions Indonesia),
Tanya Armstrong (CEO, Classroom of Hope)

Strategic Growth Core Issues AI & Emerging Tech Smart Capital

Tomorrow’s Schools Tertiary Transformed Evolving Workforce
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DAY 1: THURSDAY 2ND NOVEMBER (15:30 - 17:00)

15:30 - 17:00 KECAK BALLROOM 15:30 - 17:00 RAMA ROOM

15:30 - 16:45 THAILAND SHOWCASE - DISRUPTIVE 15:30 - 16:10 TRENDS IN EDUCATION FINANCE:
EDTECH COMPANIES REVOLUTIONISING LEARNING BROADENING ACCESS AND MANAGING RISK
Jantanarak Yui Tuekaew (Disrupt Technology Venture), Nandita Ganapathy (Kaizenvest), Ketty Lie (Co-Founder
Maytwin Pitipornvivat (CEO & Co-Founder, BASE & SVP Business Development, ErudiFi), Carmina
Playhouse), Methawee Thatsanasateankit (Ceo, Vulcan), Bayombong (CEO & Founder, InvestEd (Educ4all)),
Parima Petcharapirat (Co-founder,EdVISORY), Ochawin Jessica Millstone (Managing Director, Copper Wire
Chirasottikul (CEO, FutureSkill), Narin Khurana (CEO, Ventures)
Jabjai Corporation)
16:10 - 16:50 THE EVOLVING ROLE OF FAMILY OFFICES
16:45 - 17:00 FACILITATING EDTECH AND AND FOUNDATIONS IN EDUCATION INVESTMENT
WORKFORCE STARTUP SUCCESS IN FRONTIER Chris Geary (BSD), Raman Sidhu (CEO, Octava
MARKETS: CAMBODIA Foundation), Jessica Millstone (Managing Director,
Leap Sok (CEO, Sala) Copper Wire Ventures), Sandeep Aneja (Founder and
Managing Partner, Kaizenvest)

15:30 - 17:00 REJANG ROOM 15:30 - 17:00 LEGONG ROOM

15:30 - 16:10 ASIA’S ONLINE AND OFFLINE ENGLISH 15:30 - 15:50 CULTIVATING 21ST CENTURY SKILLS
LANGUAGE MARKETS: INSTRUCTION AND THROUGH ONLINE LEARNING JOURNEYS
ASSESSMENT John Tan (CEO, Doyobi)
Eric Lam (Recast Ventures), Tram Ho (CEO & Founder,
Kyna), Moni Vuong (Co-Founder, PTE Magic & Magic 15:50 - 16:30 EXPANDING HORIZONS:
Edutech), Gaku Nakamura (CEO, RareJob), Won Kim MODERNISATION AND INTERNATIONALISATION OF
(Managing Director, Berlitz Asia) PERIPHERAL K-12 PROGRAMS
Dora Sae Ho (Thrive Venture Builder), Jessica Chu
16:10 - 16:50 MANDARIN LANGUAGE LEARNING: FROM (Chairwoman, Bluesky Education), Tom Collin (Co-
LOCAL TO GLOBAL founder & CEO, Agora Colearning), John Tan (CEO,
Claude Rety (Co-Founder, NiHaoMa - Mandarin Learning Doyobi)
Lab), Chor Fu (Tony) Pang (Head, HSK Mobile Exam
Center), Jun Lin (EdTech Advisor) 16:30 - 17:00 THE CREATOR ECONOMY: NEW
PATHWAYS TO KNOWLEDGE AND EMPLOYMENT
Gabriel Suppiah (Score Campus), Gerald Sebastian
(Co-Founder, Kok Bisa), Erick Hadi (Founder, Nusantara
Academy)

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DAY 2: FRIDAY 3RD NOVEMBER (08:00 - 11:30)

09:00 - 10:15 KECAK BALLROOM 08:00 - 09:00 RAMA ROOM

09:00 - 09:15 INVESTING IN ASIA'S EDUCATION AND 08:00 - 09:00 PRE-SESSION: EDTECH ASIA COMPANY
WORKFORCE TRANSFORMATION: PERSPECTIVES INNOVATION SHOWCASE
AND INSIGHTS Misaki Yamashita (EdTech Asia)
Sandeep Aneja (Founder and Managing Partner,
Kaizenvest) 8 Company Presentations (Korea, Indonesia, Iran,
Vietnam)
09:15 - 09:30 BUILDING A SUCCESSFUL AND
IMPACTFUL EDTECH BUSINESS
Vu Van (Co-founder & CEO, ELSA)

09:30 - 10:10 INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES:

SHAPING THE FUTURE OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN
ASIA
Michael Golden (UPenn), Larry Nelson (Regional GM,
Education, Microsoft Asia), Ryan O'Hare (CEO, Aus. &
APAC, Keypath Education), Monika Srivastava (Partner,
Khaitan & Co), Akshay Chaturvedi (Founder & CEO,
Leverage Edu)

10:20 - 11:30 KECAK BALLROOM 10:20 - 11:30 RAMA ROOM

10:20 - 10:55 FROM SURVIVING TO THRIVING: 10:20 - 10:55 EQUITY INVESTMENTS AS A CATALYST
PATHWAYS TO PROFITABILITY IN A SLOW-GROWTH OR CONSTRAINT FOR EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE
ERA INNOVATION: EARLY TO LATE STAGE FINANCE
Dr. Avantika Tomar (EY-Parthenon), Tawan Dheva- PERSPECTIVES
Aksorn (CEO, Aksorn Education), Ratnesh Khumar Jha Jeremy Au (Monk’s Hill), Kaushik Mohan (Investment
(CEO, APAC, Burlington English), Emme Dao (Founder, Director, EMK Capital), Adriel Yong (Head of Investments,
Exec. Chairwoman, TEKY), Karl Engkvist (President, Ascend Angels), Heyu Huang (Partner, Fresco Capital)
Taylor’s Education)

10:55 - 11:30 AI POWERED LEARNING FOR CORE 10:55 - 11:30 INVESTING IN DIVERSITY: CLOSING THE
SUBJECT LITERACY - FOUNDER PERSPECTIVES GENDER GAP WITH FEMALE LED FUNDING
Jun Lin (EdTech Advisor), Raphael Nolden (Founder & Hester Spiegel (Epic Angels), Jeremy Au (Chief of Staff,
CEO, Amy.app), Shubham Goyal (CEO, Cerebry), Tuan Monk's Hill), Ruby Nguyen (Founder & CEO, Curieous),
Pham (CEO, Clevai) Nandita Ganapathy (Partner, Kaizenvest)

Strategic Growth Core Issues AI & Emerging Tech Smart Capital

Tomorrow’s Schools Tertiary Transformed Evolving Workforce
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DAY 2: FRIDAY 3RD NOVEMBER (11:35 - 16:00)

11:35 - 12:35 KECAK BALLROOM 11:35 - 12:35 RAMA ROOM

11:30 - 12:05 ASIA'S ADVANTAGE: INNOVATION AND 11:35 - 12:35 EMPOWERING IMPACT: CHALLENGES
CHALLENGES IN HYBRID HIGHER EDUCATION AND PATHWAYS TO DRIVE SOCIAL CHANGE VIA
Ryan O'Hare (CEO, Aus. & APAC, Keypath Education), EDUCATION
Duc Pham (CEO, Marathon Education) Dora Sae Ho (Thrive Venture Builder), Laksmi
Puspitowardhani (CEO, Bina Edukasi Indonesia),
12:05 - 12:35 OPTIMISING ADULT AND HIGHER Tom Stader (Founder & Executive Director, The Library
EDUCATION THROUGH TECH-ENABLED Project), Sorawit Paiboonrattanakorn (Founder & CEO,
EXPLORATION AND GAMIFICATION Saturday School Foundation)
Sam Chua (Metacata), Aditya Batura (CEO, Codomo),
Laura Phan (Founder & CEO, Trainizi)

13:45 - 16:00 KECAK BALLROOM

13:45 - 15:30 GLOBAL CONNECTIONS: ROUNDTABLES

Kah Wei Yoong (EdTech Asia)

CROSS BORDER COLLABORATION: RESEARCH TO PRACTICE

Session Lead: Michael Golden (UPenn/ Catalyst @ Penn GSE)
(30 minute Roundtable Discussion)

INNOVATIVE PRIVATE SECTOR FINANCE AND RESOURCE ALLOCATION IN EDUCATION

Session Lead: Sandeep Aneja (Kaizenvest)
(30 minute Roundtable Discussion)

SCALING GROWTH, OUTCOMES AND IMPACT

Session Lead: Mike Michalec (EdTech Asia)
(30 minute Roundtable Discussion)

15:30 - 16:00
EDTECH ASIA AWARDS ANNOUNCEMENTS
FINAL REMARKS - THE YEAR AHEAD

Strategic Growth Core Issues AI & Emerging Tech Smart Capital

Tomorrow’s Schools Tertiary Transformed Evolving Workforce