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The world’s largest gathering of education and skills ministers

20–23 January 2019 — London, UK

1263 delegates

95 countries

Represented since 2013

Rt Hon Damian Hinds

Secretary of State for Education

Dominic Savage

Forum Director

Andreas Schleicher

OECD

Education World Forum Forum

Official photograph

Panel Debate

Panel debate

John Rutter

Conducting the London Youth Choir at the EWF18 dinner

About

The Education World Forum is the world’s largest gathering of education and skills ministers. Delegates representing over two-thirds of the world’s population gather in the UK in January each year to debate future education policy. The event comprises three days of insight and inspiration from pioneers, policy makers and experts, with many sessions given by education ministers themselves as part of an honest assessment of education’s common issues and challenges.

The forum is supported by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the Department for Education, the Department for International Trade, the Department for International Development, the British Council and industry partners.

Videos

Opening Titles

Gavin Dykes

Speakers

Eliza Erikson

Investment partner, Omidyar Network

Professor Stefan Dercon CMG

Blatvatnik School of Government, University of Oxford, UK

Rt Hon Baroness Scotland QC

Secretary-General of the Commonwealth

Dr Liesbet Steer

Director of the Education Commission, Global Partnership for Education

Manos Antoninis

Director, Global Education Monitoring Report

Dr Jaime Saavedra Chanduvi

Senior Director of Education, Education Global Practice, The World Bank

Michael Trucano

Senior Education & Technology Policy Specialist and Global Lead for Innovation in Education, The World Bank

Stefania Giannin

Assistant Director-General for Education, UNESCO

Liliya Hrynevych

Minister of Education and Science, Ukraine

Dave Hamilton

Creative Director, EXPLO

Khuthandzo Silima

Co-creator, Ending Violence in Schools Youth Manifesto, Johannesburg, South Africa

Professor Shimon Schocken

Co-founder, Matific

The Education World Forum is supported by