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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

Global Education Conversation 2018

Keynote 2 – What influence can changing economics have on education, and what influence can education have on economies?

Plenary Ministerial Session

The London Youth Choir

2018 Speakers

Dr Halsey Rogers

Lead Economist and Co-director of the World Development Report 2018, The World Bank

Diana Dalton

Deputy Director, Research and Evidence, Department for International Development - DFID Research Hubs

HE Professor Abdurazzak Al Jaleel Alhajessa

Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Iraq

Rt Hon Anne Milton MP

Minister of State for Apprenticeships and Skills

Rt Hon Alistair Burt MP

Minister of State for International Development and Minister of State for the Middle East at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office

Prof Rose Luckin

London Knowledge Lab

Felicity Gillespie

Education Advisor, UK

Dr Sara Ruto

PAL Network, People’s Action for Learning, Kenya

Manish Sisodia

Deputy Chief Minister and Minister for Education of the National Capital Territory of Delhi, India

HE Dr Tarek Shawki

Minister of Education and Vocational Education, Egypt

Professor Shimon Schocken

Co-founder, Matific

Dr Christopher McCormick

Executive Vice-president, Academic Affairs, EF Education First

The Education World Forum is supported by