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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

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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:
CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES
Gaurav Jain (Kaizenvest), Paul Blackstone (Group CEO,
CURIOO), Vu Van (Co-Founder & CEO, ELSA),
Alicia Cheong (Co-Founder & COO, Geniebook)
11:40 - 12:15 ONLINE AND OFFLINE TUTORING AND
TEST PREP MARKETS: INSIGHTS FOR GROWTH
Utkarsh Lokesh (EdTech Review), Henry Munoz
(Founder & CEO, Edge Tutor ), Evan Heng (CEO, Zenith
Learning Group), Gaurav Goel (Founder & CEO,
Toprankers), Pratyusha Mukherjee (Strategic
Partnerships, Google)
11:00 - 11:40 THE NEXT CHAPTER IN EDUCATION
INNOVATION: A DEEP DIVE INTO GENERATIVE AI'S
FUTURE
Niko Lindholm (xEdu), Dr. Hung Tran (Founder &
President, Got It!), Mark Stanley (CEO, Literatu Scribo),
Martijn Enter (CEO, NovoLanguage), Sophie Chen (AI
Research, Tsinghua University)
11:40 - 12:15 IMPLEMENTING AI INTO EXISTING
PRODUCT AND SERVICE OFFERINGS: LESSONS
LEARNT
Junjie Liu (Philosophie AI, Minsam Kim (VP of Product,
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:
DIGITAL PATHWAYS & CREDENTIALING
Justin Sanders (Minerva), Henry Mappesona (Chairman,
Kelas Digital), Tong Ratanapan (Co-Founder, Degree
Plus), Ronald Ishak (CEO, Hacktiv8)
11:40 - 12:15 TERTIARY-INDUSTRY COLLABORATION:
CULTIVATING DIGITAL EXPERIENCES FOR WORK
READINESS
Benjamin Wong (Co-Founder & CEO, Kinobi), Dann
Angelo De Guzman (Founder & CEO, Cloudswyft Global)
11:00 - 11:40 COLLECTIVE IMPACT: ADDRESSING CORE
ISSUES IN EDUCATION WITH MULTI-STAKEHOLDER
ENGAGEMENT
Urvi Doshi (EdTech Asia), Dr. Nanthaporn Prae Seributra
(CEO, Starfish Education), Raman Sidhu (CEO, Octava
Foundation), Talitha Amalia (Director of Operations,
Solve Education!), Juli Adrian (Director, PT Enuma
Edukasi Indonesia)
11:40 - 12:15 MEASURING PROGRESS:
IMPLEMENTATION OF IMPACT METRICS INTO ONLINE
AND OFFLINE EDUCATION SOLUTIONS (ROUNDTABLE
DISCUSSION)

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

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DAY 1: THURSDAY 2ND NOVEMBER (15:30 - 17:00)
15:30 - 17:00 KECAK BALLROOM
15:30 - 16:45 THAILAND SHOWCASE - DISRUPTIVE
EDTECH COMPANIES REVOLUTIONISING LEARNING
Jantanarak Yui Tuekaew (Disrupt Technology Venture),
Maytwin Pitipornvivat (CEO & Co-Founder, BASE
Playhouse), Methawee Thatsanasateankit (Ceo, Vulcan),
Parima Petcharapirat (Co-founder,EdVISORY), Ochawin
Chirasottikul (CEO, FutureSkill), Narin Khurana (CEO,
Jabjai Corporation)
16:45 - 17:00 FACILITATING EDTECH AND
WORKFORCE STARTUP SUCCESS IN FRONTIER
MARKETS: CAMBODIA
Leap Sok (CEO, Sala)
15:30 - 17:00 REJANG ROOM
15:30 - 16:10 ASIA’S ONLINE AND OFFLINE ENGLISH
LANGUAGE MARKETS: INSTRUCTION AND
ASSESSMENT
Eric Lam (Recast Ventures), Tram Ho (CEO & Founder,
Kyna), Moni Vuong (Co-Founder, PTE Magic & Magic
Edutech), Gaku Nakamura (CEO, RareJob), Won Kim
(Managing Director, Berlitz Asia)
16:10 - 16:50 MANDARIN LANGUAGE LEARNING: FROM
LOCAL TO GLOBAL
Claude Rety (Co-Founder, NiHaoMa - Mandarin Learning
Lab), Chor Fu (Tony) Pang (Head, HSK Mobile Exam
Center), Jun Lin (EdTech Advisor)
Strategic Growth Core Issues
Tomorrow’s Schools Tertiary Transformed
SUMMIT 2023
15:30 - 17:00 RAMA ROOM
15:30 - 16:10 TRENDS IN EDUCATION FINANCE:
BROADENING ACCESS AND MANAGING RISK
Nandita Ganapathy (Kaizenvest), Ketty Lie (Co-Founder
& SVP Business Development, ErudiFi), Carmina
Bayombong (CEO & Founder, InvestEd (Educ4all)),
Jessica Millstone (Managing Director, Copper Wire
Ventures)
16:10 - 16:50 THE EVOLVING ROLE OF FAMILY OFFICES
AND FOUNDATIONS IN EDUCATION INVESTMENT
Chris Geary (BSD), Raman Sidhu (CEO, Octava
Foundation), Jessica Millstone (Managing Director,
Copper Wire Ventures), Sandeep Aneja (Founder and
Managing Partner, Kaizenvest)
15:30 - 17:00 LEGONG ROOM
15:30 - 15:50 CULTIVATING 21ST CENTURY SKILLS
THROUGH ONLINE LEARNING JOURNEYS
John Tan (CEO, Doyobi)
15:50 - 16:30 EXPANDING HORIZONS:
MODERNISATION AND INTERNATIONALISATION OF
PERIPHERAL K-12 PROGRAMS
Dora Sae Ho (Thrive Venture Builder), Jessica Chu
(Chairwoman, Bluesky Education), Tom Collin (Co-
founder & CEO, Agora Colearning), John Tan (CEO,
Doyobi)
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
09:00 - 09:15 INVESTING IN ASIA'S EDUCATION AND
WORKFORCE TRANSFORMATION: PERSPECTIVES
AND INSIGHTS
Sandeep Aneja (Founder and Managing Partner,
Kaizenvest)
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 - 10:55 FROM SURVIVING TO THRIVING:
PATHWAYS TO PROFITABILITY IN A SLOW-GROWTH
ERA
Dr. Avantika Tomar (EY-Parthenon), Tawan Dheva-
Aksorn (CEO, Aksorn Education), Ratnesh Khumar Jha
(CEO, APAC, Burlington English), Emme Dao (Founder,
Exec. Chairwoman, TEKY), Karl Engkvist (President,
Taylor’s Education)
10:55 - 11:30 AI POWERED LEARNING FOR CORE
SUBJECT LITERACY - FOUNDER PERSPECTIVES
Jun Lin (EdTech Advisor), Raphael Nolden (Founder &
CEO, Amy.app), Shubham Goyal (CEO, Cerebry), Tuan
Pham (CEO, Clevai)
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SUMMIT 2023
08:00 - 09:00 RAMA ROOM
08:00 - 09:00 PRE-SESSION: EDTECH ASIA COMPANY
INNOVATION SHOWCASE
Misaki Yamashita (EdTech Asia)
8 Company Presentations (Korea, Indonesia, Iran,
Vietnam)
10:20 - 11:30 RAMA ROOM
10:20 - 10:55 EQUITY INVESTMENTS AS A CATALYST
OR CONSTRAINT FOR EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE
INNOVATION: EARLY TO LATE STAGE FINANCE
PERSPECTIVES
Jeremy Au (Monk’s Hill), Kaushik Mohan (Investment
Director, EMK Capital), Adriel Yong (Head of Investments,
Ascend Angels), Heyu Huang (Partner, Fresco Capital)
10:55 - 11:30 INVESTING IN DIVERSITY: CLOSING THE
GENDER GAP WITH FEMALE LED FUNDING
Hester Spiegel (Epic Angels), Jeremy Au (Chief of Staff,
Monk's Hill), Ruby Nguyen (Founder & CEO, Curieous),
Nandita Ganapathy (Partner, Kaizenvest)
AI & Emerging Tech Smart Capital
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
CHALLENGES IN HYBRID HIGHER EDUCATION
Ryan O'Hare (CEO, Aus. & APAC, Keypath Education),
Duc Pham (CEO, Marathon Education)
12:05 - 12:35 OPTIMISING ADULT AND HIGHER
EDUCATION THROUGH TECH-ENABLED
EXPLORATION AND GAMIFICATION
Sam Chua (Metacata), Aditya Batura (CEO, Codomo),
Laura Phan (Founder & CEO, Trainizi)
11:35 - 12:35 EMPOWERING IMPACT: CHALLENGES
AND PATHWAYS TO DRIVE SOCIAL CHANGE VIA
EDUCATION
Dora Sae Ho (Thrive Venture Builder), Laksmi
Puspitowardhani (CEO, Bina Edukasi Indonesia),
Tom Stader (Founder & Executive Director, The Library
Project), Sorawit Paiboonrattanakorn (Founder & CEO,
Saturday School Foundation)

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

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