1. MAIN HALL l JULY 30TH
TIME SESSIONS SPEAKERS TIME SESSION SPEAKERS
Yoshi Okomato (SZIV)
Tae Woo Kim (Classting)
Goichiro Arai (Arcterus)
Moderator: Ed Sato (EdTech Asia Advisor)
Vu Van (ELSA)
Daniel Burnham (Dyad)
Ollie Capehorn (Lingualift)
Moderator: Nattawut Arunanondchai
(EdTech Asia Advisor)
Wicharn Manawanitjarern (Taamkru)
Derrick Koh (Kung Fu Math)
Paul Sabda (Zenius)
Wei Chong Ng (ZapZap Math)
Moderator: Gregg Alpert
(Pearson Affordable Learning Fund)
Sunil Pticek-Damle (Mentorverse)
Rommuk Piachan (True)
Sowirin Chuanprapun (UNESCO)
Sompoat Chansomboon (Telenor)
Moderator: Julian Gorman (GSMA)
Herry Rizal (EdTech Indonesia),
Anthony De Guzman (Edukasyon)
Hien Dao (Rockit Online),
Moderator: T.T. Nguyen
(Pearson Affordable Learning Fund)
Ken Ross (Minerva)
Jenny Dang (Topica EdTech Group),
Ian Fenwick (Sasin),
Moderator: Pearl Phaovisaid (GSSE)
Kim Chongsatitwatana (Nanmee)
Takuya Homma (Quipper)
Mike Pelletier (Nobel)
Moderator: Tong Ratanapan (Flipped)
Mike Michalec (EdTech Asia)
Quincy Tanner (EdTech Asia)
Lalitha Wemel (TechStars)
Jacob Dayan (EdTech Israel)
Bobby Liu (Topica)
Stuart Patton (Polkuni)
Moderator: Arnold Chan (HBS 2016')
Christopher Geary (BSD Academy)
Jan-Cayo Fiebig (Coders Trust)
John Tan (Saturday Kids)
Chatchai Antarasena
Moderator: Andrew Kamthong (MAQE)
Rohan Pasari (Cialfo)
Rishi Kapal (EduGild)
Sophie Chen (JMD Edu)
Alvin Lee
Moderator: Payal Lal
Richard Qiu (Udemy)
Interviewer - So-Young Kang (Gnowbe)
Tuan Pham (Topica EdTech Group)
Sandeep Aneja (Kaizen PE)
Anip Sharma (Parthenon-EY)
Vivek Kathpalia (Nishith Desai Associates )
Presentation :
Utkarsh Lokesh (EdTech Review)
Anny Nantasiri (Edtech Asia) - Session Host
Awards Acknowledgements :
Simon Osborne (AIP Global) - Host
Monica Mehta (Omidyar Network)
Clive Lee (Yidan Prize)
Piyush Jain (Impact Guru)
Bill Ning (Future Works)
Moderator: Amitav Virmani (Education Alliance)
Jon Kapp (Community Systems Foundation)
Damien Yee (Conexus)
Samuel Harris (Amazon Web Services)
Niki Khemchandari (BSD Academy)
Moderator: Mike Pelletier (Nobel)
Alison Baum (Fresco Capital)
Raj Shastri (Kaizen)
Shivanu Shukla (Teamie)
Lana Duong (NSI Ventures)
Moderator: Paul Ark (SCB Ventures)
David Klett (Klett Group)
Rachel Brujis (Pearson)
Tawan Dheva-Aksorn (Aksorn)
Elvin Tan (Knewton)
Moderator: Meredith Karazin
Kris Oswalt (CommunitySystemsFoundation)
Adam Choi Townsend (Solar Leap)
Nadia Wong (NBPC)
Peter Dalglish (UN-Habitat)
Moderator: Paul Apivat Hanvongse (GSSE)
10:00 The Digital Transformation of Education
09:00 EdTech Growth in Asia as the Next Frontier
11:00 Innovative Financing for Education
11:45 The Coming Age of Educational Data,
Privacy and Security
13:45 Serving the Underserved:
Social Impact through EdTech
12:30 Lunch
10:45 Break
14:30 EdTech Company Valuations
and Investor Relations
15:15 Break
15:30 EdTech Law:
Important Tips to Consider for Efficient Growth
15:45 Startup Showcase
16:30 EdTech Asia Awards
AUDITORIUM l JULY 30TH
TIME SESSIONS SPEAKERS
11:00 Shared Success: Insights from East Asia
11:45 Asia’s Unique Mentoring
and Language Learning Landscape
13:45 Balancing Monetisation,
Learning Metrics and Efficacy
14:30 Mobile and Telecoms Emerging
Role in the Asian Education Sector
12:30 Lunch
MAIN HALL l JULY 31ST
9:00 Understanding ASEAN Education Markets
10:00 Potential Disruption of Higher Education
10:45 Break
11:00 Integration of EdTech Solutions into Schools
and School Systems
11:45 Comparative Insight into the Education Markets
of India and China
12:30 Lunch
13:45 E-learning, Professional Development
and the Rapidly Changing Workforce
14:30 Strategic EdTech Ecosystem Growth:
Programs and Community Builders
15:15 Break
15:30 Tech Ed: Adapting to the Needs of
the 21st Century Learner and Workplace
16:15 Final Remarks & Acknowledgements

2. 11:00 [Pearson] Learning Metrics and Efficacy
for Startups
12:30 Lunch
13:45 [GHA] Introduction to Growth Hacking
for EdTech Startups
11:00 [Topica] Cultivation of Education Entrepreneur
Leadership in Asia & Topica Edumall Workshop
12:30 Lunch
13:45 [Nishith Desai Associates] Navigating
the EdTech Legal Landscape
T.T. Nguyen, Gregg Alpert
Owen Henkel
Anna Rehermann
Sky Chew
Topica Edumall
Vivek Kathpalia
Aarushi Jain
WORKSHOPS
TIME SESSIONS SPEAKERS
JULY 30TH
JULY 31ST
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Founder
INSTITUTE
Initiated by Bill Gates, 4/2006, partnering with
11 Top tier universities in Vietnam
and the Philippines
Top-5 Startup Accelerator
in South East Asia
Developed World's 1st Augmeneted
Reality English Learning App
The largest Online Shourt Courses Provider
in Vietnam and Thailand
Nishith Desai Associates is a research-based Indian law firm with offices
in Mumbai, Silicon Valley, Bangalore, Singapore, Mumbai BKC, Delhi and Munich
that aims at providing strategic, legal and tax services across various sectors.
Our expertise and opinion is regarded as an authority amongst the upper echelons
of international law. In addition, our client list includes many of the Fortune 500
and other successful Indian businesses. As an intimately sized firm, we have
an intensive client selection process in order to maximize our strengths to areas
where we can best add value.
Our specialized industry niches include financial services, IT and telecom,
education, pharma and life sciences, media, and life sciences, media and
entertainment, real estate & infrastructure and education.
Aksorn Charoen Tat Group is one of the largest education companies
in Thailand with a variety of educational products serving the growing needs of
schools, teachers, and students across the country. From its founding in 1935
with a single small printing machine, the Company has expanded to include 9
leading brands in school education covering school textbooks, library books,
general education books, e-learning solutions, education toys, school furniture,
science lab supplies, teachers training, and a child development center.
Going forward, we plan to continue developing our substantial operations in
all business segments in Thailand's education market. We are complimenting this
with a variety of innovative teaching products and services for schools, teachers,
and students.
Amazon Web Services offers reliable, scalable,
and inexpensive cloud computing services. Free to join,
pay only for what you use.
Parthenon-EY is a strategy consultancy, committed to
bringing unconventional yet pragmatic thinking together
with our clients’ smarts to deliver actionable strategies for
real impact in today’s complex business landscape.
PALF makes equity investments in for-profit companies
to meet the demand for affordable education across
the developing world. Our vision is to help millions of
children in the world access a quality education in
a cost effective, profitable and scalable manner.
Santora Nakama is a startup studio based in
Singapore and Bangkok. We work with entrepreneurs
to build new startups throughout South East Asia.
Sasin, one of ASEAN’s leading business schools,
is inspired by values that enable individuals and
institutions to make a bigger difference. By combining
the best management theory with the latest practice,
Sasin is preparing the next generation of leaders who will
shape ASEAN and beyond!
Sasin is also home to the Sasin Entrepreneurship Center
(SEC), which is an integral part of Sasin’s culture.
“Self-reliance and Entrepreneurship” has long been
a key Sasin learning objective.
EdTech Startup Growth Hacking Bootcamp, Bangkok
Conducted by Growth Hacking Asia on August 1st and 2nd, this post-summit
event will feature two full days of customised edtech bootcamp content that
examines the success and failures of regional edtech startups. The bootcamp
will provide actionable insights that aim to improve the capacity of both early
and growth stage edtech startups and improve outcomes.
Keep up with EdTech Asia:
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