Vinnie Jauhari works as Education Industry Expert at Microsoft Corporation India Ltd and has been an educationist. She leads and manages strategic engagements in Education and focuses on K-12 for digital transformation in education. The work spans around programmatically managing professional development, curriculum development, certifications, and explorations around gamification of education. Her contributions have won her recognition across several years at Microsoft such as Greg Butler Award in the worldwide team for the year 2014-15; award for compliance and business contribution for 2015-16, the greenest Subsidiary for evangelism recognition for 2016-17, Brand evangelist award from Public Sector for 2016-17, Making A Difference in FY 19 and recognition for Remote Learning initiatives in FY 20 for K12 and Growth Mindset Award by Public Sector, Microsoft in July 2020.

She has worked as a Director and Professor of Strategy at IIMT (now Vedatya Institute), Gurgaon and has been an academic for 15 years. Her work led to entrepreneurship and employability of her students at a global level. 

Vinnie was earlier Region Lead for HP Labs Open Innovation Office for  India. She led research engagements for HP Labs India fostering and managing innovation grants as well as building research communities in areas such as Human Computer interface and managing academic relationships with top universities through leadership, faculty and student engagements. She has received numerous awards such as Women Empowerment Grant, Innovator of the Year award in her worldwide team for her work at HP Labs. 

Suzanne Cridge, Director of Education, Social Ventures Australia 

Sue joined SVA in 2013 and is responsible for designing and leading the SVA Bright Spots Schools Connection. The Connection provides innovative support to leaders to develop projects and actions that respond to the issues of education disadvantage in Australia’s most challenged communities. The work of the Connection is published and recognised internationally as cutting-edge design in systems leadership support and implementation, strengthened by capacity building.  

Sue’s career experience includes many diverse roles such as a volunteer teacher of English in a refugee camp for the United Nations. Her international experience extends to five years spent as Executive Director of Citizen Schools New Mexico USA, establishing a model of community engagement and support for underserved public schools as part of a national US education reform initiative which included both highly challenged and Native American communities. Upon returning to Australia, Sue led the Innovation Program at the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL). Sue is also a Sir Winston Churchill Fellow with a focus in education equity and was acknowledged with an award from the Australian Council Educational Leaders for her work in education leadership. In 2018, Sue’s work was recognised with a national Impact25 nomination with Pro Bono Australia. 

Sue also serves as a member of the Board of Directors for the Vincent Fairfax Family Foundation and the board of the Vincent Fairfax Ethics in Leadership Fellowship

Associate Professor Wee Tiong Seah, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, at The University of Melbourne

Before embarking on a career as an academic, Wee Tiong has had extensive professional experience in mathematics teaching and pastoral care across a range of school settings in Singapore and Australia. 

Wee Tiong’s current research focus is on the development of enabling valuing amongst students and teachers, and on the role of artificial intelligence programs in complementing mathematics teachers’ professional practice. He currently coordinates a 19-country research consortium in a series of research studies relating to the harnessing of values to promote positive mathematics learning outcomes, to develop teacher self-efficacy, and to empower students to regulate their mathematics anxiety.  

Wee Tiong is co-Director of the University of Melbourne Numeracy R-3 Professional Development program (2019 – 2021), designed for South Australia Department for Education. He was also a member of the Australian federal government’s Expert Advisory and Research Group, and conducts professional development workshops for teachers, principals and school leaders. He conducts collaborative research and consultancy activities in no less than 8 countries across Australia and Asia.