Back to School Summit
15 - 17 Sept 2026
New York City
,
United States of America

QS Back to School Summit Speakers

Meet the voices behind the QS Back to School Summit 2026. 

Our distinguished speaker line-up

Douglas Proctor PhD
Assistant Vice-President, Global, York University
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Carl Madi
Co-Founder and CEO, Stepful
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John Soleanicov
Investment Director, EdTechnical Ventures
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José Esteves
Dean and President, Porto Business School
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Lee Bradshaw
CEO, Rhodes Advisors
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Ted Eismeier
Senior Vice President and Head of Postsecondary Communications, Whiteboard Advisors
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Tracey Burns
Chief, Global Strategy and Research, National Center on Education and the Economy
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Erin Mote
CEO, InnovateEDU
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George Kane
Founder, CapitalizEd
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Philip Moyer
President and CEO, McGraw Hill
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Wil del Pilar
Senior Vice President, EdTrust
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Prof Jun Liu
Rector, City University of Macau
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Jeff Selingo
Author, at Simon & Schuster, and Special Advisor at Arizona State University
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Jeff Silber
Senior analyst, BMO Capital Markets Equity Research
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Greg Morrisett
Dean and Vice Provost, Cornell Tech
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Kalpen Trivedi
Senior Vice Provost for Global Affairs, University of Massachusetts Amherst
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Noah Sudow
Senior Vice President, Whiteboard Advisors
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Dr Jill Buban
Workforce Education and Online Learning Leader
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Alejandro Caballero
Principal Education Specialist, IFC The World Bank Group
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Martin Serrano
QS Product Director, Skills & Labor Markets
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Dr Maria Spies
QS Chief Innovation Officer
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Patrick Brothers
QS Board Member and Executive Director
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Ben Webb
QS Executive Director, Americas
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Jessica Turner
QS Chief Executive Officer
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