QS Back to School Summit 2026 speakers

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

Our distinguished speaker line-up

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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Gregg 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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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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