2024 'Back to School' Leadership Summit

New York | Sep 10-11, 2024. Where education, technology and finance converge.

Ideas, insights and connections to transform the way the world learns.

The HolonIQ 'Back to School' Summit has been convening leaders in education and workforce since 2018, generating ideas, delivering insight, and making the connections that help leaders from around the world formulate successful strategies, capitalize on technological change and help transform the way the world learns. The 2024 HolonIQ 'Back to School' Summit will take place on September 10-11, 2024 in New York City, bringing together 500 CEO’s and influential leaders from leading companies, major institutional investors, and global foundations for two days of presentations, roundtable sessions and private meetings. The 2024 Back to School Summit will follow three tracks including private roundtables and dinners, fireside chats and panels, dedicated networking sessions and networking receptions.

Technology & Finance

Explore the impact of Artificial Intelligence in Education, Personalized Learning, Assessment & Analytics. Market opportunities for simulated and gamified solutions, and the evolving landscape of technology infrastructure in education markets. Analysis of capital flows from Venture Capital, PE, Equity Capital Markets & Philanthropic investment scaling impact and outcomes.

Foundations & Philanthropy

Foundations, Philanthropic leaders, intergovernmental organisations and non-profits from around the world gather to share practice and priorities in their work to seed, scale and support solutions for impact and capacity building.

Higher Education & Workforce

Connect with the people, ideas and new models that are transforming traditional forms of higher education, from digital and AI led innovation, to micro-credentials and workforce upskilling, global and international education and the future of jobs & industry engagement.

Join 500 CEOs and senior leaders

Networking, ideas, connections and partnership building with 500 of education’s most senior global leaders in New York, September 10-11, 2024

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2023 Featured Speakers

Allan E. Goodman
CEO at the Institute of International Education
Amit Sevak
CEO at ETS
Anna Kimsey Edwards
Chief Advocacy Officer and Co-Founder, Whiteboard Advisors
Arrun Kapoor
Managing Director, SJF Ventures
Ben Wallerstein
CEO & Co-Founder, Whiteboard Advisors
Beth Hollenberg
CEO at Everspring
Chris Hoehn-Saric
Senior Managing Partner at Sterling Partners, Avathon Capital
Craig Maloney
CEO at InStride
Daniel Pianko
Managing Director at Achieve Partners
Darryl Epps
Director of Outreach & Intake Services at John Jay College, Institute for Justice & Opportunity
Divya Walia
Research Fellow at Impact Capital Managers
Eilert Giertsen Hanoa
CEO at Kahoot!
Elizabeth Moore
Deputy Director, K-12 Solutions at Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Humberto Mercader
Deputy Secretary for Strategic Initiatives at Departamento de Desarrollo Económico y Comercio, Puerto Rico
Isabelle Hau
Executive Director, Stanford Accelerator for Learning
James J. Rhyu
CEO at Stride
Jamie Candee
CEO at Edmentum
Jeff Silber
Managing Director at BMO
John Katzman
CEO at Noodle
Jonathan Louw
Group CEO at Honoris United Universities
Joshua Elder
Vice President and Head of Grantmaking at Siegel Family Endowment
Juliana Guaqueta
Senior Education Specialist
Kees Bol
CEO at Boundless Learning
Kristina Ishmael
Deputy Director, at the Office of Ed Tech, US Department of Education
Kumar Garg
VP Partnerships at Schmidt Futures
Laura Ipsen
President & CEO, Ellucian
Libby Hills
Co-Lead, Learning Schools, The Jacobs Foundation
Liz Willen
Editor-in-chief at Hechinger Report
Maria Flynn
President and CEO of Jobs for the Future
Maria Spies
Co-CEO HolonIQ
Marieke Beeuwkes Spence
Executive Director at Impact Capital Managers
Mark Schneider
Director of the Institute of Education Sciences, US Department of Education
Meg Hamel
VP Education at HolonIQ
Michael Fung
Executive Director, IFE Tecnológico de Monterrey
Patrick Brothers
Co-CEO HolonIQ
Pierre Dubuc
CEO at OpenClassrooms
Rebecca Winthrop
Senior Fellow and Director, The Center for Universal Education at the Brookings Institution
Rob Scott
Executive Director of the Cornell University Prison Education Program
Ryan MacDonald
Managing Director, Senior Equity Research Analyst at Needham & Company
Sarah DeMark
Vice Provost, Workforce Intelligence & Credential Integrity at Western Governors University
Stephen Bailey
Co-Founder and CEO of ExecOnline
Ted Mitchell
President at American Council on Education
Timothy Knowles
President at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
Tom Dretler
CEO at Shorelight Education
Troy Williams
Managing Director at Achieve Partners

Milken-Penn GSE Education Business Plan Competition

The 2024 'Back to School' Summit will host the most prestigious and well-funded competition of its kind, the Milken-Penn GSE Education Business Plan Competition. Celebrating and nurturing purpose-driven ventures that seek to address systemic inequities in education through innovation. Since 2010, it has awarded more than $2 million in cash prizes.

2024 Agenda

The 2024 Back to School Summit will be held over 2 days in New York. Day 1 will include private roundtables and meetings before our signature networking reception. Day 2 will include three concurrent tracks and networking opportunities.

Private Track Roundtables & Events

September 10
9:00AM - 2:00PM
Private Roundtables
2:00PM - 5:00PM
Milken-Penn GSE Education Business Plan Competition
5:00PM - 7:00PM
Summit Networking Reception
7:00PM+
Private Networking Dinners

Finance & Technology Track

September 11
8:00AM - 9:00AM
Registration, Coffee & Networking
9:00AM - 10:00AM
Opening Plenary
10:00AM - 12:30PM
Track Sessions
12:30PM - 1:30PM
Networking Lunch
1:30PM - 4:30PM
Track Sessions
4:30PM - 5:00PM
Closing Plenary

Foundation & Philanthropy Track

September 11
8:00AM - 9:00AM
Registration, Coffee & Networking
9:00AM - 10:00AM
Opening Plenary
10:00AM - 12:30PM
Track Sessions
12:30PM - 1:30PM
Networking Lunch
1:30PM - 4:30PM
Track Sessions
4:30PM - 5:00PM
Closing Plenary

Higher Education & Workforce Track

September 11
8:00AM - 9:00AM
Registration, Coffee & Networking
9:00AM - 10:00AM
Opening Plenary
10:00AM - 12:30PM
Track Sessions
12:30PM - 1:30PM
Networking Lunch
1:30PM - 4:30PM
Track Sessions
4:30PM - 5:00PM
Closing Plenary

Venue

The 2024 Back to School Summit will be hosted at Quorum, 1221 Avenue of the Americas in Midtown Manhattan. Quorum is uniquely and intentionally designed to have a modern, organic feel, bringing together over 500 leaders for networking, ideas and connections. Each track has a dedicated zone for sessions, networking and more.

HolonIQ Summit Highlights

Join 500 CEOs and senior leaders

Networking, ideas, connections and partnership building with 500 of education’s most senior global leaders.

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