Keynote Speakers

Professor of Gifted Education at King Faisal University, KSA

Shaping Future Leaders: Preparing Gifted Students for the 21st-Century Workforce

Chairman of the Board of Trustees University of Business & Technology, KSA

The Talent Pipeline: Private Higher Education's Role in Workforce Development

Professor at Arabian Gulf University, Bahrain

Shaping Future Leaders: Preparing Gifted Students for the 21st-Century Workforce

Chair Professor of Educational Psychology at Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany

Megatopes and Identifying Talent on a Country Level

Director General of Techno-Valley, University of Business & Technology, KSA

The Innovation Equation : Giftedness x Technology x Entrepreneurship

Professor at National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan

Beyond IQ: Adapted Education for Gifted Students with Unique Emotional and Learning Needs

President of King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), KSA

From Campus to Global Impact: The Strategic Role of Research Universities in Talent Development

Professor of Psychology at the University of Houston, USA

Unmasking Hidden Potential: Future Directions in Twice-Exceptional Education

Chair Professor for School Research, School Development and Evaluation at the University of Regensburg, Germany

The Role of Motivation, Skill Acquisition, and Creativity in Developing Talent Towards Excellence and Innovation: A Resource-Oriented Model Based on Empirical Evidence

Professor at the School of Education, University of New South Wales, Australia

Elite Mathematicians: How They Are Identified and Developed

Prince of Songkla University, Faculty of Science and Industrial Technology, Consultant for Teaching and Research, Thailand

Thinking Like Einstein: Strategies for Developing Gifted Learners in Science and Beyond

Senior Analyst Equity, Inclusion & Transitions Directorate of Education & Skills, OECD

Systemic Excellence: What 30 Years of Global Education Data Tell Us About Unlocking Human Potential

Research Associate, Academic Talent Development Program, University of California Berkeley

Outlier Talents: Contributions of Non-traditional, or Culturally or Regionally Unique Domains to Our Understanding of Talent Development

Professor of Education & Director of Brain & Motivation Research Institute (bMRI), Korea University

Redesigning Learning for Agentic Minds

Professor of Psychology, University de Paris, Paris, France

Fostering Creativity: The Key to Future-Ready Gifted Education