SPEAKERS
President of the state of Israel
Reuven Rivlin
Ambassador of Finland in Israel
Kirsikka Lehto-Asikainen
Minister of Education
Yoav Galant
Member of Knesset
Orly Froman
Director General of the Finnish National Board of Education
Olli-Pekka Heinonen
President of Levinsky College of Education
Prof. Michal Beller
Executive Director of The Israel Center for Educational Innovation
Mr. Don Futterman
President of Kibbutzim College of Education
Prof. Zipi Libman
Chair of the Pedagogical Secretariat at Ministry of Education in Israel Miri Shlissel-Adler
Prof. Jari Lavonen
Professor of Science Education at the University of Helsinki.
Mr. Erkka Laininen
Researcher in the program Education for a Changing World, Planning Manager in the Okka-foundation.
Prof. Nimrod Aloni
Head of the Institute for Progressive Education, Lecturer at Kibbutzim College of Education.
Ms. Jenna Lähdemäki-Pekkinen
Social foresight specialist in the Finnish Innovation Fund, coordinator of the research project Education for a Changing World.
Ms. Sally Awad Asfour
Arab educational leader and social entrepreneur, ICEI’s Director of Programs for Arab Communities.
Mr. Menberu Shimon
Ethiopian-Israeli educator. ICEI’s Director of Community Development.
Dr. Dolly Eliyahu-Levi
Head of the Linguistics department, Levinsky College of Education.
Ms. Anneli Rautiainen
Head of Innovation Centre at the Finnish National Agency for Education.
Dr. Alona Forkosh-Baruch
Head of International Initiatives. Levinsky College of Education.
Ms. Satu Kekki
University of Turku, Principal of Teacher Training School.
Prof. Elina Lehtomäki
University of Oulu, Professor of global education. Leader of the Education, diversity, globalization and ethics research team.
Dr. Yael Kimhi
Rector at Levinsky College of Education.
Mr. Jukka Sinnemäki
Class teacher from Jyväskylä.
Dr. Irit Levy-Feldman
Dean of the Faculty of Education at the Kibbutzim College of Education.
Dr. Dovi Weiss
Head of Digital Pedagogy at Kibbutzim College of Education.
Dr. Hannele Karikoski
Lecturer Emerita, Oulu University, Lecturer and Consultant in LapsiPeda.
Dr. Nira Wahle
Head of Early Childhood Department at Kibbutzim College of Education. Researcher in NEVET Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Dr. Iris Alkaher
Expert in environmental education at Kibbutzim College of Education.
Dr. Nissim Avissar
Israeli educator, clinical-social psychologist and a qualitative researcher at Kibbutzim College of Education.
Ms. Ruut-Lea Zaban
Special Advisor for Culture and Public Diplomacy, Embassy of Finland.
Prof. Tuija Turunen
Dean at the Faculty of Education, University of Lapland.
Prof. Yehudith Weinberger
Rector of Kibbutzim College of Education.
Prof. Clodie Tal
Head of M.Ed Early Childhood Education at Levinsky College of Education.
Ms. Eti Bukshpan
Director of Education at ICEI.
Dr. Omri Paz
Head of the Department of History, Levinsky College of Education.
Dr. Liat Biberman Shalev
Head of the Department of Education at Levinsky College of Education.
Dr. Housni Alkhateeb Shehada
Lecturer and Head of the Department of Visual Arts and the Department of Arabic at Levinsky College of Education.
Dr. Netta Bar-Yosef Paz
Lecturer and researcher of Literature and Environmental Education.
Dr. Dafna Gan
Director of the Environmental Education Master program and the co-founder of the Center for Environmental and Sustainability Education at Kibbutzim College of Education.
Dr. Lilach Tencer
Lecturer and pedagogical instructor at Levinsky College of Education.
Ms. Meyrav Rotem
Pedagogical Supervisor at ICEI.
Dr. Yarden Enav
Lecturer at Levinsky College of Education.
Dr. Einav Argaman
Head of the M. Ed. program Language in Education in a Multicultural Society at Levinsky College of Education.
Dr. Tina Waldman
Lecturer and Head of Academic English at Kibbutzim College of Education.
Dr. Dafna Ytzhaki
Linguist and lecturer at Kibbutzim College of Education and at Tel-Aviv University.
Dr. Adam Haisraeli
Head of the department of Social Engagement and Lecturer in Sociology of Education.
Dr. Tami Reuveni
Head of Practical Training in Education, Levinsky College of Education.
Dr. Ronit Rozenszajn
Head of the Excellency Program at Levinsky College of Education.
Dr. Iris Jerby
Director of Assessment and Research at ICEI.
Prof. Smadar Donitsa-Schmidt
Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at Kibbutzim College of Education.
Prof. Yoseph Raanan
Dean of the Faculty of Multidisciplinary Studies at Levinsky College of Education.
Ms. Liora Eldar
Principal mentor at ICEI.
Dr. Hadas Dekel
Head of the Centre of Educational Initiatives.
Dr. Lee Perlman
Director of Development and Strategic Partnerships at ICEI.
Dr. Ohr Margalit
Head of the Department of Biblical Studies at Levinsky College of Education and Officer in the “Israeli Hope” initiative.