Future-Ready Systems Include Every Learner

Event Description

The session will bring together leaders from government, philanthropy, international organizations, and schools to explore what it takes to build future-ready education systems that include children with disabilities from the outset.

Designed as an inclusive learning environment, the room itself will reinforce the session's message while providing the setting for a conversation on practical examples from Sierra Leone, Brazil, Mexico, and beyond. Speakers will share how governments and their partners are strengthening teacher support, school leadership, sustainable financing, and cross-sector collaboration to embed disability inclusion within public education systems at scale.

The conversation will focus on the practical actions needed to move from commitment to implementation, highlighting how governments, funders, and implementing partners can work together to build, finance, and sustain education systems where every learner develops the knowledge, skills, confidence, and opportunities to participate fully in society.

Featured speakers include:

- Hon. Conrad Sackey, Minister of Basic and Senior Secondary Education, Sierra Leone
- Dr. Pia Rebello Britto, Global Director of Education, UNICEF
- Cecilia Zahran, Manager of Collaborative Philanthropy, Fundação Lemann
- Katie Holland, Executive Director, International Programs, Perkins
- Amel Karboul, CEO, Education Outcomes Fund
- Saúl Shimón Juárez Santillán, School Principal, Querétaro, Mexico

Moderator: Euan Wilmshurst, Founder, KW Strategy