Dr Kern Alexander is O’Leary Endowed Professor, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign, author of many books and articles including the leading textbook on education law in the United States, American Public School Law, 8^th Edition, Wadsworth/Cengage Learning. His latest book is Public School Finance; Theory and Practice, 2015, published by Routledge/Taylor Francis. He is Editor of the Journal of Education Finance, distributed by University of Illinois Press.

Topic:  Vouchers, Charter Schools, and the Road to Privatization of Education in America

Dr Terezinha Nunes

is Professor of Educational Studies, University of Oxford and Fellow of Harris Manchester College. She is a psychologist specializing in childhood development and learning and is currently Associate Editor of the Journal of Human Development. She is a highly regarded educational researcher and the author of an extensive array of articles in learned journals.  Most recently her books, have centered on child literacy, published by several major publishing houses including Wiley-Blackwell, London; Routledge, London and Kluwer, The Netherlands.

Topic: Childhood Literacy–The Promise of Tomorrow.

Dr Ian Menter is Professor Emeritus, Department of Education, Oxford University and past President of the British Education Research Association (BERA)   and former President of the Scottish Education Research Association (SERA).

Topic: The Status of Education Reform in the United Kingdom

Ken Mayhew is Emeritus Professor of Education and Economic Performance and Emeritus Fellow of Pembroke College, Oxford.

He is currently a member of the UK Armed Forces Pay Review Body and an Extraordinary Professor at Maastricht University. He was the founding Director of SKOPE, a multi-disciplinary centre on Skills, Knowledge and Organisational Performance, based in the Oxford Department of Education.