Keynote Speakers
GEOFF GREEN
Biography:
Adventurer, social entrepreneur and environmental educator Geoff Green has been leading expeditions from Pole to Pole for the past two decades, and inspiring thousands around the world with his passion for the awe and wonder of Planet Earth. Geoff is the founder of the award-winning program Students on Ice (www.studentsonice.com), an award-winning educational program that has taken over 1,200 students, teachers and scientists from around the world on expeditions to both the Arctic and the Antarctic since 1999. The goal of the pioneering project is to give the world’s youth a heightened understanding and respect for our planet’s global ecosystem, and the inspiration to protect it. In 2006, Geoff founded The Polar Education Foundation to further push the urgent need for conservation, research, environmental ethics, awareness and action. Visit www.geoffgreen.ca for more information.
Topic: Experiential Education & Youth Leadership
Title: Inspiring Generation
Description:
STUDENTS ON ICE is an award-winning organization offering unique educational expeditions to the Antarctic and the Arctic. Our mandate is to provide students, educators and scientists from around the world with inspiring educational opportunities at the ends of the Earth and, in doing so, help them foster a new understanding and respect for the planet. For more information visit www.studentsonice.com
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JESPER KOLL
Biography:
A noted economist, financial analyst, and investor, Jesper Koll is the president and CEO of Tantallon Research Japan KK, a Tokyo-based investment advisory firm he set up in June 2007.
Koll has been researching and investing in Japan since becoming a resident in 1986. Previously, he served as the chief economist of Merrill Lynch Japan for eight years. Before that, he was a Managing Director at the Tiger Fund and before that he was the head of research and Chief Economist for JP Morgan in Tokyo. For the first three years of his Japan experience, he worked as an aide to a Member of Parliament.
Over the past decade, Koll has been consistently ranked as one of the top Japan strategists. His analysis and insights have earned him a spot on several Japanese government advisory committees. He has written two books in Japanese, Towards a New Japanese Golden Age and The End of Heisei Deflation. He is also one of the few non-Japanese members of the Keizai Doyukai, the Japan Association of Corporate Executives.
Jesper has a masters degree from the School of Advanced and International Studies at Johns Hopkins University and was a research fellow at both Tokyo University and Kyoto University. He is a graduate of the Lester B. Pearson College of the Pacific. He is married to Kathy Matsui and their two children have been at ASIJ since pre-K.
Topic: Global Economic Outlook
Title: From Kamikase Capitalism Towards What?
Description: What forces will shape the future global outlook? Was it markets that failed, greedy investors, corrupt corporate leaders, or bad government? Can a future crisis be prevented? Can Asia move from global factory to true global leader? What tools do future leaders need? Where will they come from and who will pay for their education?
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ALAN ATKISSON
Biography:
Alan AtKisson is president of the AtKisson Group, a global sustainability consultancy, and co-president of the International Network of Resource Information Centers, aka "The Balaton Group." He has worked at the leading edge of sustainability innovation and practice since 1988. His firm's clients include global companies, governments, cities, educational institutions, and other organizations committed to sustainability leadership. He has a special passion for helping leaders lead change. His most recent book is "The ISIS Agreement: How sustainability can improve organizational performance and transform the world" (Earthscan, 2008). The AtKisson Group has worked with organizations throughout East Asia, and Alan will draw on case studies and examples, as well as his uniquely engaging presentation style. (Warning: presentations may include music!)
Topic: Global Futures and Sustainability
Title: Big Lessons from a Small Planet: How to put Sustainability and Systems Thinking to Work in your School
Description:
It is a great Race Against Time: global problems are growing exponentially ... but so are global solutions. Schools, as training laboratories for innovation, are positioned at a critical place in the race. International schools in East Asia have a particularly important role to play; as everybody now knows, these students may one day become presidents. And their parents are important actors in their communities.
This keynote will focus on the powerful role that schools, and school leadership, can play in accelerating the transition to a sustainable world, using the "ISIS Method" (Indicators > Systems > Innovation > Strategy). Come prepared to take part in a "participatory keynote," focused on clarifying your vision, inspiring your colleagues, and honing your skills at leading change.
East Asia Regional Council of
Overseas Schools (EARCOS)
Brentville Subdivision, Barangay Mamplasan, Biņan, Laguna,
4024 Philippines
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