2021 SPEAKERS

Learn from other leaders, administrators and teachers in the language learning and edtech industries. Be part of the revolution!

Becky Douglas

Founder and Director of
Rising Star Outreach

Dr. Jacob Burdis

Cofounder and Chief Strategy Officer at Emmersion

Virginia Liu

Senior VP of Marketing and Ecosystems at Agora

Dr. Bill Daggett

Founder at the International Center for Leadership in Education

Frédéric Borne Sogno

General Manager for Spain at Trinity College London

Deborah Quazzo

Managing Partner at GSV Ventures

James Kim

Edtech Investor at
Reach Capital

Dani Moraga

Customer Success Manager at Hallo

Lance Huang

Education Lead
at Agora

Venice Irving

Chief Executive Officer of Happy Teachers

Jean-Marc Alberola

Founder and President of Bridge Education Group

Vidia Hawaria

Regulatory Affairs Coordinator at Rohto Laboratories Indonesia

Laura Lewin

Internationally-recognized speaker, author, and consultant

Jeramy Lund

Managing Director, Impact Investing – Sorenson Impact

Gabby Torregiani

Founder and Director TCLS, Bridge TEFL Trainer Consultant

Derrin Hill

Founder and CEO of Business Incubator RevRoad

Leah Donelson

Bridge TEFL Tutor and Freelance Curriculum Developer

Jay Veal

Founder & CEO at INC Education and Black Tutors of Social Media

Elianna Kantar

EL Teacher at Farrington High School

Norman Sales

ELA Department Head at Farrington HS, Literacy Coach

Brigham Tomco

CEO and Cofounder of Emmersion, Chairman and CEO of Zylun Global

Mariana Makoon-Singh

English Linguist, Ph.D. Candidate Applied Socio-Linguistics

Manuel Rojas Mata

National Coordinator of the Alliance for Bilingualism, Costa Rica

Vesela Koeva

Certified EFL Instructor at Bridge in Santiago de Chile

Krzl Nunes

Online English Teacher and Blog Content Writer

Daniel Falabella

Director of Product at Duolingo, Former Founder at Unbird

Dr. Sandra Hemphill

ELD Specialist for Harrisburg School District

Dr. Rashid Al Maamari

English Curriculum Consultant at Sultan Qaboos University

Miles Iton

Founder and Program Director at Lo-Fi Language Learning

Ashley Whitesides

Partnerships Manager at Hallo, Director of the Language Summit

Donovan Brown

Content Manager at Lo-Fi, Digital Marketer

Terry McLean

IDELT Instructor at Bridge Education Group

Jim Warford

Program Director at the Peter R. Marsh Foundation

Robert Zappa

Senior Admissions Advisor at International TEFL Academy

Dr. Lou Tolosa-Casadont

World Language Program Coordinator, University of Georgia

Dr. Jeb Hurley

Co-Founder and CEO of Xmetryx and Brainware Founding Partner

Pedro Góes

CEO at InEvent and Y Combinator Founder

Dr. Kathleen Schnier

Former Vice Provost of University of
Phoenix

Joon Beh

Cofounder and CEO at Hallo, Former Consultant at Deloitte

Sarah Kalert

Director of Studies at International TEFL Academy

Michael Romrell

Cofounder and President at Literal, Serial Tech Entrepreneur

Peter Thomas

Cofounder and CEO at Nomad Technology Labs, Creator of Synaps

Nicholas Jenkins

CEO and Founder at Language Confidence

Dr. Dallin D. Oaks

Linguistics Professor at Brigham Young University

Mohammed Slivany

Security Supervisor, Interpreter, and Translator at the British Army

Dr. Tonya Tripp

Executive Director of Curriculum at Alegra Learning

Carter Durham

Chief Creative Officer and Head of Product at Alegra Learning

Noah Eyre

Cofounder and CEO of Alegra Learning

Dr. Theresa Antes

Associate Professor of French & Linguistics at University of Florida

Benjamin Dent

Cofounder and COO at Hallo, Cofounder of the Language Summit

Ben Quazzo

Investor at
Accel

Judson Hart

Director of Language Assessment at Emmersion

Sophie Manzanares

Marketing Specialist
at Hallo

Dean Packard

Lead Software Engineer
at Hallo

Shawn Chattin

Head English Coach at Project Beisbol

Andrew Hale

Software Engineer at Hallo, Polyglot

Karol Villalobos Ovares

EL Preschool Teacher,
Costa Rica

Josue Montero

CEO of EduTech de
Centro America

Eileen Calub

EFL Instructor at Lo-Fi Language Learning

Naimul Chowdhury

EFL Instructor at Lo-Fi Language Learning