Speaking Events - Almas Qureshi

MENA Conference Speaker

AI in Education.

Helping Educators Lead.

I speak to school leaders and educators across the MENA region on AI in education, the modern classroom, and workforce readiness.

AI & EdTech
The Modern Classroom
Workforce Readiness

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20+

Years in Education

3,500+

Educators Trained

Google
Innovator

VIA26 Cohort

MENA

Region & Beyond

Selected Engagements

The Engagements That Define the Work

Not one-off appearances. Organisations that keep inviting me back — year after year.

7
Years · 2019–2023

EdEx MENA — Informa Connect

The region’s leading education conference — invited back across five appearances, three editions and a full rebrand. Speaker, panelist, and fireside participant covering AI, sustainability, the modern classroom, and workforce readiness.

Speaker
Panelist
Fireside

5
Appearances · 2021–2026

STEM Best Practice Summit & Awards

Five appearances across six years — online and in-person. Panelist, case study speaker, and student judge. Dubai Knowledge Park Auditorium · Online Editions 2021 & 2025.

Panelist
Speaker
Judge

9 February 2023

RWA Business Conference

“Resilience: A Better Future” — how learning from challenges drives personal and professional growth. Raffles World Academy, Dubai.

Panelist

January 2021

Distance Education & E-Learning Summit

“Implementing an Effective Blended Learning Programme.” BII World · Online.

Speaker

2
Organisations · 2022–2023

Judging Panels — iCodeJr & Micro:bit

Panel judge for student coding and innovation competitions across iCodeJr Olympiad and Micro:bit Educational Foundation Hackathon — reinvited across consecutive years.

Judge

Topics

What I Bring to the Stage

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AI & EdTech in Education

Practical, classroom-tested insights on integrating AI tools — moving beyond hype to real implementation that transforms learning.

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The Modern Classroom

Designing engaging, future-relevant learning environments that meet today’s students — across generations and learning styles.

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Workforce Readiness & Industrialisation 4.0

Preparing students and educators for a rapidly shifting economy — bridging classroom practice with industry reality.

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“An engaged classroom is a dynamic ecosystem — driven by purposeful AI, grounded in critical inquiry, and elevated by creative thinking.”

Almas Qureshi

Full Speaking History

Every engagement, every role, every year.

EdEx MENA — Informa Connect

2019

Adapting Technology for Sustainability — Paperless Classrooms (EdTech MENA)

Speaker

2021

Engaged Gen Z Classrooms

Speaker

Oct 2023

Getting the Workforce Ready for Industrialisation 4.0

Speaker

Oct 2023

AI in Education — Navigating Transformation and Potential (Turnitin Fireside Chat)

Fireside

STEM Best Practice Summit & Awards

2021

Panel Discussion — Challenges of Implementing STEM (Online)

Panelist

2023

Panel Discussion — STEM Best Practices in Education

Panelist

2024

Case Study Speaker & Student Judge — Dubai Knowledge Park

Speaker + Judge

2025

Student Judge (Online)

Judge

2026

Student Judge — Mumbai Edition

Judge

Other Engagements

Feb 2023

RWA Business Conference — “Resilience: A Better Future”

Panelist

Jan 2021

Distance Education & E-Learning Summit — “Implementing an Effective Blended Learning Programme”

Speaker

2021

Symbiosis International School — IB PYP 5 Exhibition, Pune, India

Guest Speaker

2022–23

iCodeJr Hackathon — Panel Judge

Judge

2023

Micro:bit Educational Foundation Hackathon — Judging Panel

Judge

Speaking Enquiries

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Available for keynotes, panels, workshops, and fireside sessions — in-person and virtual across MENA and beyond.

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Keynote · Panel · Workshop · Fireside

In-person & virtual · Available across MENA and beyond · Fee on enquiry · Stable internet required for live AI demos

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