KPMG Future Ready: AI, Education & Opportunity
In ‘Future Ready: AI, Education & Opportunity’, KPMG International and UNESCO host a conversation exploring their new research on investment in AI and digital skills in education, including what is known about its potential impact on learning, employment, and wider society.
Bringing together perspectives from education, business, technology and youth, this session will examine the opportunities and risks shaping the future of learning and work, and what needs to happen now to turn research findings into action.
Speakers
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Samantha GloedeGlobal Head of Risk Services and Global Trusted AI LeaderSamantha Gloede
Global Head of Risk Services and Global Trusted AI Leader
Samantha Gloede is the Global Head of Risk Services, based in New York. Samantha leads KPMG’s global portfolio of AI-enabled solutions which help clients transform their business model and operations around risk and regulatory change, enabling them to build resilience and trust, innovate and grow responsibly, and create enterprise value. Samantha also serves as the Trusted AI Leader for KPMG International and is at the forefront of KPMG's initiatives to develop and deploy AI solutions that not only drive business efficiency but also uphold the highest standards of trust, ethics and responsibility as defined by KPMG’s Trusted AI Framework. Samantha has over 25 years of experience with KPMG’s Technology Risk Management and Risk Services practice, serving clients in the US, Europe, and Asia Pacific. Samantha is an active and passionate philanthropist, currently serving on the Advisory Board for Animal Haven in New York. She is an alumni member of WOMEN in America, an organization empowering women to achieve positions of influence in business. She is a 15-time marathoner, having run in New York, Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia, Paris, Berlin and Rome.
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Roisin MurphyGlobal Head of SustainabilityRoisin Murphy
Global Head of Sustainability
Roisin Murphy is the Head of Global Sustainability at KPMG International, leading Our Impact Plan and the delivery of KPMG's sustainability commitments across the KPMG global organisation. She is a senior sustainability and social impact expert, and a Fellow of the Institute of Corporate Responsibility, who is passionate about the opportunity business has to collaborate in tackling social and environmental challenges both locally and globally. In her role, Roisin works with leaders across the KPMG global organisation to embed sustainability into business strategy, operations and decision-making, helping to drive progress on climate action, social impact and responsible business practices. She also leads engagement with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders, recognising the importance of convening and collaborating to maximise impact. With extensive experience spanning sustainability, corporate responsibility, governance and stakeholder engagement, Roisin has advised senior leaders on how organisations can create long-term value while responding to evolving societal and environmental expectations. Beyond her role at KPMG International, Roisin is Vice Chair, Trustee of The Passage Charity, one of the UK's leading homelessness charities in London. In this capacity, she supports the charity's governance and strategic direction, bringing her experience to help advance its important mission to end homelessness.
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Peter WellsHead of Education for Southern AfricaPeter Wells
Head of Education for Southern Africa
Since 2022, Peter has been Head of Education for Southern Africa at the UNESCO Regional Office in Harare where he overseas the Priority Africa education work in education for sustainable development, teacher education, TVET and higher education across nine countries. Prior to this, Dr Wells was Chief of Global Higher Education at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris. In this role he led UNESCO’s priority areas of work on quality higher education with an emphasis on widening access, quality enhancement and academic mobility, the latter reinforced by the Global Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications concerning Higher Education adopted in 2019. In this capacity Peter also drafted the text of the Addis Convention for Africa, the Buenos Aires Convention for Latin America and the Caribbean, and the revised Convention for the Arab States – each of which has quality assurance and university cooperation in teaching and research as a foundation. In May 2022, Dr Wells and his HE Team organized the 3rd UNESCO World Conference on Higher Education - a key landmark event which set the roadmap agenda for higher education and the 2030 SDG Agenda for all members states of UNESCO. Peter is author of policy papers, articles, and monographs on the topics of education reforms, quality assurance, internationalization, digital transformation, university rankings, and equity and inclusion in national HE systems. Originally from the UK, Peter has taught at the HE and TVET levels in the USA, Poland, the United Arab Emirates, and Romania. He holds a Master’s degree in International Relations and a Doctorate in Quality Enhancement of Higher Tertiary Education.
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Luqmaan EssackData & AI Capability Lead
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Asiphile Thandeka MagaqaYouth Ambassador