Opening Ceremony

• Opening Speech: Mahmut M. Özdil, President of Turkish Maarif Foundation
• Guest of Honour: Her Excellency Latifa al-Droubi, First Lady of the Syrian Arab Republic
• Guest of Honour: Her Excellency Emine Erdoğan, First Lady of the Republic of Türkiye

Lunch Break

High Level Ministerial Meeting

• President of Turkish Maarif Foundation Mahmut M. Özdil Moderatör
• Minister of National Education and Vocational Training, Djbouti Latifa al-Droubi
• Secretary General, the Ministry of National Education of Senegal Khady Diop Mbodji
• Secretary General, the Ministry of National Education of Mali, Boubacar Dembele

Keynote Speech

• Dr., Ambassador Mehmet Güllüoğlu

Coffee Break

Revealing the Known in the Mirror of Education

• Prof. Dr., Rector of Boğaziçi University Mehmet Naci İnci Moderator
• PhD, Chairman of the Board of Directors, NUN Education and Culture Foundation Esra Albayrak
• Prof., Rector of National University of La Plata Martín Aníbal López Armengol
• Prof., Lecturer and Researcher, Faculty of Law, Lomé University Akodah Ayewouadan

Beyond the Curriculum: The Art of Humanity

• PhD, Head of the R&D, Project, and Monitoring Department of the Strategy Development Directorate at the Turkish Ministry of National Education Ayhan Öztürk Moderator
• PhD, Regional Education Adviser for UNICEF Europe and Central Asia Office Maida Pasic
• Professor of Economics & President, University of Félix Houphouët-Boigny Zié Ballo
• PhD, Board Member, Hamilik Okulu Foundation Ruşen Ahmet Albayrak

Coffee Break

From Schools to Society: The Collaboration Ecosystem

• Assoc. Prof., Chair of the Department of History, Ibn Haldun University Günhan Börekçi Moderatör
• UNICEF Representative to Türkiye Paolo Marchi
• Dialagoun Island School Coordinator, Teacher Marie Garnier
• Prof. Dr., Rector of National University of San Marcos Jeri Gloria Ramón Ruffner de Vega

Lunch Break 

Education Talks

• Prof. Dr., Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts (MANU), Skopje Numan Aruç

A Call from Youth to Tomorrow: From Idea to Action

• Author & Founder of INK Publishing Jenny Molendyk Divleli Moderator
• Türkiye’s Head Delegate to the Y20 2025 Mehmet Hasan Yacı
• Journalist; Human and Women’s Rights Activist Sümeyye Sena Polat
• Medical Student & Researcher, Bezm-i Âlem University Elif Leyal Uğraş

Award Ceremony

Closing Speech

• Assoc. Prof., Head of Istanbul Education Summit Organizing Committee Zeynep Arkan