ATTEND ISPN ME
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Step away from day-to-day pressures and focus on high-impact, strategic solutions. Engage with peers tackling similar challenges, gain insights from leaders driving measurable outcomes, and leave with actionable frameworks for AI integration, proven student engagement strategies, and valuable connections for collaboration and resource sharing.
Why should I attend?
The International Schools Partnership Network Middle East (ISPN ME) is a high-impact networking and knowledge-sharing event, uniting 150+ senior education leaders and forward-thinking solution providers to connect, collaborate, and explore innovative strategies shaping the future of learning.
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Our complimentary delegate pass includes:
One-on-one business meetings
Unique networking opportunities
Complimentary breakfast and lunch for all attendees
Main room and breakout room presentations
- Foster regional collaboration: Connect with senior education leaders across the Middle East to exchange best practices, tackle recruitment challenges, and build lasting partnerships that support sector-wide transformation.
- Embrace innovation & EdTech: Explore the latest advancements in education technology, AI, and digital tools that empower schools to elevate learning experiences and operational outcomes.
- Enhance strategic leadership: Gain actionable insights into curriculum reform, KHDA directives, financial sustainability, and inclusion through practical case studies and high-impact speaker sessions.
- Drive real-world implementation: Take away proven strategies and examples that can be directly applied to improve school performance, streamline operations, and support student and teacher wellbeing.
- Lead the future of learning: Engage with visionary leaders and trailblazing institutions to stay ahead of policy, innovation, and pedagogy – ensuring your school remains future-ready.
Key topics
- KHDA update: Receive the latest guidance on KHDA’s evolving inspection framework, strategic priorities, and expectations for school leadership across the region.
- Integration & application of Edtech & AI: Discover how schools are adopting emerging technologies purposefully – with strategies to improve learning outcomes, reduce teacher workload, and ensure ethical, measurable implementation.
- Recruitment & retention: Explore innovative talent acquisition and retention models in response to growing teacher shortages. Learn how to build a strong pipeline and foster a school culture that keeps great staff.
- Student & teacher wellbeing: Identify evidence-based approaches to supporting wellbeing across the school community – from pastoral systems to data tracking and staff mental health frameworks.
- Inclusion – both SEN & for gifted students: Gain practical insights into inclusive education that addresses a wide range of learner needs, with tailored strategies for SEND, gifted, and neurodiverse pupils.
- Early years Arabic KHDA directive: Understand the compliance requirements around Arabic instruction in early years settings, and explore solutions to address the shortage of trained Arabic-speaking educators.
Who will be speaking?
Join your peers in the beautiful setting of the Atlantis Palm Dubai for two days of targeted learning, best practice exchange and meaningful networking. The program has been especially curated with your pain points in mind, providing you with solutions that truly make an impact.
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Matt Lecuyer
Executive Principal and CEO
GEMS Winchester School Dubai -
Alan Willamson
CEO
Taaleem -
Poonam Bhojani
CEO
Innoventures Education -
Sarah Isberg
Principal
Noya School (part of Aldar)
Who’s attending?
ISPN brings together a range of senior leaders from a variety of disciplines and backgrounds, including:
- Chief Executive Officer
- Executive Principal/Principal
- Superintendent
- Vice Principal
- Associate Principal
- Head Teacher
- Head of School
- Deputy Head Teacher
- Assistant Head Teacher
- School Director
- Head of Primary
- Head of Secondary
- Head of Elementary School
- Primary Principal
- Secondary Principal
- Chief Education Officer
- Chief Academic Officer
- Director of Education
- Head of Kindergarten/Head of Infants
- Head of Curriculum
- Head of Arabic and Islamic Education
- Head of Digital
- Director of IT/Head of ICT
- Director of Operations
- Director/Head of Inclusion & Wellbeing
- Corporate Relations Manager
- Communications Director
What you will gain from attending:
- Real-time answers to your challenges: world-class speakers, industry visionaries and innovative technology suppliers will be on hand to give you inspiration and advice you won’t get anywhere else.
- Peer-to-peer knowledge exchange: over 150 senior leaders like you will be in the room ready to share their challenges and how they have overcome them.
- Transformative solutions: meet innovative suppliers ready to revolutionize your student learning outcomes.
- Expand your network meaningfully: forge relationships with senior leaders and build lasting relationships beyond the event.
If you want to make a real difference and play a part in the future of education, you need to be here.
Registration 2026
International Schools Partnership Network
Atlantis, The Palm, Dubai
Atlantis, The Palm, Dubai
Please complete the form below to register for your complimentary delegate pass for ISPN Middle East.
Unfortunately registrations are now closed for the October event, please complete the registration form for your complimentary delegate pass and we will contact you if spaces become available.
Please note that all registrations are subject to approval by our delegate team.
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