Leadership Conference 2025
32nd FOBISIA LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE
The 32nd Annual FOBISIA Leadership Conference will be held at the Shangri-La Hotel, Kuala Lumpur from 21-23 November 2025, this year’s conference will bring together leaders from across the region. The theme this year will be Inspiring Excellence: Innovation, AI, and Holistic Leadership.
We’re looking forward to the upcoming conference, which promises to bring together inspiring keynote speakers, engaging workshops, valuable networking opportunities, and a dynamic exhibitor showcase - all designed to spark meaningful conversations and strengthen connections across our community.
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Speakers
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Captain Emma Henderson MBE
Founder and CEO of Project Wingman Foundation Ltd.
Kathleen Naglee
Education Futurist, Award-Winning Innovator, and Global School Strategist.
Priya Lakhani OBE
Founder CEO, CENTURY TECH.
Sean Anthony Sherwood
Founder & Director CEO Sean Anthony Health & Wellness
WORKSHOP SPEAKERS
John Jenkinson
Evidence Based Education
Workshop Title:
De-implement Before You Implement? How Leaders Create Space for Staff to Do Their Best Work
Dr. Marc Mesich
The International School of Penang
Workshop Title:
Wellbeing and Safe School Cultures: Getting it Right from the Start
Pauline O’Brien
International School Services
Workshop Title:
Wellbeing and Safe School Cultures: Getting it Right from the Start
Kathryn Hemming
MSB
Workshop Title:
The Middle Matters
Stephen Ford
The ABC International School
Workshop Title:
Thinking Correctly Under Pressure - Crisis Management in Action
Lyn Stanley
British Vietnamese International School HCMC
Workshop Title:
Critical Friends: Sharpening Decisions Through Care and Challenge
Matthew Lambert
British Vietnamese International School HCMC
Workshop Title:
Critical Friends: Sharpening Decisions Through Care and Challenge
Victoria Stringer
The British International School of Kuala Lumpur
Workshop Title:
Changing Behaviours, Shaping Cultures: BSKL's Journey to a Positive Behaviour Policy
Gareth Collier
High Performance Learning
Workshop Title:
High Performance Learning – from the Classroom to the Boardroom
Andy Edmonds
Regent's International School Bangkok
Workshop Title:
Distributed Leadership in Action: Building Trust and Shared Responsibility
Kirsten Prescott
Regent's International School Bangkok
Workshop Title:
Distributed Leadership in Action: Building Trust and Shared Responsibility
Emma Henderson
Regent's International School Bangkok
Workshop Title:
Distributed Leadership in Action: Building Trust and Shared Responsibility
Ben Lutteman
Interactive Schools
Workshop Title:
Lived Purpose: Do Schools Really Live Into Their Mission & Values?
Cindy Adair
Bangkok Patana School
Workshop Title:
Moving Beyond Eco-Clubs; A Whole School Strategy for Sustainability and Climate Change Education
Laura Rigney
Teacher Horizons
Workshop Title:
Future ready schools: An insider's guide to attracting the next generation of educators
Kavi Singh
Teacher Horizons
Workshop Title:
Future ready schools: An insider's guide to attracting the next generation of educators
Toby Bate
British Vietnamese International School HCMC
Workshop Title:
Leading through the Digital Quagmire
Emily Konstantas
The Safeguarding Alliance
Workshop Title:
From Crisis to Confidence: Effective Leadership in Staff Allegation Management
Priya Lakhani OBE
CENTURY Tech
Workshop Title:
The 3Ps: A Foolproof AI Strategy for Your School in 45 Minutes
Paul Charman
FFT Education
Workshop Title:
Data That Tells a Story: Celebrating Value-Added Progress as Well as Performance
Lavaniya Ganeson
Cambridge University Press and Assessment
Workshop Title:
Ancient Wisdom Meets Modern Minds: Learning in the age of AI
Mark Jones
Dulwich College Suzhou
Workshop Title:
Professional Development: An exploration of international school teacher perception and motivation
Kenny Hegarty
OrcaNation
Workshop Title:
Championing Sustainability and Global Citizenship
Kathleen Naglee
Education Futurist, Award-Winning Innovator, and Global School Strategist
Workshop Title:
Wayfinding with Purpose in the AI Age: Navigating AI in K–12 with Ethics, Empathy, and Agency
Rebecca Findlay
Kellett School Hong Kong
Workshop Title:
Leading with Courage: Building Cultures of Accountability and Resilience in a Multigenerational Team
Dr Helen Wright
LSC Education
Workshop Title:
Minimising the uncertainty of leadership appointments: the ethics and practice of psychometric assessments
Paul Lau
HELP International School
Workshop Title:
Future-Ready Curriculum Design
Emma Wheatley
Kinabalu International School
Workshop Title:
From Numbers to Narratives: Using Data to Tell the Story of Learning
Jon Ford
youHQ
Workshop Title:
Strategies to monitor wellbeing and assess impact / or Measuring Wellbeing Impact: Tools and Challenges
