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Education Investment MENA
Conference: 13 - 14 November 2024
Sheraton Grand DubaiUnited Arab Emirates

Alejtin Berisha
Co-Founder and CEO at UNI- Universum International College
Speaker

Profile

Alejtin Berisha is a serial entrepreneur, educator, and investor; Co-Founder and CEO of UNI- Universum International College, Powered by Arizona State University, Kosovo’s most international and innovative University with over 6,000 students; the Founder of Finnish Schools International, an innovative and disruptive K-12 school network and concept and Founding Partner, Chairman and Investor of Crossplag – AI-powered Originality tool acquired by Inspera. Alejtin also co-founded iziSurvey, an offline and online surveying platform mainly catering to Academia and Kosovo Business Angels Network (KOSBAN), the winner of the most promising Business Angel Network in SEE (WBAF 2014). He taught entrepreneurship, creativity, and innovation in several universities around the world and is the former National Team Leader for Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM).

He produced and starred in ‘The Young Manager’ and “Startups Battle” TV Shows, aired prime-time on National TV. Berisha is a community activist and the Co-Chair of the KOSICT Conference (2016, 2017, 2018) the biggest tech festival in the Balkans with 2,000 participants, and the Founding Curator of Prishtina Hub (2015) at World Economic Forum’s Global Shapers Community. He is a fellow at New York University and a former Executive Board Member at EAIR – the European Higher Education Society. Mr. Berisha studied at the Universities of Bath and Sussex (UK) and South East European University in North Macedonia.

Agenda Sessions

  • Teamwork Makes the Dream Work: Partnering for Success in Education

    15:00