Koen Timmers

I'm an author, keynote speaker and founder of several global educational projects. I've been in education for 20 years.

Director TAG Inc. [USA] - Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts - Ashoka Fellow - Master of Technology Enhanced Learning, Sheffied-Hallam University [UK]

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The Kakuma Story...
Quality Education for all

Koen started to teach refugees through Skype in 2015. In 2020 he built a school in Kakuma refugee camp in partnership with UNHCR. This was featured in Kief Davidson's - an Academy Award®-nominated director - documentary " Heroes for the Planet "

The project offers free, virtual exchanges between refugees and students from across the world and trains teachers in the camp.

2 Innovation Lab Schools have been built in Tanzania in collaboration with Jane Goodall, allowing students to brainstorm about the UN Sustainable Developement Goals and come up with solutions.

Upcoming keynotes

RewirED - COP 28, Dubai

London

changeNOW, Paris

Climate Action Project
uniting 3.5 million students across the world

Koen launched the Climate Action Project in 2017 uniting 3.5 million students across 152 countries. The project allows students to brainstorm, discuss, find solutions and share findings online. The project is supported by HH Dalai Lama, Jane Goodall and Princess Esmeralda. It is supported by WWF, NASA, UN Environment Programme and ministries of education across 16 countries.

The project is concluded by Climate Action Day, a yearly online event with HRH Prince William, David Attenborough, President Santos, Vanessa Nakate, Tony Hawk, activists and climate experts.

The project is now part of Take Action Global Inc. (TAG) of which Koen is co-founder. TAG is accredited by the United Nations.

Keynotes

Beijing

OCT 19| Global Goals in Education

European Parliament

JAN 19| Innovation in Education

Edcrunch Moscow

OCT 18| Global educational projects

Meesterlijk Lesgeven, Utrecht

NOV 18| Making learning fun and global

GESF Dubai

MAR 18| Masterclass

NNSTOY Washington

JUL 17| Making learning global

European Commission

JUN 18| Technology Enhanced Learning

EduNext Brussels

FEB 19| Paperless Classroom

Debate Dubai

MAR 18| Is Google making us stupid?

Microsoft Brussels

NOV 18| Digital Transformation in Education

QUDWA Abu Dhabi

OCT 17| Social media in Education

Keynotes and Debates

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Koen has been speaking at several conferences across 4 continents including Moscow, Washington DC, Beijing, Dubai, Toronto, London and the European Parliament. He was announced as one of the best teachers around the world by Bill Gates. Koen launched several global projects involving 2,500,000 students and built schools in an African refugee camp.

Thanks to having brief meetings with public figures like Al Gore, Jane Goodall, Charlize Theron, the King and Queen of Belgium, Tony Blair, Julia Gillard, President Bio, Deputy Prime Minister Alexander De Croo, Irina Bokova, Andreas Schleicher, president Santos, Lewis Hamilton, Koen was able to ship educational resources and find support for his global educational projects.