Introduction and Why NCEE Commissioned the Study

• Anthony Mackay, President and CEO, National Center on Education and the Economy
• Betsy Brown Ruzzi, Vice President, National Center on Education and the Economy

Overview of Findings

• Sharon Lynn Kagan, Editor, The Early Advantage 2

Countries in Focus: Context from Principal Investigators

• Kristiina Kumpulainen, Principal Investigator, Finland
• Eva Landsberg, Co-editor, The Early Advantage 2
• Nirmala Rao, Principal Investigator, Hong Kong
• Kathy Sylva, Principal Investigator, England

Panel I: Comprehensive Services, Finance and Governance

• M. Caridad Araujo, Principal Economist, Inter-American Development Bank
• Kristiina Kumpulainen
• Nirmala Rao
• Linda Smith, Director, Bipartisan Policy Center’s Early Childhood Initiative
• Michael Levine, Chief Knowledge Officer, Sesame Workshop, Moderator

Panel II: Pedagogy and Workforce

• Rebecca Gomez, Program Officer, Heising-Simons Foundation
• Kristiina Kumpulainen
• Kathy Sylva
• Albert Wat, Senior Policy Director, Alliance for Early Success
• Lisa Guernsey, Senior Advisor, Early and Elementary Education Policy, New America, Moderator

Panel III: Data to Drive Improvement

• Jacqueline Jones, President and CEO, Foundation for Child Development
• Nirmala Rao
• Craig Rice, Councilmember, Montgomery County
• Kathy Sylva
• Michael Levine, Moderator

Q&A and Closing Remarks

• Sharon Lynn Kagan
• Anthony Mackay