10 – 12 November 2026
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Dubai World Trade Centre Sheikh Saeed Halls 1, 2 & 3
Matthew Savage
Director - The Mona Lisa Effect
Architect of The Mona Lisa Effect, and drawing on 25+ years in education and school leadership, Matthew helps international schools worldwide ensure that every single child and young person, without condition or exception, “be seen, be heard, be known and belong”. Exploring ecosystems of wellbeing, inclusion and belonging, through relational lenses of kind, warm, street and slow data, he is on a mission to ensure we measure what really matters in our schools, in the pursuit of equity for all. Matthew is also a board member for two international schools, and a member of the Advisory Board for Parents Alliance for Inclusion. He lives on the Isle of Skye.
Speaker Sessions
Leaders in Education
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The Data in the Shadows
Session Summary:
Matthew reinterprets 'assessment' as 'getting to know each student', and 'data' as all the fragments of their individual stories. In this talk, he will give a brief introduction to what he calls "Antidata", a pioneering new approach to data and assessment which intentionally seeks out the fragments which can so easily fall through the cracks and slip into the shadows. After all, without those often missing fragments, how can we ever hope fully to see, hear and know our students, and to help them to belong?
Panel Session: Leading Wellbeing and Belonging in Schools (in association with BSME)
Session Summary:
As a preview to, and to help inform, the BSME Wellbeing and Belonging Conference on 18 April 2026, Matthew Savage - international educational consultant and Director of The Mona Lisa Effect® - will chair a panel of wellbeing senior leads from across the BSME network, to explore how best we can weave webs, and evolve ecosystems, of wellbeing and belonging in our schools.
