Lana Wong | SpeakerHub

Personal Details

Bio

Lana is based in Washington, DC after living abroad for 17 years in London, Nairobi, and Paris. She has wide-ranging work experience as a BBC television presenter, photographer, educator, and creative director of the World Bank’s Connect4Climate initiative. She is a founding member of the diverse women speakers’ bureau Moderate The Panel and currently leads communications for the Education Commission.

Current position (4)

Founding Member

Moderate The Panel

Board Secretary

Shout Mouse Press

Founder

The Shootback Project

Creative Consultant

Guilty By Association (GBA)

Degrees (2)

BA, Visual and Environmental Studies

Harvard University

1987 to 1991

Masters in Photography

Royal College of Art

1991 to 1994

Presentations

Presentations (3)

The Digital Revolution: Fostering Inclusion and Resilient Growth

A flagship event of the 2022 World Bank Spring Meetings, this 90-minute World Bank Live event on the innovative ways countries are using digital technologies featured high-level speakers including Rwandan President Paul Kagame, World Bank President David Malpass, ministers from Mongolia, Morocco, and Spain, and private sector leaders. Moderated by Moderate The Panel's Lana Wong, the event recording has over 176,000 views. Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/live/QQluBMhWLKc?feature=share

Shaping the Future of the STEM Workforce

Lana moderated this Washington Post Live panel with Dr. Beth McQuiston, Medical Director of Abbott’s Diagnostics division, STEMconnector CEO Jo Webber, and Jomi Babatunde-Omoya, an Abbott STEM intern, to discuss how reaching students with high school STEM internship opportunities can help address the STEM talent gap. Watch here: https://wapo.st/3FE2tvt

Playing for the Planet: Digital learning and gaming for climate action

Lana moderated this event at the UN COP27 Climate Change Summit in Egypt at the Earthday.org Climate Education Pavilion with diverse speakers who highlighted the power of play and game-based digital learning platforms for climate education and action. https://www.youtube.com/live/dXs4AWTA5jk?feature=share