Rose Luckin⁠ is Professor of Learner Centred Design at the ⁠UCL Knowledge Lab⁠ in London. Her research involves the design and evaluation of educational technology using theories from the learning sciences and techniques from Artificial Intelligence (AI).

Rose is the Director of ⁠EDUCATE⁠, a London hub for educational technology startups, researchers and educators to work together on the development of evidence-informed Educational Technology, and author of ⁠Machine Learning and Human Intelligence: the future of education in the 21st century⁠ (2018).

Rose Luckin⁠ is Professor of Learner Centred Design at the ⁠UCL Knowledge Lab⁠ in London. Her research involves the design and evaluation of educational technology using theories from the learning sciences and techniques from Artificial Intelligence (AI).

Rose is the Director of ⁠EDUCATE⁠, a London hub for educational technology startups, researchers and educators to work together on the development of evidence-informed Educational Technology, and author of ⁠Machine Learning and Human Intelligence: the future of education in the 21st century⁠ (2018).

Considered one of the founding fathers of Project Based Learning, ⁠Thom Markham⁠ is an educator by trade, a positive psychologist by training, and a global entrepreneur dedicated to expanding educator mindsets in service to a positive future. In 2015, Thom founded ⁠PBL Global⁠, a world-wide partner-based organization offering online courses and onsite professional learning for a transformative strengths-focused model of project based learning that integrates high quality project design, student centered growth, and social emotional wellbeing. Thom has worked with over 400 schools and 6000 teachers in 20 countries.

Sir Anthony Seldon⁠ is a leading authority on contemporary British history and education and former Vice-Chancellor of the ⁠University of Buckingham⁠. He is author or editor of over 40 ⁠books⁠ on contemporary history, politics and education and is the author on, and honorary historical advisor to, Downing Street.

After gaining an MA in Politics, Philosophy and Economics at Worcester College, Oxford, and a PhD at the London School of Economics, Anthony qualified as a teacher at King's College, London, where he was awarded the top PGCE prize in his year.

Yong Zhao⁠ is a Foundation Distinguished Professor in the ⁠School of Education at the University of Kansas⁠ and a professor in Educational Leadership at the ⁠Melbourne Graduate School of Education⁠ in Australia. He previously served as the Presidential Chair, Associate Dean, and Director of the Institute for ⁠Global and Online Education in the College of Education, University of Oregon⁠, where he was also a Professor in the Department of Educational Measurement, Policy, and Leadership. 

Prior to Oregon, Yong Zhao was University Distinguished Professor at the ⁠College of Education, Michigan State University⁠, where he also served as the founding director of the Center for Teaching and Technology, and executive director of both the ⁠Confucius Institute⁠ and the US-China Center for Research on Educational Excellence. 

Gidion Peters is the co-founder of the Dutch training & consultancy company ⁠Organize Agile⁠ specialized in organizational change, agile transformation, business agility and ⁠Agile HR⁠. They serve their clients; wide-ranging and including Fortune 500 retail, finance, pharma, telecommunications and engineering organizations as well as the public sector. Their offices are located in New York and The Netherlands.

Joysy John⁠ is an entrepreneur, digital consultant, advisor and speaker. She is a global connector and a collaborator who makes things happen. She wants to inspire others, especially women and those from low-income backgrounds, to achieve their potential. She mentors startups and high potential leaders.

Until very recently, Joysy was the Director of Education at ⁠Nesta⁠ and led their work in education across innovation programmes, research and investment.

Priya Lakhani OBE⁠ is the Founder CEO of ⁠CENTURY Tech⁠, the award-winning artificial intelligence education technology company. CENTURY is the global leader in AI-powered learning tools for schools and families, working in dozens of countries across the world.

In 2008, Priya left her career as a barrister to launch a successful cooking-sauce business, which through its charitable foundation provided millions of meals and thousands of vaccinations to the underprivileged in India and Africa, and funded several schools.

Chris Menagé⁠ is an interdisciplinary educational leader, consultant, public speaker and the driving force behind ⁠e²⁠.

Chris has over 20 years’ international experience across private enterprise, government administration and education sectors. For the past 15 years, Chris has successfully applied his critical and systems thinking to educational contexts both in Australia & abroad.

Will Richardson⁠ has an international reputation as someone who effectively challenges traditional thinking about schools. A former classroom teacher of 22 years, Will is an author, as well as a blogger, podcaster, leadership coach, and serial entrepreneur. Last year, he co-founded ⁠The BIG Questions Institute⁠ with ⁠Homa Tavangar⁠, which was created to help educators use "fearless inquiry" to make sense of this complex moment and an uncertain future.

Will has spent the last 15 years developing an international reputation as a leading thinker and writer about the intersection of social online learning networks, education, and systemic change.

Will Richardson⁠ has an international reputation as someone who effectively challenges traditional thinking about schools. A former classroom teacher of 22 years, Will is the author of six books, most recently "Freedom to Learn," as well as a blogger, podcaster, leadership coach, and serial entrepreneur. Last year, he co-founded ⁠The BIG Questions Institute⁠ (bigquestions.institute) with ⁠Homa Tavangar⁠. [RE]LEARN Session: ⁠We're Not Disrupted Enough Yet: Why Real Change in Schools Will Take More Than a Pandemic⁠, Monday, November 9 • 20:15 - 20:45 (CEST)

Yong Zhao⁠ is a Foundation Distinguished Professor in the School of Education at the University of Kansas and a professor in Educational Leadership at the Melbourne Graduate School of Education in Australia. He previously served as the Presidential Chair, Associate Dean, and Director of the Institute for Global and Online Education in the College of Education, University of Oregon, where he was also a Professor in the Department of Educational Measurement, Policy, and Leadership. [RE]LEARN Session: ⁠In conversation with Yong Zhao: learning beyond 2020⁠, Thursday, November 12 • 20:15 - 20:45

Bena Kallick⁠ is the co-founder and co-director of the ⁠Institute for Habits of Mind⁠ with ⁠Art Costa⁠ and program director for ⁠Eduplanet21⁠, a company dedicated to online professional learning and curriculum development based on the ⁠Understanding by Design®⁠ framework. She is a consultant providing services to school districts, state departments of education, professional organizations, and public agencies throughout the United States and abroad.

Bena received her doctorate in educational evaluation from Union Graduate School. Her areas of focus include group dynamics, creative and critical thinking, and alternative assessment strategies in the classroom.

Kevin Bartlett⁠ has held leadership positions in the UK, Tanzania, Namibia, Austria and Belgium, where he was the Director of the ⁠International School of Brussels⁠ from 2001-2015. Kevin currently leads the Learning Design Team at ⁠Escuela Internacional Sampedrana⁠ in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, where he is based.

Kevin is Founding Director of the ⁠Common Ground Collaborative (CGC)⁠, which he established with ⁠Gordon Eldridge⁠ in 2014. CGC is a nonprofit, global community of sense-makers, innovators, educators and partners who share a common goal to co-create a compelling alternative to traditional ‘curriculum’ designs: a coherent Learning Ecosystem that connects learning, leading, teaching and assessing into one simple, systemic approach. 

LearnLife's [RE]LEARN festival is coming up on November 9th - you can find out more and register here: https://relearnfestival.com/

⁠Christopher Pommerening⁠ is the Founder and Chief Empowerment Officer of ⁠Learnlife⁠. Christopher is an entrepreneur and learning visionary on a journey in which he has evolved from an ⁠internet entrepreneur and venture capitalist⁠, into a high impact entrepreneur on a mission to change education positively worldwide. Christopher has engaged a global team of more than 100 learning experts and thought leaders to build an open ecosystem for a new lifelong learning paradigm. His impact goal is to empower 100 million learners to experience the new paradigm for learning that is suited to the rapid and evolving changes in our world and societies by 2030.LearnLife's [RE]LEARN festival is coming up on November 9th - you can find out more and register here: https://relearnfestival.com/

⁠Christopher Pommerening⁠ is the Founder and Chief Empowerment Officer of ⁠Learnlife⁠. Christopher is an entrepreneur and learning visionary on a journey in which he has evolved from an ⁠internet entrepreneur and venture capitalist⁠, into a high impact entrepreneur on a mission to change education positively worldwide. Christopher has engaged a global team of more than 100 learning experts and thought leaders to build an open ecosystem for a new lifelong learning paradigm. His impact goal is to empower 100 million learners to experience the new paradigm for learning that is suited to the rapid and evolving changes in our world and societies by 2030.

Dr. Heidi Hayes Jacobs⁠ is an ⁠author⁠ and internationally recognized education leader known for her work in phenomena-based learning, learning structure design, ⁠curriculum mapping⁠ and integration and developing 21st century approaches to teaching and learning.

Heidi is the Founder and President of ⁠Curriculum21⁠, Curriculum Designers, Inc. and Executive Director of the Curriculum Mapping Institute. She works as an education consultant with schools and districts K–12 on issues and practices pertaining to: curriculum reform, instructional strategies and strategic planning.

Peter Mott served as NEASC Director of the Commission on International Education at ⁠New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC)⁠ from 2012 to 2017. During his time at NEASC, Peter challenged international schools with the notion of Transformative Accreditation through the development of the ⁠ACE Learning⁠ accreditation protocol.

Anne Fischer⁠ is a learning leader and innovator turned UX Designer. With two decades of experience in designing and leading for change and adaptability in schools in Germany, France, Switzerland, Dubai and US. Anne is an expert in Design Thinking and Agile methodologies. She is the Assistant Principal and Curriculum Coordinator at ⁠Phorms Campus Berlin Süd⁠.

Anne is also the co-founder of WomenEdDE with ⁠Angeline Aow⁠.

Anne earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of North Carolina, Charlotte and a Master in Science from the London School of Economics.

Leading projects around the world for clients in education and industry, ⁠Ewan McIntosh⁠ is the passionate and energising tour de force behind ⁠NoTosh⁠. 

As the name suggests, NoTosh is a jargon-free but game-changing ⁠strategic consultancy⁠ with a passion for learning and a conviction that innovation and creativity can change the way people think, the way they learn and the way they work

A highly regarded ⁠keynote⁠ speaker at events around the world, Ewan is also the author of ⁠How To Come Up With Great Ideas and Actually Make Them Happen⁠ and regularly writes about learning on his ⁠blog⁠ (and previously ⁠here⁠).

Paul Magnuson attributes his progressive views on education to over twenty years of experience working in summer camps. He's done with command and control models that tend to favor conformity and compliance over self-regulation, whether it be for students or teachers. Paul leads educational research at ⁠Leysin American School⁠ and is a frequent blogger for the international school organizations, ⁠The International Educator⁠ and ⁠ECIS⁠. Opportunities for workshops in innovative teaching and learning can be found at ⁠peakchallenges.ch⁠.

In our conversation, Paul draws on inspiration from ⁠eduScrum⁠, ⁠Agora schools⁠ and we talk about NEASC's ⁠ACE Learning⁠ accreditation protocol.