Sanjay Sarma is the Fred Fort Flowers and Daniel Fort Flowers Professor of Mechanical Engineering. From 2012 until 2021, Sanjay led MIT Open Learning, first as director, then as dean, and finally as vice president. MIT Open Learning includes the Office of Digital Learning, the ⁠MIT Integrated Learning Initiative⁠ (MITili), the ⁠Center for Advanced Virtuality⁠, and the ⁠Abdul Latif Jameel World Education Lab⁠ (J-WEL). In 2020 Sanjay published ⁠Grasp: The Science Transforming How We Learn⁠, which he co-authored with Luke Yoquinto.

Julie Stern⁠ has nearly two decades experience facilitating adult learning, and feels lucky to partner with educators to take their practice to the next level. She is passionate about synthesizing the best of education research into practical tools that support educators in breaking free of the industrial model of schooling and moving toward teaching and learning that promotes sustainability, equity, and well-being. She is a four-time best-selling author of ⁠Learning that Transfers⁠, ⁠Visible Learning for Social Studies⁠, The ⁠On-Your-Feet-Guide to Learning Transfer⁠ and ⁠Tools for Teaching Conceptual Understanding, Elementary and Secondary⁠. She is a certified trainer in Visible Learning Plus and Concept-Based Curriculum and Instruction. 

Meredith and Sara taught Design & Technology at ABA Oman International School, with a focus on students learning about and engaging with real word issues and the ethical challenges that arise. From this teaching collaboration they established Harbord & Khan Educational Consultants. Meredith and Sara are curious about what it is to be human from personal, community and global perspectives, and how this impacts student learning. Their unique approach of embedding ethical dilemmas in curriculum encourages deep inquiry about DEIJ and promotes empathy and expansive thinking, while being fun for students.

Lene Rachel Andersen⁠ is an economist, author, futurist, and Bildung activist. After studying business economy, and theology, she wrote entertainment for Danish television before becoming a full-time writer, focusing on technological development, big history, and the future of humanity. Since 2005, Lene has written 20 books and received two Danish democracy awards: Ebbe Kløvedal-Reich Democracy Baton (2007) and Døssing Prisen, the Danish librarians’ democracy prize (2012). Among her books are ⁠The Nordic Secret⁠ (2017), ⁠Metamodernity⁠ (2019), ⁠Bildung⁠ (2020) and ⁠Libertism⁠ (2022) and a publicly available ⁠paper on Bildung commissioned by the Erasmus+ Programme⁠ for the European Union. She is a ⁠full member of the Club of Rome⁠, president of the Copenhagen based bildung lab ⁠Nordic Bildung⁠, and initiator of ⁠Global Bildung Network⁠, Global Bildung Day, and European Bildung Day.

Carlota Perez⁠ is a British-Venezuelan researcher, lecturer and international consultant. She studies the mutual shaping of technical change and society and the lessons provided by the history of technological revolutions for economic growth and development.

In ⁠Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital: The Dynamics of Bubbles and Golden Ages⁠ (Elgar 2002), Carlota put forward her theory of the emergence and diffusion of technological revolutions and of the role of finance in the process. She is currently working on a sequel, ⁠Beyond the Technological Revolution⁠, funded by Anthemis UK, which will analyse the roles that government, business and civil society play in the deployment of the potential of each revolution.

Dr. Jayne-Louise Collins is Co-director and lead designer and researcher at ⁠EdPartnerships International⁠. Her interests include organisational and system learning through a regenerative and ecological paradigm of change.

Jayne-Louise’s work is focused on educational research and building learning capacity in organisations through a partnering approach. She has had extensive experience in partnering with a range of education systems and schools across Australia to build connected leadership capacity, creating the conditions for regenerative change, and in turn flourishing and hopeful cultures of learning.

Glenn Whitman is a History teacher and Executive Director of the ⁠Center for Transformative Teaching and Learning (CTTL)⁠ at ⁠St. Andrew's Episcopal School⁠. Glenn is the co-author of Neuroteach: Brain Science and the Future of Education, the co-designer of ⁠Neuroteach Global⁠ and Neuroteach Global Student and co-editor of ⁠Think Differently and Deeply⁠, the international publication of the CTTL. Glenn earned his MALS from Dartmouth College and a BA from Dickinson College and has shared the work of the CTTL through publications such as Edutopia, ASCD Express and EdSurge and presented around the world at public, private, and international school conferences including: Learning Forward, New Teacher Center, Learning & Brain and SXSWedu.

Dr. Nandini Chatterjee Singh is a cognitive neuroscientist and currently Senior Project Officer at ⁠UNESCO MGIEP (Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development)⁠, in New Delhi, India. UNESCO MGIEP focuses on achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goal 4.7 towards education for building peaceful and sustainable societies across the world by developing programmes that promote social and emotional learning, innovate digital pedagogies and empower the youth. Their mission is to '⁠build kinder brains⁠.'

Dylan Wiliam, PhD, is one of the world's foremost education authorities. With partners Paul Black and Siobhan Leahy, Dylan has developed and helped to successfully implement classroom formative assessment in thousands of schools all over the world, including the United States, Canada, Singapore, Sweden, Australia, and the United Kingdom.

Wiliam is Professor Emeritus of educational assessment at ⁠UCL Institute of Education (IOE)⁠, London, UK and Executive Director of the Learning Sciences International Dylan Wiliam Center. After a first degree in mathematics and physics, Wiliam taught in urban public schools for seven years, during which time he earned further degrees in mathematics and mathematics education.

Ulcca Joshi Hansen⁠ is an author, educational thought leader and social change advocate with a twenty-year career dedicated to shifting the foundational values and approaches that underpin America’s education system. She currently serves as the Chief Program Officer for Grantmakers for Education, a partner organization for education philanthropists as they adapt to the changes impacting our world.

Tyson Yunkaporta is an author, academic, educator, Indigenous thinker, maker, arts critic, researcher and poet. He is a member of the Apalech Clan in far north Queensland and has ties in the south. His born-country is Melbourne and adoptive and community/cultural ties all over, from Western NSW to Perth. Tyson carves traditional tools and weapons and also works as a senior lecturer in Indigenous Knowledges at ⁠Deakin University⁠ in Melbourne.

Gregory Biggs⁠ is the Director of ⁠Fieldwork Education⁠, the organisation that develops a range of International Curriculum for learners aged 2-14 across Early Years, Primary and Middle Years, known by many as the ⁠IEYC⁠, ⁠IPC⁠, and ⁠IMYC⁠. These curricula are learnt and taught in over 1,000 schools and more than 90 countries worldwide. Fieldwork Education provides schools the International Curriculum, accompanied by their professional learning pathway and their accreditation services to schools working with the International Curriculum around the world.

Wendy Kopp is CEO and Co-founder of ⁠Teach For All⁠, a global network of independent organizations working to develop collective leadership to ensure all children have the opportunity to fulfill their potential.

Prior to launching Teach For All in 2007, Wendy founded and led ⁠Teach For America⁠ – which has proven to be an unparalleled source of long-term leadership for expanding opportunity for children in the United States – for 24 years. Wendy led the development of Teach For All to be responsive to the initiative of social entrepreneurs around the world who were determined to adapt this approach in their own countries.

Michele Dal Trozzo is currently in charge of the Montessori department of ⁠GAM Gonzagarredi Montessori⁠.

⁠GAM Gonzagarredi Montessori⁠ is an Italian company based in Gonzaga, Mantua. GAM Gonzagarredi Montessori is well known worldwide for its unique history in the manufacturing and marketing of Montessori materials and furniture. Its origins in the early twentieth century are strongly connected to the presence of Maria Montessori in Gonzaga, as a friend of Maria Maraini Guerrieri Gonzaga, who started one of the first Casa dei Bambini. Nowadays GAM designs, manufactures and markets furniture for nurseries, schools, libraries and cultural centers.

Professor Deborah Eyre is a global educational leader, academic researcher, writer helping good schools become world class through a focus on student performance. Using her 25 years researching into how gifted students think and learn and then creating frameworks to help schools and enrichment providers to enhance provision for these students, she created ⁠High Performance Learning⁠ with the aim of enabling all students to reach that same advanced performance. 

As well as being a widely published author, Deborah's career has included a variety of senior education roles both globally and in UK and she has advised governments and educational foundations in UK, Hong Kong, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, USA and Singapore.

Todd Shy has taught for more than twenty-five years in Cary, North Carolina, San Francisco, California, and New York City. He is currently Head of Upper Division at ⁠Avenues The World School⁠ in New York. His writing has appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, the Raleigh News and Observer, where he was a regular contributor, the Harvard Divinity Bulletin, Salmagundi, and numerous other publications. In 2008 he was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing. His recent book ⁠Teaching Life: Life Lessons for Aspiring (and Inspiring) Teachers⁠ was described by the founder of the ⁠Academy for Teachers⁠ as a “an eloquent love letter to teaching and to life.”

This is the second conversation that I have had with ⁠Prof. Gert Biesta⁠, and it is a special episode reflecting on the current crisis in Ukraine and the wider context of this - that some call the meta-crisis. Our first conversation earlier this year, on World-Centred Education, can be found here: https://anchor.fm/futurelearningdesign/episodes/On-World-Centred-Education---A-Conversation-with-Prof--Gert-Biesta-e1cqcj5. 

Teddy Pahagbia is the founder and Chief Executive Druid of BLVCK PiXEL, a design-led strategy firm that bridges the gap between technology & business, merging the realms of virtual and real worlds. As an expert in emerging technologies like AR/VR, Blockchain, AI and advanced data management, he designs new disruptive experiences based on the way we interact with technology. Teddy has been identified as one of the Top 30 most influential people in the metaverse. Known by many as Mr Metaverse, he is one of the "leading voices helping to evangelize, educate, advise, develop and create the successor to today’s mobile internet."

Bas van den Berg is the educational coordinator of the ⁠Centre of Expertise Mission Zero⁠ at the Hague University of Applied Sciences where he leads large scale educational innovation projects such as ⁠The Challenge⁠, co Regenerative Education - A Conversation with Bas van den Berg ordinates the Mission Impact minor and lectures in courses related to sustainability, circular economy, ethics and regenerative futuring. Bas is also the host of ⁠The Regenerative Education Podcast⁠ (available on all major platforms). Bas was awarded the accolade of Sustainable Higher Educator of the year 2021 in the Netherlands and he is a Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts since 2021.

Enterprise Professor Sandra Milligan is the Director of the Assessment Research Centre at the University of Melbourne. She specialises in research on assessment, recognition, micro-credentialing and warranting of hard-to-assess capabilities and is a lead on the New Metrics for Success: Transforming what we value in schools research project. Sandra is also the Director of the Australian Council for Educational Research. Sandra convened the Melbourne University MOOC targeting professional learning for teachers in the area of assessment and teaching of 21C skills, which has to date enrolled over 30,000 teachers worldwide.