Thought leadership for the digital age.
The AI era needs educational voices it can trust. In a world of soundbites and sales pitches, I bring clarity and substance. My presentations are grounded in research and drive action on the most urgent challenges facing educators as a global community.
Pictured: 2025 International Conference on Digital Lifelong Learning, co-hosted by the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education & Shanghai Open University, 18 October, Shanghai, China.
Talks that spark change.
Thought-provoking talks, blending clarity, provocation, and expert insights - perfect for conferences, sector-wide summits, innovation forums, or leadership events.
Past engagements include: UNESCO 2025 Conference on Digital Lifelong Learning, ALX Adult Learning Xchange, TechLearn, Learnovate, Eolas AI Forum, London School of Economics and Political Science, University of Cambridge, Contact North, and more (see below for the complete list of talks and titles).
Watch a clip from ALX Adult Learning Xchange on YouTube.
Engaging and informative.
Energetic and engaging conversations, blending in-depth knowledge and expertise with humour and topical insights — perfect for lively conversations and fireside chats with experts.
Image: Fireside chat with Craig Mundie on, Genesis: artificial intelligence, hope and the human spirit (Little Brown and Company, 2024), co-authored with former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and the late Henry Kissinger.
Watch the recording on YouTube.
Focused sessions for navigating change.
I offer focused sessions for leadership teams exploring the strategic implications of AI for their organisation. These are dialogue-driven rather than training workshops, designed to inform institutional decision-making.
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Bespoke talks delivered to your staff or network.
Live thought leadership delivered virtually. These sessions are designed to be clear, accessible and concise. Tailored to your network’s specific needs, ideal for internal learning or external outreach
Format: 30 to 45 minutes plus Q+A
event listing, 2023-2025
Upcoming
7 November, Opening keynote, Strategic Alignment of AI and Higher Education: A Roadmap for Readiness. Artificial Intelligence in Latvian Higher Education: From Implementation to Governance. Community of Practice Inauguration Conference organised by the Latvian Council of Higher Education (AIP), Ministry of Education and Science of Latvia (IZM), OECD and European Commission TSI Project. Art Academy of Latvia, Riga, Latvia.
18 November, Special Lecture, Agentic AI in Education: Possibility, Peril and Practice. Taejae Future Education Forum, Taejae University, Seoul, South Korea.
20 November, Keynote, The New Context: The Pedagogical Imperative in the Shift from AI Tools to Systems. AI for Education Singapore: Learning About, With and Beyond AI. Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
2025
18 October 2025, Plenary speech, Learning for Life with Intelligent Machines. UNESCO Conference on Digital Lifelong Learning, UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning & IITE, Shanghai Open University, China.
23/24 August 2025, Keynote, AI Symposium, Association of Medical Educators Conference, Barcelona International Convention Centre, Spain.
3 July 2025, Moderator, Algorithm & Access: Building Scalable, Ethical Personalised Learning. Open edX Conference, Télécom Paris, France.
2 July 2025, Keynote, Generative Learning for the Age of Experience. Open edX Conference, Télécom Paris, France.
9 June 2025, Keynote, Language learning in intelligent communities. Conference on Languages for Specific Purposes, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
5 June 2025, Keynote, The new hybrid: living, learning and working with intelligent machines. London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) Eden Centre for Educational Enhancement.
25 April 2025, Keynote, Generative AI and Education: creating intelligent communities. Brazilian College of Higher Studies (CBAE), Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil.
3 April 2025, Keynote, Living, learning and working with intelligent machines. London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) & Peking University, Global Approaches to AI.
5 March 2025, Keynote, Generative AI in Higher Education. 4th Open Meeting of the General Council of the University of Aveiro, Portugal.
14 February 2025, Keynote, Generative AI and Education: Digital Pedagogies, Teaching Innovation and Learning Design. Inauguration of the Government of Portugal’s National Council for Pedagogical Innovation in Higher Education (CNIPES), Teatro Thalia, Lisbon, Portugal.
30 January 2025, Co-discussant, Genesis: artificial intelligence, hope, and the human spirit Fireside chat with Craig Mundie. London School of Economics and Political Science, UK
29 January 2025. Webinar, Generative AI: the next normal. Munster Technological University, Ireland.
2024
12 December 2024 – Speaker, Global MOOC and Online Education Conference Opening Ceremony, co-hosted by UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education (IITE), the Global MOOC and Education Alliance (GMA) and Queen Mary University of London, UK.
6 December, 2024 – Opening keynote, AI in Education: the role of alignment. Online event co-hosted by DCU Possibility Studies; Maynooth University; SLATE Centre University of Bergen, Norway.
16-17 October 2024 – Opening keynote, The New Hybrid. Cambridge Generative AI in Education Conference, University of Cambridge, UK.
25 October 2024 – Speaker, Creating AI-enabled models of education. Eolas AI Forum, Dublin, Ireland.
30 October 2024 – Webinar, Generative AI and Education: The New Hybrid. Contact North, Canada.
3 October 2024 – Keynote: Onboarding AI in Education Learnovation 2024 Global Learning Summit, Trinity College Dublin & Learnovate, Dublin, Ireland.
17-19 September 2024 – Opening keynote: Generative Intelligence: Redefining Learning for the Age of AI. TechLearn Conference 2024, USA.
19-21 June 2024 – Panel: AI’s Impact on the Future of Work. Global Internship Conference, London.
20-21 May 2024 – Panel: Making Generative AI Work Well: Tackling Effectiveness, Safety, and Integrity. Generative AI and the Knowledge Economy, LSE Data Science Institute, UK.
19 April 2024 – Keynote, Intelligence Redefined: Teaching and Learning with AI. 13th Annual Conference on Effective Teaching & Learning in Higher Education, American University of Beirut, Lebanon.
20 March 2024 – Keynote, Generative AI and Higher Education. Annual Conference of the Educational Institute of Scotland University Lecturer Association. Glasgow, Scotland.
13 March 2024 – Invited speaker, AI in Teaching: Impact and Opportunities. CRUE meeting on AI for the rectors of Spanish universities, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
18 January 2024 – Opening Keynote, The New Hybrid is AI + Human. Adult Learning Xchange (ALX) 2024. Institute for Adult Learning (IAL) & Singapore University of Social Sciences, Singapore.
2023
21 November 2023 – Keynote, AI in Education: Generative Futures. AI in Education in Northern Ireland, Education Authority (Northern Ireland) & the Innovation Forum, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
7 November 2023 – Panel chair: Professional Development with AI: How Gen AI could revolutionise learning for business success. ODI Summit, Open Data Institute, London.
26 September 2023 – Invited speaker, The era of AI and its impact on higher education. EDULAB CPD Kick-off 2023-24 Maastricht University, The Netherlands.
13 September 2023 – Invited speaker, Generative AI and Digital Learning. Digital Learning Discussions Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland.
12 September 2023 – Keynote, Generative Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Education. National Conference on Generative AI and Education Ulster University, Northern Ireland.
5 September 2023 – Keynote, Designing Education for the Age of AI. Bucks New University, UK.
5 September 2023 – Keynote, Learning Design for the AI Age. Teaching and Learning Conference on AI: Ensuring Responsibility, Equity and Access University of Witwatersrand, South Africa.
7 July 2023 – Keynote, Artificial Intelligence and Assessment. CRUE Digitalización – FOLTE (Online Training and Educational Technologies Congress), La universidad de hoy: una visión integrada de la tecnología y la pedagogía (The university of today: an integrated vision of technology and pedagogy), Francisco de Vitoria University (UVF), Madrid, Spain.
4 May 2023 – Opening Keynote, Riding the tsunami: the six wave. Anthology’s global Digital Teaching Symposium (online).
22 March 2023 – AI panel, DigiED: Horizons conference, University of Lincoln.
22 March 2023 – Invited speaker, AI and the Future of Education City of Wolverhampton College.