Richard is an internationally recognized leader in technology and learning. He serves as CEO of the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), a nonprofit supporting education leaders in 127 countries. Prior to joining ISTE, he was appointed by President Obama to lead the US...

Stephen's "eyes on the horizon, feet on the ground" approach, coupled with a vast portfolio of effective large scale projects over three decades, have established him internationally as a widely and fondly recognized leader in the fields of learning, new media and technology. A school ...

Jo is a senior lecturer at UNE after completing her PhD exploring children’s use of technologies in imaginative play. Her research focus includes play and technologies, and more recently, technologies in nature. After over 20 years’ experience as a practitioner, she aims to ensure her research is...

Sven Bluemmel was appointed as the inaugural Victorian Information Commissioner in September 2017.   He previously served as Western Australian Information Commissioner and has held senior positions in the Western Australian and Commonwealth public sectors.  Mr Bluemmel previously practised law in...

Leigh is CIO at Brisbane Catholic Education, overseeing all digital, information and IT infrastructure for 146 schools and 9 offices. She is an experienced executive Leader but did start her career as an IT teacher, and since held positions as CEO, Executive Director, Director, Assistant Director...

For more than twenty years, Geoff Masters AO has provided educational leadership through his role as Chief Executive and member of the board of the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER); his research publications and speaking engagements; and reviews for school systems and...

Meaghan Dwyer is a Partner at John Wardle Architects. She has led the design of award-winning schools, universities, and vocational training facilities across Australia. The way we design schools and universities has been transformed by recent shifts in our understanding of how students learn. We...

Richard, author of the number one bestsellers, "Change" and "Simple Thinking", offers a ground-breaking look into how the world is dealing with the challenge of unleashing human potential and embracing and leading change in the most uncertain of times. A former globally renowned ...

Jackie grew up in England and as a child wanted to be a teacher. She was always fascinated by cars and became one of England’s top female rally drivers, driving Fiat’s for a large distributor in SE England.Jackie has been teaching primary age students for over 40 years in England, Solomon Islands...

Tim Bell is a professor in the Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering at the University of Canterbury, Aotearoa (New Zealand). His main research interest is computer science education. His “Computer Science Unplugged” project, which introduces students and teachers to computer...

A property professional with a passion for sustainability, Davina has led the Green Building Council of Australia since 2019. As a qualified engineer, Davina worked on large-scale construction projects in Sydney and London, and spent nearly a year building an award-winning school in the...

Peter is the Curriculum Director of the University of Queensland Critical Thinking Project and a Senior Lecturer in Philosophy and Critical Thinking at UQ. He is a  Fellow of the Rationalist Society of Australia and a Senior Research Fellow, at the  Centre for Critical and Creative...

Nishan Mills is the Lead Technology Architect at the Research Centre for Data Analytics and Cognition at La Trobe University, Australia. He is a data scientist, researcher (Artificial Intelligence), educator, technologist, software practitioner and entrepreneur with more than 15 years of experience ...

Louise is a sports dietitian with 40 years of experience in the education and counselling of elite athletes.  She worked at the Australian Institute of Sport for thirty years, first as Head of Sports Nutrition and then as Chief of Nutrition Strategy.  She was the team dietitian for the Australian...

Stuart Hildyard is a thoughtful senior IT Leader who takes pride in building high performing team culture to deliver digital transformation programs that benefit strategic goals. Stuart has strength with leading change and new ways of working in a complex operating environment and uses his broad IT ...

Georgina is the founder of Blix Architecture, a design studio working with clients like Ravenswood School for Girls. As a passionate designer, Georgina has been developing practical ways wellbeing research can be applied to the design and masterplanning of schools. This design studio focuses on how ...

Ajay is a technology director & people leader with expertise in technology architecture, engineering, systems integrations, DevOps and SRE, and currently focuses on cloud transformations, cloud enablement (hybrid, multi-cloud) and complex IT operating models. He currently leads enterprise...

Annabel leads an innovative and dedicated team to create, curate and deliver media content for use in the classroom and at home. An advocate for media literacy, Annabel was the Executive producer on ABC Education’s media literacy content and strategy. She is currently Chair of the Australian Media...

Warren has over two decades experience as an educator in predominantly the Catholic andIndependent Sectors, with a short foray into the Government sector. With a strong focus onWellbeing and Leadership development Warren’s expertise has been sought by educationalleaders and the broader education...

Andrew is currently the Instructional Engineer at Tec-NQ, a school / RTO for Y11 and 12 students looking to achieve a trade apprenticeship in Electrical, Engineering, Construction, Hospitality, Health or Automotive. His role is to provide support to trainers and teachers who want to use technology...

Catherine is the Deputy CEO, Assessment at the Australian Council for Educational Research, and has over 20 years of experience in education and assessment, in a variety of research and operational roles. At ACER since 2019, Catherine oversees ACER’s work in assessment...

Lisel Thomas is an urban planner with more than two decades of experience working for both local Councils and State Government. She has particular expertise in planning and delivery of community infrastructure. Lisel currently works for the Department of Education and Training where she is...

Kim is the Curriculum specialist, Technologies at ACARA. She was a key member of the Digital Technologies in focus project, from 2017-2021, supporting schools across NSW to implement the Digital Tecchnologies curriculum from an action research perspective. Previously, Kim has held a position of...

Rachel has worked across primary, secondary and tertiary education in Australia. She was awarded her Phd from the ANU in 2003 and has published extensively on Australian literature. She is currently a senior lecturer in education at the University of Canberra, teaching multimodal and new literacies ...

Mathieu is Associate Professor of Communication at the University of Canberra’s News & Media Research Centre, where he leads the Critical Conversations Lab, and Honorary Associate Professor of Sociology at the Australian National University, where he contributed to the founding of the Virtual...

Bridget Forster is Head of Kerferd Library at Mentone Girls’ Grammar.  In 2020 she won the School Library Association of Victoria’s Innovators Award for her work developing an Independent Research Inquiry Project for Gifted Students.  Bridget has previously held the positions of Head of English and ...

After studying law and education at university, Mark Butlin taught Legal Studies in secondary schools for almost a quarter of a century. This helped to generate his interest in education law. He worked his way up to Head of Secondary in a number of schools and finally to principal of a large...

Christine is the Academic Director Undergraduate Programs in the UNSW Business School. Her key responsibilities are the strategic leadership, development and management of all undergraduate programs. Most recently, she has led an extensive redesign of the Bachelor of Commerce, introducing a...

Jocelyn is a Sydney-based registered psychologist with a special interest in the psychology of technologyand staying human in a digital age.Jocelyn has 16 years’ experience in public education both as a teacher of high school social sciences andas a School Counsellor/psychologist. Her 2009...

Dan is an Apple Distinguished Educator, Microsoft Innovative Educator and has had experience leading innovation and learning in large scale independent schools.With over 20 years’ experience as a classroom teacher and technology leader, Dan has worked in a variety of education environments and...

Professor Hugh Possingham https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Possingham became Queensland Chief Scientist in September 2020. He is a conservation scientist and mathematician who has held positions in the university, public and not-for profit sectors. He completed his PhD at Oxford University in...

Alice is a Westpac Research Fellow at the School of Chemistry, University of Sydney where she leads the Science Communication, Outreach, Participation and Education (SCOPE) Research Group. Finding ways to connect people with science and to make research more accessible is the overarching theme of...

Drew has worked in education since 2014 starting his career in Abergowrie, a small Indigenous school, where he was exposed to a very different way of learning and culture. He returned to Brisbane in 2015 and began my teaching career at Marsden SHS. He has seen the school grow from 1800 students to...

Fresh off her win as the L&D professional of the Year, 2021, (from the Australian Institute of Training and Development) and the Gold Stevie Award winner for Female Entrepreneur of the Year, 2021, Anneli’s passion for decoding people and performance dynamics make her a sought-after...

Barbara is the Executive Director of Play Australia. She has led the organisation since 1998 following employment in the Education and Local Government sectors in Victoria.  She has enjoyed significant leadership experience in the public sector, experience in working in partnership with the...

Allan started his career as a Secondary Mathematics teacher in Scotland. As a celebrated teacher in Scotland, he held various leadership positions in schools and was Scottish Teacher of the Year Runner Up. After moving to Australia, Allan quickly proved himself as a teacher of merit holding...

MJ Raatz would describe himself as a fun, innovative and a Life-Long-Learner. He commenced his teaching in 2000 with a very special project at Ipswich State High School. Since then he has been a leading advocate for Adobe as an Adobe Education Leader, and invested a lot of time helping and support...

A career spanning over fifteen years in the education sector with experience centring in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia.  A highly motivated, enthusiastic and dedicated leader with a firm commitment to exemplary pedagogical practices, capacity building of staff and enabling a culture of...

Selena is a data storyteller who is passionate about helping schools sort through the ‘numbers’ to tell the real stories and lead positive change. She fiercely advocates for a world in which we are all data-informed, not data-driven; yet she realises that this isn’t a skill set that we all have or...

Michelle is Registrar and Director Student Administration and Library Services at Swinburne University of Technology. Michelle has over 31 years of sector experience including 9 years at Swinburne where she has responsibility for the University Libraries as well as Student Administration for all...

Steven Kolber is a proud Public-school teacher who has been teaching English, History and English as an additional language for 11 years. He has recently been named a top 50 finalists in the Varkey Foundation’s Global Teacher Prize. He is passionate about teacher collaboration which he supports...

Dr Pamela Humphreys has worked in international education for over 30 years in Europe, Asia and Australia. Currently the Director at Macquarie University College, she has oversight of English language programs, Foundation, Diploma, Undergraduate Certificates, and a suite of online test preparation...

Jonathon is the Coordinator of Innovation at Loreto Kirribilli, an independent girl’s school in Sydney. His role transcends across the interface between teaching and learning and infrastructure. With a background in software design and a deep knowledge of creating experiences for students and...

Mary Jeavons is a landscape architect and the founding director of Jeavons Landscape Architects  - specialists in school grounds, early childhood centres, public parks and play spaces, as well as therapeutic settings such as sensory gardens. Jeavons’ work in  schools includes working with large...

Lucy is Director, Education Measurement and Statistics in the Centre for Education Statistics and Evaluation at the NSW Department of Education. In addition to overseeing the collection and reporting of essential education data, Lucy leads complex research and statistical projects. She has a...

Brenton Harty holds the position of Director of ICT and Privacy Officer at Presbyterian Ladies’ College Melbourne.He has a special interest in pursuing world’s best practice for ICT in education through the use of Knowledge Management, Strategic Planning, Governance, Risk, Change, Project and IT...

Diana, a Senior Associate at Architectus, is a highly experienced interior designer with projects spanning the education, commercial, workplace, retail and hospitality sectors. She excels in stakeholder engagement, including brief development, and consistently delivers successful, spatially...

Martin is the Content Manager of the Digital Technologies Hub, an Australian portal and repository of teaching and learning resources for the Digital Technologies learning area. He leads the development of the AI supporting resources. As well as writing many of the primary AI lesson plans, Martin...

“Listening is at the core of my approach – I thrive on forming blended teams with my clients and collaborating across disciplines within the office. Every project should reflect the distinctive culture and identity of a client and place and feel like it belongs.”An experienced architect and urban...

Kevin is currently Principal of Immanuel College at Novar Gardens.Kevin established the internationally acclaimed Technology School of the Future. He has held senior executive positions in education in WA, NSW and SA.He has served for many years on key national technology committees and has...

Kim has traversed many roles in forty-odd years since he left school. Studying in a range of disciplines across the arts and sciences, and working in many areas including theatre, circus and media before settling into education where his combined experience seemed to find a home. Formerly an...

Yenni is a practice-driven researcher specialising in Digital Resilience. In her research, Yenni works with colleagues from various disciplines, industry practitioners and communities around the world to understand and build digital resilience to major technological, organisational and societal...

Patrick Winter is the Head of Technology and Innovation at Xavier College, one of Australia’s leading boys’ day and boarding schools, a position he has held for the past two years.Since joining the College, Patrick has focused on aligning technology platforms and investment with a future vision...

Diksha is an architect by training and holds a Masters in Sustainable Design Science from the University of Sydney. She has been a Sustainability Consultant, in a multi-disciplinary building services consultancy for over 10 years and has been involved in a wide range of high-profile award-winning...

Melissa started her career as a Research Scientist studying breast and prostate cancer at The University of Adelaide and SA Pathology. She moved into the school system and is now the Science and STEM Coordinator at Gleeson College. In 2021 Melissa and her colleague, Jason Puttnins, co-hosted a...

Jason is an enthusiastic and avid learner, user and teacher of technology. A Primary and Middle School teacher for over 10 years, Jason has previously been a Digital Technologies Leader at St Gabriel’s School and is currently the Science Learning Area Leader at Gleeson College. Working closely with ...