Ted is one of world'sleading advocates for education policies that foster creativity, innovation, motivation, and purpose. He knows what skills are valuable in a world of innovation, and how we can transform our schools to prepare kids for their futures. His contributions span...

Educational leadership has always been at the heart and centre of Lauren's professional career. Lauren started her career in Melbourne's western suburbs and quickly rose to leadership positions in educational innovation and middle years pedagogy.  Lauren's pioneering approaches to the...

Join us at EduTECH 2021 and hear the Hon James Merlino's MP, Victorian, Minister for Education vision for education. James was sworn in as Deputy Premier and Minister for Education in 2018 and since that day he has made it his mission to create an inclusive educational experience for all and...

Gönül Serbest is the inaugural Chief Executive Officer of Global Victoria responsible for leading the Government?s global engagement efforts. As part of this role, she manages the State?s international network of 23 trade and investment offices; leads a team that drives economic growth in Victoria...

As Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Senior Vice-President (Education) at Monash University, Professor Susan Elliott leads a dedicated Education portfolio, and is focussed on actively promoting engagement and advocacy in shaping the University?s education agenda. Professor Susan Elliott joined Monash...

2021 is Dr Tim Kitchen?s 30th year as an educator. Following 23 years teaching Primary, Secondary & Higher Education, Tim has been Adobe?s Senior Education Specialist for Asia Pacific for the past 8 years. He regularly liaises with schools & universities focusing on enhancing creativity in...

The Hon. Verity Firth is the Executive Director, Social Justice at UTS and leads the Centre for Social Justice and Inclusion at the University of Technology Sydney.  She is currently spearheading the University?s Social Impact Framework, a first of its kind in the Australian university sector. ...

Cheryl is Australia's leading agitator for rational change in school education. Since her first year of teaching, she has been advocating for alignment in education services to bring families the education they deserve and educators the professional recognition they deserve. She has been...

Doug is Principal of Claremont College, an Anglican co-educational primary school in Randwick, Sydney where he has been the Principal for 13 years. Claremont College is recognised for its educational excellence and innovation. The school?s whole-school learning space transformation and...

Neil Selwyn is a Distinguished Research Professor in the Faculty of Education, Monash University who has worked for the past 25 years researching the integration of digital technology into schools, universities and adult learning. He is recognised as a leading international researcher in the area...

Strong leaders influence student outcomes and help transform lives.  When Principal, Jose Blackley, arrived at Christ the King school, academic data was below State average for NAPLAN and School Improvemet Survey data was also well below the Australian Mean. However,during these last 4 years there...

A director at Hayball, David plays a key role in the practice?s national education and commercial projects, working with state governments and private clients. With a deep understanding of site contexts, education design and communities, he has led multiple award-winning education and civic...

Fiona Young is an architect and researcher in the field of learning environments. She is currently a PhD candidate as part of the Innovative Learning Environments and Teacher Change (ILETC) project, Learning Environments Applied Research Network (LEaRN), University of Melbourne. As Studio Director...

David leads EduGrowth - Australia?s education technology and innovation industry hub. He has decades of experience leading education technology software and services businesses across Asia Pacific. He established and scaled numerous education technology and innovation businesses to exit. The...

Andrew Smith is CEO of Education Services Australia, a not for profit education technology company owned by all Australian education ministers. ESA develops and deploys national education infrastructure, develops digital education resources and provides technology based services to the education...