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Event information
This hybrid event took place on 24 March 2022 in Eddington, Cambridge.
Join DEFI, the Digital Education Futures Initiative, for this trans-disciplinary event, essential for anyone curious about the future of education and interested in mapping its shape and scope.
Intended to focus the broad, often dispersed, knowledge of the wider Cambridge education eco-system, this one-day event will bring together visionary thinkers and future-focused organisations to inspire and guide a select group of attendees and open up challenge spaces for future shared endeavours.
Online sponsor
Supported by
Cambridge Partnership for Education
Session conveners
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- Prof Rupert Wegerif, DEFI director
- Zubair Junjunia, DEFI entrepreneur-in-residence
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Event agenda
Morning session
09:30-10:00
Arrival and registration for in-person attendees
10:00
Event begins – Introduction from organisers
Livestream begins
#ED2122
Rupert Wegerif
Director, DEFI
Event welcome
Zubair Junjunia
Entrepreneur-in-residence, DEFI
Event host
Julia Citron
Head of EdTech Solutions, Cambridge Univ. Press and Assessment
Event host
10:15
Keynote presenters
Isaiah Wellington-Lynn
Founding Faculty, London Interdisciplinary School
Speaking at 10:15
Emily Shuckburgh
Director, Cambridge Zero
Speaking at 10:35
Avi Warshavsky
CEO, MindCET
Speaking at 11:15
11:35
Panel with the keynote speakers
Carla Aerts
Director of Digital Change, Hodder Education
Panel moderator
12:30
Online programme ends
Lunch for in-person participants
13:40
Challenge partners
Dr Michelle Darlington
Head of Knowledge Transfer
Centre for Climate Engagement
Dr Emily Farnworth
Co-director
Center for Futures Studies, University of Dubai
Dr. Saeed Aldhaheri
Director
Dr. Fawaz Hazza Abu Sitta
Director, Futures Research
16:25
Group presentations
16:50
Closing thoughts
17:00
Event close – open networking continues at Hyatt Centric, opposite the Storey’s Field Centre
More about our presenters
Isaiah Wellington-Lynn
Isaiah is on a mission to tell powerful, impactful, and relatable stories about people, products and problem-solving. Isaiah has created his own interdisciplinary path that has 3 interweaving lanes. He is reading for a DPhil at Oxford, sits on the faculty at a brand new university, the London Interdisciplinary School, and he is an Anthropologist in Residence at TwentyFirstCenturyBrand. He is also a Board Member at Project Access, an international NGO that leverages technology to improve access to education. Isaiah did his undergrad in Anthropology at UCL and Harvard and also studied Psychology, Engineering Science, African-American Studies and Computer Science
Avi Warshavsky
The Unboxing School Movement
- Be acquainted with a global movement that is changing the future of education
- Vision on how Edtech startups can and are enabling the needed changes in practices
- MindCET work to strengthen the value of new tech to education
Emily Shuckburgh
Emily is a climate scientist and mathematician, a Fellow of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership, an Associate Fellow of the Centre for Science and Policy and a Fellow of the British Antarctic Survey. She leads the UKRI Centre for Doctoral Training on the Application of AI to the study of Environmental Risks. A polar expert, she previously led a UK national research programme on the Southern Ocean and its role in climate. In 2016 she was awarded an OBE for services to science and the public communication of science. She is co-author with HRH The Prince of Wales and Tony Juniper of the Ladybird Book on Climate Change.
Dr. Saeed Aldhaheri
Dr. Fawaz Hazza Abu Sitta
About Dr Abu Sitta:
Dr. Abu Sitta is the co-author of Dubai e-Government Excellence Model and has received recognition certificates for his distinguished work in the field of organizational excellence from HH. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, His Royal Highness King Abdullah II.
Dr. Abu Sitta is known for his role in promoting government agility and scenario planning. He has co-authored several studies in the field of foresight and Knowledge Management that have been adopted regionally and globally.
Abu Sitta has achieved his Master of Science in Foresight from University of Houston and a PhD from University of Bath in 1995.
