Meet the OEB Speakers

Many years ago, when my father was still alive, he used to tell me to keep my chin up. I came out of the closet and divorced the person I’d loved most in the world for ten years. “Keep your chin up.” I str... Read More

Digital versus analogue, individual versus group learning…. our ability to reconcile opposites not only in education but in our societies as well seems more important than ever. Who better could we ask about t... Read More

If you want to accomplish something important in your life, you should learn to be persistent and patient. The most important things require systematic planning, effort, perseverance, and stick-to-itivenes... Read More

Sina is currently working at AXA Group Operations in Paris as Global Head of People Development & Wellbeing. She leads three teams with a global responsibility for L&D; Talent & Leadership Deve... Read More

Rosemary (Rose) Luckin is Professor of Learner Centred Design at UCL Knowledge Lab. Her research involves the design and evaluation of educational technology using theories from the learning sciences and t... Read More

Jane Bozarth, author and Director of research for The Learning Guild, is a veteran classroom trainer who transitioned to eLearning in the late 1990s and has never looked back. In her previous job as leader... Read More

Opening Plenary Speaker Iyad Rahwan is Director at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development where he founded the Centre for Humans & Machines and Associate Professor at the MIT Media Lab. His wor... Read More

Spotlight Stage Plenary Speaker Julian Stodd, a writer, researcher and Captain at Sea Salt Learning. His work involves working with both communities and organisations around the world to help them ‘get fit... Read More

Keynote Speaker Shirley Alexander is Professor of Learning Technologies at the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) where she is Deputy Vice-Chancellor & Vice President (Education and Students). She... Read More

Plenary Keynote Heléna Bargiel is a highly-engaged professional with a talent for taking innovative projects and teams from concept development on a global and regional level to sustainable business in loc... Read More