Keynote speakers 2023

Professor Siân Bayne:
Digital Education Utopia? (based on the Speculative Futures for Higher Education)

Siân Bayne is Professor of Digital Education and Co-Director of Education at the Edinburgh Futures Institute. She directs the Centre for Research in Digital Education. Her research is critical and interdisciplinary, currently focused on higher education utopia and theories of ‘enhancement’. She is one of the authors of The Manifesto for Teaching Online, gives regular keynotes on the future of digital education, publishes widely and has conducted research funded by UKRI, Erasmus+, AdvanceHE and NESTA.
More information about her work is on her web site at: http://sianbayne.net

Dr. Philippa Hardman:
The Risks and Opportunities Presented by Adopting (and not adopting!) AI in HE in Denmark

Dr Philippa Hardman is an affiliate scholar at the University of Cambridge, a learning scientist and creator of DOMS™️ - a groundbreaking evidence-based learning design process. She is a thought leader in the world of learning design with a large and dedicated following on LinkedIn and Substack.
Phil has spent 20+ years researching learning science & how to design the optimal in the flesh, online & hybrid learning experiences. She has designed some of the world's most high-impact learning experiences, including the University of Oxford's first and most successful MOOC. Phil also successfully led the largest learning design project in history while VP of Learning at ed-tech start-up, Aula. More recently, Phil has started to consider the role of AI in learning design and delivery and recently delivered a TEDX Talk on AI and Education and founded an AI-Ed startup.