The world of technology is moving at a staggering pace. By this time next year, the AI tools we see today will already be considered antiquated. For many of us, this tidal wave of change can feel daunting, but understanding its potential is the first step toward preparing our students for the future.

Dan Fitzpatrick, educational strategist and author of The AI Classroom, offers a keynote session designed to help us navigate this transition with confidence. Dan works with educators globally to demystify artificial intelligence, ensuring we can build a better education system together.

This session is about more than just technology; it’s about how AI can support the human side of teaching.

What we will explore:

• A Shift in Focus: Learn how AI can handle the "doing", so that you have more space for the "thinking".
• Navigating Disruption: Identify the specific ways AI will change the education system and what that means for our roles.
• Input vs. Output: Understand why the quality of what you put into an AI tool directly dictates the quality of what you get out of it.
• The Road Ahead: Take a look at more advanced AI developments and their practical implications for our schools.
  
  

Dan Fitzpatrick is a leading voice in how education systems respond to Artificial Intelligence. Long before it became a global priority, he recognised its scale and urgency for schools and national systems and helped leaders move from uncertainty to confident, ethical action.

He has advised governments, parliamentary bodies, regulators, awarding organisations, and education charities, shaping national guidance in the UK, Dubai, and Kazakhstan while consistently prioritising public interest, learner safety, and long term capability. Alongside this policy work, Dan supports education leaders worldwide to embed sustainable Artificial Intelligence strategies across governance, curriculum, assessment, and workforce development.

Through bestselling books, weekly writing for Forbes, international keynote speaking, major media contributions including CNN, Sky News, BBC, and ITV, and initiatives such as the Edufuturists Awards and the Century Changemakers Student Awards, Dan ensures innovation reaches classrooms and communities as well as policy rooms