Speakers

Our high-quality speakers are essential to ensuring our events engage audiences and provide relevant, up-to-date and innovative content for our delegates. If you are an innovator or influencer in your field, or know someone who is, please apply below.

Tom Ezard

Associate Dean of Education, Faculty of Environment and Life Sciences

University of Southampton

Sreethu Sajeev

Deputy Editor for Branded Content

Times Higher Education

Professor Dilshad Sheikh

Provost and Chief Academic Officer

Arden University

Lisa Abrahams

Partnerships Development Lead

Studiosity

Iftikhar Ahmad

Cyber Security Skills Trainer

Cyber Innovation Hub

Elizabeth Anderson

Chief Executive Officer

Digital Poverty Alliance

Simon Banks

Vice Dean Education

King's College London

Mariachiara Barzotto

Associate Professor

University of Bath

Graham Bell

Director of Digital Education

Cranfield University

Andrew Bellamy

Head of Skills and Talent

Cyber Innovation Hub

Tazwar Bin Saleh

Founder

Loop

Danushka Bollegala

Professor, Department of Computer Science

University of Liverpool

Stephen Booth

Director of Infrastructure Planning and Delivery

Coventry University

Seán Bracken

Doctoral Programme Lead, College of Education, Culture and Society

University of Worcester

Donna Brawley

Head of Collaboration Services

University of Strathclyde

David Burden

Independent Consultant

Daden Limited

Gary Burnett

Professor of Digital Creativity

Loughborough University

Adam Butler

Principal Customer Success Manager

Pantheon

Dara Cassidy

Head of Digital Education

Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

Eliza Compton

Deputy Editor, Campus

Times Higher Education

Mary Cornelius

Educational Development and Innovation Manager

University of Suffolk

Austin Earl

Senior Programme Manager for Education and Edtech

techUK

Ilka Ellis

Commercial Learning Design Lead

Cranfield University

Valerie Focke

Lead, Go-to-Market Effort for International Education and Government

OpenAI

Matthew Forshaw

Senior Adviser for Skills, Alan Turing Institute

Reader in Data Science, Newcastle University

Carly Foster

Head of Educational Partnerships

Northumbria University

Kabir Ganguly

Associate Director, UoB Online

University of Birmingham

Patrick Gannon

Director of Assessment Management

Manchester Metropolitan University

Kajal Ghaghada

Senior Research Executive

Times Higher Education

Robin Gibson

Director of External Affairs

Kortext

Basma Hajir

Co-Director, Centre for Comparative and International Research in Education

University of Bristol

Liangxiu Han

Academic Director, Centre for Digital Data Research

Manchester Metropolitan University

Dan Hawes

Co-Founder and Chief Marketing Officer

GRB Group

Abdallah Hisham

Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Momentum Robotics

Will Huggins

Chief Executive Officer

Zoocha

Dan Hughes

Digital Leadership and Culture Programme Lead

Jisc

Tracey Jessup

Chief Transformation and Resources Officer

De Montfort University

Rachael Johnson-Duval

Chief Information Officer

Bath Spa University

Ceri Jones

Director of Research and Enterprise

University of Wolverhampton

Sarah Jones

Pro Vice-Chancellor of Education

Southampton Solent University

Megan Kime

Director of Education Innovation

University of Exeter

Georgina King

Head of Foundation Programmes

University of Greater Manchester

Kate Lindsay

Digital Education and Academic Practice Consultant

Edvance Partners

Sylvan Lutz

Policy Officer, Transition Pathway Initiative Global Climate Transition Centre

London School of Economics and Political Science

Jade Matos Carew

Head of Accessibility, Usability and User Research

Open University

Joel McConnell

Senior Director of Portfolio Management and Growth

Boundless Learning

Claire Middleton

Founder

Wear H₂

Daniel Mitelpunkt

Director, Digital Media Lab

Imperial College London

Adrian Molyneux

Head of Data and Analytics

Keele University

Jo-Anne Murray

Vice-Principal Education

University of Aberdeen

James Muscat-Sharp

Director of Partnerships

Good Things Foundation

Emily Owen

Consultant

Times Higher Education

Nimmi Patel

Associate Director for Policy

techUK

Blessed Pepple

Co-Founder

Setlwork

Chris Porter

Director of Library and Learning Projects

Birmingham Newman University

Jackie Potter

Dean of Academic Innovation

University of Chester

Kyle Poyer

Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Integrevise

Christie Pritchard

Associate Dean Education and Student Experience

University of Plymouth

Miranda Prynne

Editor, Campus

Times Higher Education'

Akash Puranik

Deputy Dean of Research and Knowledge Exchange

Southampton Solent University

Jayne Quoiani

Head of STEM

University of Edinburgh

Simon Rimmington

Director of Foundation Year and Student Engagement and Retention Lead

Keele University

Juliette Rowsell

Reporter, MENA

Times Higher Education

Sophie Rutschmann

Associate Provost Digitally Enhanced Learning and Teaching

Imperial College London

Agata Sadza

Head of Digital Education, Faculty of Medicine

Imperial College London

Amy Sampson

Associate Director, Greenwich Online

University of Greenwich

Omar Shweiki

Director

Friends of Palestinian Universities

Mark Stubbs

Assistant Director of Customer Success

CoSector – University of London

Chris Tagg

Director for Consultancy Services, UK and Europe

Times Higher Education

Katharine Templeton

Head of UK Partnerships

Perlego

James Trueman

Academic Lead for Academic Systems and Assessment

Anglia Ruskin University

Kellie Vincent

Executive Dean, School of Business, Management and Commerce

Ravensbourne University London

Andy Westwood

Policy Director, Productivity Institute

The University of Manchester

Claire Whittingham

Vice-President of Education Services, Europe and MEA

Risepoint

Katie Wilde

Interim Assistant Director (Applications Management)

University of Aberdeen

Mark Wilkinson

Director, DiRAC High-Performance Computing Facility

University of Leicester

Puiyin Wong

Senior Adviser in Digital Pedagogy and Practice

Buckinghamshire New University

Adam Wootton

Deputy Director of Foundation Year

Keele University

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