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.

Sreethu Sajeev

Deputy Editor for Branded Content

Times Higher Education

Elizabeth Anderson

Chief Executive Officer

Digital Poverty Alliance

Simon Banks

Vice Dean Education

King's College London

Mariachiara Barzotto

Associate Professor

University of Bath

Andrew Bellamy

Head of Skills and Talent

Cyber Innovation Hub

Danushka Bollegala

Professor

University of Liverpool

Seán Bracken

Principal Lecturer and Doctoral Programme Lead, College of Education, Culture and Society

University of Worcester

Donna Brawley

Head of Collaboration Services

University of Strathclyde

Pete Burnap

Director, Cyber Innovation Hub

Cardiff University

Gary Burnett

Professor of Digital Creativity

Loughborough University

Dara Cassidy

Head of Digital Education

Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

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

Patrick Gannon

Director of Assessment Management

Manchester Metropolitan University

Robin Gibson

Director of External Affairs

Kortext

Sebastian Groes

Professor of English Literature

University of Wolverhampton

Basma Hajir

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

University of Bristol

Liangxiu Han

Professor of Computer Science, Academic Director, Centre for Digital Data Research, Faculty Lead for AI, Digital and Cyber-Physical Systems

Manchester Metropolitan University

Dan Hawes

Co-Founder and Chief Marketing Officer

GRB Group

Tracey Jessup

Chief Transformation and Resources Officer

De Montfort University

Rachael Johnson-Duval

Chief Information Officer

Bath Spa University

Sarah Jones

Pro Vice-Chancellor of Education

Southampton Solent University

Timea Kadar

Associate Dean

London College of Contemporary Arts

Megan Kime

Director of Education Innovation

University of Exeter

Louise Lee

Principal Consultant

Times Higher Education

Jade Matos Carew

Head of Accessibility, Usability and User Research

Open University

Daniel Mitelpunkt

Director, Digital Media Lab

Imperial College London

Jo-Anne Murray

Vice-Principal Education

University of Aberdeen

Ashish Nair

Cyber Security Skills Trainer

Cyber Innovation Hub

Chris Porter

Director of Library & Learning Projects

Birmingham Newman University

Jackie Potter

Dean of Academic Innovation

University of Chester

Christie Pritchard

Associate Dean Education and Student Experience

University of Plymouth

Miranda Prynne

Editor, Campus

Times Higher Education'

Jayne Quoiani

Head of STEM

University of Edinburgh

Simon Rimmington

Director of Foundation Year and University Student Engagement and Retention Lead

Keele University

Juliette Rowsell

Reporter

Times Higher Education

Sophie Rutschmann

Associate Provost Digitally Enhanced Learning and Teaching

Imperial College London

Amy Sampson

Associate Director, Greenwich Online

University of Greenwich

Omar Shweiki

Director

Friends of Palestinian Universities

Emma Stone

Director of Evidence and Engagement

Good Things Foundation

Emily Sullivan

Co-Director, Centre for Technomoral Futures

University of Edinburgh

Ann Thanaraj

Associate Professor and Head of Digital and AI Innovations

Teesside University

James Trueman

Academic Lead: Academic Systems and Assessment

Anglia Ruskin University

Andy Westwood

Policy Director, Productivity Institute, and Professor of Public Policy, Government and Business

University of Manchester

Katie Wilde

Interim Assistant Director (Applications Management)

University of Aberdeen

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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