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Studiosity

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CEO

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Higher Education Policy Institute

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Learning technologist

The University of Edinburgh

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Director of place and civic engagement

Sheffield Hallam University

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Dean of digital transformation and professor of digital health and education

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Maren Deepwell

Chief executive

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Victoria Dishon

Head of IT

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Doug Drinkwater

Editor

CIO UK

Sarah Dyer

Professor of higher education and director of the Education Incubator

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Director of partnerships

Coursera

Matthew Forshaw

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Manu Kapur

Professor and chair of learning science and higher education

ETH Zurich

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City, University of London

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Director

Suklaa Ltd

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Executive director of the Abdul Latif Jameel World Education Lab

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Professor of learning with digital technologies

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Head of sales for higher education and research (UK and Ireland)

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Rajay Naik

CEO

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Provost and deputy vice-chancellor

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Pathik Pathak

Founding director of the Social Impact Lab

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Tony Pauley

Chief information and digital officer

University of Warwick

Chris Philp

Parliamentary undersecretary of state at the department for digital, culture, media and sport

UK Government

Andy Phippen

Professor of digital rights

Bournemouth University

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Dean of education and head of the Centre for Dental Education

King's College London

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David Pugh

Head of sustainability

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Head of business development and strategic partnership

IU International University of Applied Sciences

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City, University of London

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Kathleen Riach

Professor of organisational studies

University of Glasgow

Bart Rienties

Professor of learning analytics

The Open University

Elena Riva

Associate professor and director of studies

University of Warwick

Matthew Robb

Strategy leader (UK and Ireland)

EY-Parthenon

Rajkumar Roy

Dean of the School of Mathematics, Computer Science and Engineering

City, University of London

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King's College London

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CEO

The Access Project

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University of Westminster

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Arden University

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Senior adviser for strategic partnerships

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Tamsyn Smith

Senior learning designer

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Leigh Smyth

Co-chair of the board

Digital Poverty Alliance

Maria Spies

Co-founder and co-CEO

HolonIQ

Alan Spivey

Assistant provost of learning and teaching

Imperial College London

Lesley Thompson

Vice-president of academic and government strategic alliances (UK)

Elsevier

Louise Thorpe

Vice-president of client experience

Blackboard

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Head of careers and employability

Arden University

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Pro vice-chancellor of partnerships and engagement and director of the Centre for Women’s Enterprise, Leadership, Economy and Diversity

University of York

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Unesco chair of information and communications technologies for development

Royal Holloway, University of London

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Special projects deputy editor

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Head of digital strategy, security and compliance

University of Greenwich

David White

Head of digital education and academic practice

University of the Arts London

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Product success manager

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Director of education for the College of Engineering and Physical Sciences

University of Birmingham

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