Meet this year's speakers | British Council

For the fifth year in a row, the conference and fair "New Technologies in Education 2018" brought together some of the best teachers in the field of using ICT in their classrooms, making this event better year after year.

Over the past years, we had the opportunity to meet over 200 speakers from the Western Balkans, UK and other countries who shared their experiences in the use of educational technologies through lectures, panel discussions and workshops. We firmly believe that this year's program will be the highest quality so far.

Below you can see short description of lectures and biographies of some of our lecturers who had their presentations on the conference.

SOME OF THIS YEAR'S SPEAKERS WERE:

Alessandro Brolpito | KEYNOTE SPEAKER

BIOGRAPHY

Alessandro Brolpito is a senior specialist in Knowledge Management and Innovation at the European Training Foundation (ETF), an agency of the European Union (EU) based in Italy.

PRESENTATION

Challenges and opportunities for VET as result of the digital transformation of economy

Digital technologies are an opportunity for the Western Balkans to address some of the structural economic, political and social challenges of the region. For the economy, the digital transformation is an opportunity for growth, productivity, competitiveness and innovation. This presentation focuses on the challenges and opportunities for the future of VET, also in relation to recent EU and ETF initiatives in the Western Balkans and lessons learnt.

Richard Gerver | KEYNOTE SPEAKER

BIOGRAPHY

Richard is one of the most celebrated speakers in the world. His insights into change, leadership and education are unique thanks to his own extraordinary journey, which has seen him go from struggling actor, copywriter and estate agent, to becoming an award winning teacher and school principal, whose ground breaking work in education was celebrated by the British National Teaching awards and UNESCO amongst others.

PRESENTATION

Tomorrow Belongs to those who Prepare for it!

As we look to develop an education system that prepares our students for the complexity of their future, Richard will explore what advances in technology and the workplace will mean for our schools, our pupils and ourselves as teachers. He will share some of his unique insights into teaching, learning and the challenges that change will bring us all.

Phillipe Bagge | KEYNOTE SPEAKER

BIOGRAPHY

Phil is a Computing Inspector/Advisor working for Hampshire and a Computing Master Teacher. He currently teaches computing science in two Hampshire schools. Author of How to teach primary programming using Scratch and Crumble Creations. His code-it.co.uk computing science resources are the sixth most used primary computing resource in the UK.

PRESENTATION

Developing a STEM curriculum in the primary classroom

Join Phil Bagge as he describes his ongoing journey to develop greater integration of computing programming projects within the wider curriculum. What principles has he discovered that guide his curricular design, choice of project and underling skills and competencies. What do his pupils think about these changes?

Tina Götschi | KEYNOTE SPEAKER

BIOGRAPHY

Tina is a creative educator with a Master's Degree in Computer Science. She has taught Computer Science, Maths, and Art in schools and has worked as a developer and facilitator in the tech Industry. She joined Ada in 2016 and helped build the Computer Science Curriculum and shape the College in becoming a beacon of best practice in the teaching and learning of Digital Skills.

PRESENTATION

ADA: Education, but not as you know it!

Ada's approach to education is rooted it digital but includes teaching the skills that our industry partners tell us time and time again they need in their future workforce. We develop creative problem solvers who build new maps for the future using technology. They are collaborators encouraged to think broadly beyond mastering technology to understanding the impact that technology has on us all.

Fiona Goddard | KEYNOTE SPEAKER

BIOGRAPHY

Fiona is an experienced Educational Consultant who has spent more than two decades helping schools to raise standards in maths. Fiona is skilled in Classroom Management, Lesson Planning, Curriculum Development, Teacher Training and Staff Development. At Whizz Education, Fiona is responsible for developing and implementing the company's Educational Framework and Professional Development offering to support schools worldwide in integrating the Maths-Whizz virtual tutoring service.

PRESENTATION

Digital Learning: Quality Education for All

In education systems globally, there is a growing emphasis on 21st century competences such as problem solving and growth mindset. Digital learning technologies such as Virtual Tutoring, when integrated within and across core curriculum subjects, can enable the spread of these skills and dispositions at unprecedented scale, providing quality and inclusive education for all.

Miles Berry | KEYNOTE SPEAKER

BIOGRAPHY

Miles is principal lecturer in Computing Education at the University of Roehampton. Prior to joining Roehampton, he spent 18 years in four schools, much of the time as an ICT coordinator and most recently as a head teacher. He is a board member of Computing At School, the BCS Academy of Computing and the CSTA. He is a fellow of the BCS, RSA and HEA, and a member of the Raspberry Pi Foundation.

PRESENTATION

Four years on: what has England learnt?

Miles reviews the progress England has made towards implementing its computing curriculum, considering dimensions of standards, pedagogy, professional develop, resources, assessment, and incentives. He shares evidence of the patchy uptake of qualifications in England and makes practical suggestions for how teachers, school leaders and policy makers could introduce computer science themselves.

Andrej Jagar | KEYNOTE SPEAKER

BIOGRAPHY

Andrej was involved in most regional CGI projects. Starting as Character Animator in 2010 (Prime Time), then becoming Head of Animation Department in 2013, and finally creating the first Gaming Departments in BiH. He worked on Birds Like Us, Victoria Grande, Wa The First Dream, Ragtag Adventurers, and more than 50 Freelance Gaming projects.

PRESENTATION

Ikigai

In this talk, I would present my approach to education, describing what I needed from education, and what I actually got, as well as some of the the educational projects I did and methods I used when I got to train new 3D Animators for our Studio. I'd also talk about implementing gamification to education and my experience with distance learning.

Alfonso Echazarra | KEYNOTE SPEAKER

BIOGRAPHY

Alfonso Echazarra is an analyst in the OECD Directorate of Education and Skills where he currently works in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). In 2012 he was awarded "la Caixa" Prize in Social Sciences for his book Crime in the Neighborhoods: Perceptions and Reactions. As an OECD policy analyst he has written, coordinated or collaborated on many reports.

PRESENTATION

Ten things we have learned from PISA

Every three years, when the PISA results are presented, the general public and the media pay disproportionate attention to their country ranking in reading, mathematics and science performance. However, some important results, with a great potential to inform and transform education systems are frequently overlooked. This presentation will try to fill this gap by focusing on facts that provide valuable information to policy-makers, practitioners and the general public.

Nicole Pretorius | KEYNOTE SPEAKER

BIOGRAPHY

Nicole started the SheCanCode women's technology community while working as a HR. SheCanCode's mission is to bridge the differences in digital skills enabling women to enter and stay in technology. The global community has more than 10,000 members. SheCanCode is building a community of technological talents.

PRESENTATION

Hacking the diverse and digital workforce of tomorrow

In this lecture I will present the results of the research regarding what caused gender division in the case of digital professions as well as the dangers of discouraging young women from entering the tech sphere. Nicole provokes educators, employers and government to put technology in a context in which empowering and inspire minorities to consider tech careers.

Aleksandar Savić

BIOGRAPHY

He is working as a teacher of electro-energetic courses. He is an author of the advanced training for teachers: “A board without chalk, PowerPoint in class”, “Digital photography”, “Renewable sources of energy”, “Electro-energetics”. Also, there are class programmes for courses: “Renewable sources of energy”, “Software tools in electro-energetics”, “Advanced electro-energetic webs” and “Management systems”.

PRESENTATION

Forbidden fruit: Smartphones and medicine

The usage of smart phones is shown in Electro medical devices class, which is studied in the fourth grade of electro engineering schools. Thanks to enormous development of electronics and sensors, smart phones today are used for measuring blood pressure, body temperature, ECG, as an ultrasound or as a thermovision camera. Some of the shown uses are approved by the FDA.