‘Conversations with purpose’ sets the theme for the 5th Annual FED National Education Summit. Anchored in the FED National Education Futures Projects, the day will open with big questions that spark thought-provoking panels, meaningful dialogue and powerful opportunities to connect.
Big questions:
- What does it mean to be a literate and numerate 21st century citizen?
- How should education respond to the industrial strategy?
- How do schools build positive models of belonging?
- How can we weave a golden thread of creativity and innovation from early years to employability?
Tickets:
- Student Rate – £25 (for those currently in education)
- Educator Rate – £85 (for people who work in schools, colleges, universities and charities)
- Day Ticket – £120
Full programme and speaker details will be released shortly.
Summit Speakers:
- Ali Durban MBE – Co-Founder of Gesher School
- Andreas Shleicher – Director for Education and Skills, OECD
- Ben Barton – Chief Marketing Officer, Captiva Learning
- Bogdan Pop – INTEL Skills for Life
- Dr Claire Tasker – Executive Headteacher, High Storrs School
- Dan Morrow – CEO, Cornwall Education Learning Trust
- Dina Ghobashy – Director, Global Education Transformation, Microsoft
- Ellie Costello – Author and advocate for students facing barriers to education
- Elliot Seller – Head of Connected Home, Innovation and Partnerships, Vodafone
- Emily Verow – Chief Executive Officer, Three Spires Trust
- Eylan Ezekiel – Edtech Leader and Head of Hamilton Brookes, Oxford Brookes
- Dr Fran Wilby – Programme Director, Rethinking Assessment
- Gavin Govinden – Headteacher, LEO Academy Trust
- Ian Fitzpatrick – Chief Executive, Daisy Education
- James Caan CBE – Serial entrepreneur and former investor on Dragon’s Den
- James Cheater – Director of External Projects, White Rose Education
- Jenna Crittenden – The Chartered College of Teaching – Rethinking Curriculum and OECD Creativity programme
- Jenni Forde – Maths Hub Lead, Bucks, Berks and Oxon Maths Hub
- Lord Jim Knight – Director, Suklaa
- Marlon James-Edwards – Manager of Upward Bound UK
- Melissa Farnham – CEO, ASDAN
- Michael Engelard – CEO, Skillsbuilder Partnership
- Dr Nicole Ponsford – Founding CEO, GEC (Global Equality Collective)
- Nikki Wakefield – Strategic Hub Lead, Oxfordshire Careers Hub
- Dr Penny Hay – Professor of Imagination Creative Enterprise and Innovation, Bath Spa University
- Philip Hedger – CEO, LEO Academy Trust
- Roberta Thomson – Education Policy and Product Director, Pearson
- Sally Burtonshaw – Director of Education Practice, Public First
- Shaheen Hassan – Assistant Professor at the University of Warwick University
- Shareen Wilkinson – Executive Director of Education, LEO Academy Trust
- Stacey Postle – Headteacher, Beaumont Primary School
- Tara Jussa – Digital Inclusion Officer, Liverpool City Region Combined Authority