Jisc has announced the programme, including four headline speakers, for its upcoming Digital Festival on March 11 – 12, 2014.
Keynote speakers for the 2014 Digital Festival include Sugata Mitra, TED winner and pioneer behind the Hole in the Wall project; Diana Oblinger, the CEO of non-profit organisation, EDUCAUSE; Paul Curran, vice-chancellor of City University London and former NASA researcher; and, completing the lineup, Ray Hammond, a futurologist who wrote The Modern Frankenstein (1986), the world's first book to predict the importance of genetic engineering.
The Jisc Digital Festival, which will be held in the ICC in Birmingham, will showcase innovations in higher education (HE), further education (FE) and skills sectors, as well as explore the future of digital technology. In addition to the four keynote addresses, the Digital Festival will offer a wide selection of workshops, surgeries, panel discussions, expert speakers and live demonstrations of the latest education technology.
The speakers will be addressing delegates, including key decision-makers within universities and colleges. Their keynote talks will be focused on a diversity of topics designed to provoke discussion around the role of digital technology in education institutions, and how it can improve student experience.
Key programme highlights include demos and surgeries, practical hands-on workshops and a 'Technology Garden' featuring the latest innovations for education and research including 3D printing and augmented reality. The Digital Festival will also include a 'startup' zone with some of the UK's leading technology talent.
Jisc was established to support education institutions in effectively adopting digital technologies and to help position the UK at the centre of digitally advanced education and research. The Jisc Digital Festival is aimed at HE and FE senior managers, library professionals, teachers, policy makers, IT experts, academics and learning technologists.
Earlybird registration discounts are available until February 14, 2014.
