JUNE 13TH, LITTERATURHUSET – OSLO
This year, World Learning Summit moves out of Kristiansand for one of our two events: Oslo, June 13th and also June 12th in collaboration with Open Innovation Lab of Norway. For our Fall event on September 19th – 21st, the World Learning Summit conference, check it out below:
incredible people and more will be added continuously
Our 2018 speakers
KRISTIN INGOLFSDOTTIR
PROFESSOR KRISTINGINGOLFSDOTTIR IS A FORMER RECTOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND, WHERE SHE PUSHED FOR DIGITAL TRANSFORMATIONS. SHE IS A PROFESSOR AT THE FACULTY OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCS.
DONNA KIDWELL
PIONEER IN LEARNING DESIGNS. PRESIDENT OF WEBSTUDENT INTERNATIONAL.
JANET WALKOW
PROFESSOR, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AR AUSTIN. CO-FOUMDER OF THE LEADING WOMEN PROJECT.
SIGNE SCHACK NOESGAARD
FOUNDER OF ADAPTO, AN ONLINE WORKLIFE LEARNING COMPANY. PHD IN DIGITL LEARNING FROM AALBORG UNIVERSITY.
PACO NATHAN
DIRECTOR, LEARNING GROUP @ O'REILLY MEDIA. 30+ YEARS OF AI EXPERIENCE RANGING FROM BELL LABS TO EARLY-STAGE STARTUPS.
June Breivik
DIVISION DIRECTOR AT KULTURTANKEN - NORWEGIAN MININSTRY OF CULTURE. BOARDMEMBER AT THE FUTURE LEARNING LAB.
ODDGEIR TVEITEN
PROFESSOR, UNIVERSITY OF AGDER AND NLA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE. CHAIR OF WORLD LEARNINF SUMMIT. FOUNDER FUTURE LEARNING LAB.
ANJUM MALIK
CO-FOUNDER, HOUSE OF TUTORS. ENTREPRENEUR AND FOUNDER OF MENTORSHIP PROGRAMS FOR IMMIGRANT WOMEN.
Phil Komarny
CURRENTLY VICE PRESIDENT OF INNOVATIONS @ SALESFORCE, PHIL HAS A 20 + YEAR BACKGROUND FROM LEVERAGING EMERGENT TECHNOLOGIES IN HIGHER EDUCATION.
Michael Shanks
PROFESSOR AT STANFORD UNIVERSITY, WLS CO-EDITOR AND ADVISOR; SPEAKING AT THE OSLO ROUNDTABLE
Eilif Trondsen
FOUNDER, NORDIC EDTECH NETWORK. STRATEGIC GROUP FOR EDTECH - SILICON VIKINGS, PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA.
TONE RINGSTAD
CONSULTANT AT THE CENTER FOR CREATIVE LEADERSHIP, OSLO. CO-FOUNDER OF CULTURE ENGINE, PALO ALTO.
High-level program at the '18 Oslo Roundtable
ROUNDTABLE TALKS
- 8:00 - 10:00
Registration and Coffee + Connect and Mingle at Litteraturhuset. Hosted by Future Learning Lab staff.
- 8:00 - 10:00
VIP -- sponsored breakfast workshop with Future Learning Lab and EdCast. Contact us to sign up. Limited availability. 10 spaces reserved by Open Innovation Lab of Norway. Max 10 spaces still available.
- 10:10 - 11:00
Keynote and response: The future of work - 21st century skills and the workplace. Speaker: Karl Mehta, World Economic Forum Fellow, CEO at EdCast, Barack Obama´s first White House Innovation Fellow. Partner at HStar - Future Learning Lab - EdCast 2015 Learning Conference at Stanford University.
- 11:10 - 12:00
Roundtable 1: Adaptive Learning – Futures of work. Nordic perspectives. High-level panelists comment and discuss Karl Mehta´s keynote. Panel announced separately.
- LUNCH
VIP venue for those signed up. General lunch in Litteraturhusets cafe.
- 13.00 - 14:00
Featured keynote and response: Artificial intelligence and blockchain in particular – new learning challenges at the workplace. Speaker: Phil Komarny, Vice President of Innovation at Salesforce, San Francisco.
- 14:00 - 15:30
Roundtable 3: The future workforce – the challenge of pluralism and inclusion in a digitalized and globalized workplace. Speakers: Michael Shanks (professor @ Stanford) and Janet Walkow (professor @ U of Texas, Austin). High-level panelists from across Nordic public and private enterprise. Details announced separately,
- BREAK
- 16:00 - 17:00
Fireside chat, with Karl Mehta, Keith Devlin and other guests. Nordic challenges of work and learning. The final session will sum up the day and result in a joint Roundtable Paper. Join up to be sound your ideas and opinions.
exploring futures of education and the learning society
FUTURE LEARNING LAB
Future Learning Lab was established in 2010, to develop a university-wide dialog at the University of Agder in collaboration with key academic and entrepreneurial environments around the world. Our conferences have been held annually, and in 2018 expands to include the Oslo Roundtable. Former speakers include Peter Norvig — Head of Research at Google, Michael Shanks @ Stanford University, Sir John Daniel well known from UNESCO, ad many more.
