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David Harkin is CEO and Co-Founder of 8billionideas, a digital platform with courses, live sessions, and dedicated mentors to equip students with the entrepreneurial skills for tomorrow.

He was 2022 Edufuturist of the Year. 

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Garrett is Co-founder and CEO of Sora Schools.  

Sora Schools is the project-based, virtual middle & high school. Their innovative curriculum takes online school from sitting-behind-your-desk school and turns it into an engaging experience for each student’s unique needs.  

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In this episode Ben, Dan and Steve are fresh back from the summer holiday and questioning the purpose of education.  

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Gerd Leonhard is a German futurist, speaker and author who specializes in the debate between humanity and technology.

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In this penultimate episode before our annual summer break, we are joined by some very special guests for a roundtable discussing staff wellbeing and mental health.  

We are joined by Dave Scholes from Six Connections, who are doing some unbelievable work in a variety of sectors to support positive conversations. They also partnered with us for the Edufuturists Awards 2021 and 2022. Find out more about them at: https://www.sixconnections.co.uk/  

Sean Whitehead and Miriam Sechere joined us from That Staff Room Podcast who have amazing conversations about all things education - we are fans and you should be too! Check them out at: https://anchor.fm/that-staff-room-podcast  

The roundtable is completed by our last two Wellbeing Champion award winners, Cat Lamin (2021) and Beth Preston (2022) who talk about their journeys in supporting staff and championing mental health and wellbeing.  

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Frances Valintine CNZM is a passionate educator and technologist who is focused on challenging the traditional education structure and its ability to fully prepare the generations of tomorrow for the changing world. For over 20 years she has been dedicated to shifting education and business practice to develop the capabilities and mindsets needed to respond to the future of work and industry and ensure a thriving Aotearoa New Zealand.  In 2013 she founded The Mind Lab, a unique offering designed to empower students and educators to develop applied digital knowledge and capability.  The Mind Lab has enabled an entire generation of teachers and educators to upskill and develop their confidence in emerging digital technologies, and to rethink the model of learning and education and support school-aged children to foster these critical skills. The immediate impact The Mind Lab has earned the organisation the title of Best Start-Up in Asia Pacific as judged by Steve Wozniak and Sir Richard Branson in 2014.  A Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for her lifetime contribution to education and technology (2018), Frances has received numerous awards recognising her passion and commitment to supporting the young and more mature to seek opportunities and reach their potential.  In 2020 Frances received the Outstanding Contribution to Technology and Business at the CIO Awards. Her past accolades also include:  2017:  the NZ Flying Kiwi Award, inducted into the New Zealand Hi-Tech Hall of Fame and named one of the top 3 NZ Innovators of the Year at the NZer of the Year awards.  2016: named one of the top 50 EdTech Educators in the World by EdTech International; awarded a Sir Peter Blake Leader Award.  2015: awarded the Westpac New Zealand Woman of Influence (Innovation) and the Next New Zealand Woman of the Year (Education)   Follow us on Twitter https://www.twitter.com/edufuturists Check out all past episodes at https://www.edufuturists.com

On this episode we are joined by the 2022 winner of the Edufuturists Outstanding Achievement Award sponsored by C-Learning.   

Sugata Mitra is a world leading educational innovator.  

Professor Emeritus, NIIT University, Neemrana, Rajasthan, India  

(Retd. 2019) Professor of Educational Technology, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK  

(Former 2012) Visiting Professor, MIT Media Lab, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA  

Winner of the Dewang Mehta Prize for Innovation in IT, 2003  

Winner of the first ever USD 1 million TED Prize, 2013  

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Nick is co-founder of Invisible College and author of The Jungle Gym – a newsletter that helps its readers build a more fulfilling career by integrating work and life.  

Rockwell also works for Invisible College, he is the creator of Starship Guild and is a web3 entrepreneur.   

Invisible College is a learning Dao founded to onboard builders & creators into Web3.  

Holding at least one Decentralien NFT, will give you an all-access pass to the courses, programming, and community at Invisible College.