Neuroscientist; Guggenheim Fellow; Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences; Director, Laboratory for Perception and Action, Stanford University School of Medicine; Host of the Emmy-nominated PBS Series, The Brain; Writer for The Atlantic, New York Times, Discover Magazine, Slate, Wired, and New Scientist; Regular Guest on National Public Radio and BBC to discuss both science and literature; Internationally Bestselling Author of The Brain: The Story of You (2017) and Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain (2012); Co-Author, The Runaway Species: How Human Creativity Remakes the World (2017)

Renowned Child Psychologist; Professor of Psychology and Affiliate Professor of Philosophy, Department of Psychology, University of California at Berkeley; Author, The Gardener and the Carpenter: What the New Science of Child Development Tells Us About the Relationship Between Parents and Children (2016); Co-Author, "Learning to Learn from Stories: Children's Developing Sensitivities to the Causal Structure of Fictional Worlds" (2017, Child Development), "What Happens to Creativity As We Age?" (2017, The New York Times), and The Scientist in the Crib: Minds, Brains, and How Children Learn (2009, Reprint Edition)

Innovative Teaching, Learning, and Leadership Consultant, George Couros Consulting; Adjunct Instructor, Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania; Former Division Principal of Innovative Teaching and Learning, Parkland School Division, Alberta, Canada; Former Classroom Teacher; Author, The Innovator's Mindset: Empower Learning, Unleash Talent, and Lead a Culture of Creativity (2015); Co-Author, What Makes a Great Principal (2024), Innovate Inside the Box: Empowering Learning Through UDL and the Innovator's Mindset (2023), Because of a Teacher, Volume II: Stories From the First Years of Teaching (2022), and Because of a Teacher: Stories of the Past to Inspire the Future of Education (2021)

Director, USC Center for Affective Neuroscience, Development, Learning, and Education (CANDLE) who has been studying and monitoring the brains of effective teachers to see how they connect with and motivate their students; Professor of Education, USC Rossier School of Education; Professor of Psychology, Brain, and Creativity Institute; Faculty, Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Southern California; Member of the Council of Distinguished Scientists at the National Commission on Social, Emotional, and Academic Development, Aspen Institute; Past President, IMBES (International Mind, Brain and Education Society); Recipient of the 2008 Transforming Education Through Neuroscience Award from the Learning & the Brain Foundation and IMBES; Author, Emotions, Learning, and the Brain: Exploring the Educational Implications of Affective Neuroscience (2015); Co-Author, “Understanding Emotional Thought Can Transform Educators’ Understanding of How Students Learn” (2020, Educational Neuroscience), “Building Meaning Builds Teens’ Brains” (2020, Educational Leadership), “The Brain Basis for Integrated Social, Emotional, and Academic Development” (2018, Aspen Institute), and "Embodied Brains, Social Minds, Cultural Meaning: Integrating Neuroscientific and Educational Research on Social-Affective Development (2017, American Educational Research Journal)

Larry Robertson is an innovation advisor who works, writes and guides at the nexus of creativity, leadership and entrepreneurship. He brings to his talks experiences both broad and deep. As founder of Lighthouse Consulting, he has guided entrepreneurial ventures and their leaders for over 25 years. He’s the author of two award-winning books – A Deliberate Pause: Entrepreneurship and its Moment in Human Progress, and The Language of Man. Learning to Speak Creativity, and a columnist for Inc. Magazine and The Creativity Post, and a contributor to Fast Company. His past experiences have included roles with JP Morgan and the Walt Disney Company, and as an Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business.

Founder and Chairman, Center for Curriculum Redesign; Senior Fellow at the Partnership for 21st Century Learning; Visiting Practitioner, Harvard Graduate School of Education; Co-Author, Four-Dimensional Education: The Competencies Learners Need to Succeed (2015) and 21st Century Skills: Learning for Life in Our Times (2009)

Distinguished Fellow, English Department, Washington & Jefferson College; Contributor, Psychology Today; Writer, The New York Times, Scientific American, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Science, Nature and The Chronicle of Higher Education; Author, The Story Paradox: How Our Love for Storytelling Builds Societies and Tears Them Down (2021) and The Storytelling Animal (2015)

Professor, Department of Psychology, George Mason University; Director, Well-Being Laboratory; Awarded 2013 Distinguished Early Career Researcher Award by the American Psychological Association; Author, The Art of Insubordination (2022), The Upside of Your Darkside (2017), Mindfulness, Acceptance, and Positive Psychology (2013), Designing Positive Psychology (2010), Curious? (2009); Co-Author, "Social Anxiety Is Associated with Similar Emotional Impairments During Digital and Face-to-Face Communication in Daily Life" (2020, PsyArXiv), "Gratitude Across the Life-Span: Age Differences and Links to Subjective Well-being" (2019, Positive Psychology), "When Empathy Matters: The Role of Sex and Empathy in Close Friendships" (2017, Personality)

The Runaway Species: How Human Creativity Remakes the World and Education    More Info

Neuroscientist; Guggenheim Fellow; Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences; Director, Laboratory for Perception and Action, Stanford University School of Medicine; Host of the Emmy-nominated PBS Series, The Brain; Writer for The Atlantic, New York Times, Discover Magazine, Slate, Wired, and New Scientist; Regular Guest on National Public Radio and BBC to discuss both science and literature; Internationally Bestselling Author of The Brain: The Story of You (2017) and Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain (2012); Co-Author, The Runaway Species: How Human Creativity Remakes the World (2017)

"You're Doing It Wrong" - What We Know and What We Miss About Creativity and Innovation

Larry Robertson is an innovation advisor who works, writes and guides at the nexus of creativity, leadership and entrepreneurship. He brings to his talks experiences both broad and deep. As founder of Lighthouse Consulting, he has guided entrepreneurial ventures and their leaders for over 25 years. He’s the author of two award-winning books – A Deliberate Pause: Entrepreneurship and its Moment in Human Progress, and The Language of Man. Learning to Speak Creativity, and a columnist for Inc. Magazine and The Creativity Post, and a contributor to Fast Company. His past experiences have included roles with JP Morgan and the Walt Disney Company, and as an Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business.

A Scientific Framework of Curiosity and Agility

Professor, Department of Psychology, George Mason University; Director, Well-Being Laboratory; Awarded 2013 Distinguished Early Career Researcher Award by the American Psychological Association; Author, The Art of Insubordination (2022), The Upside of Your Darkside (2017), Mindfulness, Acceptance, and Positive Psychology (2013), Designing Positive Psychology (2010), Curious? (2009); Co-Author, "Social Anxiety Is Associated with Similar Emotional Impairments During Digital and Face-to-Face Communication in Daily Life" (2020, PsyArXiv), "Gratitude Across the Life-Span: Age Differences and Links to Subjective Well-being" (2019, Positive Psychology), "When Empathy Matters: The Role of Sex and Empathy in Close Friendships" (2017, Personality)

Jump-Starting Our Innovating Mind

Cognitive Scientist; Professor of Psychology, University of Minnesota; Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science; Author, The Agile Mind (2012); Co-Author, Innovating Minds: Rethinking Creativity to Inspire Change (2015) and "Improving Insight and Non-insight Problem Solving with Brief Interventions" (2013, British Journal of Psychology); Blogger, "Our Innovating Minds: The Many Origins of Creative Thought and Action," Psychology Today

The Creativity Challenge in Schools: How We Can Recapture American Innovation    More Info

Professor of Educational Psychology, College of William & Mary; Discoverer of "The Creativity Crisis"; Early Scholar Award and the Hollingworth Award Winner from the National Association for Gifted Children, the Berlyne Award from the American Psychological Association, as well as the Torrance Award from the American Creativity Association; Author, The Creativity Challenge: How We Can Recapture American Innovation (2016) and "The Creativity Crisis: The Decrease in Creative Thinking Scores on the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking" (2011, Creativity Research Journal); Co-Editor of the Journals: Creatively Gifted Students Are Not Like Other Gifted Students, The World Journal of Behavioral Science, and Creativity Network Newsletter

The Neuroscience of Creativity: From Bird Brains to Human Genius    More Info

Clinical Neuropsychologist; Tennenbaum Family Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences; Director, Tennenbaum Center for the Biology of Creativity, David Geffen School of Medicine; Chief of Medical Psychology - Neuropsychology, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles; Co-Author, "Creative Cognition and Systems Biology on the Edge of Chaos" (2014, Frontiers of Psychology)

The Science of Creativity Through the Lens of Divergent Thinking    More Info

Clinical Professor of Neurosurgery, University of New Mexico; Research Scientist, The Mind Research Network; Co-Author, “Personality and Complex Brain Networks: The Role of Openness to Experience in Default Network Efficiency" (2016, Human Brain Mapping), "A New Measure of Imagination Ability: Anatomical Brain Imaging Correlates" (2016, Frontiers in Psychology) and "The Structure of Creative Cognition in the Human Brain" (2013, Frontiers of Human Neuroscience)

The Wandering Brain: Daydreaming, Creativity, and Cognitive Flexibility    More Info

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University; Co-Author, "Increasing Cognitive-Emotional Flexibility with Meditation and Hypnosis" (2016, Meditation and Hypnosis) and "The Wandering Brain: Meta-Analysis of Functional Neuroimaging Studies of Mind-Wandering and Related Spontaneous Thought Processes" (2015, NeuroImage)

The Default Network: How Social-Emotional Imagination Facilitates Deep Learning and Creativity    More Info

Director, USC Center for Affective Neuroscience, Development, Learning, and Education (CANDLE) who has been studying and monitoring the brains of effective teachers to see how they connect with and motivate their students; Professor of Education, USC Rossier School of Education; Professor of Psychology, Brain, and Creativity Institute; Faculty, Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Southern California; Member of the Council of Distinguished Scientists at the National Commission on Social, Emotional, and Academic Development, Aspen Institute; Past President, IMBES (International Mind, Brain and Education Society); Recipient of the 2008 Transforming Education Through Neuroscience Award from the Learning & the Brain Foundation and IMBES; Author, Emotions, Learning, and the Brain: Exploring the Educational Implications of Affective Neuroscience (2015); Co-Author, “Understanding Emotional Thought Can Transform Educators’ Understanding of How Students Learn” (2020, Educational Neuroscience), “Building Meaning Builds Teens’ Brains” (2020, Educational Leadership), “The Brain Basis for Integrated Social, Emotional, and Academic Development” (2018, Aspen Institute), and "Embodied Brains, Social Minds, Cultural Meaning: Integrating Neuroscientific and Educational Research on Social-Affective Development (2017, American Educational Research Journal)

The Science of Imagination: New Measures, Brain Networks, and Openness to Experience

Clinical Professor of Neurosurgery, University of New Mexico; Research Scientist, The Mind Research Network; Co-Author, “Personality and Complex Brain Networks: The Role of Openness to Experience in Default Network Efficiency" (2016, Human Brain Mapping), "A New Measure of Imagination Ability: Anatomical Brain Imaging Correlates" (2016, Frontiers in Psychology) and "The Structure of Creative Cognition in the Human Brain" (2013, Frontiers of Human Neuroscience)

The Middle Way: Finding the Right Balance Between Mindfulness and Mind Wandering for Creativity and Achievement    More Info

Director, Center for Mindfulness and Human Potential; Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences; Primary Investigator, Memory Emotion Thought Awareness (META) Lab, University of California, Santa Barbara; Co-Author, "Mindfulness in Education: Enhancing Academic Achievement and Student Well-Being by Reducing Mind-Wandering" (2017, Mindfulness in Social Psychology) and "Mindfulness Training Improves Working Memory Capacity and GRE Performance While Reducing Mind Wandering" (2013, Psychological Science)

Mindsets, Creativity, and Innovation: Creating Energetic, Flexible Learners Who Are Attracted to Complexity    More Info

Education Consultant, Houghton-Mifflin Harcourt; Director of School Partnerships, Revolution Prep; Director, K-12 Professional Learning and Curriculum Design, Mindset Works; Author, “Growth Mindsets for Learning: Effective Effort” (2017, Optimizing Learning Outcomes)

Memory Activation During Learning and (Mental) Rest Promotes Reasoning

Associate Professor, Departments of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Texas at Austin; Co-Author, "Hippocampal-Medial Prefrontal Circuit Supports Memory Updating During Learning and Post-Encoding Rest" (2016, Neurobiology of Learning and Memory) and "Memory Reactivation During Rest Supports Upcoming Learning of Related Content" (2014, PNAS)

Being Creative is a Choice

I. James Quillen Dean; Nomellini & Olivier Professor of Educational Technology, Stanford Graduate School of Education; Director of Stanford’s "Transforming Learning Accelerator," a major interdisciplinary initiative advancing the science and design of learning to bring effective and equitable solutions to the world; Director, AAALab, Stanford University; Co-Host of the Stanford podcast and SiriusXM radio show School’s In; Co-Author, 'The Relation Between Academic Achievement and the Spontaneous Use of Design-Thinking Strategies" (2020, Computers & Education), "Educating and Measuring Choice" (2019, Journal of the Learning Sciences), "Cognitive Science Foundations of Integer Understanding and Instruction" (2019, Constructing Number), The ABCs of How We Learn: 26 Scientifically Proven Approaches, How They Work, and When to Use Them ( 2016), and Measuring What Matters Most (2013)

Empowering Students to LAUNCH Their Ideas    More Info

Founder, Adaptable Learning; Director, Learning and Innovation; Instructor, UPenn Graduate School of Education; Author, Adaptable: How to Create an Adaptable Curriculum and Flexible Learning Experiences That Work in Any Environment (2021), Learning by Choice (2015), and Inquiry and Innovation in the Classroom (2014); Co-Author, Empower: What Happens When Students Own Their Learning (2017)

The Innovator's Mindset: Empowering Teaching and Leading a Culture of Innovation

Innovative Teaching, Learning, and Leadership Consultant, George Couros Consulting; Adjunct Instructor, Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania; Former Division Principal of Innovative Teaching and Learning, Parkland School Division, Alberta, Canada; Former Classroom Teacher; Author, The Innovator's Mindset: Empower Learning, Unleash Talent, and Lead a Culture of Creativity (2015); Co-Author, What Makes a Great Principal (2024), Innovate Inside the Box: Empowering Learning Through UDL and the Innovator's Mindset (2023), Because of a Teacher, Volume II: Stories From the First Years of Teaching (2022), and Because of a Teacher: Stories of the Past to Inspire the Future of Education (2021)

Innovation is Not Brain Surgery: Demystifying the Creative Process

Neuroscientist; Executive Director, Stanford Technology Ventures Program (STVP); Professor of the Practice, Department of Management, Science and Engineering, Stanford University; Author, Creativity Rules: Get Ideas Out of Your Head and into the World (2017), Insight Out: Get Ideas Out of Your Head and into the World (2015), and Innovation Engine: A Crash Course on Creativity (2014)

So, What is Design Thinking and Why is it Valuable?

Partner and Managing Director of Education, IDEO; Strategic Advisor, K-12 Lab Network, d.school; Lecturer and Advisor, Hasso Platter Institute of Design, Stanford University; Member, Thought Leadership Council, Khan Academy

Creativity and Improvisation in the Classroom    More Info

Educator and Professional Development Consultant; Distinguished Professor of Research, National Louis University; Author, Literacy and Learning Centers for the Big Kids (2017); Co-Author, The Second City Guide to Improv in the Classroom: Using Improvisation to Teach Skills and Boost Learning (2008)

How to "Teach" Innovation: No Buzzwords, No Theory, Actual Student Results.    More Info

Founder, StartEdUp Innovation, LLC; Innovation Director, Noblesville High School; Author, Pure Genius: Building a Culture of Innovation and Taking 20% Time to the Next Level (2014)

Building the Habitudes of Creativity for All Learners

Educator; Entrepreneur; Founder and CEO, Choose2Matter, Inc.; President, Maiers Educational Services; Author, Classroom Habitudes: Teaching Learning Habits and Attitudes in the 21st Century Classroom (2012, Revised Edition); Co-Author, The Passion-Driven Classroom: A Framework for Teaching and Learning (2017), Liberating Genius (2016), and The 12 Talents: The Must Have Habits and Attitudes of Effective 21st Century Leaders (2014)

The Creator's Code – How Six Essential Skills Empower the Next Generation of Entrepreneurs

Lecturer in Management, Stanford Graduate School of Business; Founder and CEO, Ingenuity Corp; Author, The Creator's Code: The Six Essential Skills of Extraordinary Entrepreneurs (2015)

Cultivating a Culture of Innovation    More Info

Principal of Wayzata Public Schools, who has created space in his schools for creativity ad innovation to thrive; National Digital Innovation in Learning Award Winner; Bammy Award Finalist; 2016 National Distinguished Principal; Recently Named by the National School Board Association as one of the "20 to Watch" educators; Author, Renegade Leadership: Creating Innovative Schools for Digital-Age Students (2016); Co-Author, Personalized PD: Flipping Your Professional Development (2015) and "Leadership for Tomorrow" How to cultivate a mindset of innovation" (2015, Principal Magazine)

4-D Education for an Age of Artificial Intelligence: Teaching Creativity, Curiosity, and Collaboration

Founder and Chairman, Center for Curriculum Redesign; Senior Fellow at the Partnership for 21st Century Learning; Visiting Practitioner, Harvard Graduate School of Education; Co-Author, Four-Dimensional Education: The Competencies Learners Need to Succeed (2015) and 21st Century Skills: Learning for Life in Our Times (2009)

Creative Mindsets and Approaches: Learning from Successful, Creative Teachers

Educational Psychologist; Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership and Innovation, Arizona State University; Co-Chair, Creativity SIG for the Society of Information Technology in Education; Author, The Seven Transdisciplinary Cognitive Skills for Creative Education (2016) and "Learning from Creative Teachers" (2013, Educational Leadership); Co-Editor, "Creativity, Technology and Teacher Education" (2016)

The Neuroscience of Creativity and Its Enhancement

Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Center for Interdisciplinary Brain Science Research, Stanford University; Co-Author, "Changes in Brain Activation Associated with Spontaneous Improvisation and Figural Creativity After Design-Thinking-Based Training: A Longitudinal fMRI Study" (2016, Cerebral Cortex)

Design Thinking: Fostering Creativity Through Practical Play

Founder and Head of Professional Development, Createdu; Lecturer, Stanford University

Founder and Coach, Empathy2Action: Human-Centered Design and Creativity for Education; Former Teacher-in-Residence, Stanford d.school, Stanford University; Veteran Classroom Teacher; Former Coach, IDEO Teachers Guild; Co-Founder, #dtk12chat (Global K12 Design Thinking Community); Co-Author, Design Dots: 50 Quick Ways to Integrate Design Thinking into Your Language Arts Classroom (2016)

Education Director, Success and Innovation Center, Mt. Blue High School; Adjunct Instructor, University of Maine at Farmington; Co-Founder, Teachers Lounge Mafia Improv; Apple Distinguished Educator; Co-Founder, Wicked Decent Learning; Co-Author, Intention: Critical Creativity in the Classroom (2017) and "Literacy 3x3: Literary Analysis Remixed & Reshuffled" (2015, The Best Lesson Series: Literature)

The Creative, Storytelling Animal    More Info

Distinguished Fellow, English Department, Washington & Jefferson College; Contributor, Psychology Today; Writer, The New York Times, Scientific American, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Science, Nature and The Chronicle of Higher Education; Author, The Story Paradox: How Our Love for Storytelling Builds Societies and Tears Them Down (2021) and The Storytelling Animal (2015)

Your Brain on Story: Using the Science of Stories to    More Info

Distinguished Visiting Scholar, Stanford University; Expert Storyteller hired by Department of Defense DARPA research program to explore the cognitive neurology of how stories exert influence; Author, Story Smart: Using the Science of Story to Persuade, Influence, Inspire, and Teach (2014), Story Proof: The Science Behind the Startling Power of Story (2007), and Super Simple Storytelling: A Can-Do Guide for Every Classroom, Every Day (2000)

Your Memory and Your Senses are But the Nourishment of Your Creative (and Literary) Impulse

Co-Director, Neuroscience Research Institute; Harriman Professor of Neuroscience Research, Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara; Co-Founder, Learning & the Brain; Author, Outsmarting Alzheimer's: What You Can Do to Reduce Your Risk (2017); Co-Author, The Alzheimer's Solution: How Today's Care is Failing Millions and How We Can Do Better (2010)

The Human "Brain System": Learning, Technology, and Surviving in the 21st Century

Psychologist; Psycholinguist; Mary Lou Fulton Presidential Professor of Literacy Studies, Arizona State University; Author, Teaching, Learning, Literacy in Our High-Risk High-Tech World (2017), What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy (2nd edition, 2014), The Anti-Education Era: Creating Smarter Students through Digital Learning (2013) and Language and Learning in the Digital Age (2011)

Digital Media, Visual Literacies, and Storytelling for Critical Thinking    More Info

Learning and Creativity Consultant, Burvall Industries; Former Creativity Zone Curator and Host, The Learning and Performance Institute; Co-Author, Intention: Critical Creativity in the Classroom (2017)

Visible Learning in Literacy    More Info

Chair, Department of Educational Leadership, San Diego State University; Classroom Teacher, Health Sciences High and Middle College; Co-Author, The Artificial Intelligence Playbook (2024), Welcome to Teaching (2024), Belonging in School (2024), The Vocabulary Playbook: Learning Words That Matter (2023), Confronting the Crisis of Engagement: Creating Focus and Resilience for Students, Staff, and Communities (2022), The Social-Emotional Learning Playbook (2022), The Restorative Practices Playbook: Tools for Transforming Discipline in Schools (2022), and Removing Labels: 40 Techniques to Disrupt Negative Expectations About Students and Schools (2021)

Dyslexia, Learning Differences, and Innovation

Professor of Psychological Sciences; Director, Brain Imaging Research Center, University of Connecticut; Director, Laboratory for Learning Engineering and Neural Systems (brainLENS.org) located at University of Connecticut and the University of California, San Francisco; Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry, Weill Institute for Neurosciences and Dyslexia Center, University of California, San Francisco; Senior Scientist & Senior Advisor, Haskins Laboratories; Co-Director of Haskins L2 (Language & Literacy) Global Innovation Hub, Yale University; Recipient of the 2015 Transforming Education through Neuroscience Award from Learning & the Brain Foundation; Co-Author, "Direct and Indirect Contributions of Executive Function to Word Decoding and Reading Comprehension in Kindergarten” (2019, Learning & Individual Differences), “Impact of Mentoring on Socio‐Emotional and Mental Health Outcomes of Youth with Learning Disabilities and Attention‐Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder” (2019, Child and Adolescent Mental Health), and “Brain Basis of Cognitive Resilience: Prefrontal Cortex Predicts Better Reading Comprehension in Relation to Decoding” (2018, PloS One)

When (and Why) Children are More Creative than Adults    More Info

Renowned Child Psychologist; Professor of Psychology and Affiliate Professor of Philosophy, Department of Psychology, University of California at Berkeley; Author, The Gardener and the Carpenter: What the New Science of Child Development Tells Us About the Relationship Between Parents and Children (2016); Co-Author, "Learning to Learn from Stories: Children's Developing Sensitivities to the Causal Structure of Fictional Worlds" (2017, Child Development), "What Happens to Creativity As We Age?" (2017, The New York Times), and The Scientist in the Crib: Minds, Brains, and How Children Learn (2009, Reprint Edition)

Revitalize Critical and Innovative Thinking: Student Engagement Using Thinking Routines

Professor, Teacher Leadership Program; Director of Outreach and Professional Development, Saint Mary’s College of California; Author, 200+ Proven Strategies for Teaching Reading, Grades K-8 (2016), New Inclusion: Differentiated Strategies to Engage ALL Students (2013) and More Than 100 Brain-Friendly Tools and Strategies for Literacy Instruction (2008)

Growth Mindsets and Literacy Success

Educator and Professional Development Consultant; Distinguished Professor of Research, National Louis University; Author, Literacy and Learning Centers for the Big Kids (2017); Co-Author, The Second City Guide to Improv in the Classroom: Using Improvisation to Teach Skills and Boost Learning (2008)

Critical Thinking in 21st Century Schools: More Than Just an Experiment?

a.k.a. Dr. K; Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Kennesaw State University; Founder, ThinkS.T.E.M. Technologies; Author, Think, Create, Innovate: 21st Century Keys to Advancing in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (2017)

Teaching Mindset Mathematics Through Open, Creative Math and Brain Science

Professor, Stanford Graduate School of Education; Author, Mathematical Mindsets: Unleashing Students' Potential through Creative Math, Inspiring Messages and Innovative Teaching (2015); Co-Author, Mindset Mathematics: Visualizing and Investigating Big Ideas, Grade 4 (2017)

Courageous Edventures: Discover Classroom Innovation

Chief Program Officer, EdTechTeam; Former Chief Innovation Officer, Des Plaines School District; Author, Courageous Edventures: Navigating Obstacles to Discover Classroom Innovation (2016)

The Wonder Wall: Leading Creative Schools in a Complex Age

Former Superintendent, Ottawa-Carleton District School Board; Co-Author, The Wonder Wall: Leading Creative Schools and Organizations in an Age of Complexity (2017)

STEAM Makers: Fostering Creativity and Innovation in the Elementary Classroom    More Info

Assistant Superintendent, Hopewell Area School District; Finalist, National Distinguished Principal Award; Author, STEAM Makers: Fostering Creativity and Innovation in the Elementary Classroom (2016)

Moving the Rock: An Audacious Roadmap for Tackling the Big Challenges of Education Transformation    More Info

Chief Provocateur, The Future of K-12 Education; Senior Fellow, The Martin Institute for Teaching Excellence; Author, Moving the Rock: Seven Levers WE Can Press to Transform Education (2017) and #EdJourney: A Roadmap to the Future of Education (2014)

Renegade Leadership: Creating Innovative Schools for the Digital Age    More Info

Principal of Wayzata Public Schools, who has created space in his schools for creativity ad innovation to thrive; National Digital Innovation in Learning Award Winner; Bammy Award Finalist; 2016 National Distinguished Principal; Recently Named by the National School Board Association as one of the "20 to Watch" educators; Author, Renegade Leadership: Creating Innovative Schools for Digital-Age Students (2016); Co-Author, Personalized PD: Flipping Your Professional Development (2015) and "Leadership for Tomorrow" How to cultivate a mindset of innovation" (2015, Principal Magazine)

Capturing the Spark: Learning From Inspired Teachers and Thriving Schools

National Board Certified Teacher; English Teacher, Palo Alto High School; Co-Director, Teacher Leadership Network-Accomplished California Teachers (ACT); Author, Capturing the Spark: Inspired Teaching, Thriving Schools (2016)

Intentional Innovation: Empowering Students with Choice and Technology    More Info

Founder, Adaptable Learning; Director, Learning and Innovation; Instructor, UPenn Graduate School of Education; Author, Adaptable: How to Create an Adaptable Curriculum and Flexible Learning Experiences That Work in Any Environment (2021), Learning by Choice (2015), and Inquiry and Innovation in the Classroom (2014); Co-Author, Empower: What Happens When Students Own Their Learning (2017)