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    Speaker Profile

    Douglas B. Fisher, PhD

    Chair, Department of Educational Leadership, San Diego State University; Classroom Teacher, Health Sciences High and Middle College; Co-Author, Microlearning in the K–12 Classroom: Short Bursts of Instruction for Breakthrough Understanding (2026), The Engagement by Design Playbook: Creating Learning Environments Where Students Thrive (2026), The Artificial Intelligence Playbook: Time-Saving Tools for Teachers That Make Learning More Engaging (2025, 2nd Edition), Rigor Unveiled (2025), Teaching Students to Drive Their Learning (2023), and Confronting the Crisis in Engagement (2022)

    Douglas B.Fisher, PhD

    Upcoming Talks

    Teaching Social Brains
    Applying Brain Science to Improve Social Skills, Belonging, Behavior, Regulation, and Learning
    The Fairmont Atop Nob Hill, San Francisco, CA
    February 12-14, 2027
    Teaching Motivated Minds
    Applying Brain Science to Boost Mastery, Motivation, Mindsets, Metacognition, and Learning
    Hilton Austin, Austin, TX
    November 12-14, 2026

    Past Talks

    Teaching Executive Skills
    Applying Brain Science to Boost Memory, Attention, and Emotion Regulation for Learning
    Sheraton NY Times Square Hotel, New York, NY
    April 16-18, 2026
    Teaching Generation AI-Z
    Advancing Schooling, Skills, Relationships, and Learning in a Distracted, Uncertain, AI Age
    The Fairmont SF, San Francisco, CA
    February 13-15, 2026
    The Science of Learning
    Using Evidence to Engage Learners, Transform Teaching, Innovate EdTech, and Empower Leaders
    Sheraton NY Times Square Hotel or Virtually via Zoom
    April 25-27, 2025
    Teaching Stronger Brains
    Promoting Student Strengths, Character, Compassion, Hope, and Autonomy in a Deficit-Focused Age
    Fairmont San Francisco or Virtually via Zoom
    February 20-22, 2025
    Teaching Emotional Brains
    Strategies for Student Behavior, Resilience, Regulation, Trauma, and EQ in Challenging Times
    Westin Copley Place, Boston, MA or Virtually via Zoom
    November 22-24, 2024
    Future-Ready Brains
    Teaching Students to Think, Create, Innovate, Learn, and Adapt for an Anxious, AI Age
    NY Sheraton Times Square Hotel, New York, NY or Virtually via Zoom
    April 18-20, 2024
    Teaching Behaved Brains
    Strategies for Challenging, Disruptive Behaviors, Autism, ADHD, and Executive Function
    The Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco, CA or Virtually via Zoom
    February 17-19, 2023
    The Science of Teaching
    Applying Brain Science and COVID Lessons to Improve Teaching, Schools, and Learning Spaces
    The Fairmont, San Francisco, CA or Virtually via Zoom
    February 18-20, 2022
    Teaching Purposeful Brains
    Creating Meaning, Curiosity, and Connections to Help Kids Learn and Thrive in Uncertain Times
    Virtual Conference
    April 17-18, 2021
    The Science of Teaching During a Pandemic
    Creating Motivated, Focused, Active, Autonomous Learners
    Virtual Conference
    February 20-20, 2021
    Social-Emotional Brains in Schools
    Raising Resilience, Restoring Relationships,
    and Rebuilding Self-Regulation During COVID-19
    Virtual Conference
    November 07-08, 2020
    Educating Anxious Brains
    Creating Calm, Connected, Mindful, and Trauma-Sensitive Schools
    The Fairmont Hotel and the Masonic Auditorium, San Francisco, CA
    February 14-16, 2020
    Educating with Empathy
    Cultivating Kindness, Compassion,
    Cooperation, and Good Behavior
    The Historic Fairmont Hotel, Atop Nob Hill,<br>San Francisco, CA
    February 15-17, 2019
    The Science of Innovation
    Teaching Students to Think, Create,
    Innovate, Imagine, and Inspire
    The Fairmont San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
    February 15-17, 2018
    The Science of How We Learn
    Engaging Memory, Motivation, Mindsets, Making and Mastery
    Held at the historic Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco, CA
    February 17-19, 2017