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