'Innovation in Education' a key theme at LWF12
25th - 26th January 2012

'Innovation in Education' was the theme of a talk by author and strategist Charles Leadbetter at this year's Learning Without Frontiers 2012 Conference and Festival that took place at Kensington Olympia, London from 25th - 26th January 2012. It became a key strand at the event which is a global platform for disruptive thinkers, innovators and practitioners to share knowledge, ideas and experiences about new learning. Headline speakers included Ray Kurzweil who talked about prediction accuracy, adjusting to change and neuroscience, educationalist Sir Ken Robinson, Jaron Lanier, yachtswoman Dame Ellen MacArthur who spoke about reinventing product design, Conrad Wolfram of Wolfram research who talked about "standing on the mountain of automation" to teach mathematics more creatively, Mitch Resnick, Geoff Mulgan, Jacob Kragh and Keri Facer among others.

LWF, dubbed the "Davos of Education", also saw linguist and social/political theorist, Noam Chomsky talk via video link at the two day festival that had a packed schedule of break-out sessions and panel discussions in high-tech 'pods' as well as The LWF Awards for Innovation supported by NESTA. Since 2004 LWF has presented some of the most challenging, forward-thinking conferences on the impact of new digital technologies on learning, innovation and society. Accurately predicting trends in the adoption of mobile, video games, social media and other disruptive technologies as important new tools for learning whilst providing a vital forum and global community for sharing knowledge, experiences and practice, LWF has become the must attend conference and networking event for those keeping ahead of the curve.

Aimed at leaders, policy makers, innovators or inspired practitioners working in education LWF allows them to share the stage with respected artists, designers, creators, inventors, entrepreneurs, digital publishers, provocateurs and futurists all focused on creating a better learning future that would disrupt the status quo of tired thinking and redundant practice. "The conference isn't simply a dialogue about technology. It is about how our society and education systems respond to the challenges of a rapidly changing world and the demands of current and future generations", explained LWF founder Graham Brown-Martin.

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