Dr Joanne Orlando is a leading analyst and commentator in the field of children and technology. Her work focuses on the evolving nature of children’s technology use and the ever-changing implications for their learning, social relationships, identity, and well-being.
A key aspect of Joanne’s research is gaining first-hand perspectives from children on why they use technology in the ways they do. What she finds out in her research is often surprising and not what adults assume or expect.

A key element of Joanne’s work is applying her analysis to a wide range of real world scenarios. Joanne works closely with several multinational technology companies (including Apple and Norton) in an advisory capacity - sharing her research and insights to assist in the development of better products and practices to ensure children’s technology use is positive.
She is a well-known international media commentator on the educational, ethical and social issues that arise from our technology use and the best ways parents can guide their children. Joanne has introduced terms such as ‘zombie scrolling’, ‘sharenting’, and ‘fintas’ to explain and guide the new ways technology is being used by children and adults.

Joanne’s is currently examining children’s participation in e-Sports; young children’s informal use of AI in their play; and how AI can support the independence of young people with cognitive disability.

Joanne's Session: Trends on children’s uses of AI and the implications for school learning and engagement

Technology use is generational and the ways children and young people use technology is increasingly different to the ways adults - including their parents and teachers - use technology. Basing school technology use on how we think children use technology can therefore be disconnected and disengaging for students. My research focuses on understanding children’s uses of technology from the perspective of the children themselves. In this presentation, I will explain current trends in children and young people’s informal home and social uses of technology, and their interpretations as to why they use technology in these ways. I’ll focus on their uses of artificial intelligence, the advantages of their uses, the skills and knowledge they are losing and gaining, and how their increasing reliance on these new directions in technology is effecting their learning and engagement in schools.

Through his time working in education, Trent has taught and lead through many roles within both Primary and Secondary Schools here in Australia. As founder of Collective Education he now partners with schools to support leaders and teachers with school wide ICT transformation and capabilities based curriculum design. Trent's core focus is to collaboratively design and deliver professional learning programs to support curriculum innovation that affords students the opportunity to build skills in readiness for the world of future work. Working as part of the Education Team at Microsoft, Trent is also a Master Facilitator Trainer for the Microsoft ICT Peer Coaching and 21st Century Learning Design Framework.

Trent's Session: Future Ready Schools

Trent is excited about the future of education in the digital age and believes that, now with ubiquitous access to technology in schools, we have the platform to launch into exploring new ways to collaborate, create and innovate. Hear how advances in the space of Mixed Reality, the use of Big Data in Predictive Analytics, Gamification, AI and Cognitive Services will shape learning into the future. With an imperative for today’s learners to be ready for Industry 4.0, many schools nationally have already introduced and explored frameworks that support teachers to design learning experience that leverage these technologies practice and develop future ready skills. In this session Trent will address strategies to reflect on your school’s current transformation journey and uncover strategies to ensure your school is Future Ready.

Kate is a multi-award winning game designer, innovation facilitator and explainer of the future. She has spoken at top academic and industry conferences, including SXSW (Austin), NXNE (Toronto) and TEDxPerth where has also worked a speaker coach, and has been featured on MTV, NPR and in the pages of ELLE and the Australian Financial Review. She recently completed an Australia-wide speaking tour, hosted by the Australian Computer Society, where she spoke about the importance of playfulness, compassion and diversity in preparing for the future.
Kate has written for a variety of publications in Canada and Australia, including the Conversation and Kotaku, a top game industry news site. Kate has a technology and innovation column for the WA Business News and is a regular contributor to Scitech’s Particle, where she covers everything from the future of work and education to the latest video game console. Her ability to identify and explain key trends in an accessible way are rewarded by her articles being among some of those most read and shared. Her PhD on Facebook has also been in Curtin Library’s top 10 most downloaded (of all time!) list since it was published in 2012.
Kate’s award-winning mixed and augmented reality (MR/AR) games have been played all over the world, including at the National Theatre (London), Toronto International Film Festival and IndieCade (San Francisco). She is also the Founder of Playup Perth, a social night hosted by Spacecubed (Perth’s largest coworking hub) which connects the public with the local latest games and creative innovations. Running since 2013, the event has been instrumental in building and activating WA’s games industry.
Kate has worked with a wide variety of clients from different industries, including the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, Deakin University, Bankwest, RAC WA, Knowledge Week and Health Canada. She also recently advised the Western Australian government on their new STEM strategy and games industry funding pilot.
Kate has won multiple international awards for her work, including WAITTA Incite’s Achiever of the Year (2015/2016); the Australian Computer Society’s Digital Disruptor Professional Achiever of the Year (2016); and one of MCV Pacific’s 30 most influential women in games for three years running. This year she was named as one of the 40 under 40 in Western Australia.
She holds a PhD from Curtin University’s Department of Internet Studies, where she is also an Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, and a graduate of the Canadian Film Centre’s New Media Lab, where she previously taught. Kate is a Member of Professional Speakers Australia and the Australian Institute of Company Directors as well as an Honorary Member of the Australian Computer Society.

Kate's Session: Why Games Are The Future

Games and play are kind of a big deal. This year it is estimated that the games industry will be worth $140 billion USD, which is bigger than both the film and music industry combined. And this is just games for entertainment, and does not include gamification, serious games or other adjacent industries or technologies, such as virtual and augmented reality (now being called XR).

At the same time, schools are finding that children no longer know how to play. All the while, we're struggling to keep up with the massive changes happening in all aspects of society, education and business thanks to disruptive technologies.

This talk will show how understanding and leveraging games as a culture, a mindset and as a process are critical to preparing for the future of work and education. Overall, we’ll uncover why we need playfulness now more than ever.

Mark is the Head of eLearning (P-12) and the STEM and Social Innovation Coordinator at Emmanuel College located on the Gold Coats, Queensland. He is also recognised as a Microsoft Innovative Expert Educator and was awarded as a Hot List recipient 2 years in a row by the Educator Magazine in 2017 and 2018 for being an influential figure in the K-12 education space. With a background in primary teaching, Mark has a passion for pushing the boundaries and bringing innovation and engagement into the classroom through the use of technology. ``I have a drive for innovation and creativity. I love exploring models of flipped classrooms, collaboration, utilising tools like AR and VR and bringing as much engagement as possible to ensure that learning is always fun!``

Mark's session: Unpacking the benefits of AR/VR in the Classroom

Whether your school is just starting their journey or are experienced in the fields of Augmented and Virtual Reality in the classroom, there are many incredible tools and effective ways that you can enrich the learning experience for your students. See how Emmanuel College has successfully integrated VR throughout the Junior and Senior curriculum (including STEM) and how they are moving their students from being 'viewers' to being the 'creators' of the content. Explore ideas in how your school can utilize cutting-edge technology to drive innovation that can benefit your staff, students and parents.

Dean Pearman is currently the Director of Learning Technologies and Innovation at Peninsula Grammar. Prior to this appointment Dean has worked in numerous leadership roles in the areas of wellbeing and learning. A teacher of 19 years working in both a secondary and primary school contexts across Independent and Catholic School systems in Victoria. His current role sees him working in K – 12 in the areas of digital implementation strategy and leadership, staff professional learning and development, pedagogy and curriculum innovation. Dean works one on one and with teams to build capacity and empowerment in learning, technology and innovation. He is passionate about student voice and for students to own their learning and discover their passions through curriculum innovation. Having a background in Art and Design, Dean is focused on creating the condition for curiosity and creativity via design thinking. He has been a classroom teacher, Head of Department, Head of House, a VCAA Curriculum State Reviewer and an Assistant Chief Examiner for Year 12 written Examinations as well as a consultant.

A published author of various text books Dean has extensive experience working with in the fields of Art and Design education. Dean has presented at various conferences and to professional groups around Australia on Digital Learning, Digital Leadership and Strategy. He is also the co-host of the Design and Play Podcast with Steve Brophy. A podcast all about education, technology, innovation, pedagogy, design and creativity. He was recognised with the award of Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert in 2016 – 2018, one of only four thousand educators globally for his innovative uses of technologies that enhance learning. Dean is also an Apple Teacher and Schoolbox Hero teacher. He most recently studied at Harvard University in the field of Maker Centered Learning and Teaching. He holds a BA in Visual Arts and Diplomas in Multimedia Design along with a Grad Dip of Education. His passions are in the areas of design thinking, pedagogy and learning innovation, interdisciplinary STEM learning, 3D printing and fabrication, constructivist and constructionist learning and Maker Ed.

Dean's session: Making a Space for Change

How can schools develop the conditions for innovation and teach the necessary skills our students will need to flourish beyond school? Dean Pearman will discuss and present ideas of how to develop and cultivate an innovative environment for change. Building teacher and student efficacy in the areas of innovation, listen to how he uses lean methodologies to scale up ideas and provide students with the necessary skills to learn and teachers with the environment to test, play and discover new ways to teach. He will share his story of leadership in innovation by discussing the work that he is doing in the areas of MakerSpaces, Design Thinking and developing a Making Culture at Peninsula Grammar

A former teacher, Steven Payne has worked with schools across WA for the past seven years as a learning consultant, supporting school leaders, teachers, and students to make the most of technology. He is a certified Microsoft Learning Consultant, demonstrating his deep understanding and experience of school transformation and digital strategy.

Steven's session: AI, Bots and Cognitive Services in the Cloud

• 20 ways AI is built into Office 365
• Practical examples of how AI, bots and cognitive services are used in schools
• Hands on experience with real-time translations and building a chatbot

Sam's background as a primary school teacher and advocate for student leadership lead him towards becoming a Co-Founder of Future Learning Academy and the Cyber Safety Project. In 2017 Sam was the deserving recipient of the Deakin Community Award for his outstanding contributions to his local community (Deakin Electorate in Melbourne).

Sam is a self confessed millennial with accounts on all of the social networking platforms. He has seen first hand in his own teaching experience that even small mistakes made online can have long lasting social and emotional consequences.

His motivation for developing and delivering the Cyber Safety Project is to reach a broader audience of teachers, students and community members, as well as provide effective learning experiences and teaching resources. To ensure students 'grow up digital' Sam's vision is to see the community learn important safe and responsible online habits.

Sam's Session: Proactive Teaching Strategies to Live, Work & Play Safely Online

To ensure that we support and empower ALL Australian students to be safe and responsible users of digital technologies both at home and school, we must arm ALL teachers, parents and the wider community with digital literacy skills and resources.

This session looks to arm teachers with protective strategies and easy to implement lesson ideas that address the changing landscape of the most popular social networking platforms and promote the safe and responsible use of connected technology. Teachers will leave this session with a new found perspective on how children are growing up digital and acknowledge the ongoing support and guidance they need to be responsible and safe digital citizens.

Originally training as an early childhood teacher, Lou Cimetta taught across the early years and primary years before moving to leadership positions at school and system level.

Lou worked for ten years at the Catholic Education Office in Western Australia, focusing on teaching and learning initiatives. She has been an instructional coach supporting schools to draw on research and evidence to improve literacy and numeracy results. Lou also developed digital learning strategies, led the digital learning team and represented the National Catholic Education Commission on cross-sectoral digital learning working parties during her time at Catholic Education.

Lou most recently worked as a development executive at Apple supporting local, national and international educational institutions in utilising technology to maximise learning opportunities. As part of this role she opened up new markets, developed education content and designed powerful learning experiences for leaders and educators.

Lou now works as an independent consultant supporting the education sector with strategic planning, adult learning design, onsite learning, offsite events and educator resource development.

Lou's Session: Creativity in Every Classroom

The World Economic Forum identifies creativity as a rapidly emerging skill that workers will need to thrive in todays workforce. How do we build this skill in our students? What does creativity look like in today’s digital classrooms and how do we fit this in with all the other demands of teaching and learning? Join Lou Cimetta, Apple Distinguished Educator and Apple Professional Learning Specialist, to explore practical strategies to connect the creative arts of drawing, photography, video and music with digital devices. We will explore a STEM unit of work and look at how we can use technology to capture student thinking as students use a variety of creative mediums to show what they know. We will use iPad as a practical example in these sessions however the ideas are translatable across all digital devices.

Professor Craig Valli has over 30 years’ experience in the ICT Industry, and regularly consults with industry and government, conducting research on securing networks and critical infrastructures, detection of network borne threats, forensic analysis of cyber security incidents, network security and digital forensics.

Craig has worked in the education and research sector his entire life, initially within the secondary sector teaching ICT. In addition to this, Craig was part owner and director of one of Perth’s first Internet Service providers (Global Data Access) in 1995. Then, focusing on a new direction in his career he re-entered postgraduate study, completing a Masters of Management Information Systems in 2000 (Deans List) and that same year commenced work at ECU, holding various positions including Lecturer and Head of School for the School of Computer and Security Science, before accepting his current position of Director of the ECU Security Research Institute in 2012. That same year, Craig was made a Professor of Digital Forensics.

Presently performing the role of Acting Research Director for the Cyber Security Co-operative Research Centre (CSCRC), Craig is also a member of the High Tech Crime Investigators Association (Australian Chapter), the INTERPOL Cyber Crime Experts Group, AISA, IEEE and a Fellow of the Australian Computer Society. He serves on several cyber security related conference committees and journal editorial boards, and is the founder and current Chair of the Australian Digital Forensics Conference.

Session details: Internet of Threat; Protecting your Boundaries

More details coming soon

After a successful 15 year sales leadership career at big fortune 50 companies like Dell, Apple & EMC, where Ryan was responsible for driving growth and results across large sales teams in different geographies through hyper growth periods for each company, Ryan decided to set up his own business 6 years ago.

Ryan speaks and facilitates internationally in the areas of leadership, performance, productivity, resilience and team dynamics. His business is the business of people. Companies hire Ryan and his team to help them discover unrealised potential and to shift gears in their performance as a group or as individual leaders. Ryan has a first class honours Masters Degree (MSc) in Personal and Managment Coaching, he is also an accredited executive coach with the International Coaching Federation and the European Mentor and Coaching Council (EMCC). In Ryan’s research he looked at the coaching language used by high performance coaches with their teams.
Ryan is also the author of “Shifting Gears, how to harness your drive to reach your potential and accelerate success”. He is currently working on his second book.

Ryan's session: Balancing AI with EQ

Ryan will be the closing speaker for the 2019 WA Education Summit.
His talk will be focused on the human side of performance. With the advancement in technology a welcome and exciting trend, Ryan will remind us of the human factor that will help us as educators, teachers, professionals and leaders. This human factor and how we can focus on the skills that humans have in abundance that will help future generations be comfortable and work in sync with the increasing dominance of tech. Ryan promises a high energy delivery with some provocative thought to close the day.

Speaker details coming soon

Tim's Session (presented with Kieran Bailey): Boundary breaking with the Microsoft Surface

A case study on Great Southern Grammar’s journey, transitioning away from an iPad BYOD program to a school-managed Microsoft Surface device program for its students and staff. Hear about the underlying technical systems and management processes in place, from Identity Manager to SharePoint, and a rock-solid, secure network infrastructure, that combine to offer a great user experience to students and staff, and allows the country school to blur country-city borders.

Kieran Bailey is an educator based in Albany, Western Australia. He us currently Head of IT Services and Digital Technologies teacher at Great Southern Grammar, and independent school in Albany, Western Australia. Kieran is also a Minecraft Global Mentor and a Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert. Kieran has worked in education for the past 15 years, starting out providing IT and technical support to teachers and support staff before transitioning to the classroom. He has a strong passion for technology, supporting children as the grow and develop into a constantly changing world. He has a passion for game-based learning and the use of Minecraft and the social benefits it brings to children. Kieran is also interested in exploring the changing nature of the workforce, what our children should expect, and ways we can help children to think less like a computer and more like a human.

Kieran's Session (presented with Tim Basten): Boundary breaking with the Microsoft Surface

A case study on Great Southern Grammar’s journey, transitioning away from an iPad BYOD program to a school-managed Microsoft Surface device program for its students and staff. Hear about the underlying technical systems and management processes in place, from Identity Manager to SharePoint, and a rock-solid, secure network infrastructure, that combine to offer a great user experience to students and staff, and allows the country school to blur country-city borders.