Tessa Cramer announced as first keynote speaker at Digifest 2024
The educator and futurist will open the event with a dynamic session designed to help attendees achieve their long-term goals
Tessa Cramer (PhD), a professor and futurist based at Fontys University of Applied Sciences in The Netherlands, will set the stage for an exciting two-day event where attendees will work together to collectively imagine the future of tertiary education and research.
With her background in education, Tessa is perfectly placed to kick off Digifest 2024, and will provide attendees with the tools needed to focus their priorities and start imagining the future - today.
Tessa Cramer: photography credit - Joni Israeli
Booking is open for the event, which takes place on 12-13 March 2024 at the Birmingham International Conference Centre and online. Jisc members and customers receive two free in-person tickets per organisation.
Heidi Fraser-Krauss, chief executive at Jisc, said:
“We are excited to welcome Dr Tessa Cramer to Digifest 2024 as our first headline speaker. Tessa’s session will encourage attendees to view the world from a futurist perspective, helping them make clear distinctions between the important and the urgent to identify what truly matters.
“At a time when change is happening at breakneck speed across all areas of education and employment, this approach will be invaluable to our members as they imagine the future of their institutions.”
Attendees at Digifest 2024 can look forward to more than 40 presentations, panel discussions and keynote sessions designed to spark discussion and innovation across the tertiary education sector.
Confirmed session topics include:
- Engaging with generative AI ethical dilemmas – University of Bedfordshire
- Using VR to tackle the gender disparity in STEM education – Leeds Beckett University
- AI and the importance of digital wellbeing – Basingstoke College of Technology
- Improving learner experience and engagement through gamified behaviours – Nelson and Colne College Group
Find out more about what to expect at Digifest 2024.
Digifest 2024 is a CPD accredited event. Attendees can contribute their learning time towards individual continuing professional development goals.