Keynote speakers 2005
The keynote presentations at SETT are of universal interest to everyone attending and are a central focus of the event. This year we are delighted to welcome four internationally renowned keynote speakers. This year, the keynote speeches will be interpreted into British Sign Language. The keynote speakers are complemented by spotlight speakers, each expert in their own field, together with a wealth of practitioners from across Scotland and beyond delivering the seminar programme.
Sir Ken Robinson
Sir Ken Robinson is a world-renowned speaker, truly inspirational, with an unrivalled ability to convey powerful messages with extraordinary warmth, passion and wit. Before moving to the United States, he was voted Business Speaker of the Year by over 200 global and European companies. In June 2003, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for his outstanding achievements as a leader in creativity, education and the arts.
Keynote: 'Out of Our Minds: Learning to be Creative' Wednesday 21 September 10.30
Peter Peacock MSP - Minister for Education and Young People
Before being elected to the Scottish Parliament in 1999, Mr Peacock was a councillor with Highland Council (formerly Highland Regional Council) from 1982. He was council leader between 1995 and 1999. He was educated at Hawick High School and gained a diploma in Youth Work and Community Service at Jordanhill College in Glasgow. He has been a community worker, area officer of the Citizens Advice Bureaux and a self-employed consultant. He is a member of the Scottish National Heritage, the Post Office Board for Scotland, European Committee of the Regions and the Council of Europe - Local Authority Chamber.
Marc Prensky
Marc Prensky is an internationally acclaimed speaker, writer, consultant and designer in the critical areas of education and learning. He is the author of 'Digital Game-Based Learning' (McGraw-Hill, 2001), the founder and CEO of Games2train (whose clients include IBM, Nokia, Pfizer, and the US Department of Defense) and creator of the site DoD Game Developers' Community.
Keynote: 'Ministerial Address and 'Engage Me or Enrage Me': Educating Today's 'Digital Native' Learners' Wednesday 21 September 14.00
Professor Guy Claxton
Professor Guy Claxton is one of the UK's foremost thinkers on creativity, learning and the brain in both business and education. John Cleese described Guy's 1997 book 'Hare Brain, Tortoise Mind: Why Intelligence Increases When You Think Less' as 'THE essential guide to creativity', and said of Guy Claxton's thinking, in an interview in Newsweek, 'Just occasionally I get the feeling that somebody has said something important.' 'Hare Brain' has formed the basis of Cleese's keynotes to business conventions worldwide.
Keynote: 'Educating Powerful Learners' Thursday 22 September 11.30
Dr Chris Yapp
Dr Chris Yapp, Head of Public Sector Innovation at Microsoft UK, has been in the IT industry for 23 years in a variety of roles specialising in the management and strategic implications of networked technologies. He has focused on the areas of lifelong learning, e-government, the creative industries and social exclusion in the emerging knowledge society. A frequent public speaker and writer on these matters, Chris is also a director of the Internet Society of England, a trustee of the School of Social Entrepreneurs and a trustee of the educational charity MirandaNet. Speaking engagements have included the British Council, the World Bank, the UK-Canada colloquia and the UN Global Forum.
Chris has been involved in many government advisory groups in the UK and the EU. He is an associate of the think tank Demos. A graduate of Magdalen College, Oxford, he holds an honorary DTech from Glasgow Caledonian University. He is a Fellow of the RSA.
Keynote: 'Putting the Learner First. What Does this Meanfor the Teaching Profession?' Thursday 22 September 14.45
