08:30 – 09:00 Registration
09:00 – 09:30 Welcome
09:30 – 10:30 Opening Panel
Panel Discussion
Ben Whitaker (Host)
Innovation with Integrity: Keeping Humans at the Heart of AI in Schools
Ben Whitaker (Host)
Assembly Hall
A panel exploring how schools can adopt AI with integrity, balancing innovation with human-centred values, governance with understanding, and strategy with purpose. Between them, the panellists cover creativity, pedagogy, primary, safeguarding, and data strategy, bringing the full breadth of what we are exploring today.
10:30 – 11:15 Session 1
Move beyond off-the-shelf solutions and learn how to build bespoke AI tools and agents that support business operations, freeing up staff time for high-value work.
AI risk in education is cognitive and cultural. Using the AI Cards as thinking tools, learn to spot where AI quietly replaces judgement and how structured questioning maintains student agency.
Strategic integration of technology in EYFS and Primary environments. Using AI to reframe assessment and learning outcomes while maintaining the integrity of early years pedagogy.
A three-layer model of curriculum architecture: governance, pedagogy, and assessment. Using concrete examples to show how policy values become learnable competencies.
Dive into the latest research on AI's impact on critical thinking and metacognition. Practise techniques to support AI-empowered thinkers you can use on Monday.
Hands-on workshop on using chatbots responsibly in education. Design chatbots that support all learners and reduce cognitive load. Build your own using Mindjoy.
Rethink safeguarding as an opportunity. Explore how to help learners question and critique AI responsibly in a world of chatbots and deepfakes.
The first AI assistant purpose-built for teachers — powered by voice control and a handheld remote, Merlyn lets educators operate their classroom display, web apps, and generative AI tools from anywhere in the room. Drop in for a live demo.
11:15 – 11:45 Break
11:45 – 12:30 Session 2
Live demonstrations of AI tools with practical use cases for admin and teacher-focused areas to drive tangible operational value.
The data and AI maturity lifecycle, including predictive attendance models achieving 93% accuracy. Why non-profit models outperform proprietary alternatives.
Build a clear AI vision, select the right tools, and leave with a practical 90-day action plan tailored to your context.
Create your own deployable apps and widgets to save time, check learning, or introduce “vibe coding” to your students.
Explore AI as a creative material and thinking partner. Hands-on activities examining creative fidelity, design thinking, and expanding creative practice.
Diagnose where student agency is lost in your own context and sketch a redesign scalable to both Primary and Secondary settings.
How text-to-speech, dictation, translation, and AI-assisted planning can reduce barriers and increase learner independence.
How AI and Universal Design for Learning combine to transform inclusion for neurodiverse students, EAL learners, and those needing an extra boost.
The first AI assistant purpose-built for teachers — powered by voice control and a handheld remote, Merlyn lets educators operate their classroom display, web apps, and generative AI tools from anywhere in the room. Drop in for a live demo.
12:30 – 13:00 Presentation
Presentation
Create. Code. Change.
Assembly Hall
A global AI coding competition where students aged 11+ use design thinking to identify real-world problems linked to the UN Sustainable Development Goals, then use AI to build an app. No coding experience needed. In year one, 41 schools from 19 countries registered, over 3,000 students took part, and judges described student work as “professional quality.” Shortlisted for the Edufuturists “Most Innovative Educational Project” award.
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 14:45 Session 3
Build bespoke AI tools and agents that support business operations, freeing up staff time for high-value work.
Spot where AI quietly replaces judgement and use structured questioning to maintain student agency.
Teacher-ready AI literacy programmes where students build, test, and critically evaluate AI systems. Pedagogy, innovation, and ethics combined.
Create deployable apps and widgets to save time, check learning, or introduce vibe coding to your students.
The latest research on AI, critical thinking, and metacognition. Techniques to support AI-empowered thinkers.
Design chatbots that support all learners and reduce cognitive load without replacing human judgement.
Rethink safeguarding as an opportunity. Help learners question and critique AI responsibly.
The first AI assistant purpose-built for teachers — powered by voice control and a handheld remote, Merlyn lets educators operate their classroom display, web apps, and generative AI tools from anywhere in the room. Drop in for a live demo.
14:45 – 15:30 Session 4
Live demonstrations of AI tools with practical use cases for operational value.
PhD research on explainable AI for safeguarding risks and preventing algorithmic bias. Responsible AI deployment through the Marginal Gains platform.
Design staff training to build confidence and leave with a practical 90-day AI action plan.
AI as a creative material and thinking partner, not a replacement.
Strategic integration of technology in EYFS and Primary, maintaining the integrity of early years pedagogy.
Diagnose where student agency is lost and sketch a redesign scalable to both Primary and Secondary.
Text-to-speech, dictation, translation, and AI-assisted planning to reduce barriers and increase independence.
The first AI assistant purpose-built for teachers — powered by voice control and a handheld remote, Merlyn lets educators operate their classroom display, web apps, and generative AI tools from anywhere in the room. Drop in for a live demo.
15:30 – 16:00 Break
16:00 – 16:45 Closing Keynote
Keynote
AI as a Catalyst for Education Reform
Assembly Hall
Al Kingsley highlights how AI can serve as a catalyst for education reform. Challenging yet light-hearted, offering a visionary look at the future of leadership in the digital age.
16:45 – 17:00 Close
