Keynote Speakers
Prof. Carlos Delgado Kloos
Universidad Carlos III de
Madrid, Spain
Carlos Delgado Kloos received the Ph.D. degree
in Computer Science from the
Technische Universität München and in
Telecommunications Engineering from the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. He is Full
Professor of Telematics Engineering and Rector’s Delegate for Digital Microcredentials
at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, where he is also the Director of the GAST
research group and Director of the UNESCO Chair on “Scalable Digital Education for All”.
Previously, he has been Vice Rector for Strategy and Digital Education, Vice Rector for
Infrastructures and Environment, Associate Vice Rector for International
Relations and Cooperation, and Founding Head of his Department. He has carried out research
stays at several universities such as Harvard, MIT, Munich, and Passau.
His main research interests are in Educational
Technology. He has been involved in a
large number of research projects and has
published more than 500 papers. He has coordinated several MOOCs on edX and MiríadaX
with over 650,000 registrations and
is presently promoting the adoption of digital
micro-credentials in Spain through the project CertiDigital (certidigital.es).
Prof. Agnes Kululska-Hulme
The Open University, UK
Agnes Kukulska-Hulme is Professor
of Learning Technology and Communication in the
Institute of Educational Technology (IET) where
she leads the Learning Futures research and
innovation programme. She joined IET in 1996. As
an expert in mobile learning, she has led many
projects and participated in international
initiatives, including the EU MOTILL project on
mobile lifelong learning, the EU MASELTOV
project's Learning Services for social inclusion
of immigrants, British Council-sponsored
research on Mobile Pedagogy for English language
teaching and on Marginalisation in low-resource
contexts, and the SALSA project on language
learning in urban settings for the next
generation of smart cities. Professor
Kukulska-Hulme's research has been supported by
external funding and commissions from the EU,
The British Council, RCUK, UNESCO, Refugee
Action, Paul Hamlyn Foundation, Jisc,
Commonwealth of Learning, MK Smart, Becta, TIRF,
National College of School Leadership, Mellon
Foundation, and Cambridge University Press.
She is Past-President of the International
Association for Mobile Learning, and serves on
several journals' Editorial Boards including
ReCALL, RPTEL, and International Journal of
Mobile and Blended Learning. She has been an
invited Visiting Scholar or Fellow at several
institutions where she has led developments in
mobile learning: English Language Institute of
Singapore (Ministry of Education); Beijing
Foreign Studies University in China (High End
Expert); University of Technology, Sydney;
National Central University, Taiwan; Universidad
Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Madrid. She
has published over 250 journal articles, papers
and books, and has been a keynote or invited
speaker at over 100 conferences and workshops.
Recent keynotes include ChinaCALL 2020 Beijing,
Ministry of Education WSA-EC Forum 2018
Singapore, AELFE 2018 Madrid, ELECC 2018 Hong
Kong, mInclusion 2017 Gothenburg, ITK 2016
Finland, GloCALL 2015 South Korea.
Professor Kukulska-Hulme has served in numerous
management and leadership roles, as Associate
Director (Learning & Teaching and Academic
Professional Development), Deputy Director IET,
Co-Head of the Technology Enhanced Learning
Group; and Programme Lead for Next Generation
Distance Learning, Innovating Pedagogy, and
Learning Futures. She has chaired several
conferences, including the annual international
mLearn conference on Mobile and Contextual
Learning. She has served as an External Examiner
of over 30 doctoral theses and an External
Evaluator for grant-giving bodies and for
overseas universities' research quality
assessments (Hong Kong Institute of Education,
University of Gothenburg, Athabasca University).
Assoc. Prof. Rachel Fitzgerald
The University of Queensland, Australia
Associate Professor Rachel Fitzgerald is the Deputy Associate Dean (Academic) for the Faculty of Business, Economics and Law. Rachel is internationally acknowledged for her expertise in Technology-Enhanced Learning and stands as a curriculum leader in the digital age, specializing in contemporary higher education and AI-driven learning. Rachel has spearheaded teaching and learning initiatives across various institutions globally and is leading research on microcredentials, workplace learning and Scholarship of AI Teaching and Learning.