The future of learning is a human question.
For the people leading schools through AI: a clearer way to see what is changing, and what still belongs to us.
Explore the talks
In brief: Dan Fitzpatrick, The AI Educator, is an AI in education keynote speaker for education conferences, district and trust events, and whole-staff training days. He has trained more than 150,000 educators in over 30 countries and speaks in person and online across the UK, the United States, Europe, the Middle East and Asia-Pacific.
A different kind of keynote
The question is no longer whether AI will enter the classroom. It is how educators and leaders choose to meet it — with curiosity, judgement and a sense of purpose.
Dan brings the conversation back to the decisions that matter: how we learn, how we lead, and what our children need from us now.
On stage / In conversation
The technology moves quickly. The responsibility to think clearly is ours.
The keynotes / 04
Four conversations about AI, leadership and the future of learning.
Why the thinking must stay human when AI can do the doing
For: Teachers, support staff and whole-school training days
Keynote, half-day or full-day · in person or online
What AI is already changing in your school, and what only you can decide
For: Senior leaders, governors and whole staff
Keynote, half-day or full-day · in person or online
Strategy, governance and courage for school leaders in an AI world
For: Heads, trust and district leaders, governors and leadership conferences
Keynote, half-day or full-day · in person or online
What our children really need when the future won't sit still
For: Education conferences, whole school communities and system leaders
Keynote or conference opener · in person or online
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Every talk is shaped around your audience and what you want people to do differently afterwards. A short planning call before the event sets the focus, the examples and the format.
a main-stage keynote or opener that gives a large, mixed audience a shared way to think about AI, with time for questions or a panel.
a keynote that sets the tone for the year, often followed by practical breakout workshops for teachers.
leadership-focused talks on strategy, governance and consistency across schools, with time for leaders to plan together.
talks for heads, governors and boards, drawing on Dan's work with independent and international schools in the UK, Europe, the United States and the Middle East.
What education leaders say
Getting Dan into your school to speak for one hour will transform your teachers’ way of thinking. It will be the best PD you do all year.
Dan’s keynote woke us up to the urgency of embracing AI in education and challenged us to grab the opportunity with both hands. He certainly has left a lasting impression on our entire education service.
This was the first PD that my staff walked away from excited about! We had email and text chains that began immediately as staff discovered new resources. He was excellent!
Dan Fitzpatrick offers a bold and transformative vision for the future of learning in the AI era.
Dan’s expertise is second to none, and his enthusiasm has empowered our teachers to want to be at the forefront of AI driven learning.
Dan’s balanced view of the use of AI takes tools that could be intimidating and makes them much more approachable and useful for practicing educators.
Where Dan speaks
Based in the UK. Recent stages include BETT in London and the Surpass Assessment Conference in Leeds, with schools, trusts and councils from Falkirk to Ealing. Keynotes in the UK, Keynotes in Ireland
Keynotes at FETC, the NCCE conference in Seattle, the NCEA convention, the New York State School Boards Association convention and TECHSPO, with schools from Albany to Louisville. Keynotes in the United States, Keynotes in Canada
International and national schools across Europe, including St Julian’s School in Lisbon. Most European venues are a short flight from the UK.
School groups and international schools in the UAE, including GEMS schools in Dubai.
Dan travels to Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong and South-East Asia for keynotes and multi-day programmes, and delivers live online keynotes timed for your time zone. Keynotes in Australia, Keynotes in New Zealand, Keynotes in Singapore and South-East Asia
Dan also speaks for schools and education leaders in South Africa. Keynotes in South Africa
In the United States
Dan is a regular keynote speaker at US education conferences and works with districts, school boards, and Catholic, public and independent schools across the country. District Administration named him one of its DA 100 education influencers.
In person anywhere in the US, or live online at Eastern, Central, Mountain or Pacific time. Every enquiry receives a reply within one working day.
Check availability for your US eventQuestions organisers ask
Fees depend on the format (keynote, half-day or full-day), the size and type of audience, whether the session is in person or online, and travel. Schools, trusts and districts are quoted differently from commercial conferences and companies. Choose a budget band on the booking form and you will receive a clear quote.
Every enquiry receives a reply within one working day.
Most schools and conferences book several months ahead, and dates around the start of each term go first. Short-notice bookings are sometimes possible, so it is always worth asking about your date.
Yes. Dan is based in the UK and speaks in person across the United States and Canada, Europe, the Middle East and Asia-Pacific, including Australia, New Zealand and Singapore. Travel is agreed with you as part of the quote.
Yes. Dan has given keynotes at FETC, the NCCE conference in Seattle, the NCEA convention and the New York State School Boards Association convention, and works with US districts and schools in person or live online at Eastern, Central, Mountain or Pacific time.
Yes. Dan delivers live online keynotes and workshops, timed for your local time zone, whether your audience is in Sydney, Singapore, Dubai, New York or Los Angeles.
School and trust leaders, teachers and support staff, district and system leaders, governors and education conference audiences. Each talk can be pitched for a single school or a national conference.
Yes. Every keynote is shaped around your context, your audience and what you want people to do differently afterwards, after a short planning conversation before the event.
A keynote of up to an hour sets the direction and energy for a whole audience. Half-day and full-day formats add practical workshops so staff leave having used AI, not only heard about it.
Neither cheerleader nor sceptic. Dan’s position is “outsource the doing, not the thinking”: use AI where it removes busywork and protect the human thinking that learning depends on.
Many schools follow a keynote with AI training for staff, strategy and governance guidance for leaders, leadership coaching or the free School AI Readiness scorecard, so the ideas turn into action.
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