Connecting Policymakers With The Education Community

Connecting Policymakers With The Education Community

A platform for policymakers to examine shifts in education, hear perspectives from across the sector, and discuss issues affecting learners, institutions, and education systems.

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Where Education Developments Meet Policy Discussions

Where Education Developments Meet Policy Discussions

Education policies influence institutional priorities, access to learning, resource allocation, and the experiences of students and educators. At the same time, policymakers are responding to rapid changes in technology, workforce expectations, learner needs, and institutional capacity.

Education 2.0 Conference brings policymakers into conversations with educators, researchers, education leaders, EdTech professionals, and other stakeholders. These exchanges offer a closer look at how emerging developments are being experienced across different parts of the education sector.

By connecting policy perspectives with research, institutional leadership, classroom experience, and innovation, the conference creates space for informed discussions about the issues shaping education.

Why Policymakers Take Part In Education 2.0 Conference

Effective education policy requires an understanding of both system-wide priorities and day-to-day realities. Access, accountability, technology, workforce readiness, student well-being, and inclusion often overlap. A decision in one area can have implications across the wider education system. Education 2.0 Conference gives policymakers an opportunity to examine these connections and exchange perspectives with professionals working across education.

Policymakers can use the conference to:

  • Examine emerging priorities across education systems
  • Hear perspectives from educators and institutional leaders
  • Discuss approaches to educational access and equity
  • Understand the policy implications of AI and EdTech
  • Explore accountability and education quality considerations
  • Consider changing workforce and skills requirements
  • Understand evolving learner and institutional needs
  • Exchange perspectives with researchers and education experts
  • Build connections across public, academic, and private sectors

These interactions provide a wider view of how policy decisions connect with teaching, technology, institutional priorities, and the needs of learners.

Policymakers in conversation at Education 2.0 Conference

What Policymakers Can Gain From The Experience

Education 2.0 Conference allows policymakers to examine education from different viewpoints. These perspectives can provide useful context for understanding both system-level priorities and implementation challenges.

Perspectives From Across Education

Direct conversations with educators, researchers, education administrators, institutional leaders, and technology professionals can show how policies are experienced in practice. These perspectives add practical context to broader discussions about education systems.

Insight Into Emerging Priorities

AI adoption, digital access, student well-being, alternative learning models, and workforce needs are creating new policy considerations. Conference discussions allow policymakers to examine how these developments may affect current education frameworks.

A Closer Look At Implementation

A policy can change considerably as institutions move from planning to implementation. Conversations with education professionals can highlight operational challenges, resource needs, institutional capacity, and other factors that may affect outcomes.

Different Approaches To Shared Challenges

Education systems often face similar concerns while operating under different social and economic conditions. Policymakers can hear varied approaches to access, accountability, technology, inclusion, and educational quality.

Connections Across The Sector

Policy increasingly intersects with research, technology, institutional leadership, and workforce development. The conference provides opportunities to meet professionals from these areas and continue relevant conversations beyond individual sessions.

Types Of Professionals Who Attend Education 2.0 Conference

Education policy involves professionals working across government, administration, regulation, advocacy, and system planning. Education 2.0 Conference brings these perspectives together while creating opportunities for exchange with the wider education community.

Government Education Officials

Government Education Officials

Officials involved in education planning and administration can engage with discussions on institutional needs, technology, access, educational quality, and changing expectations across education systems.

Education Policy Advisors

Education Policy Advisors

Policy advisors can explore developments affecting schools, higher education, digital learning, skills development, and learner support. They can also hear directly from professionals involved in turning policy into practice.

Regulatory And Standards Professionals

Regulatory And Standards Professionals

Professionals responsible for standards, accreditation, quality, and oversight can examine how emerging technologies and learning models may affect educational accountability and quality assurance.

Public Education Administrators

Public Education Administrators

Administrators working across departments, agencies, districts, and other public bodies can exchange perspectives on implementation, resource priorities, institutional coordination, and challenges affecting educators and learners.

Education Advocacy And Policy Professionals

Education Advocacy And Policy Professionals

Professionals working with associations, foundations, advocacy groups, and education-focused organizations can contribute perspectives on access, equity, student needs, and the wider effects of policy decisions.

Major Developments Affecting Education Policies

Education systems are responding to technological change, evolving learner needs, workforce shifts, and greater expectations around access and accountability. These developments are creating policy questions that affect institutions at multiple levels.

Responsible AI And Digital Education

Responsible AI And Digital Education

AI and digital technologies are entering learning environments faster than many existing frameworks anticipated. Policymakers are considering access, data use, academic integrity, educator preparedness, and responsible adoption. These discussions also raise questions about how technology can support education without replacing its core purpose.

Access, Equity, And Inclusive Learning

Access, Equity, And Inclusive Learning

Educational opportunities can be affected by income, geography, disability, language, and access to technology. Policymakers can examine how education systems respond to these differences while supporting diverse student populations.

Accountability And Educational Quality

Accountability And Educational Quality

Measures of success influence institutional priorities and public confidence. Policymakers can explore how accountability frameworks consider academic outcomes, student development, institutional effectiveness, and the quality of learning experiences.

Education And Changing Workforce Needs

Education And Changing Workforce Needs

As industries and job requirements evolve, education systems face new expectations around career readiness. Discussions on skills, lifelong learning, and workforce development can help policymakers consider how education connects with changing economic needs.

Student Well-Being Across Education Systems

Student Well-Being Across Education Systems

Mental health and well-being have become important parts of the student success conversation. Policymakers can examine how institutional responsibilities, support structures, educator capacity, and education frameworks interact when addressing these needs.

Perspectives From Across Education Policy

Education 2.0 Conference brings together policymakers, public administrators, advisors, education innovators, researchers, and institutional leaders. Each group approaches education from a different professional position, creating opportunities to understand how system-level decisions are viewed across the sector.

Their responsibilities may differ, but many are considering similar priorities: access, accountability, relevance, inclusion, technology, and the ability of education systems to respond to change.

Here is a look at some of our past policymaker attendees:

Dr. Maha Alamri

Dr. Maha Alamri

Educational Expert, Ministry of Education

Mara Martha Burr

Mara Martha Burr

President & CEO, Nordic Global Strategies | Former Director, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | Former Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative

Dr. Rose Chu

Dr. Rose Chu

Founder & Director, Elevate Teaching | Elected School Board Member, Minnesota Public School District

Owen McShane

Owen McShane

Vice President, Government Relations, FaceTec | Former Deputy Commissioner, New York State Department of Motor Vehicles

Faith Contreras

Faith Contreras

Director, Government Outreach, FaceTec | Former Arizona Department of Transportation Official

John Tobin

John Tobin

Professor, Pepperdine GSEP | Former Chief Judge, U.S. Social Security Administration

Dr. Anamika Sharma

Dr. Anamika Sharma

Lecturer & Chief Assessor, Trinity College, University of Melbourne & Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority

Dr. Anthony Johnson

Dr. Anthony Johnson

Executive Director, Survive And Thrive Education | Post-Secondary Pathways Program Manager, Crowley ISD

Jamilah A. Hud Kirk

Jamilah A. Hud Kirk

Executive Director, Elementary Academics, Clayton County Public Schools

Dr. Jennifer Herrera

Dr. Jennifer Herrera

Superintendent, Tucson International Academy

Dr. Sultan B. Almutery

Dr. Sultan B. Almutery

Academic Program Director, King Saud University | Director, Digital Heritage Program, Royal Institute of Traditional Arts

Dharmic Meggi

Dharmic Meggi

Chair, Board of Examinations, UCAS & Post-16 Careers Lead, Wembley Schools Federation & Avanti House Secondary School

Policy Conversations With A Wider View

Education policy rarely involves one issue at a time. Decisions around technology can affect access and assessment. Workforce priorities can influence curriculum planning, while new learning models can raise questions about quality and accountability.

Sessions at Education 2.0 Conference bring these connected issues into discussion. Policymakers can hear perspectives from educators, researchers, institutional leaders, technology professionals, and other stakeholders.

Topics such as policy reform, AI, equity, accountability, student well-being, inclusive learning, and workforce readiness provide a wider context for examining how education systems are changing.

Frequently Asked Questions

The conference is relevant to government education officials, policy advisors, public education administrators, regulatory professionals, education advocates, standards professionals, and others involved in shaping education policy.

Bring Your Perspective Into The Conversation

Whether you work in government, public administration, regulation, policy advisory, or education advocacy, Education 2.0 Conference provides an opportunity to examine changing priorities and engage with professionals working across education.

Registration desk at the conference

Connect Policymakers With The Wider Education Community

Policy decisions eventually reach institutions, educators, and learners. Understanding those connections becomes increasingly important as education systems respond to technology, changing workforce needs, access challenges, and new expectations around educational quality.

Education 2.0 Conference brings policymakers into conversations with professionals who experience these changes from different positions. Educators can contribute perspectives from learning environments, while researchers can share evidence and emerging findings. Institutional and technology professionals can add insights into implementation and innovation.

These exchanges can help policymakers examine education priorities from multiple viewpoints and identify areas that may require closer attention as systems continue to evolve.

Exchange perspectives, examine education priorities, and connect with professionals across the sector at Education 2.0 Conference.

Policymakers talking during a conference networking break