Experience world-class presentations by passionate and engaging speakers, including Google Certified Educators, Trainers, and Innovators. We also are excited to have the team from Google for Education Australia join us for this event.
Join us as we kick off the day with a inspirational, thought provoking
and actionable keynote from Kimberley Hall!
Kimberley Hall
Kimberley Hall
Kimberley is the Australian Teaching and Learning Lead at Google. She has spent the past twenty years supporting educators, leaders and education institutions to empower all learners with the tools and skills that set them up for success in building the future they want for themselves. She started her career as an award-winning English teacher, then worked in both school and system-level leadership, as well as at the university level. As the Director of a professional development company, Kimberley was fortunate to work with thousands of educators in dozens of countries globally. Today, she loves working as part of the Education team at Google Australia to transform education at scale.
Attend workshops by a few of our favourite leaders in the Google Workspace
and Australian edtech space.
Phil Carew
Toorak College
Phil Carew
Phil is the Head of Digital Learning & Innovation at Toorak College in Phil is the Head of Digital Learning & Innovation and a passionate educator at Toorak College in Victoria. He empowers teachers and students to use technology effectively to enhance teaching and learning. Phil is a Google Certified Innovator, Trainer and he leads the Mornington Peninsula Google Educator Group.
Beyond his role at Toorak College, Phil collaborates with the Deploy Learning team to develop engaging online courses, workshops, and educational content. His experience includes contributions to significant events like the Google Innovator Academy in Seoul, Google Champions Symposium in Sydney, and EduTech in Melbourne.
Jim Sill
Deploy Learning
Jim Sill
Jim Sill is a former high school teacher who enjoys a great story and loves inspiring people to tell theirs. Using his industry experience, he created an award-winning video production program in California, USA. By involving students in real-world video projects, they garnered awards and recognition at the local, state and national levels. His passion for creating authentic learning experiences for students and teachers has led him to work with teachers on all seven continents. Today, Jim lives outside of Melbourne on the traditional lands of the Wurrunjeri people and works with schools across Australia and New Zealand to support the adoption of technology to support teaching and learning.
Chris Betcher
Crux Learning
Chris Betcher
Until recently, Chris was the Program Manager for Google Workspace Adoption with the Google for Education Team based in Sydney. He continutes to work with schools across Australia and New Zealand to help them understand to make the best use of technology and aims to show them how to get the most from their technology investments. Prior to this, Chris was a teacher for almost 30 years, teaching curious young minds about art, computing, multimedia and technology.
Mary McEvilly Butler
St Finbarr’s Catholic Primary School
Mary McEvilly Butler
Mary is an innovative educator dedicated to enriching and enhancing learning through the thoughtful integration of technology.
She is a recognised leader in educational technology, honoured as a Google Innovator and Trainer, and an Apple Distinguished Educator and Learning Coach. She possesses extensive knowledge and experience in leveraging technology for creativity with both students and teachers. Her commitment is fueled by a firm belief in the transformative power of technology in education. Mary is devoted to helping others develop critical thinking and digital literacy skills, ensuring they are well-equipped to thrive in the digital age.
With a wealth of teaching and leadership experience across three continents and as well as being part of the Deploy Learning team, Mary currently teaches Science and Technology at St Finbarr’s in Byron Bay. Additionally, she serves as a digital technologies coach, supporting schools across the Lismore Diocese in NSW to empower educators in effectively integrating technology into their classrooms.
Luke Starczak
South Australia Department of Education
Luke Starczak
Luke is the Director of Innovation at Norwood International High School, South Australia. He is a Google Certified Innovator from the first virtual cohort and has a passion for Chemistry and providing students with transferable skills. Luke is also interested in innovative learning design and how we can stretch our digital tools to provide amazing opportunities to teachers and students.
Kate Mackintosh
St Thomas More Primary School
Kate Mackintosh
Kate is a Primary STEM specialist, Digital Technologies Leader and Google Certified Innovator. She is dedicated to helping educators and students harness the power of Google Workspace to enhance their teaching and learning experiences, and celebrates the incredible learning opportunities that arise from making mistakes.
Ryan Elwell
ACT Education Directorate
Ryan Elwell
Ryan is a 20-year veteran of the classroom, having taught STEM with a focus on engineering and physics in three countries. He completed an undergraduate degree in Physics Education at Saint Vincent College, followed by a Master’s in Earth and Space Science Education at Johns Hopkins University to better support his teaching practice. He is currently enrolled at QUT, working toward a PhD in digital technologies and teacher self-directed learning.
Ryan has career-long passions for using technology to support educational accessibility and equity for teachers and students, ethical and safe integration of EdTech into the classroom, and working across teams toward shared goals. Ryan is currently the Director of the Online Safety Education and the Digital Pedagogies within the ACT Education Directorate.
Greg O’Connor
TextHelp
Greg O’Connor
Greg has been actively involved in education for over 30 years. During this time he has worked as a classroom teacher, school executive, consultant, and regional manager with the New South Wales Department of Education, Australia and as a technology consultant and coach. Today, he is the AsiaPac Education and Technology Leader at Texthelp, a company providing literacy support and digital inclusion solutions, where he helps make sure that the over half a million users of Texthelp products across the region get the most out of this technology.
Clare Willemse
Catholic Schools Parramatta
Clare Willemse
Hi my name is Clare. I have been teaching for just over 20 years and have a strong passion for Digital Technologies and Creative Arts in Education. I am currently working as the Digital Learning Specialist teacher for CSPD Parramatta Diocese. I am a Primary School teacher and previously taught at Santa Sophia Catholic College as the Digital Learning Leader for K-4 in 2023. Before that I was at Our Lady of Lourdes Seven Hills for 19 years, holding various roles of Classroom teacher, Creative Arts teacher, LTST and Leader of Learning. I enjoy providing opportunities for staff and students to share their talents and express their learning in creative ways with technology. I love looking for new opportunities to learn and have become a Google for Education Champion as an Innovator and Trainer, as well as an Apple Learning Coach and a Seesaw Ambassador. I enjoy sharing my skills with all schools in the diocese and building capacity in staff and students as 21st Century Digital educators and learners.
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