Major Invited Lectures

Sugata Mitra – Major Invited talks, keynotes, plenaries and workshops since 2000

2000

15-Mar-00 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

UN Global Knowledge conference

4-Jun-00 Tokyo, Japan

Nekkei Shimbum Lecture

25-Sep-00 Prague, Czechoslovakia

World Bank and IMF Access and Empowerment

6-Nov-00 London, UK

Arts Council of England OPEN creative laboratory

13-Nov-00 Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Doors of Perception

2001

16-Jan-01 Washington, USA

USAID New technologies for disaster and development conference, plenary

24-Jan-01 Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Doors of Perception

ORO ORO teachers conference

24-Apr-01 Hong Kong, China

Hong Kong Inst.of Education

ICT workshop

4-Jun-01 Goa, India

Synapse

Visual Communication 101

22-Jul-01 Boston, USA

MIT

Development by Design

25-Sep-01 Sydney, Australia

Univ. of New South Wales

Developing global capacity through international education

3-Oct-01 Sydney, Australia

IDP Australia

Australian International education conference

4-Oct-01 Brisbane, Australia

IDP Australia

CHOGM - The Commonwealth People's festival

2002

13-Jan-02

Paris, France

UNESCO

Learning Technologies conference

5-Mar-02

Kolkata, India

Jadavpur University

Prof. B. Nag memorial lecture

16-Mar-02

Newcastle, UK

Univ. of Newcastle

"Educational Freedom" course lecture and the inaugural talk at the E.G.West Centre

15-May-02

Singapore, Singapore

VNU Business media

On line learning 2002, keynote

22-May-02

Lisbon, Portugal

World Education Market

Conference

29-Nov-02

Rome, Italy

Together for Peace Foundation

Screening and Man for Peace award, 2002

2003

2-Feb-03

New York, USA

United Nations, USA

UN Premiere hosted by Sashi Tharoor

20-Jun-03

Alexandria, Egypt

Bibliotheca Alexandrina

Science and Mathematics Education for the 21st Century, keynote

25-Jul-03

Sydney, Australia

Univ. of New South Wales

Socio economic impact of ICT

2004

3-Mar-04

Washington, USA

IFC

Presentation

4-Mar-04

Washington, USA

World Bank

Consortium for School Networking

6-Apr-04

Cape Town, South Africa

Western Cape School’ Network & SchoolNet

Intel Innovation in Education, keynote address

9-May-04

Zeist, The Netherlands

PINC

PINC.5

20-May-04

Washington, USA

William H. Donner Foundation

Italinan Embassy screening

9-Dec-04

Edinburgh, UK

The British Council

Global Education Conference, Plenary address

2005

Aug-05

SantaFe, Argentina

The British Council

FAAPI conference of teachers, Plenary address

2006

12-May-06

Trondheim, Norway

Technical University of Norway

NKUL conference, invitation for keynote

26-June-06

Ragusa, Italy

Women’s development organization CORFILAC

Cheese Art conference, invitation for keynote

26-Oct-06

Turin, Italy

Slow Food

Terra Madre 2006, invited lecture

1-Nov-06

Ocho Rios, Jamaica

The Commonwealth of Learning

4th Pan-Commonwealth Forum, Keynote

23-Nov-06

London, UK

The Royal Holloway, University of London

Invited to deliver the First Cisco Lecture on ICT4D

8-Dec-06

Nassau, the Bahamas

John Templeton Foundation

Global Leadership Summit, Invited lecture

2007

7-Feb-07

Geneva, Switzerland

LIFT II

LIFT II 2007, Invited lecture

27-Mar-07

Kolkata, India

UKERI, British Council

Invited talk

25-June-07

Portsmouth, UK

University Faculty Learning and Teaching Conference

Invited plenary

2-Sep-07

Brazil

Annual International Congress on Distance Learning

Invited keynote

12-Sep-07

Oxford, UK

9th UKFIET

Invited plenary

27-Sep-07

Amsterdam, Holland

PICNIC 2007

Invited talk

29-Nov-07

Berlin, Germany

Educa, Berlin

Invited keynote

4 December 07

4 December

London

Invited talk at King’s College

2008

20 Jan 08

22 Jan

Munich

Invited keynote at DLD 2008.
http://www.dld-conference.com/

12 March 08

13 March

London

Invited keynote at the City and Guilds of London, presided over by HRH Prince Phillip.

14 March 08

15 March

Bucharest

Invited keynote at eTwinning in Romania.
http://www.etwinning.net/ww/en/pub/etwinning/index2006.htm

02 April 08

02 April

London

Invited talk at the ODL Event, University of London

03 April 08

03 April

Oxford

Invited debate at the Shock conference.
https://owa.ncl.ac.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http:www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ltg/events/shock2008

04 April 08

04 April

Oxford

Invited keynote at the Beyond Digital Natives conference.
http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ltg/events/beyond2008

07 April 08

09 April

Bergen, Norway

Invited talk at the Digital Resources in the Classroom conference. http://scherlund.blogspot.com/2008/04/australasian-journal-of-educational.html

23 April 08

25 April

Copenhagen, Denmark

Invited keynote at UCLE’08 http://cms.ku.dk//upload/application/pdf/05e82675/Prof.%20Mitra%20Abstract%20for%20UCLE08.pdf

07 May 08

10 May

Winnipeg, Canada

Invited keynote at MADLaT, University of Manitoba http://www.madlat.ca/conference2008/keynote.htm

21 May 08

22 May

Stockholm

Invited keynote at University of Stockholm, SwedenThe Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), the Sida Civil Society Center, the Sida ICT network SPIDER and Stockholm University

26 June 08

28 June

Aarhus, Denmark

Invited keynote at EUNIS 2008. http://eunis.dk/

09 July 08

12 July

Rome, Italy

Invited talk at TTI/ Vanguard conference, Generation Techs, http://www.ttivanguard.com/generation/overview

27 October 08

31 October

Taipei, Taiwan

Invited keynote, ICCE2008
(http://www.apsce.net/icce2008/)

04 November 08

05 November

Odense, Denmark

Invited keynote at the Uddannelsesforum 2008 http://uddannelsesforum2008.emu.dk/english/about.html

12 November08

14 November

Barcelona, Spain

UOC UNESCO Chair in E-Learning’s 5th International SeminarInvited keynote

14 November 08

15 November

Norway

Invited keynote at NADE, Oslo

24 November 08

25 November

Helsinki, Finland

Invited keynote at the Finnish National Board of Education conference

28 November 08

30 November

India

Invited keynote at the Association of Commonwealth Universities conference, Hyderabad

02 December 08

03 December 08

Hong Kong

Invited by Bill Clinton to the Clinton Global Initiative as a panelist

2009

08 February 09

09 February 09

Bergen, Norway

Invited keynote at ICT conference, Norweigian Teachers Union, IMTEK and University of Bergen

10 February 09

12 February 09

Eindhoven, Netherlands

Invited keynote at the 10th National eLearning conference

26 March 09

27 March 09

Turin, Italy

Invited keynote on Digital Learners and the future of schooling, the Italian Foundation San Paolo

27 March 09

28 March 09

Florence, Italy

Invited keynote at the 16th Annual conference of the ICC International Language Network.

03 May 09

04 May 09

Kamloops, Canada

Invited Keynote and public lecture, Thomson Rivers University, Distance Educators conference.

20 May 09

London

Learning Futures National Meeting, invited keynote

20 May 09

London

Invited public lecture, British Computer Society

11 June 09

12 June 09

Rome, Italy

International Seminar on ICT in Education Networks, invited keynote

15 June 09

18 June 09

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Invited workshop, 17th Commonwealth Conference of Education Ministers

25 June 09

London

Invited lecture, Learning and Skills Improvement Service

01 July 09

London

Invited lecture, Guardian Newspaper, Open Internet Summit

30 Jul 09

Paris

IIEP workshop

10 Sep 09

Newcastle

Tyneside Rotary lecture

16 Sep 09

Coventry

BCS lecture

22 Sept 09

25 Sept 09

Cambridge

IRFOL conference keynote

1 Oct 09

4 Oct 09

Iceland

Keynote

5 Oct 09

6 Oct 09

London

Becta group 157

8 Oct 09

Tees Valley

Schools NE talk

9 Oct 09

Lancaster

Beaumont College

23 Oct 09

London

Finance IT network lecture

4 Oct 09

9 Oct 09

Brazilia

INTERDIDACTICA keynote

9 Oct 09

Chester Le Street

JISC event lecture

12 Nov 09

Newcastle

Tynemouth Rotary lecture

14 Nov 09

19 Nov 09

Doha, Qatar

WISE keynote

24 Nov 09

25 Nov 09

Paris

IIEP workshop

2010

12 Jan 2010

12 Jan

London

LATWF, Learning and Technology World Forum 2010 http://www.latwf.org/

14 Jan

Glasgow

KTP

15 Jan

Durham

Raising Aspirations workshophttp:www.rywu.org.uk/aspire/

18 Jan

21 Jan

Kent

Curriculum and Pedagogy workshophttp:www.pallabs.org/portfolio/timeline

22 Jan

York

‘Town and Gown’ talkCancelled

29 Jan

Northumberland

School conferenceWhitburn Church of England School

7 Feb

8 Feb

Stockholm

International conference of teachersMunicipality Schools conference on ICT

20 Feb

Newcastle univ.

IDC conference

1 March

Dorchester

Conference and Community Lecture

12 March

Northumbria U

Conference 1
CETTIL http://cettil.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=139&Itemid=122

13 March

Northumberland U

Conference 2Educating the global citizen 3rd Annual International Student Conferencehttp://www.northumbria.ac.uk/cetl_afl/cetl_ne/evconf/3rdannintstuconf

19 March

20 March

Hamburg

Conference17th ICC Annual Conference

23 March

24 March

Berlin

Microsoft conferenceMicrosoft’s 7th European Innovative Teachers Forum

25 March

26 March

London

Going Global4http:www.britishcouncil.org/goingglobal-gg4-new-models-of-learning.htm

27 March

Bath

KTPCancelled

30 March

Netherlands

Conference for primary educators

11 April

22 April

India

NUBS courseCancelled

08 April

12 April

Malta

ECIS – European Council for International Schoolshttp:www.ecis.org/page.cfm?p=298

15 April

Paris

Conference

28 April

4 May

Brazil

Interdidacticahttp:www.interdidatica.com.br/

11 May

13 May

Madrid

Telefonica"Debate and Knowledge" program of Fundación Telefónica

13 May

17 May

Turin

Turin Book Fair – Lecture and Workshop

10 June

14 June

Maine

Conference and meeting with Papert

15 June

Newcastle

Schools NE

16 June

London

The Stone Club

22 June

Worchestershire

Conferenceconference on Learning Technologies

24 June

London

LSIS explorer event

1 July

Durham

Conference‘Heading for the Future’

8 July

Liverpool

12 July

16 July

Oxford

TED Global

4 August

11 August

Melbourne

Big Day Out

7 September

9 September

Nottingham

ALT-C
http://www.alt.ac.uk/altc2010/

22 Sept

23 Sept

Glasgow

Scottish Learning Festival

24 September

Gateshead

NE Headteachers meeting

25 October

27 October

Mexico City

CLASE 2010

4 Nov

7 Nov

Nevada

38th annual Association for>Experiential Education conference in Las Vegas

10 Nov

Utrecht

Dé Onderwijsdagen 2010 (The education days 2010)

16 Nov

17 Nov

Torquay

TAPS CPD

19 Nov

20 Nov

Nice, France

ECIS

24 Nov

26 Nov

Birmingham

SSAT National conference

29 Nov

Derby

East Midlands Cancer Society

30 Nov

Manchester

Microsoft Teachers Event

1 Dec

2 Dec

Berlin

OEB 2010

3 Dec

London

Montessori Event

4 Dec

8 Dec

Half Moon Bay, California

Big Ideas Festival

2011

24 Feb

25 Feb

USA, Maryland

Annual National Conference of NAIS

06 Mar

Bath, England

Bath literary festival

16 Mar

Reading, England

NAACE keynote

12 Apr

Leeds, England

Blackboard annual conference

19 Apr

Birmingham, UK

UCAS admissions conference

29 Apr

01 May

Ankara, Turkey

05 May

06 May

Trondheim, Norway

NKUL

15 May

17 May

London

Google Zeitgeist

31 May

05 Jun

Montevideo, Uruguay

Schools

05 Jun

14 Jun

Chile

Talca university talk etc.

24 Jun

Wonchester, UK

Hampshire county council

28 Jun

Leeds, UK

Webanywhere conference

30 Jun

Munich, Germany

DLD Woman

03 Jul

04 Jul

Barcelona, Spain

05 Jul

Brisol, UK

19 Jul

24 Jul

Bangalore, India

Nokia event

27 Jul

London, UK

Fieldwork event

23 Aug

London, UK

American School event

6 Sep

Buckinghamshire

Waddesdon CE School event

8 Sep

Leeds

ALT 2009 Closing Plenary

20 Sep

21 Sep

Kentucky, USA

Keynote

12 Sep

13 Sep

Singapore

IB Heads Conference, keynote

15 Sep

Boston, USA

Boston BBF, invited talk

21 Oct

Madrid, Spain

Keynote

25 Oct

27 Oct

Pennsylvania, USA

CalU consultation

10 Nov

14 Nov

Hong Kong

Keynote and school visits

23 Nov

Cardiff

The Learning Partnership, keynote

2012

5 Jan

8 Jan

Bombay and Vadodara, India

Keynotes at student festival and a British Council event

20 Jan

London, UK

London International Schools Association, Keynote

4 Feb

11 Feb

Sao Paolo, Brazil

Teachers conference, keynote

17 Feb

21 Feb

Hong Kong, China

21st Century Education Conference, keynote

11 Mar

Bath, UK

Bath Litfest, invited lecture

13 Mar

15 Mar

Barcelona, Spain

Invited lecture

16 April

17 April

Billund, Denmark

Keynote, LEGO conference

20 April

22 April

Bratislava, Slovenia

Keynote

9 May

10 May

Baltimore, USA

Keynote

21 May

25 May

Benin

E Learning Africa, keynote

28 May

Gateshead, UK

Gateshead event, keynote

2 Jun

14 Jun

Agentina

Keynotes and school visits in several cities

22 June

26 June

Washington DC, USA

Keynote

8 Jul

12 Jul

Deer Isle, Maine, USA

Invited talk, Haystack

6 Aug

9 Aug

Billund, Denmark

Consultation

27 Aug

Guidford, CT, USA

Keynote

29 Aug

Dover, Maine, USA

Berwick Academy, keynote

5 Sep

Cambridge, MA, USA

Leslie University, keynote

6 Sep

Cambridge, MA, USA

Rivers School, keynote

12 Sep

13 Sep

Dublin, Ireland

EAIE 2012, Opening Plenary Keynote

1 Oct

7 Oct

Colonia, Uruguay

Pearson Event, keynote and workshop

15 Oct

San Diego, USA

STEM learning network conference, keynote

6 Nov

London, UK

V&A event

24 Nov

Rio, Brazil

Keynote

26 Nov

27 Nov

Las Vegas, USA

Autodesk University event, keynote

12 Dec

13 Dec

Antwerp, Belgium

University keynote

21 Dec

Delhi, India

Guardian Activate, keynote

2013

12 Jan

Geneva, Switzerland

International School, keynote

19 Jan

Kharagpur, India

IIT, TedX talk

29 Jan

London, UK

Dutch teachers conference, keynote

2 Feb

London, UK

BETT, keynote

5 Feb

Nottingham, UK

UCAS, keynote

9 Feb

Pune, India

Jnana Probodhini conference, closing keynote

26 Feb

3 Mar

Long Beach, CA, USA

TED 2013 invited talk and award

10 Apr

Sydney, Australia

NSW Department of Education and Communities, South Western

Sydney Region. LeadlT, CreatelT, EngagelT ICT Conference

27 Apr

Istanbul, Turkey

ISTEK Schools 3rd International ELT Conference

2 May

Bristol, England

Head Teacher Association of North Somerset, annual conference

29 May

30 May

Namibia

eLearning Africa

13 June

London, England

Pearson Conference

14 Jun

Oslo, Sweden

EDEN 2013

6 Jul

Godalming, England

Prior’s Field School, Annual Speech Day

11 Jul

Las Vegas, USA

Bb World 2013, Blackboard Inc.

7 Sep

8 Sep

Buenos Aires, Argentina

ESSARP 2013

21 Oct

Dublin, Ireland

Institute of International and European Affairs, lecture

24 Oct

Stafford, Texas, USA

The UP Experience

5 Nov

Hamburg, Germany

Sales Congress, Pawlik Sales Consultants

8 Nov

9 Nov

Bangalore, India

EDUPRO

12 Nov

13 Nov

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

World Innovation Forum 2013

2 Dec

3 Dec

Cape Town, South Africa

Mahindra Group Senior Executive Conference 2013

5 Dec

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Frog Asia Conference

2014

10 Feb

London, England

Nedgroup Investments Annual Conference

19 Feb

San Jose, CA, USA

Annual California County Superintendents Curriculum and Instruction Symposium

22 Feb

Minneapolis, USA

Minneapolis Teachers Institute Symposium II

11 Mar

12 Mar

Birmingham, England

JISC Annual Conference

15 Apr

16 Apr

Houston, Texas, USA

2013-2014 Speaker Series: Education Around The World

8 May

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

OAME Annual Conference 2014

9 May

Ontario, Canada

Equity, Collaboration and Enquiry in the 21st Century. Peel district School Board

13 May

London, England

Goldman Sachs Ideas Conference

21 May

Kissimmee, FL, USA

The American Federation for Children, 5th Annual Summit

5 Jun

Brisbane, Australia

EduTECH

6 Jun

Melbourne, Australia

Jacaranda 2014

9 Jun

San Jose, CA, USA

ieSonoma: Innovate/Educate

17 Jun

Texas, USA

iPadPalooza

6 Aug

Mexico

National Education Meeting

27 Aug

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Education Station Launch Event

1 Oct

Copenhagen, Denmark

Failure of School Buildings

21 Nov

Leon, Mexico

Government of Guanajuato

22 Nov

Toluca, Mexico

2nd International Congress on Education Research

2 Dec

Gleneagles, Scotland

Joint Investment Conference

8 Dec

Dubai, UAE

Digital Education Middle East 2014

2015

28 Jan

London, England

Learning Technologies Conference 2015

20 Mar

Palm Springs, CA, USA

CUE Annual Conference

8 Apr

9 Apr

Singapore

INTASE 2015

19 May

Orlando, FL, USA

ATD 2015 International Conference and Exposition

23 May

New York, USA

AERO

4 Jun

Brussels, Belgium

European Commission Learing Week

6 Jun

Budapest, Hungary

Brain Bar, Budapest

11 Jun

London, England

International Teachers and Advisors Conference

`5 Jun

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Digital Education Show Asia 2015

30 Jun

1 Jul

London, England

Digital Education Show

23 Jul

Orlando, FL, USA

Microsoft MGX 2015

6 Oct

Singapore

CBE Academica 4th Annual Conference

15 Oct

16 Oct

Charlottville, VA, USA

Inaugural Education Summit, St. Anne’s Bellfield School

22 Oct

Denver, CO, USA

National Summit on Education Reform

2016

8 Feb

Dubai, UAE

Dubai Government Summit

11 Mar

12 Mar

Rio, Brazil

GHEC 2016

9 Apr

Timisoara, Romania

Hella Driving Education Day

9 Jun

Mikkelli, Finland

International Democratic Education Conference

15 Jun

Montgomery, Alabama, USA

Annual Summer Convention, Council for Leaders in Alabama Schools

28 Jun

Nashville, USA

25th Anniversary of Public Charter Schools, NAPCS

2 Sep

Geneva, Switzerland

Pictet Entrepreneur Summit

9 Sep

Lisbon, Portugal

ticEduca Summit

28 Sep

Melbourne, Australia

Annual Leadership Conference, ACEL

4 Oct

Paris, France

SODEXO Group event

27 Oct

Anaheim, CA, USA

EDUCAUSE

28 Oct

Mexico

BETT Latin America Leadership Summit

2 Nov

Canada

CSTD Annual Conference

23 Nov

Dubai, UAE

Deputy Heads and SLT Conference, Rashid School for Boys

25 Nov

Kitzbuhel, Austria

Real Estate Leadership Conference

2017

26 Jan

Antalya, Turkey

Turkish Private Schools Association Conference

8 Feb

Saltash, England

EOS keynote

10 Feb

Thessaloniki, Greece

TESOL keynote

1 Mar

6 Mar

Auckland, New Zealand

Westmount Education events

30 Mar

Hadera, Israel

IDEC

2 May

Santiago, Chile

12 Jun

13 Jun

Perth, Australia

WASSEA conference 2017

14 Jun

Woodthorpe School

Today’s Students – tomorrow’s innovators

23 Jun

London, England

The Telegraph Festival

26 Jun

28 Jun

York, England

Insights

27 Jun

London, England

The Learning Consortium National Conference

14 Jul

Singapore

Learning Environments Conference

20 Jul

23 Jul

Ostrava, Czech Republic

Melting Pot

18 Aug

Delhi, India

Global Educators Fest

8 Sep

Moscow, Russia

Moscow Global Forum

12 Sep

Dublin, Ireland

Technology Enhanced Learning Conference

20 Sep

Malmo, Sweden

Google Education Meeting

25 Sep

Bergen, Norway

User Forum 2017

7 Oct

Abu Dhabi, UAE

QUDWA

13 Oct

Larissa, Greece

Education Conference

27 Oct

Paris, France

International School of Paris – 3rd Leading Edge Research Conference

2 Dec

Hangzou, China

4th China Innovation Education Conference

6 Dec

London, England

BBC Summit

17 Dec

Vizag, India

MGIEP event

2018

8 Jan

10 Jan

Singapore

Tanglin Trust School – Annual Inspirational Training Event for Staff

22 Jan

Santiago, Chile

Global Futures Congress

21 Feb

Delhi

Tata Communications Webinar

20 Mar

Copenhagen, Denmark

Screening of School in the Cloud film

11 Apr

Santiago, Chile

3 May

Madrid, Spain

Filming Event BBVA

7 Jun

Santiago, Chile

Government Event

27 Jun

Salamanca, Spain

University Event

12 Sep

Buenos Aires, Argentina

University Event

1 Oct

Budapest, Hungary

Budapest School event

10 Oct

Cardiff, England

2020 and beyond: Opportunities and Challenges for Assessment in the Digital Age

8 Nov

Hawaii, USA

2018 Schools of the future

11 Dec

Hong Kong, China

NU Alumni Event

2019

23 Jan

Berlin, Germany

WWW: What do we want to become?

25 Feb

Vienna, Austria

Austrian Education Initiative

14 March

Harrisonburg, VA, USA

Association of Play event

26 Mar

Provo, Utah, USA

Brigham Young University: Monthly University Forum

16 May

Barcelona, Spain

Telecom event

26 June

London, UK

BBC tech away day, invited talk

30 July

Copenhagen, Denmark

Sage Copenhagen event

6 September

Newcastle University, UK

BATJ lecture

10 Sept - 11 Sept

Edinburgh, UK

PCF invited lecture

2 Oct - 4 Oct

Mexico

HORKEST invited talks

24 Oct -25 Oct

Florence, Italy

International School event

19 Nov - 22 Nov

Zuhai, China

Invited lecture, Government Conference on Education

3-5 December

Atlanta, USA

Invited lecture

19 Dec

Allahabad University, invited lecture

2020