Speaking

Steve Wheeler is regularly invited to speak at international conferences, workshops and symposia around the world.

He has presented keynote speeches and invited lectures to audiences in more than 30 countries across 5 continents.

These have included e-learning, distance education and technology supported learning events, technology trade fairs, education sector (primary, secondary and tertiary) conferences, teaching/learning and professional development days. Steve has presented his research at Human Resource/Personnel conventions, large trade expos, legal, medical, library, military and corporate training events.

He has also presented training sessions and workshops for various local and national government authorities and professional development events for schools, colleges and universities.

Steve can be contacted directly via this e-mail address. Below is the list of Steve’s most recent and forthcoming invited speaking engagements.

What they said:

Steve was a storyteller who knew how to engage his audience while driving home his key messages. – Susie Vesper, New Zealand, 2o1o.

Relevant, humorous and thought provoking in equal measures, (Steve) had some great things to say and put a different slant on many things that are at the forefront of the technology in education debate.  I felt like I was mentioning significant points from the presentation via Twitter every few minutes, there was so much worth repeating and sharing. – Bev Evans, England, 2o11.

Wheeler is a well established visionary in how technology is not only influencing the world of education, but how we think. – Simon Lewis, Ireland, 2012.

Steve was a …. charismatic speaker with a great presentation style at this year’s THE conference in Doha. His talk, entitled “Learning Futures: Emerging Technologies, Pedagogies and Contexts” was both funny and informative. The audience clearly connected with him through his creative use of visuals and techniques for getting us to think critically... – Jenn Wicks, Qatar, 2013.

2013

• January 29. Invited presentation, Learning Technologies Conference, Olympia, London, England.
• January 30. Invited presentation, Learning and Development Summit, BETT Show, Excel Centre, London, England.
• January 30. Invited presentation, Higher Education Summit, BETT Show, Excel Centre, London, England.
• February 3. Invited Workshop, 3rd  International Conference on E-Learning and Distance Learning, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
• February 7. Keynote speech, 3rd  International Conference on E-Learning and Distance Learning, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
• February 28. Invited presentation, Liverpool Law Society Management Conference, Liverpool, England.
• March 7. Invited presentation, Future of Science Education 2.0 Conference, Hasselt University, Belgium.
• March 12. Invited workshop, Government Knowledge Event, London, England.
• March 14. Keynote speech, Reboot ICT Conference, Epsom Downs Racecourse, England.
• March 20. Keynote speech, Social Media in Business Conference, London, England.
• March 25. Opening keynote speech, Librarians Information Literacy Annual Conference LILAC, Manchester University, England.
• March 27. Keynote speech, Learning Through Technology Conference, Hilton Hotel, Glasgow, Scotland.
• April 4. Keynote speech, Human Resources Conference, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
• April 9. Keynote speech and invited workshop, Sloan-C 6th Annual International Symposium, Planet Hollywood Hotel, Las Vegas, USA.
• April 16-17. Featured speaker, Technology in Higher Education Conference, Doha, Qatar.
• April 24. Keynote speech, Learning and Teaching Conference, University of Portsmouth, England.
• April 25. Invited workshop, CIPD Human Resources Development Conference, Olympia, London, England.
• April 30. Invited research seminar, University of Reading, England.
• May 9. Invited research webinar (online), ELESIG, Nottingham University, England.
• June 6. Invited presentation (online), eLearning Guild, Global.
• June 12. Keynote speech, The Future of Sport Conference, Northampton University, England.
• June 13. Invited chair and moderator, Keynote session, EDEN Conference, Oslo, Norway.
• June 18. Invited presentation, Learning and Skills Group Conference, Olympia, London, England.
• June 20. Invited presentation, National Digital Learning Event, Cardiff City Stadium, Wales.
• June 21. Keynote speech, INTO Staff Conference, Newcastle University, England.
• June 24. Keynote speech, University of Portsmouth, England.
• July 5. Keynote speech, North Hertfordshire College, England.
• July 9. Keynote speech, South West Digital Educators Conference, Plymouth University, England.
• October 9. Keynote speech, Learning Pool Live Conference, Sheffield City Hall, Sheffield, England.
• October 16. Keynote speech, Learning Pool Live Conference, Holiday Inn, Cardiff, Wales.
• October 23. Keynote speech, Learning Pool Live Conference, Camden Town Hall, London, England.

2012

• January 10. Opening keynote speech (online), South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD, USA.
• January 18. Invited research seminar, University of Brighton, England.
• January 25. Invited presentation, Learning Without Frontiers Festival, Olympia 2, London, England.
• January 26. Invited presentation, Learning Technologies Conference, Olympia 2, London, England.
• February 9. Keynote speech, International Cyprus Conference on Educational Research, Nicosia, Cyprus.
• February 22. Invited research seminar (online), Glyndŵr University, Wales.
• February 25. Keynote speech, Computers in Education Society of Ireland Conference, Portlaoise, Ireland.
• March 9. Keynote speech, NAACE Annual Conference, Marriott Hotel, Leicester, England.
• March 22. Keynote speech, Shropshire Council ICT Conference, William Brookes School, Much Wenlock, England.
• March 30. Invited presentation, Learning Technology Expo, Horizon Centre, Torbay, England.
• April 12. Keynote speech, Estonian e-Learning Conference, Tallinn, Estonia.
• April 23. Invited presentation, Parliament IT Group Innovation Forum, Palace of Westminster, London, England.
• April 27. Invited presentation (online), Student Conference, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, France.
• May 1. Keynote speech, Student Conference, University of Chester, England.
• May 2. Invited research seminar (online), University of Aberdeen, Scotland.
• May 28. Invited research seminar (online), Sheffield Hallam University, England.
• May 30. Keynote speech, bMobLe Bradford Mobile Learning Network Conference, Media Museum, Bradford, England.
• June 8. Keynote speech. eLearning 2.0 Conference, Brunel University, London, England.
• June 12. Keynote speech, CILIPS Annual Conference, Apex City Quay Hotel, Dundee, Scotland.
• June 13. Keynote speech, SOLSTICE Conference, Edge Hill University, Ormskirk, England.
• June 14. Opening unkeynote, Digital Literacies Conference, University of Southampton, England.
• June 26-27. Invited workshops (2), E2BN Conference, Robinson Centre, Wyboston, England.
• June 27. Invited presentation (online), The Learning and Skills Group Conference, Global.
• July 3. Keynote speech, International Conference BCN Meeting 2012: Social e-xperience, Open University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain.
• July 10. Keynote speech, Design and Management of Learning Environments Conference, London House, Goodenough College, London, England.
• July 11. Invited seminar (online), International Medical University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
• August 15. Keynote speech (online), Social Media Conference, University College Sealand, Denmark.
• September 4. Keynote speech, Northern Lights Alliance, Coniston Hotel, Skipton, England.
• September 13. Invited presentation, Learning Live Conference, St Paul’s Aldersgate, London, England.
• September 21. Invited presentation, Windsor Debates, Chamber of Commerce, Windsor Castle, England.
• September 28. Keynote speech, Interactive Collaborative Learning Conference, Villach, Austria.
• October 2. Keynote speech, World of Learning Conference, Birmingham, England.
• October 8. Invited research seminar (online), Universidade Catolica Portuguesa, Lisbon, Portugal.
• October 10. Invited presentation, Effective Web Based Research Seminar, Arlington Conference Centre, London, England.
• October 12. Keynote speech, iNet Wales Conference, Cardiff, Wales.
• October 19. Keynote speech, Research and Innovation in Distance and eLearning Conference, London University, England.
• November 8. Keynote speech, Professional Associations Research Network, Woburn House, London, England.
• November 9. Keynote speech, Digital Learning Congress, Copernicus Science Centre, Warsaw, Poland.
• November 17. Invited presentation, Exeter Society for Curriculum Studies, Exeter University, England.
• December 19. Invited presentation, LPI Learning Directors Network Conference, London, England.

2011

• January 9. Invited presentation, Learning without Frontiers Conference, The Brewery Conference Centre, London, England.
• January 26. Invited presentation, Learning Technologies Conference, Olympia 2, London, England.
• January 28. Invited presentation, Effective Web Based Research Day, City Hall, London, England.
• February 2. Keynote speech, LEARNTEC 2011, Congress Centre, Karlsruhe, Germany.
• February 15. Invited presentation, Google Apps for Education UK User Group Conference, Loughborough University, England.
• March 5. Keynote speech, Learning & Teaching with New technologies Conference, Bedruthan Steps Hotel, Mawgan Porth, England.
• March 25. Keynote speech, 14th National IT Training Conference, Dublin Convention Centre, Ireland.
• March 31. Invited Seminar, BIS Conference Centre, London, England.
• April 14. Keynote speech, Moodlemoot Conference, Nord Akademie, Elmshorn, Hamburg, Germany.
• May 9. Keynote speech, HEA Escalate Conference, University of Birmingham, England.
• June 14. Invited presentation, Learning Skills Group Conference, Olympia 2, London, England.
• June 24. Keynote speech, Northern Grid for Learning Conference, Marriott Hotel, Newcastle, England.
• July 31. Keynote speech (online), Reform Symposium, Global.
• August 16. Keynote speech, IFIP IIGWE Conference, Aga Khan Academy, Mombasa, Kenya.
• August 26. Opening keynote speech, eAssessment Scotland Conference, University of Dundee, Scotland.
• September 1. Invited presentation, Your Idea, Our Health Conference, Plymouth University, England.
• September 14. Keynote speech, Concede User Generated Content Conference, Lisbon Oeiras, Portugal.
• September 16. Keynote speech, EFQUEL Innovation Forum, Lisbon Oeiras, Portugal.
• September 21. Invited presentation, Professional Learning Europe, Cologne, Germany.
• September 22. Keynote speech, Zukunft Personal European HRM Expo and Convention, Cologne, Germany.
• September 30. Keynote speech (online), USA Distance Education Conference, Global.
• October 6. Opening keynote speech, 8th International Seminar on Teacher Training, Open University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain.
• October 21. Keynote speech, Colchester Institute, Colchester, England.
• October 24. Keynote speech, Higher Education Academy Subject Centre for Sociology, Anthropology and Politics Conference, Birmingham, England.
• November 3. Opening keynote speech, Moodlemoot, Wyższa Szkola Lingwistyczna, Czestochowa, Poland.
• November 3. Invited seminar (0nline), SVEA Project Workshop, Global.
• November 15. Opening keynote speech, Technology for Teaching and Learning Summit, Melbourne, Australia.
• November 17. Invited presentation, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia.
• November 22. Invited presentation, Albany Senior High School, Auckland, New Zealand.
• November 24. Keynote speech, Learning Futures Symposium, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand.
• November 25. Keynote speech, Learning Futures Symposium, Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand.
• November 28. Keynote speech, Higher Education Summit, Wellington, New Zealand.
• November 30. Opening keynote speech, International Conference on eLearning Futures, Auckland, New Zealand.
• December 5. Invited presentation, Waikato University, Hamilton, New Zealand.
• December 6. Invited presentation, Waiariki institute of technology, Rotorua, New Zealand

2010

• January 27. Invited presentation, Learning Technologies 2010, Olympia 2, London, England.
• February 3. Invited presentation, University of Brighton, England.
• March 31. Invited presentation, University of Portsmouth, England.
• May 3. Invited presentation, UNESCO Open Educational Resources Workshop, Windhoek, Namibia.
• May 19. Keynote speech, Let’s talk about txt conference, University of Bath, England.
• June 8. Invited presentation, Learning Skills Group Conference 2010, Olympia 2, London, England.
• June 22. Keynote speech, Association of Colleges HE/FE Managers Group Conference, Oake Manor, Taunton, England.
• June 24. Keynote speech, Learning and Teaching Conference, University of Portsmouth, England.
• June 29. Keynote speech, Learning and Teaching Conference, University of Middlesex, England.
• September 2. Keynote speech, Annual Conference of the Royal Geographical Society, London, England.
• September 22. Invited presentation, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
• September 23. Keynote speech (online), Kaplan University Village Online, USA.
• September 27. Keynote speech, New Zealand Applied Business Education Conference, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand.
• September 28. Invited presentation, Eastern Institute of Technology, Napier, New Zealand.
• September 29. Invited presentation, University of Waikato, New Zealand.
• September 30. Keynote speech, LATENT Conference, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand.
• October 6. Keynote speech, ULearn 2010 Conference, Christchurch, New Zealand.
• October 11. Invited presentation, Teachmeet, University of Plymouth, England.
• October 22. Invited presentation, Colchester Institute, Colchester, England.
• October 26. Keynote speech. EDEN Research Workshop on Open Educational Resources. Budapest, Hungary.
• November 5. Keynote speech (online). 2nd Polish Moodelmoot Conference, Czestochowa, Poland.
• November 16. Keynote speech, Let’s talk about txt conference, University of Leeds, England.
• November 18. Invited presentation (online), ASCILITE. New Zealand.
• December 1. Invited presentation, G8WAY Workshop, Online Educa Berlin, Germany

Other keynotes and invited speeches have included:

• May 4, 2000. Keynote speech, EUCEN Conference, Bergen University, Norway.
• May 12, 2000. Keynote speech, Teachers Conference, University of Western Bohemia, Plzen, Czech Republic.
• June 22, 2002. Closing address: Ministry of Communications and Information Conference on Telemedicine and Distance Learning, National Conference Centre, Cairo, Egypt.
• June 13, 2005. Keynote speech, Teaching and Learning Conference, University of Wales at Newport, Wales.
• November 11, 2005. Featured Speaker (online), TAFE Learning Technologies Conference, Mooloolaba Campus, University of Queensland, Australia.
• November 23, 2006. Invited presentation, Centre for Information Technology Conference, University of Umea, Sweden.
• October 25, 2007. Invited Research Seminar, Beyond Distance Alliance, University of Leicester, England.
• December 14, 2007. Invited workshop, Bazaar Networks, Communities and Learning: Show that you Share Conference, University of Utrecht, Holland.
• January 25, 2008. Keynote speech, HEA Subject Centre for Languages, e-Learning Symposium, University of Southampton, England.
• May 9, 2008. Invited panelist (online), Sloan Consortium e-Learning Conference, University of Pheonix, Arizona, USA.
• June 2, 2008. Invited presentation, EduMedia 2008 Conference, University of Salzburg, Austria.
• June 19, 2008. Keynote speech, Virtual University Conference, Technical University of Warsaw, Poland.
• September 30, 2009. Opening address, HMS Raleigh e-Learning Conference, HMS Raleigh, Cornwall, England.
• October 15, 2009. Invited research seminar, University College Cork, Ireland.
• October 21, 2009. Invited research seminar, University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt, Germany.
• October 28, 2009. Keynote speech to the HEA Physical Sciences Subject Centre Conference, Leeds Metropolitan University, England.
• November 11, 2009. Keynote speech to the HEA Podcasting Subject Centre Conference, University of Bath, England.
• November 16, 2009. Invited symposium paper, University of Wolverhampton, England.

Image courtesy of Zukunft Personal, Cologne, Germany 2011.