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Keynote Speaker
STEVE SAMMARTINO
Steve Sammartino
is Australia’s most
respected futurist and
media commentator on
emerging technology.
Steve is one of the
world’s most engaging
and thought-provoking
keynote speakers on
the Future. Steve is the
author of bestselling
books on the technology
revolution. His book ‘The
Lessons School Forgot’
identifies skills needed to
be developed now and
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in the future, to navigate
and thrive in a society
which is being shaped
in the technology era.
His keynote address will
challenge educators to
reinvent thinking about
reshaping teaching
and learning that is
congruent with the
shifting demographic of
contemporary society
and the challenge of
digital literacy and
technologies.
Steve is a Technology
reporter for ABC Radio
National and the
in-house futurist for
3AW and provides
expert assessment on
the rapidly evolving
technology sector. His
breadth of experience
gives him an uncanny
ability to make sense
of how technology is
shaping society and the
economy.
KU Annual Conference 2018