12th October 2022 | 10am BST

Sidharth is the Vice President of International Strategy for Instructure and oversees the strategy and vision of Product for both Canvas and all of our products from a global perspective. Sidharth manages the strategic direction of the fast growing Instructure Learning Platform and works with the Global teams to ensure that as the Product is developed, that it is thought about in a global capacity. Sidharth works to identify market specific Product initiatives recognising that education can vastly vary between and inside of regions. Additionally, over the past two years he has been overseeing our Online Programs strategy and identifying how Instructure can better service the needs of our users across the globe as they transition their programs to Online and hybrid modalities, including attracting new 'non-traditional' learners.

Sidharth has been actively working in Education Technology for over 10 years and is dedicated to providing avenues for institutions and learners to have access to the best tools and resources to enhance education

Dr Maren Deepwell is the Chief Executive of ALT, the Association for Learning Technology, the leading professional body for Learning Technology in the UK, representing ~3,500 Members. With a background in Anthropology, Dr Deepwell’s particular focus is on professional recognition for Learning Technologists, the development of a new ethical framework for professional practice and the future of technology in education. Her book sharing ALT's leadership as a fully virtual organisation is due to be published in November 2022.

Johnny Rich has a number of roles including Chief Executive of the Engineering Professors’ Council, Chief Executive of outreach organisation Push, a Commissioner for the Lifelong Education Commission, and a consultant in higher education policy and communications. His recent clients include the European Commission, HEPI, Youth Sight and a host of recruiters, education bodies and media organisations.

Since founding Push in 1992, Johnny has built it into an influential award-winning non-profit organization support social mobility and providing information, advice and research about universities, careers and employability. Push runs an award-winning programme of outreach and training events that visits nearly 400 schools and colleges each year.

The Engineering Professors’ Council is the voice of engineering in UK higher education. Under Johnny’s stewardship since 2016, its membership has grown to over 8,000 academics in 85 universities and the EPC has become an influential force in national policy in HE, skills and industrial strategy.

The Lifelong Education Commission, chaired by former Universities Minister the Rt Hon Chris Skidmore, is an ongoing initiative to explore how learning throughout life can be facilitated and made accessible to all, and how its impact on society, the economy and local communities can be optimised.    

Johnny is widely regarded as an expert on student choice, information and opportunity, and on employability. As a contributor to various think tanks and strategy bodies, Johnny speaks and writes widely on policy debates in education, careers, wider participation and social mobility. He has recently spearheaded projects on school-leaver recruitment, work-related learning and engineering social mobility.

He is also Co-Chair of the Fair Access Coalition, a group of third sector organisations supporting disadvantaged young people; a board member of the Centre for Engineering Education; and a former director of the Higher Education Academy.

With degrees from the Universities of Durham and East Anglia, his background also includes jobs in journalism, publishing, media relations, television production and web development. He appears regularly on television and radio and is author of the highly acclaimed novel The Human Script.

Johnnyrich.com @JohnnySRich @Pushtalks @EngProfCouncil

Daniel Hill is the Managing Director - EMEA at Instructure, a company dedicated to elevating student success, amplifying the power of teaching, and inspiring everyone to learn together through its world-leading Learning Platform and ecosystem.

Prior to this role, Daniel held positions of both Regional Director and more recently, Regional Vice President where he was responsible for the continued development and growth of Instructure’s community across Europe, Middle East & Africa.

Prior to Instructure (through his work at Lumination, Literatu and Edumate), Daniel has held a variety of leadership roles, enabling educational institutions globally to adopt a variety of cutting-edge hardware and software to push their technological and pedagogical ambitions.

Having migrated back to the UK from Australia to take up his first position at Instructure nearly 3 years ago, Daniel currently spends most of his time with his wife Olivia, two children Rupert and Orson, and their extended family.