Dan Fitzpatrick is a UK-based AI in education keynote speaker who speaks in person across the United States and Canada and live online in every Canadian time zone. He has trained more than 150,000 educators in over 30 countries and keynotes regularly at North American education conferences, including FETC, NCCE and the New York State School Boards Association convention.
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Education in Canada is a provincial responsibility, and provinces are moving at different speeds. In 2026 Alberta announced a three-year partnership with the Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute to develop a framework for AI in schools, Manitoba said it was developing guiding principles, and British Columbia left policy to districts while considering an advisory committee. A survey of 756 Canadian grade 6 to 12 teachers for the Fraser Institute (Leger, November 2025 to January 2026; not a random sample) found that 49% had been given training on using AI for lessons and about 63% had received no training on how to teach students to use AI reasonably.
That is the gap Dan's keynotes address for boards and divisions: what AI is already changing in classrooms, which decisions only trustees and superintendents can make, and how to build staff confidence rather than dependence.
Dan's North American stages include FETC in Orlando, the NCCE conference in Seattle, the NCEA convention and the New York State School Boards Association convention. Dan is yet to keynote on a Canadian stage; he travels to Canada for keynotes and multi-day programmes and delivers live online keynotes timed for your time zone.
In person across Canada, or live online in Eastern, Central, Mountain or Pacific time.
Events where Canadian education leaders gather each year include the Canadian EdTech Leadership Summit in Toronto, provincial school board association conferences and superintendents' associations, and teacher conventions in each province.
The keynotes / 04
Four conversations about AI, leadership and the future of learning.
Why the thinking must stay human when AI can do the doing
For: Teachers, support staff and whole-school training days
Keynote, half-day or full-day · in person or online
What AI is already changing in your school, and what only you can decide
For: Senior leaders, governors and whole staff
Keynote, half-day or full-day · in person or online
Strategy, governance and courage for school leaders in an AI world
For: Heads, trust and district leaders, governors and leadership conferences
Keynote, half-day or full-day · in person or online
What our children really need when the future won't sit still
For: Education conferences, whole school communities and system leaders
Keynote or conference opener · in person or online
What education leaders say
Dan Fitzpatrick offers a bold and transformative vision for the future of learning in the AI era.
Dan's balanced view of the use of AI takes tools that could be intimidating and makes them much more approachable and useful for practicing educators.
Questions organisers ask
Yes, for keynotes and multi-day programmes; travel is agreed as part of the quote.
Yes, live online, timed for Eastern, Central, Mountain or Pacific time.
Not yet on a Canadian stage. He keynotes regularly in the United States (FETC, NCCE, NCEA, NYSSBA) and works with North American districts in person and online.
Fees depend on the format (keynote, half-day or full-day), the size and type of audience, whether the session is in person or online, and travel. Schools, trusts and districts are quoted differently from commercial conferences and companies. Choose a budget band on the booking form and you will receive a clear quote.
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