Rohan Roberts

Rohan Roberts is a Dubai-based futurist, education strategist, and public speaker exploring the intersection of artificial intelligence, human intelligence, creativity, and the future of learning. With more than 25 years of experience in international education and innovation, his work focuses on how emerging technologies are reshaping the way humans learn, think, create, and collaborate. He currently serves as Director of Innovation and Future Learning at GEMS Education, where he has led large-scale initiatives in AI integration, future-ready learning models, and system-level educational transformation across an international network of schools. Rohan is the organiser and curator of more than 10 TEDx events and was invited to TED Global in Geneva in recognition of his work as an innovative thinker and practitioner. His TEDx themes have included Digital Mindscape, Humanity 2.0, Fast Forward, and Unlearn. Relearn., bringing together educators, technologists, entrepreneurs, artists, and futurists to explore the social and cognitive impact of exponential technologies. He has spoken at international platforms including LEAP, BETT, UNESCO forums, the World Government Summit, Emirates LitFest, and Art Dubai, and has contributed to initiatives involving the Dubai Future Foundation, NASA, MIT, Harvard Project Zero, and the Saudi Space Commission. His work spans AI, neuroscience, creativity, systems thinking, science communication, and the future of human capability in an age of machine intelligence.

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