From a background as an educator, educational software developer, business and social entrepreneur, and strategic consultant, Bruce Dixon has developed a unique niche in building effective strategies for educational leaders and policy makers around the effective use of emerging technologies.

He has a global reputation for his insight and foresight in understanding what technology makes possible for learners and how it can genuinely transform schools and education systems across diverse cultures and communities. His work throughout the late 80’s and 90’s led the development of the first 1-to-1 initiatives in the world, in schools across Australia. In 1996 he took the concept to North America, Canada and the UK, before co-founding the not-for-profit Anytime Anywhere Learning Foundation, which provides thought leadership and resources to policy makers and educational leaders in the effective implementation of 1-to-1 initiatives worldwide.

His work in pioneering and evangelizing the transformative opportunities that become possible through the provision of ubiquitous access to technology around the world has been responsible for hundreds of thousands of young people having their own personal portable computers as their preferred medium for learning. In 1997 Bruce received an award from the Smithsonian Institute in Washington DC for his work worldwide pioneering ubiquitous access to technology and in 2006 was named as one of “20 People to Watch” by the National School Boards Association of America.

He consults to schools, school districts, education departments, ministries of education and corporations in the US, Australia, Canada, Europe, and Asia and regularly speaks at national and international conferences around the world; over the past two years he has spoken at numerous events in more than 35 countries, reaching educational and political leaders from around the world. Over the past year he has also been the founding consulting Director of ideasLAB in Broadmeadows, Australia.