George Panopoulos
Strategy & Foresight Practitioner
Toronto, Canada
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A global strategic foresight practitioner and strategist, George helps organizations to be capable of thriving through the complex and dynamic changes occurring throughout the world in order to more effectively meet new development challenges for organizations and institutions. He advises CEO's CMO's and CXO's on a global scale, providing Strategic Foresight thinking for organizations like The Wall Street Journal, Diageo, Nespresso and The International Federation of Red Cross/Red Crescent.
A global strategic foresight practitioner and strategist, George helps organizations to be capable of thriving through the complex and dynamic changes occurring throughout the world in order to more effectively meet new development challenges for organizations and institutions. He advises CEO's CMO's and CXO's on a global scale, providing Strategic Foresight thinking for organizations like The Wall Street Journal, Diageo, Nespresso and The International Federation of Red Cross/Red Crescent.
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Rethinking Cognitive Accessibility in University Learning Environments
As AI reshapes the digital infrastructure of higher education, we must ask: Who is being left behind? CEPHA is an adaptive, AI-powered learning platform designed to serve students with cognitive and learning disabilities, as well as those often overlooked in mainstream EdTech innovation.
In this session, George Panopoulos, founder of CEPHA, executive leader, and long-time disability inclusion advocate, explores how higher education can use AI not just for efficiency or personalization, but for true inclusion. Drawing on his personal experience growing up with a deaf sibling, professional collaborations with the UN, Red Cross, and TELUS Health, and leadership roles in accessibility-forward innovation, George will showcase how tools like CEPHA can close the gap for neuro- diverse learners.
This talk will explore the intersection of AI, inclusive pedagogy, and student agency, introducing practical frameworks for implementing AI-driven universal design in digital classrooms. George will present live demonstrations, user personas, and early pilot outcomes, making a powerful case for the systemic redesign of higher education’s digital strategies to center around all learners, not just the average ones.
This session is ideal for university leaders, inclusion officers, Ed Tech designers, and anyone working at the intersection of accessibility and digital transformation.
The future of making elite education accessible to all
The Babylonians once wanted to make a name for themselves. They built a mighty tower called the "Tower of Babel" in an attempt to combine the diversity of humans and build a mighty,
everlasting city. Eventually, the work was disrupted by confusing the language of the workers such that they no longer understood each other. The work was never completed and the people were dispersed all over the earth.
Similar to today, towers are visible across large institutions and
universities that generate a flow of capital and talent. The Higher Educational Tower of Babel is crumbling, and the future of elite education, is soon to be accessible to all.
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