Simon Kavanagh

International Development and Education Design at Kaospilot

Keynote

Simon will talk about the necessity of incessant curiosity and how it drives the kaospilot community (Kaospilot is a Danish hybrid business and design school). The school is a ‘call to adventure’ for young future leaders and much needed change agents, offering them the opportunity to become the best that they can be. Simon will share the ‘learning arch’ methodology for how to visualize courses that invites student engagement and ownership through creating autonomous, risk-taking, team based learning and reflection.

This session will invite participants to explore, act and remain curious on a professional and personal level, preparing them to maximize the curiosity of others.

About Simon Kavanagh

While Simon was researching for schools in Europe to teach in, he accidentally came across the Kaospilots. He was immediately attracted by the real world approach to client based projects and social change and was excited to learn about the Kaospilot’s unique methodology and work with ambitious & brave mature students.

Born in Dublin, Simon received his B.A. in Art and Design Education, which incorporated 3 years of Visual Communication. For 6 years he worked as a creative director in the Irish Multimedia company Interact where he designed, programmed and managed approximately 600 multimedia titles in the business, educational, IT, online-Gaming, leisure and banking sectors for such clients as Novell, Oracle, Microsoft, Chase Manhattan, Reuters, Esat (02), Ebay, and Masterfoods.

He then became a consultant in R&D for Windmill Lane Studios in the areas of Interactive Television, Streaming media & Content Management systems, VOD, online gaming before moving to Paris to further his studies in Digital media and art.

Following Paris, Simon went to Shanghai to lecture a British degree in new media, design & culture for nearly 3 years. Now, he lives in Århus (Denmark).