Bryan Alexander closes the 2016 NMC Summer Conference with his keynote - Surviving the Renaissance: Flourishing in an Age of Chaos and Disruption.

We are living through a remarkable time with revolutions ripping through traditional education.Thanks to the digital revolution, an unprecedented boom in human creativity is returning tostorytelling around the world. Powerful changes in economics, demographics, and globalization,in addition to technology, are reshaping education. Schooling as we know it might not survivethe decade. That’s all in the medium term. What’s happening in the long-range horizon is trulydisruptive. We’re seeing grand challenges loom like science fiction plot lines. The specter ofautomation threatens to radically reformat the world of work and society, changing the world ourstudents will inhabit while supplanting teaching and learning. And that’s just for starters. Howcan we anticipate and act strategically in the face of such potential transformation? Alexander’skeynote will address this burning question.