Disrupting Education

Bettina Stark-Watzinger was Germany’s Federal Minister of Education and Research from 2021 to 2024. She is Chair of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) in Land Hesse and Member of the Federal Executive and Presidium of the FDP. (Image: © Bundesregierung – Guido Bergmann.)

Fabiana Bertram is a Learning Science Specialist at Level Ex. She graduated with State Exams in English Philology, Spanish Philology and Educational Psychology from LMU Munich and is also pursuing an additional State Exam in Physics.

Michael John Gorman is Founding Director of BIOTOPIA, a new life sciences museum for Bavaria planned for Nymphenburg Palace, and Professor (Chair) in Life Sciences in Society at Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich. Previously he was the CEO of Science Gallery International, dedicated to igniting creativity and discovery where science and art collide.

Felix Ohswald is the Co-Founder and CEO of GoStudent, a Vienna-based digital learning platform providing tailored, video-based tuition to primary, secondary and college-aged students. In November 2020, Felix was featured in the Forbes “30 under 30” list.

Jeanne Rubner is Vice-President Global Communication and Public engagement at Technical University Munich (TUM). A science journalist for several decades, she started her career as an editor at Süddeutsche Zeitung, then became head of the science and education desk at Bayerischer Rundfunk.