Tom D’Amico is the Director of Education with the Ottawa Catholic School Board. He has over 34 years of experience in education. An award-winning educator, he has been recognized with the Prime Minister’s Award for teaching excellence, and was named as one of Canada’s Outstanding Principals. As a Superintendent he received the EXL award for education leadership and as Director of Education he received the provincial Distinguished Leadership award. Tom has presented across Canada on the topics of educational technology, leadership, and AI in Education. Tom is the Canadian co-lead for New Pedagogies for Deep Learning (NPDL), a global partnership of over 3000 schools across 20 countries focused on practices to develop deep learning and the development of global competencies. Tom earned his Doctorate in Education Leadership from the University of Western Ontario, and he holds an Osgoode certificate in education law; a workplace mental health leadership certificate, a diversity and inclusive management certificate, an executive certificate in conflict management with a focus on alternative dispute resolution, and safe schools certification. Tom is an off-ice official with the NHL and prior to his career in education was the general manager of Ottawa’s professional soccer team, The Ottawa Intrepid, and also spent time as the general manager of Malkam Cross-Cultural Training, a provider of cross-cultural communication, diversity and employment equity training.“I believe in the empowerment of youth and their ability to make our world a better place, especially through the use of social learning and technology in a connected global society”.