Dr. Ann Devitt
Head of the School of Education, Trinity College Dublin
Keynote – Formal Education
Dr. Ann Devitt was recently appointed Head of the School of Education in Trinity College Dublin. She is also the Academic Director of The Learnovate Centre and has extensive research experience in both academia and industry.
Having worked in the language and speech technology industries for a number of years in Europe, she returned to academia to complete a PhD in computational linguistics. After this she worked as research fellow in the telecoms industry where she has a number of patents and publications.
In 2008, she joined the School of Education at Trinity College Dublin. She was a recipient of a Fulbright TechImpact Award in 2016 and has twice received commendations in the Provost’s Teaching Award.