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Dave Foley
Keynote speaker
Thursday October 15, 2026
Dave Foley is an international comedy icon best known for creating and starring in the critically acclaimed and multiple award-winning sketch series THE KIDS IN THE HALL. He can most recently be seen on FX’s critically acclaimed FARGO Season 5 as series regular Danish Graves, the in-house counsel and prime advisor to self-made billionaire and business leader Lorraine Lyon (Jennifer Jason Leigh). Foley co-starred alongside Juno Temple, Jon Hamm, Joe Keery, Lamorne Morris, and Richa Moorjani. Prior to FARGO, Amazon rebooted KIDS IN THE HALL for one season, which received rave reviews.
Following the original THE KIDS IN THE HALL, Dave signed on to the long running NBC series NEWSRADIO. In between seasons, he forged a feature film career that is still very active today. In addition to his comedic work, Foley has also been seen in HBO’s critically-acclaimed mini-series FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON. Dave directed the KIDS IN THE HALL documentary, SAME GUYS NEW DRESSES, based on one of the group’s recent tours. Some of the many films Foley has starred in include A BUG’S LIFE, TOY STORY 2, A BLAST FROM THE PAST, and SOUTH PARK: BIGGER, LONGER & UNCUT. Dave was a Series Regular on the ABC sitcom DR. KEN as well, which ran for two seasons.
Dr. Phil McRae
Keynote speaker
Catalyzing Connections or Deceiving Disinformation: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Everything
Friday October 16, 2026
Dr. Phil McRae is an internationally recognized thought leader and speaker focused on K–20 education, artificial intelligence, school improvement, technology-health-learning, and change in complex human systems. Dr. McRae also serves as Special Advisor on Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED) to the Secretary General of Education International, representing 33.5 million educators worldwide, and has contributed internationally as a delegate to the United Nations’ International Labour Organization (ILO) deliberations on the Future of Work.
By combining novel research and strategic foresight with keynote, advisory, and policy engagements on megatrends, societal change, and the future of education, he influences how individuals and systems navigate the Fourth Industrial Revolution. His global impact includes being invited as a speaker and panelist at the last three meetings of the World Economic Forum in Davos, alongside engagements at the World Innovation Summit for Education and working with the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), as the governing body of European football, around technology, loneliness, gambling and child health.
He is Executive Officer and Associate Coordinator (Government-Research) with the Alberta Teachers’ Association, supporting 50,000 teachers, and an Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Alberta, where he earned his Ph.D.
With more than three decades in education, he has held senior leadership roles across K–12, post-secondary, government, and the teaching profession, with experience living and working in the United Arab Emirates, Japan, Spain, and Alberta, including Red Crow College with the Blood Tribe (Kainai First Nation). He was honoured by the Blackfoot people in 1996 with the name Áípapomm (“lightning”).
Keynote Session Description:
The scope and speed of change that is coming with the emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) is profound. It is expected that AI may reach human levels by around 2029, and by 2045 we will have multiplied our human biological intelligence a billion-fold. This session is intended to catalyze a discussion about the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on the future of everything, including the profession of teaching. Dr. McRae will share key considerations in terms of issues of ethics, algorithmic bias, surveillance, trust, moral passivity, and cognitive atrophy from his work as Special Advisor on Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED) to the General Secretary of Education International (EI). He will also draw on his collaborations and learning from work with the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C.
