Prof. Aharon (Roni) Aviram, Chair, Center for Futurism in Education, Department of Education, Ben-Gurion University

Roni Aviram is an educational futurist and philosopher of education. He is interested in formulating strategies for humanizing the impacts of ICT on users in this and the next generation. Aviram has published numerous articles and several books on the desired future of education in postmodern democratic societies. He has led pioneering Israeli and European projects focused on the merger of technology and education, and on the development of virtual lifelong learning environments aimed at enhancing human development towards well-being. For Aviram, the best uses of technology in any educational or lifelong learning framework would be those that enhance personal autonomy and participatory belonging, which contribute to self-fulfillment and individual well-being.