A New Paradigm for Lifelong Learning - A Conversation with Christopher Pommerening and Stephen Harris

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Christopher Pommerening is the Founder and Chief Empowerment
Officer of Learnlife. Christopher is an entrepreneur and learning
visionary on a journey in which he has evolved from an internet
entrepreneur and venture capitalist, into a high impact
entrepreneur on a mission to change education positively
worldwide.

Christopher has engaged a global team of more than 100 learning
experts and thought leaders to build an open ecosystem for a new
lifelong learning paradigm. His impact goal is to empower 100
million learners to experience the new paradigm for learning that
is suited to the rapid and evolving changes in our world and
societies by 2030. Learnlife launched the first Learning Hub in
Barcelona and is currently in the process of building a 10.000m2
lighthouse for lifelong learning in Germany. In the next 10 years
more than 2,000 Learning Hubs will be launched in every country
around the world to inspire and show-case the future of
learning.

Christopher started his professional career in Spain in 1998,
when he co-founded AutoScout24 Spain. In 2002 he founded the
venture capital company ACTIVE Venture Partners, one of Europe’s
few entrepreneurial-driven VC companies. He has founded 10
companies and organisations and invested in more than 30
start-ups. In 2017, after two years of preparation and research,
he started Learnlife, his “once in a lifetime” adventure aiming
to change the world's learning landscape.


Dr. Stephen Harris, after 40 years as an educator within existing
systems (government & independent), has chosen to work now
outside, but alongside, traditional education.

From 1999 to 2017 Stephen was Principal of Northern Beaches
Christian School in Sydney. In 2005, Stephen founded the Sydney
Centre for Innovation in Learning. 


Stephen has completed his doctorate in education focused on the
role of collective envisioning in educational leadership and
change. He also received recognition at the 2011 Australian
Awards for Outstanding Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL), as
the Australian Secondary Principal of the Year (NSW). Stephen was
also recognised in 2017 as a recipient of the prestigious John
Laing Award by Principals Australia Institute (PAI) presented to
exceptional school leaders.


Social Links


Twitter: @ChristopherPomm; @Stephen_H; @wearelearnlife


LinkedIn: @christopherpommerening; @stephenharris; @learnlife