29 September - 1 October 2026
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The Arena, Riyadh | Saudi Arabia.
Logan Birgenheier
Head of Project Development - Riyadh Najed Schools Co.
Logan Birgenheier is Head of Project Development at Riyadh Najed Schools Co. (RNS) in Saudi Arabia, leading systems, policies, programs, and improvement initiatives alongside strategic partnership development and expansion for a rapidly growing K-12 network. He previously led innovation projects for NEOM's Education, Research & Innovation sector and was a founding principal at NEOM Community School, scaling it from 85 to 1,000 students in three years, as well as leading and supporting the successful IB authorization of all four programs (first CP authorization in Saudi Arabia). With almost a decade of experience in Saudi education, his background spans school launch, accreditation, and strategic growth across the US, UK, Mexico, and Saudi Arabia.
Speaker Sessions
EdTech In Action
1526
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Change Is Normal. What About Your AI Use?
Session Summary:
A session for school leaders and educators on navigating AI adoption with honesty and intention, moving past both blanket enthusiasm and blanket resistance toward a precise, self-aware relationship with the technology.
Drawing on Rogers' Diffusion of Innovations and Covey's work on trust, the talk opens by showing that AI adoption follows a normal, gradual curve, and that trust, not tooling, determines how fast and cheaply change happens. Its core is a framework adapted from Sean McMinn, PhD (HKUST), and cognitive-offloading research at the University of Queensland, giving leaders a precise way to locate their own AI use on a spectrum from passive reliance to genuine collaborative synergy. Grounded in Carol Dweck's research on growth mindset, it closes with the case that leaders should do this work themselves, visibly, before asking it of their teams.
Designed for school leaders and educators, the session is fast-paced and aims to leave attendees with one specific next step rather than another slogan about AI in education.
Speakers
Logan Birgenheier
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Head of Project Development - Riyadh Najed Schools Co.
Categories
AI and EdTech
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