Speakers

Luyen Chou is a long-time leader in the field of education technology. He is a frequent speaker on topics including learning science, digital learning, and the impact of artificial intelligence on education.
 
Luyen has a long history as a leader in the education sector. He was Chief Learning Officer at 2U Inc., and Chief Product Officer at Trilogy Education. Prior to joining Trilogy, Luyen served as Chief Product Officer at Pearson Education, and prior to that, Schoolnet, Inc.  A veteran of the industry, Luyen founded his first edtech company, Learntech, in 1992, where he was CEO and President.
 
Luyen is currently the CEO and founder of DeweyLearn, an AI education company. He also serves in a variety of advisory roles, including as an advisor for Bain Capital’s Double Impact fund and for CreatorUp, a digital creator platform and marketplace. He serves on the boards of Meteor Education, the leading provider of K-12 classroom learning environments in the United States, Learning.com, a digital skills curriculum company, Pi-top, a classroom robotics company, New Classrooms, a personalized math curriculum company, and Arizona State University, where he serves as an external advisor on AI.
 
Luyen started his career as a high school history teacher and an early pioneer in classroom technology. He is a founder of several schools in the US, including The School at Columbia University and Brooklyn Prospect Charter Schools. He has also served as board advisor for Altschool, the Carnegie Corporation’s OpenSciEd initiative, and as a member of the Open edX Technical Oversight Committee.
 
Luyen holds a B.A. in Philosophy from Harvard College and an M.A. in Educational Leadership from Columbia University Teachers College.
 
Based in Brooklyn, NY, Luyen is a proud father of two independent school graduates, an avid fly fisherman, and a diehard New York Knicks fan.