Alison Cairns is a Partner at EY in the Technology Transformation practice and also serves as the Oceania Education Lead, where Digital, Data and AI are reframing learning to transform the future of education.

Alison is the co-author of “The peak of higher education – a new world for the University of the future” as well as “A class of their own – how data makes a student more than a number”.

Digital, Data, and AI play a foundational role in the Future of Education, accelerating the move to hybrid learning, the rise of the digital academic, operational efficiency, workforce reimagined, future of work skills, accessibility and equity in education.