Gretchen Geng Australian Catholic University, Australia

Dr Gretchen Geng is a Professor in Innovative Education Futures at Flinders University. Gretchen has been a senior management member at universities for over ten years, including the Deputy Head of School in the School of Education Victoria (Melbourne campus) and the Head of Discipline (Early Childhood Education) at Australian Catholic University, Executive Director/Vice President of International Groups in Beijing Foreign Studies University, the Academic Lead at the DVC (Education) Office of RMIT University, and an Associate Professor in Pedagogy and Learning at Charles Darwin University.

Gretchen also has a distinguished international reputation in digital play in early childhood education. In particular, Gretchen has been leading the development of digital XR play teaching and learning programs for young children in the global learning context. She led the development of "Playful Reading" Framework, and it was chosen in the Online Teacher Training Course by the Victorian State Government, and delivered to more than 20,000 teachers among four countries across Southeast Asia.