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Sharon Kerr PhD (Syd) BA Dip (Ed) MEd (Indig) Ass Dip Soc Wel (Disability) Cert IV TAE is a researcher and educator focussed on and dedicated to equity of access to education and life opportunities for all. She is a research affiliate with the University of Sydney's Centre for Disability and Research Policy where she graduated with a PhD in 2021. Her PhD research was in the area of supporting Indigenous students with a disability in the Higher Education Sector. Based on this research she has developed a framework to be used by Universities, TAFE's and RTO's across Australia to support their Indigenous students who have a disability. Sharon's work is strongly founded on a human right's approach to education and mitigating barriers for all students to engage with their learning and thereby thrive as individuals. Further to this research she continues to publish and present on topics pertaining to emerging technologies in teaching and learning. By way of example her publication co-authored with Dr Stefan Popenici, "Exploring the impact of artificial intelligence on teaching and learning in higher education", is currently tracking with an Altmetric ranking in the 98th percentile of over 12 million international research publications and has been downloaded 95,000 times from SpringerOpen.com. Sharon has had an eclectic career that has included teaching and senior management roles in the university sector, consultancy and training for the TAFE/training sector, and classroom teaching K - 12 and management in the school sector. Additionally, she has had over her entire career had experience working with students with a wide range of disabilities and is globally recognised as having expertise in maximising student engagement for students with intellectual, sensory, learning, psychological and physical disabilities. ********************** Strengths: Research and teaching, Implementation of strategic projects, universal curriculum design, communications /diverse stakeholders, management of multidisciplinary teams, education, accessibility, project management, marketing, international collaborations, creative solutions, public speaking, technology enhanced learning.