Libbby Ferin
Marketing Brand LeaderMarcoLibby Ferin is Chief Marketing Officer at Marco and a seasoned brand and marketing leader with more than 25 years of experience shaping emotionally connective brands, experiences, and strategic growth platforms for global leaders in furniture manufacturing. She specializes in building brands that resonate deeply—blending insight, storytelling, and design strategy to create meaningful connections between people, products, and place. Her work bridges brand vision, thought leadership, and learning environment strategy to help transform design intent into human-centered outcomes.
GENERAL SESSION: Colleagues of the Round Table: Addressing Wicked Problems in Learning Design
Education is not short on ideas — it is short on aligned action and honest conversation. “Colleagues of the Round Table” is a live, participatory foru…Education is not short on ideas — it is short on aligned action and honest conversation. “Colleagues of the Round Table” is a live, participatory forum designed to surface the real conversations education leaders need but rarely have in public settin…Education is not short on ideas — it is short on aligned action and honest conversation. “Colleagues of the Round Table” is a live, participatory forum designed to surface the real conversations education leaders need but rarely have in public settings. This session dissolves the traditional boundary between panel and audience, inviting participants into a structured experience of peer-to-peer dialogue, challenge, and debate. Using pre-session in…Education is not short on ideas — it is short on aligned action and honest conversation. “Colleagues of the Round Table” is a live, participatory forum designed to surface the real conversations education leaders need but rarely have in public settings. This session dissolves the traditional boundary between panel and audience, inviting participants into a structured experience of peer-to-peer dialogue, challenge, and debate. Using pre-session input from attendees, the session centers on authentic tensions shaping future-ready learning: innovation versus accountability, AI acceleration versus instructional readiness, and student well-being versus performance pressures. Participants engage in facilitated roundtable discussions, followed by cross-table exchanges that disrupt echo chambers and broaden perspective. Structured debate protocols guide participants through positioning, evidence-building, counterargument, and perspective-shifting, ensuring rigor and equity of voice. Rather than seeking premature consensus, the session prioritizes clarity — helping leaders identify what they believe, where tensions persist, and what that means for action. Leave with a co-developed Future-Ready Learning Blueprint, including design principles, priority tensions, and immediate next steps. More importantly, they leave with sharper thinking, grounded in the collective intelligence of their peers.Limited capacity. RSVP required.Show MoreClick the title to see all detailsShow More
Shaping Spaces, Shaping Minds: The Silent Language of Learning Design
Shape is a silent language influencing behavior, belonging, and how students learn. This interactive session explores how the shape of products, archi…Shape is a silent language influencing behavior, belonging, and how students learn. This interactive session explores how the shape of products, architecture, and spatial intent impacts focus, collaboration, movement, and well-being across the learni…Shape is a silent language influencing behavior, belonging, and how students learn. This interactive session explores how the shape of products, architecture, and spatial intent impacts focus, collaboration, movement, and well-being across the learning ecosystem. Drawing from Shaping Spaces, Shaping Minds, participants will gain practical, research-based strategies to align design intent with learning outcomes. Through conversation and applied di…Shape is a silent language influencing behavior, belonging, and how students learn. This interactive session explores how the shape of products, architecture, and spatial intent impacts focus, collaboration, movement, and well-being across the learning ecosystem. Drawing from Shaping Spaces, Shaping Minds, participants will gain practical, research-based strategies to align design intent with learning outcomes. Through conversation and applied discussion, attendees will leave with actionable insights to create future-ready environments that better support student and educator success.Show MoreClick the title to see all detailsShow More