Serdar Ferit

CEO, Lyfta

Serdar is a filmmaker, digital experience designer, and teacher who has won numerous awards and worked in over 20 countries on film, new media and education projects. Serdar is now Co-CEO of Lyfta, an award-winning edtech company.

Lyfta is an award-winning teaching and learning platform which brings connection, understanding and belonging into every classroom with awe-inspiring storyworlds created by an Oscar-winning team. Inside every Lyfta storyworld learners can interact with 360° spaces, rich media, soundscapes and powerful documentaries showing diverse cultures and ways of life, bringing curriculum topics to life in an impactful way.

Lyfta was born from the desire to offer children and young people the opportunity to discover and experience meaningful real-life experiences, showing them how interconnected and interdependent we are, in order to nurture a higher degree of empathy towards others and a deeper sense of belonging to themselves and the world we live in.

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How can we create the conditions for young people’s minds to flourish?

In an era marked by increasing misinformation, polarisation and uncertainty, how can we equip our teachers and students to flourish? This workshop will explore how we can teach learners to respond with curiosity, care and critical insight to the digital content and algorithms shaping their world views, emotions and sense of self. Drawing on findings from Lyfta’s nationwide roundtable series, we will explore the emerging challenges and opportunities for trust-wide culture and curriculum development. Trust leaders will share practical, future-focused examples of approaches that are making a difference. Expect thoughtful discussion, inspiring stories and actionable strategies for meaningful, trust-wide impact.