Aurelia Collective presents

A curated half-day gathering · London · 25 June 2026

Future
of Learning

What are we preparing our children for — and are we brave enough to look for the answers?

A curated gathering bringing together parents, educators, young people, technologists and thinkers to explore the future of learning in the age of AI.

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Date 25 June 2026
Time 1:00 — 6:00pm
Location Soho House, White City
Format Curated
Future of Learning
Photo by Marios Kanellos / Unsplash
The conversation

What are we
preparing our
children for?

Most parents have felt it at some point, often in very ordinary moments. Sitting at the kitchen table with homework. Watching children memorise information they can access instantly online. Sensing that many of the systems surrounding education were designed for a very different world from the one young people are now entering.

At the same time, the conversation itself has become fragmented. Schools speak to schools. Technology companies speak to technology companies. Parents are often left trying to make sense of it on their own, while young people are discussed without being meaningfully included in the conversation.

Future of Learning is an attempt to bring those perspectives into the same room. We do not have the answers yet, but every significant shift in how humans learn has started with people willing to sit together and ask difficult questions before the answers are within reach.

What we'll explore
01
What is education actually for?

Before we discuss curriculum or innovation, we need to be honest about what we actually want learning to give human beings. What remains uniquely human in the age of AI?

02
AI, Attention & the Future of Childhood
Threat, tool, or transformation?

AI is already shaping childhood. The question is what becomes more important in a world where information is abundant and attention is the most contested resource of modern life.

03
Reimagining Education
If we started again today…

Around the world, people are already building something better. This conversation explores what becomes possible when we move beyond criticism and begin imagining what education could become.

Voices in the room

Different worlds.
One conversation.

We are bringing together a carefully selected group of voices — educators, parents, founders, technologists and young people approaching the same questions from very different perspectives.

Speakers will be announced in the weeks ahead.

Who is this for

Who is this for?

This is a room for people who feel the current conversation around education is incomplete — people who care deeply about how humans grow, learn and prepare for a rapidly changing world. We are bringing together a carefully curated mix of perspectives, including:

Parents
Parents are often more confused than anyone else right now. This is for the parent who wants to be part of the conversation and ask the uncomfortable questions.
Educators
Teachers and school leaders who are asking hard questions about their own systems and are ready to take action and initiate change.
Young people
Teenagers whose voices belong in this conversation are not always asked. Everything being discussed here is ultimately for them.
Founders & entrepreneurs
People building things in technology, learning and human potential who know the future is being shaped right now and want to be part of that conversation.
Forward thinkers
Researchers, authors, practitioners and curious humans from adjacent fields who bring unexpected angles to familiar problems.
Policy & public sector
People with the power to change systems, invited to listen, to contribute, and to imagine together what could be different.

"The future of learning cannot be shaped from a single perspective. These gatherings exist to bring different voices into the same room and explore the questions together."

I want to be a voice

If you would like to contribute as a speaker or conversation leader, we would love to hear from you.

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Support the conversation

We are working with a small number of aligned partners for the June event. If this feels aligned with what you do, we would love to hear from you.

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Didi Aurelia
Your host

Didi Aurelia —
educator, founder, convener.

Didi Aurelia is an educator, founder and author with a background in psychology, finance and education. After more than a decade in senior corporate finance across Europe, she left to found My Montessori School in London and write 100 Days to a More Aware You. She has spent years working with children, parents and educators on the questions that sit at the heart of how humans learn and grow. She is now building Aurelia Collective — a platform for curated gatherings around the ideas that matter most.

Aurelia Collective · London · didiaurelia.com
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This is a curated gathering. Registering your interest does not guarantee a place — but it means we know you want to be in the room. We'll be in touch personally.

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25 June 2026 · Soho House, White City · Curated
2 Television Centre, 101 Wood Ln, London W12 7FR