Karl Donert is a consultant and education specialist. He is elected President of EUROGEO, a European Commission expert and member of Academia Europea. He is active in European policy as Vice President of the Council of Europe Education Committee and chair of the group examining the Future of Education and the Digital Citizen. Karl is a UK National Teaching Fellow, the highest teaching award that can be received. He has been responsible for many European funded projects and is currently working on a number of highly innovative approaches to formal and non-formal learning contexts.