For our first Meetup of the new year, we’re delighted to welcome Stephen Vaz and Heather Mack from the Innovation, Digital Education and Analytics (IDEA) Lab at London’s Imperial Business School. An award-winning EdTech unit, the IDEA Lab has recently been recognised at the MEDEA Awards 2025 as the winner for best use of AI in education. In February, they will be joining us to dive into a variety of their most innovative projects when it comes to integrating AI & XR in education. 

As Stephen (Director of Learning Innovation) and Heather (Director of Strategy and Operations) will soon expand, their innovative work reimagines learning by integrating AI avatars as well as virtual reality to create accessible, personalised, and immersive educational experiences. The IDEA Lab’s pilots demonstrate how human-centred innovation can facilitate flexible learning, enhance engagement, and empower the next generation of business leaders.

In this presentation, they will share the IDEA Lab’s innovations around the use of Faculty digital twins, AI-driven instructional videos using HeyGen, and their hybrid VR team building and communication experience.