Keynote Speaker

Dr. Joe Sanchez

Dr. Joe Sanchez is the CEO & founder of Innovation-Based Learning (IBL) Institute and professor of Psychology. He has been thinking and researching Innovation-Based Learning since the mid-1980’s when he wrote a paper in his Master’s program called, “Real-World Curriculum.” The idea behind this was his belief that “​the curriculum needed to be more in line with what people needed in the real world.”

After completing his Masters from the University of Texas-UTRGV (formally Pan American University), he went on to obtain his Ph.D. in Psychology from Texas A & M University-College Station, Texas. For the past 37 years, he has worked either as an educator or mental health professional at all educational levels, from Pre-k through university graduate programs. He has presented the concept of Innovation Based Learning across the country from east to west at regional and national conferences.

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