Speaker &
Workshop Kit

Inclusion is not about adding ramps after the building is built. This keynote presents Universal Design for Learning as a principled method for identifying barriers hidden in systems, environments, and assumptions — and removing them by design. Practical, evidence-based, and immediately actionable for school leaders and classroom teachers alike. Canva integration available in the workshop version.

What if the students we label as 'difficult' are not failing the system — but the system is failing them? Spanning K–12 to tertiary education, this keynote draws on evidence-based research and Hasrizal's own ADHD diagnosis to reframe how educators understand attention, behaviour, and ability. Delivered with particular sensitivity to the cultural and Islamic dimensions of neurodivergent identity. Also available as a focused session on Generative AI and the Neurodivergent Student, drawing on original M.Ed. research at Trinity College Dublin.

Adverse experiences leave marks that classrooms cannot ignore. This keynote equips educators and school leaders with a trauma-informed lens — not as a clinical tool, but as a whole-school ethos that shapes how spaces are designed, how relationships are built, and how every child is seen. Directly relevant to the realities of Malaysian schools and Muslim communities navigating complex social change.

Decades of cognitive science and educational research have transformed our understanding of how learning actually happens — yet classrooms often remain unchanged. This keynote brings the science to life: memory, retrieval, spacing, motivation, and meaning-making — and shows educators how to apply it on Monday morning, across subjects, levels, and cultural contexts.

A school's greatest product is not academic results — it is the character of the human beings who leave it. This keynote explores the theory and practice of character education: how to build environments, curricula, and teaching practices around explicit values. Grounded in contemporary research and in direct dialogue with the tradition of akhlak and syakhsiah formation in Islamic education — this is not a programme to add on, but a culture to build from within.

The challenges facing schools today — inequality, disengagement, rapid social change — are design problems as much as they are educational ones. This keynote introduces design thinking as a practical framework for educational innovation: from reframing classroom challenges to reimagining institutions. Especially relevant for school leaders who understand that building a good school is also an act of social entrepreneurship.

Islam is not a relic to be preserved — it is a living tradition to be inhabited. This talk speaks to the experience of Muslims navigating contemporary reality: as minorities in the West, as communities caught between heritage and modernity, and as individuals who return each year to the sacred rhythms of Hijrah, Ramadan, and Isra' wa Mi'raj. Grounded in scholarship, delivered in language that speaks to today. Fully adaptable for specific occasions and community contexts.

Parenting has never been more complex — or more consequential. This talk and workshop draws on learning sciences research and the timeless teachings of the Quran and Sunnah to equip parents with practical, principled strategies. Topics include: navigating digital technology and social media; understanding how children learn and develop; working with the schooling system; and supporting children with additional needs. The programme can be tailored collaboratively with the organiser to best serve the audience.

Writing is not a skill — it is a form of intellectual leadership. Drawing on over two decades of authoring articles and 29 published books, this talk explores what it means to write as a Muslim in the contemporary world: the craft of making ideas accessible, the discipline of sustained intellectual output, and the responsibility of the author who seeks to shape — not merely entertain — the thinking of the modern Muslim reader.