MEET THE SPEAKERS
We spend years thinking about what children should learn. But perhaps we need to spend more time asking how the environments around them shape the experience of learning.
What changes when architecture stops simply housing learning-and starts actively supporting it?
That question sits at the heart of a perspective PULSE 2026 is bringing to the room, particularly for educators, school leaders, architects and designers shaping the next generation of learning environments.
Meet Denis Fujii
An architect looking at learning spaces through a different lens.
With over a decade of experience creating educational environments in Brazil and internationally, Denis explores how space can actively support learning.
His approach moves beyond the conventional classroom, bringing together architecture, furniture and pedagogy to create environments that encourage curiosity, connection, independence and collaboration.
For architects and designers, his work offers a fresh way to think about designing for learning.
For educators and school leaders, it opens questions around how environments influence behaviour, engagement and learning experiences.
Why Should You Hear Him?
Because the most important question may not be:
“What should a school look like?”
but:
“What should a school make possible?”
Denis brings a perspective that encourages us to rethink the relationship between space, people and pedagogy– and to look at learning environments not simply as places where education happens, but as active participants in the experience.
What Can You Take Away?
At PULSE, Denis’s work offers a fresh lens on:
- Designing around how learners learn, interact and grow
- Creating spaces that foster curiosity, collaboration and independence
- Bringing architecture, furniture and pedagogy into one learning ecosystem
- Rethinking the classroom as an experience, not just a room
- Designing learning environments with people—not just functions—in mind
What Can You Expect to Explore?
At PULSE, Denis’s perspective can help you rethink:
The classroom — has more than four walls.
Furniture — as more than functional objects.
Architecture — as more than structure.
Learning environments — as active participants in the educational experience.
And perhaps most importantly:
How do we design spaces around the learner, rather than simply designing spaces around a function?
Why PULSE 2026?
PULSE is not designed as a conventional conference where one profession speaks and everyone else listens.
It is a curated conversation around learning, people, culture and place.
Across 300 curated seats, educators, school leaders, architects, designers and researchers will come together from Delhi, Mumbai, Tamil Nadu, Bhopal, Nagpur and Indore, alongside perspectives from Japan, the UK, Australia, Sweden, Norway and the United States.
Different disciplines.
Different geographies.
Different experiences.
One shared question: How can we create better environments for learning?
Come to question what has become familiar. Come to challenge what may no longer work. Come to discover possibilities worth taking back to practice.
Because the value of PULSE isn’t simply what you write down.
It’s what you begin to see differently.
A Conversation That Can Continue Beyond PULSE
The questions around learning environments don’t end when the event does.
If you’re:
- Planning a new K–12 school
- Redesigning an existing campus
- Developing classrooms or learning spaces
- Exploring educational architecture
- Looking for guidance on school transformation
- Working at the intersection of pedagogy, design and space
GLSN can help connect you with relevant knowledge, people and perspectives.
Have a question about your school or learning environment?
Talk to GLSN. Start the conversation.
Meet Denis Fujii at PULSE 2026
📍 Sheraton Grand Palace, Indore
📅 5–7 October 2026
🎟️ 300 Curated Seats
Theme: Where Culture Meets Learning
One room. Different perspectives. New questions.
Come curious. Leave seeing learning spaces differently.