The GLSN

When the right communities come together, the conversation doesn’t just grow- it comes alive.

And PULSE 2026 is bringing a vibrant community into the room.

We’re excited to welcome TAISI – The Association of International Schools of India as a Community Partner for PULSE 2026.

For over 20 years, TAISI has connected 300+ schools and 10,000+ participants, bringing educators, leaders and edupreneurs together around global perspectives and meaningful exchange.

That same spirit powers PULSE—GLSN’s platform for bringing the people who shape learning environments into one shared conversation. Because learning spaces are not shaped by design alone; they are shaped by people, culture and community.

A shared purpose makes this partnership especially meaningful: bringing more voices to the conversation about where and how learning happens.

5–7 October 2026 | Sheraton Grand Palace, Indore
PULSE 2026 | Where Culture Meets Learning

Welcome, TAISI. Let’s make the conversation bigger, bolder and more connected.

Meet the ideas shaping tomorrow’s learning spaces. Register now.

Link : https://theglsn.com/pulse-2026-registration/

Meet Medha Jalan at PULSE 2026 — where a space can say more to a child than we realise.

It can say explore.
Choose.
Create.
Belong.

Architect, children’s furniture & toy designer, Founder of My FUNiture Story and Co-Founder of My KIDchen Story, Medha brings together architecture, play, furniture and childhood through a distinctly child-centred lens.

With a Master’s in Designing for Kids and Toys, she believes design can be a powerful tool in shaping meaningful childhood environments - spaces that invite curiosity, independence and imagination.

At PULSE 2026 | Where Culture Meets Learning, Medha brings that way of seeing into a larger conversation about the spaces where children learn, grow and experience the world.

5–7 October 2026 | Sheraton Grand Palace, Indore

Come curious. Come see differently.
Register for PULSE 2026 and discover what changes when we begin with the child.

Link: https://theglsn.com/pulse-2026-registration/

Meet Mr. Vivek Shukla, FIFIP (Dist.) — a global education leader with 26+ years of experience and a strong focus on inclusion.

Joining PULSE 2026 in Indore, Vivek brings experience across education, talent, knowledge, international partnerships and inclusion.

As CEO, WIC India 2026 and Director & CEO, AFAIRS Education Group, he connects institutions, people and ideas across the global education landscape.

His international experience brings a valuable perspective to conversations around accessibility, belonging, participation and the evolving education ecosystem.

At PULSE 2026 — Where Culture Meets Learning, discover how these wider ideas connect with the people, cultures and communities that shape learning.

📍 Sheraton Grand Palace, Indore
📅 5–7 October 2026

Meet Vivek Shukla at PULSE 2026. Explore the conversation. Connect with the community.

Few seats remain — secure your place today.
Link : https://theglsn.com/pulse-2026-registration/

Beyond the building. Beyond the blueprint. Who leads the culture that makes a learning environment work?

Meet Riitu Chopraa, FIFIP, joining PULSE 2026 in Indore.

With 20+ years across education, talent, institutions and innovation, Riitu is Director General – World Inclusion Conference India 2026 and Associate Director – AFAIRS Talent Edge.

Her work sits at the intersection of leadership, inclusion and institutional transformation, helping education organisations find the people who can lead meaningful, sustainable change.

At PULSE 2026 | Where Culture Meets Learning, she brings the conversation back to the people behind the institution- and the leadership that shapes its culture.

📍 5–7 October 2026 | Sheraton Grand Palace, Indore

Join the conversation on leadership, people, culture and the future of learning spaces. Few seats remain. Join us.
Link: https://theglsn.com/pulse-2026-registration/

MEET SYAZA SURAINI | MALAYSIA → INDORE | PULSE 2026

What if a better learning space could begin with simply looking at the one you already have- with fresh eyes, new ideas and the people who know it best?

Bringing a community-led lens to the PULSE 2026 conversation, meet Nur Syazadiyanah binti Suraini (Syaza) of Malaysian Learning Spaces (MYLES).

With a PhD from Universiti Sains Malaysia, Syaza explores co-design, participatory approaches and equitable learning environments.

Her work with Ruang2Gather received the Don Norman Design Award 2025 in the Promising Early Career Projects category, recognising its community-centred approach to transforming learning spaces.

At PULSE, she brings a fresh perspective on what schools can unlock within existing spaces, limited resources and community voices.

How much transformation can begin with what we already have?

📍 Sheraton Grand Palace, Indore
📅 5–7 October 2026

Join us at PULSE 2026 | Where Culture Meets Learning and be part of the conversation.
Link: https://theglsn.com/pulse-2026-registration/

What if a well-designed school still isn’t a well-designed learning environment?

Meet Mr. Alastair Blyth- architect, researcher and educator with three decades of experience exploring how the spaces where we learn are designed, evaluated and used.

From the OECD’s Centre for Effective Learning Environments in Paris to national reviews of school-building programmes in Portugal and Mexico, his work brings architecture, education, research and policy into one important conversation.

At PULSE 2026 | Where Culture Meets Learning, Alastair invites us to look beyond how a school looks and ask a deeper question: what is the environment actually enabling?

For architects, educators, school leaders and anyone shaping the future of learning spaces, this is a perspective worth hearing.

5–7 October 2026 | Sheraton Grand Palace, Indore

Join us at PULSE 2026. Register your place and be part of the conversation.

Link: https://theglsn.com/pulse-2026-registration/

Meet Pravir Sethi at PULSE 2026, Indore — bringing a thoughtful perspective on what makes a space more than just well designed.

A space can be functional and beautiful. But what gives it character, identity and a sense of belonging?

Founder of studio HINGE, Pravir’s work spans architecture, interiors and furniture, with projects including the Forest of Knowledge Library at CCI Mumbai, 219 Boat Club Road in Pune, and the CCI Yoga Studio.

His work offers an interesting lens for learning spaces: when every element is considered as part of a larger experience, can the environment itself become part of how people learn, connect and belong?

5–7 October 2026 | Sheraton Grand Palace, Indore
PULSE 2026 | Where Culture Meets Learning

A conversation we look forward to welcoming you into.
Be in the room. Bring your questions. Leave seeing space differently.
Link: https://theglsn.com/pulse-2026-registration/

MEET KEVIN BARTLETT, NAIROBI | PULSE 2026

How do you bring a complex school ecosystem to work as one?

Kevin Bartlett, Founding Director, Sankoré International School, Nairobi, brings experience leading schools across five countries and helping shape the IBPYP, The Next Frontier: Inclusion and Common Ground Collaborative.

For school leaders, educators, architects and designers navigating disconnected systems, competing priorities and the challenge of turning ideas into meaningful learning, his perspective offers a different way to look at the whole.

At PULSE 2026 — Where Culture Meets Learning, Kevin brings his focus on moving from silos to systems and creating greater learning impact.

📍 Sheraton Grand Palace, Indore | 📅 5–7 October 2026

Come meet Kevin. Bring your questions. Leave with a wider view of what makes a school work.

👉 Save your seat and be part of the conversation at PULSE 2026.
Link : https://theglsn.com/pulse-2026-registration/

MEET AR. BIMAL DESAI | PULSE 2026

We talk about designing better schools. But what if their impact goes much deeper?

We’re delighted to welcome Ar. Bimal Desai, Founder & Principal, DSP Design Associates, and Co-Founder & CEO, GrydSense, to PULSE 2026 - Where Culture Meets Learning.

With over 30 years of experience, Bimal works at the intersection of architecture, human performance, wellbeing and technology, with projects including Microsoft R&D, Hyderabad; Google’s Ananta campus, Bengaluru; Oracle Financial Services, Bengaluru; and Capgemini, Mumbai.

At PULSE, he brings this thinking into the world of learning spaces - and asks a bigger question:

What does a classroom teach us, even when nobody is teaching?

His session will mark the release of the EDI–DSP white paper, The Architecture of Identity: How Learning Environments Shape the Adults We Become.

A compelling new lens on how spaces can shape more than learning.

A very warm welcome, Ar. Bimal Desai. We’re delighted to have you join the PULSE 2026 conversation in Indore.

Be part of the conversation shaping learning spaces.
Register now: https://theglsn.com/pulse-2026-registration/

A classroom can shape behaviour. A school can shape belonging. But can it shape identity?

Meet Dr. Parul Minhas, Director of Research at Education Design International (EDI), returning to PULSE 2026 after PULSE 2024.

Her work brings together neuroarchitecture, salutogenic design and human development, exploring how learning environments influence wellbeing, agency and the people we become.

This year, her session brings a special reveal: the release of the EDI–DSP white paper, The Architecture of Identity: How Learning Environments Shape the Adults We Become.

What does a learning environment leave behind in us? Dr. Parul will take us inside the research- and invite us to look at school design, identity and human development through a different lens.

For architects, educators and school leaders, this is a conversation worth being in.

Welcome back, Dr. Parul. We’re delighted to have you with us again.

📍 5–7 October 2026 | Sheraton Grand Palace, Indore
Join the conversation at PULSE 2026 .
link: https://theglsn.com/pulse-2026-registration/