"Never thought I would get to meet the legend, who became the first ever Black man to hold the position of Director of Education in the UK [at the London Borough of Hackney] and who willingly gave 'life to my career ambition' as a young teenager living in Hackney, in the late 1980's. However, today (was truly emotional) in that not only did I get to introduce his Keynote and then share a meal; Prof actually took the time to sit in on my workshop on "AI and the impact for the