GESAwards Bootcamp

The Global Edtech Startup Bootcamp is a two-days event prior to GESAwards London Finals, exclusively for GESAwards finalists, providing them with practical tools and specific opportunities to grow their businesses. The crowd in the bootcamp includes 40-50 selected startups from around the globe, in different stages and from various verticals of Edtech, as well as GESAwards global partners.

The bootcamp is first of all an opportunity to connect, share experiences, challenges and opportunities across the global EdTech industry. The agenda includes presentations of industry leaders, workshops and discussions, with an emphasis on practical, hands on experience for the participants, enabling them to generate usable outcomes.

January 20-21, 2025, Central London

Speakers

Alex NG

Managing Director, Spaze Ventures

Alex Paiva

Head of Products, Positivo Tecnologia

Alexandre Glaser

Principal, Educapital

Alison Clark-Wilson

Professor, UCL Institute of Education

Andrew Solomon

Investor, Owl Ventures

Hun Jong

CEO, Learningspark

Avi Warshavsky

CEO, MindCET

Benoit Wirz

Founding Partner, Brighteye VC

Brent Taggart

Chief Product Officer, Trinity College London

Carla Aerts

Strategic Insights in AI and Tech

Cecilia Waismann

VP, MindCET

Dana Michealovich

Head of Accelerator, MindCET

David Bleicher

Co Founder & CEO, Jotit

Donatella Solda

President, Edtech Italia

Dr Ashwin Mehta

Dr Ashwin Mehta MBA FLPI
Founder & CEO, Mehtadology

Ernest Gavor

Co-Founder & Director, Ghana Society for Education Technology

Félix López Capel

Director, SEK Lab EdTech Accelerator

Fernando Valenzuela

CEO, Edlatam Alliance

Houtan Froushan

Programme Director, UCL EdTech Labs

Ilan Ben Yaakov

VP Learning experience, MindCET

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Jitske van Os

Managing Director, Dutch EdTech

Jonathan Schor

Founder and CEO, CodeMonkey

Leo Gmeiner

CBO, School Guardian

Luigi Morino

Content Specialist & EdTech Markets Advisor, Zanichelli Venture

Margaret Korosec

Dean of online and digital education, Leeds

Maria Spies

Co-Founder, HolonIQ

Meirav Zarbiv

VP Innovation and Technology, Ministry of Education of Israel

Michael E. Spencer

CEO, Global Expansion Strategies

Mohamad Abo Nada

CEO, Ibtikar BaseCamp

Nejma Belkhdim-Travaglini

CEO, Nolej

Pierre-Antoine Ullmo

CEO, TYME EDUCATION

Roy Zwebner

Managing Partner, Innovation Basecamp

Sara Segundo

EdTech Entrepreneurship, Tecnológico de Monterrey

Simon Prince

Dealmaker, Global Entrepreneur Program, UK Trade & Investment

Stephen Jull

Venture Partner, Emerge Education

Talia Kolodny

Global EdTech Partnerships, MindCET

Tamas Haiman

Co-Founder at SuperCharger Ventures

Tzvi Knish

Head of Strategy and BD, CET

Valeriy Platonov

Co organizer, EdCrunch

Wayne Holmes

Professor of Critical Studies of AI and Education, UCL

Yossi Baidatz

CEO, CET

Yuval Dvir

Global Director of Online Platforms & Ecosystems, Google

Nick Barniville

Founder, EdTech Lab, ESMT Berlin

Tan Shin Gee

Senior Director, Temasek Foundation

Andy Coxall

Managing Director, EvolveCareers

Vincent Fung

Partner, IBIS Capital

Norihisa Wada

Director, Global EdTech Acceleration Committee

Oliver Krasny

Director, InStudent Group

Patrick Hayes

Chief Development Officer, Times Higher Education

Pedro Vasconcellos

VP Ventures and Innovation, Pearson

Agenda

Time	Session
	Day 1 - Jan 20th
09:30	Welcome Coffee
10:00	Learning in the Age of Black Swans
10:20	Networking Activity
10:40	Implementing GenAI responsibly - through testing and validation
11:10	EdTech partnerships with corporations
11:40	Dynamic roundtables led by industry experts
12:15	Lunch break
13:30	The startup journey in the AI frontier
14:00	EdTech Founders on entering global markets
14:40	Spotlight on the UK education sector
15:15	Day 1 Reflection
15:30	Networking Drinks
	Day 2 - Jan 21st
09:00	Welcome Coffee
09:30	Pearson Ventures: disruptions in the publishing industry
10:15	Brighteye EdTech insights
10:30	Investing in EdTech in the Age of Uncertainty
11:00	How AI is shaking EdTech companies?
11:30	Holon IQ: EdTech Global Market Intelligence
12:00	Meet GESAwards partners
12:30	Lunch
13:30	Public-Private partnerships with EdTechs
14:00	Vendor or Partner? Selling into Educational Institutions and enterprises
14:30	LATAM - a market craving for innovation
15:00	Spotlight on growing European markets
15:30	Day 2 - GESAwards Finals at Bett: A global community of innovation
15:45	Networking Drinks