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