GESAwards BOOTCAMP 2021
GESAwards Bootcamp Agenda
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 30-40 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.
GESAwards Bootcamp Agenda
January 17-18, 2022, 12pm-5pm GMT - Online
HOST: Dr. Cecilia Waismann VP R&D MindCET
17.1 - Day #1
12:00-12:30
GESAwards 2021 EdTech Trends
Avi Warshavsky
GESAwards Founder and MindCET CEO
12:30-13:00
“Getting to Know You” – The 30 Chosen Global EdTech Startups of 2021
13:00-13:45
Europe, the fastest growing EdTech market
Pierre Antoine Ullmo, Co-Founder EXPeditions
Sasha Lehmann, Co-Founder ed21
Tobias Himmerich, Founder Eduvation
Beth Havinga, Europe EdTech Alliance
Becky Sage, Educate
Antti Korhonen, Founder xEdu
Valery Platonov, EdCrunch
Felix Lopez, SEK Lab
13:45-14:15
Europe Opportunities: Investment and Industry
Elinor Honigstein, Head of UK Office UK -Israel Tech Hub
Benoit Wirz, Partner Brighteye Ventures
Caroline Wright, Director General British Edu Sup Ass
Mario Barosevcic, Principal at Emerge Education
14:15-14:45
BREAK
14:45-15:15
Round Tables: Connecting the Ecosystem
15:15-15:45
The pandemic effect - EdTech penetration on the US educational market
Jean Hammond, CEO Learnlaunch
Trisha Callella, Chief Innov Off at LEANLab Education
Ash Kaluarachchi, CEO StartEd
15:45-16:15
A New EdTech Era – Unicorns!
Emiliano Abranzon, Co-Founder and CEO Nearpod
David Porcaro, VP Learning General Assembly
Nathan Martin, Head of Marketing Off2class
Din Heiman, VP of Strategy Renaissance Learning
16:15-17:00
A wave of opportunities: corporates
Juan Luis Vilchez , EMEA EdTech Lead AWS
Irit Hillel, Partner at HP Tech Ventures
Tal Redler, Head MindCET Yerucham
A wave of opportunities: non-profits
Tali Yariv, CEO Keren Bracha
Lina Gomes, VP, Youth In Nat Geo Society
Yossi Baidatz, CEO CET
Anna Fiorentino, LUISS Business School
John Sloleanicov, Co-Lead Learning Schools at Jacobs Foundation
18.1 - Day #2
12:00-12:45
2021 EdTech Landscape by HolonIQ
Maria Spies, Co-CEO HolonIQ
12:45-13:25
Asia, a new market order!
Sohee Shin, CEO Education Commission Asia
Norihisa Wada, Chief Marketing Off EduLab
Alex NG, Managing Director Eduspaze
Jubin Mathew, Ingenious Faces
13:25-13:45
AI Imposing New Product Paradigm
A.J. Tyvand, Business Development EdFlex
13:45-14:05
Africa Offering New Target Markets
Wesley Lynch, South Africa Tech Hub
Ernest Gavor, Ghana Society Edu Tech
Sheena Raikundalia, Kenya Tech Hub
Adaeze Sokan, Nigeria Tech Hub
14:05-14:30
BREAK
14:30-15:00
LATAM expanding EdTech opportunities
Marcelo Burbano, Managing Partner Prismapar
Jose Escamilla, Edu Innov Director Tech Monterrey
Fernando Valenzuela, Founder Global Impact EdTech All
15:00-16:00
What are investors new interests?
Marie Christine Levet, Founder and Partner EduCapital
Tamas Heiman, Co-founder SuperCharger Ventures
Shannon Atkeson, IFC Venture Capital –World Bank
Yishai Pinchover, Co-Founder Codemonkey
16:00-16:45
Networking
16:45-17:00