BOOTCAMP

GESAwards Bootcamp 2021 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.

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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 2021 Agenda

January 18-19, 12pm-4pm GMT

18.1 - Day #1

12:00-12:30

What does GESAwards teaches us about Edtech Trends 

Avi Warshavsky

CEO at MindCET & Founder of GESAwards

12:30-13:00

Getting to know you

Moderator: Tal Redler - Head of GESAwards - special tracks 

GESAwards finalists and partners

13:45-14:15

Education Industry Leaders – Shaken by schools shutdown  

Moderator: Ron Reed - Founder & Executive Producer, SXSW EDU

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Caroline Wright - Director General at BESA, Director of EdTech Exchange

Alvaro Luis Cruz – VP innovation at Positivo

Shir Boim Shwartz - Director of Innovation and R&D at The Center for Educational Technology (CET)

13:00-13:45

2021 Global Learning Landscape

Moderator: Amit Mofaz - COO, MindCET

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Maria Spies - Co-CEO & Co-founder at HolonIQ

14:15-14:30

Break

14:30-16:00

Snapshots of the Edtech Global Landscape

Europe 

Moderator: Pierre-Antoine Ullmo – Co-founder at Open Education Challenge

Valeriy Platonov – Contest chair at Global Conference on New Edu-Technologies #EdCrunch  

Thierry de Vulpillières – CEO at EvidenceB

Tobias Himmerich – Founder & CEO at Eduvation

Félix López Capel – Director at SEK Lab Edtech Accelerator

Antti Korhonen - Co-Founder & Partner at Sparkmind VC Finland

 

LATAM, Africa and the Middle East

Moderator: Fernando Valenzuela Migoya – Founding Partner at Global Impact Edtech Alliance

Ernest Gavor – Director of innovation at GSET

Eugene Pelteret – Co-founder of Reflective learning

César Sánchez - Edtech Entrepreneurship Coordinator at Tec de Monterrey

 

USA

Moderator: Paz Eliav, Head of Accelerator at MindCET, Director of GESAwards

Jean Hammond - General Partner at LearnLaunch Accelerator

Ash Kaluarachchi – Co-founder at StartEd | Producer at EDTECH WEEK

19.1 - Day #2

12:00-13:00

The Changing Landscape of Edtech Investments

Moderator: Avi Warshavsky – CEO of MindCET, Founder of GESAwards

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Benoit Wirz – Partner at Brighteye VC

Marie-Christine LEVET – Founder and Partner at EduCapital

Colin Brown – Founder at Nex.D

Marcelo Burbano – Managing Partner & Co-founder at Prismapar

13:00-13:45

Asia Edtech Market Overview

Moderator: Cecilia Waissman - VP R&D at MindCET​

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Norihisa Wada - Executive Vice President & Co-Chief Operating Officer at Edulab

Niko Lindholm - Program Director at EduSpaze Accelerator

Jubin Jacob Mathew – International Growth and Strategy lead at Ingenious Faces

Jerrick Ren - Head of overseas at JMDedu

13:45-14:00

Break

14:00-14:15

AWS collaboration with Edtech startups

 

Juan Luis Vílchez – EMEA Edtech Lead at AWS

14:15-15:30

Enabling connections for Growth

  GESAwards finalists and partners

15:30-16:00

Wrapping up

GESAwards finalists and partners

Join the most promising EdTech startups of 2021 from all corners of the world

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