BOOTCAMP
Global EdTech Startup 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 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.
2020 Agenda: EdTech Global Market Penetration
20.1 - First Day - Landscape & Opportunities
09:00-09:30
Networking Breakfast
09:30-10:00
Global EdTech Startups Industry Innovation Impact Predictions
Avi Warshavsky
CEO at MindCET & Founder of GESAwards
11:00-11:45
Global Learning Landscape
Loren Griffith
Holon IQ
10:00-11:00
“Getting to know you”
GESAwards Finalists
12:30-13:15
Lunch break
11:45-12:30
Markets Opportunities for 2020 - Part I
Africa
Dare Adebayo, Edves..
Hans Zietsman, FaceBoard.
Wesley Lynch, Snapplify.
LATAM
Rebeca Barbalat, Positivo
Jiovany Orozco Parra, CloudLabs.
Eduardo Fuentes, WriteWise,
Fabio Ivatiuk, Beetools.
13:15-14:00
Markets Opportunities for 2020 - Part II
UK
Alexander Shea, BESA.
Houtan Froushan, Educate.
Europe
Pierre-Antoine Ullmo, Tyme Education.
Thierry de Vulpillières, Ed21.
Valeriy Platonov, EdCrunch,
Jessica White, Eduvation.
Donatella Solda, FEI.
15:30-16:15
Challenges and Opportunities at Market Segments: 3 Parallel Tracks:
K-12:
Thierry de Vulpillières, Ed21
Higher Ed
Life Long Learning & Workforce Training
Roy Zur, Cybint.
14:00-15:15
Designing for Learner Variability (Startup tool)
Trisha Callella,
Digital Promise
16:30-16:45
What do I want and what can I give? Building the Unconference:
Gil Almog, MindCET.
16:45-17:00
Wrapping up
Avi Warshavsky, MindCET.
17:00 - 17:30
Networking
21.1 - Second Day - Business readiness
08:30-09:00
Networking Breakfast
09:00-9:45
Startups that are Breaking Education Walls: 5 Innovative Perspectives.
Harel Ram, MindCET
Marat Nigametzianov, Getcourse.ru.
Dor Novak-Shaked, Loox.
Narayan Mahadevan, BridgeLabz.
Marco Cappellini, VirtuItaly.
Khadija Elbadwani, Praxilabs.
10:00-10:45
Enabling Startup Penetration
Alicia Salmeron,
Google Education
11:00-12:30
Hacking EdTech Unconference
Ilan Ben-Yaakov, MindCET.
12:30-13:30
Lunch Break
13:30-14:00
AWS for EdTech Startups
Juan Vilchez , Amazon
14:00-14:30
Global EdTech Business Trends
Benjamin Vedrenne-Cloquet
IBIS Capital
14:30-15:00
EdTech Successful Business Models
Moshik Mor,
Greylock Partners
Sophie Chen
Discovery Education
Gil Almog
MindCET
Carolina Jeux
Telefonica Education
15:00-15:45
EdTech Investment Roundtables
Moshik Mor,
Greylock Partners
Simon Tobelem
Arie Capital
Benjamin Vedrenne-Cloquet
IBIS Capital
Colin Brown
GCH Patrners
16:00-16:50
Market Expansion: From Local to Global
MindCETGO startups interviewed by Michelle Duquette (EdTechX)
Anna Iarotska
Robo Wunderkind
Boris Alterman
ChessMatec
Victor Sanchez
Smile and Learn
Jacob Bacon
GradTrain
Jonathan Chan
Jules
Dare Adebayo
Edves
Eitan Noiman
Speak
16:50-17:00