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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

Wrapping up and closing notes

Avi Warshavsky, MindCET. 

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