Webinars
EEA meets Council of Europe
On 21.02.2024 at 14:30 (CET) we discuss the Council of Europe´s 2030 Strategy with Ahmet Murat Kilic, Head of Digital Transformation and E-Learning Unit. With a focus on “Advancing education through a human rights-based digital transformation”, we explored their preparatory study for a legal instrument to regulate the use of AI in education, and the idea of a review system for EdTech solutions. On top of that, we received information on the upcoming 2025 European Year of Digital Citizenship Education.
EEA meets UNESCO
On 11.01.2024 at 14:00 (CET) we had the opportunity to hear about UNESCO´s Digital Transformation Collaborative (DTC) and the Global Education Coalition.
In addition, Borhene Chakroun, Director for Policies and Lifelong Learning Systems, shared UNESCO’s vision for engaging EdTech in the conversation about advancing quality assurance and evidence building, as well as informing about the Annual Meeting on 25 March.
EEA meets DG EAC
On December 11, 2023, the European EdTech Alliance (EEA) launched its innovative series, “EEA Meets…”, with a dynamic online exchange between EdTech organisations and the European Commission Directorate-General for Education, Youth, Sport, and Culture (DG EAC).
Georgi Dimitrov, Head of Unit, and Simona Petkova, Policy Officer, from DG EAC's “Digital Education” unit provided valuable insights into EU policies and funding avenues pertinent to the European EdTech ecosystem. The discussions focused on identifying needs and exploring opportunities within this sector. We welcomed participants from 21 European countries, spread across all educational segments.
Market Discovery Webinars
What to expect?
We regularly focus on a new country or region to give you an overview of educational markets around the world! Hear first-hand insights from our teams of local experts sharing their experience in the market, including the latest trends and needs. Register for the live webinar and get your questions answered directly or get the recording of each session later. Follow us around the world as we discover new education markets!
Our webinar structure:
Introduction to the Edtech Market of the country featured in this month. 1-2 EEA hosts give you a first introduction to the market and share general information within roughly 30 minutes.
Breakout Sessions, after providing you with an overview of the market we will deep dive into 3 different markets: K12, Higher Education and Lifelong Learning.
You can choose the market that is most interesting for you. After a short introduction, you will have an informal conversation in a smaller group. Each room will have 1-2 experts & 1 moderator to keep it lively, navigate you and help with your questions. The session can last from 30min to 1h, depending on the audience interaction. If you are interested in more than one or you want to re-watch anything, don’t worry, we record the whole Webinar and you can request it afterwards.
Explore all Market Discovery Webinars
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Latin America Insight Report Webinar
Part 1: General Statistics
Part 2: Education systems
Part 3: The teachers
Part 4: Specific needs (Policy makers, administrators, and teachers) -
US Market Discovery Webinar
On May 25th we will enter the US EdTech Market with the following amazing line-up:
- Jim McVety, Managing Partner at First Step Advisors- Moira McArdle, Head of Customer Lifecycle Marketing at Lexia Learning
- Max Brooks, Managing Director at Open Up Resources
- Tim Connors, Executive Director at EdTech Advisory Group
- Barbara A. Mullen, Ph.D, CEO/Superintendent of Rush-Henrietta Central Schools
- Matt Cole, CEO of Newground Learning
and Former Superintendent, Livonia Central School District-Johanna Wetmore, Founder of Content2Classroom
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French Market Discovery Webinar
On April 13th we examined the French EdTech Market focussing on the following aspects:
Introduction to the French Education/EdTech Market by Anne-Charlotte Monneret, Managing Director of Edtech France
The French K12 Market with Laurent Jolie, co-founder of Lalilo Ry Renaissance
The French Higher Education Market with Victor Wacrenier, COO of Ready Education and Nadia Jaboby, Founder of Simone et les robots
The French Corporate and Lifelong Learning Market with Philippe Riveron, co-founder of Edflex and Justine Abecassis, head of pedagogy and skills development at LiveMentor
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Italian Market Discovery Webiar
On March 27th we looked into the Italian EdTech Market focussing on the following aspects:
Introduction to the Italian Education/EdTech Market by Enrico Poli, Director of Zanichelli Ventures and Matteo Bagnato, Director of Edtech Italia
The Italian K12 Market with Donatella Solda, Director of Future Education Modena and Damien Lanfrey, CEO of Wonderful Education
The Italian Higher Education Market with Pier Giorgio Bianchi, CEO of Talents Venture
The Italian Corporate and Lifelong Learning Market with Giulia Amico Di Meane, Director of Talent Garden Education and Kevin Giorgis, CEO of Wyblo -
UK Market Discovery Webinar
On February 28th we looked into the UK EdTech Market focussing on the following aspects:
Introduction to the UK Education/EdTech Market by Dave Smith, Head of Content and Peter Doyle, Policy Analyst, British Educational Suppliers Association (BESA)
The UK K12 Market with Tony Staneff, Head of External Initiatives, Trinity Multi Academy Trust (White Rose Maths) and Al Kingsley, Group CEO, NetSupport Limited in association with British Educational Suppliers Association (BESA)
The UK Higher Education Market with Daniel Appleby - Summatic and Dr. Vangelis Tsiligiris - Nottingham Trent University in association with Tamas Haiman Co-Founder at SuperCharger Ventures and Yiran Qin Head of Programmes, SuperCharger Ventures
The UK Corporate and Lifelong Learning Markets with Ellasaid Woodhouse - Ufi Ventures & Tom Humphreys - Capita Scaling Partner in association with Tamas Haiman Co-Founder at SuperCharger Ventures
Plenary: Summary of findings from breakout sessions and final thoughts with Dave Smith, Head of Content, British Educational Suppliers Association (BESA)
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German Market Discovery Webinar
On December 6th we looked into the German EdTech Market and focused on the following aspects:
Introduction to the Edtech German Market by our hosts Beth Havinga, Europen Edtech Alliance and Tobias Himmerich, EDUvation
The German K12 market with Anja Hagen, Education 360 and Sebastian Waack, Edkimo
The German Higher Education Market with Christian Rebernik, tomorrow university
The Corporate and Lifelong Learning Markets with Miriam Mertens, DeepSkill and Frank Mies, quofox
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Spanish Market Discovery Webinar
On September 14th we looked into the Spanish EdTech Market and focused on the following aspects:
Introduction to the Edtech Spanish Market by our hosts Anna Sansalvadó, Edutech Clúster and Félix López Capel, SEK Lab Edtech Accelerator
The Spanish K12 market with Bernat Portell, Innovamat
The Spanish Higher Education Market with Raul Hernandez Jorge, UNIVERSIA, Banco Santander
The Corporate and Lifelong Learning Markets with Alexandra Maratchi, Homuork by LCI and Gonzalo Manrique, IronHack -
EdTech Map Insight Report Webinar
Now that our European #Edtech Map Insight Report has arrived, we would like to take the opportunity and have a closer look at our findings: over 60% of all mapped companies are ‘Micro’ enterprises, the gender division with 42,9% being founded by male and only 12,4% by female entrepreneurs and 73,9% of all mapped companies being led by males and only 26,1% by women.
Which country do you want to know more about? Do you have questions about a specific data set? Please tell us in the comments below, we are looking forward to talking in-depth about it.