Education Reimagined

EdTech as a Bridge

Melbourne EdTech Week

21-25 August 2023

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9.30am	Official Welcome
09.45am	Keynote \| The Learner Experience Reimagined Through AI David Bowser, CEO \| Curio George Siemens, Professor and Director, Centre for Change and Complexity in Learning \| University of South Australia Helen Partridge, Pro Vice-Chancellor, Teaching and Learning \| Deakin University AI is beginning to reimagine many facets of society, we will explore these implications of this technology for education today. How can the learning experience being transformed through AI and how can we, as a sector, take advantage of AI to create new opportunities for learners?
10.30am	Expanding Horizons: Technology for Education Institutions to Reach Above and Beyond Paul Dourlay, Sales Manager ANZ \| Inspera Howell Williams, Chief Development Officer, Australia and Asia Pacific \| Keypath Education Stuart Elmslie, CEO \| Open Universities Australia Universities have long partnered with online program managers (OPM’s) to deliver a broad range of offerings to students. In this session hear from leaders in the space on their vision for how technology will extend the possibilities of collaboration with institutions, open new markets and building bridges to diverse student bases.
11.00am	Morning Tea
11.30am	Online Delivery to Meet the Needs of the Global Learner Tom Gifford, Director, Global Student Recruitment \| RMIT University David Caspari, CEO and Managing Director \| Janison How can online expand the horizons of education delivery? This session will explore how online delivery models can meet the needs of learners globally. Hear from Australian EdTech leaders on how they build pedagogy and quality into online learning.
12.00pm	Australia’s Global EdTech Standing Maria Spies, Co-CEO\| HolonIQ Pat Brothers, Co-CEO \| HolonIQ David Linke, Managing Director \| EduGrowth The Australian EdTech Ecosystem has established a global reputation as a high quality and trusted destination for innovative solutions. Through research from HolonIQ and EduGrowth’s own Australian EdTech Snapshot we have deep insight into the shape of the global EdTech landscape and how Australia fits into this picture. Presenters will spill the tea on conversations EdTech leaders are having across the world.
12.30pm	Lunch
1.30pm	Keynote\|University Reimagined: The Innovation Agenda Howell Williams, Chief Development Officer, Australia and Asia Pacific \| Keypath Education Iain Martin, Vice-Chancellor \| Deakin University Adam Shoemaker, Vice-Chancellor and President \| Victoria University In a society that is rapidly changing, universities must constantly innovate to meet the needs of learners and industry. This session will explore how an Australian University uses EdTech as a Bridge to ensure their organisation is leading change not merely responding to it.
2.15pm	Evidenced Innovation Cherie Diaz, Executive Director, Education Innovation \| Western Sydney University Rob Thomason, Executive Director \| VETASSESS Universities internally develop innovative evidenced solutions to problems facing all educators. Technology transfer from the internal university context backed by the rigorous scrutiny of university research can be the foundations of commercially viable transformative solutions for learners and educators alike. Join this session to learn how Australian Universities and EdTechs are partnering to share research based learning innovation with the world.
2.45pm	Afternoon Tea
3.30pm	Training Today for Tomorrow’s Skills Sally Curtain, CEO \| Bendigo Kangan Institute Nic Cola, CEO \| RMIT Online Gokul Chandrasekaran, Founder \| JDoodle How do we prepare a generation of workers for jobs yet to be created? With technological developments accelerating across the world what are the jobs in AI, data, or Cybersecurity going to require. In this session leaders in skills development will unpack what their vision for the future of work in a society reimagined by technology.
4.00pm	Education at Scale David Weickhardt, CEO \| Education Horizons Jose Palmero, CEO \| 3P Learning Fleur Johnston, Founder and CEO\| PeopleBench What do we need to do to build companies at scale? Hear CEO’s from listed Australian EdTech Companies discuss what is needed to do as a sector to drive scale in education and deliver Australian quality education globally.
4.15pm	Keynote \| Reimagining Education: The Path to 2050 Martin Bean, CEO \| The Bean Centre David Linke, Managing Director \| EduGrowth Martin Bean shares his vision of an education system that will rise to the challenge of preparing learners for an uncertain future.
5.00pm	Networking

9.30am	Official Welcome
9.45am	The Theory of Change Margo Griffith, Head of Business Development \| Edalex Andrew Smith, CEO \| English Australia Simon Barrie, Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President \| Western Sydney University Technology is an enabler of the change we seek for education. The EdTech story needs to be more than tech, it needs to be centred on the learners, the institutions and system it seeks to impact. In this through provoking session, we’ll consider the role that technology will play in the education system of 2040.
10.30am	Collaboration Through Action David Linke, Managing Director \| EduGrowth Cherie Diaz, Executive Director, Education Innovation \| Western Sydney University Caroline Hartnett, Deputy Director, International Education \| Study Melbourne Technology is an enabler of the change we seek for education. The EdTech story needs to be more than tech, it needs to be centred on the learners, the institutions and system it seeks to impact. In this through provoking session, we’ll consider the role that technology will play in the education system of 2040.
11.00am	Morning Tea
11.30am	Students Leading the Way Gwyneth Pereira, Marketing Coordinator \| MentorMatch In this student led session hear about their experiences of how they have shaped unique and meaningful learning journeys. This session will explore learning from the perspective of learners, join us to understand what they value, what worries them and how they can be better supported in this rapidly changing career landscape.
12.00pm	Life Beyond the Lecture Hall: From Accredited Education to a Second, Third and Fourth career Tania Gomez, Managing Director & Founder \| Strawberry Solutions Nick Wailes, Director, AGSM and Deputy Dean \| UNSW Business School Omar de Silva, Co-Founder and Co-CEO \| FourthRev Learners will bounce from one career to the next, collecting skills and credentials along the way. How can EdTech facilitate and strengthen the identification, development and validation of learner skills? How do we ensure the bridge we build connecting careers and learning is continuous throughout their life?
12.30pm	Lunch
1.30pm	The Future of Assessment Claire Field, Principal \| Claire Field & Associates Littlemore Representative Littlemore Assessment presents this discussion about the future of assessment, moving from the transitional campus to a fully digital exam environment. We will discuss how thetechnology in assessment will shape the modern university.
2.00pm	The Whole Student: How Technology Creates a Snapshot of Every Learner’s Experience Chris Campbell, President \| ASCILITE Ben Barnett, CEO \| Ziplet Jack Goodman, Founder & Non-Executive Chair \| Studiosity We have long understood that a range of factors believed to be beyond the control of the institution affect completion and outcomes for students. Technological improvement in measurement, analysis and intervention has the potential improve the outcomes for a more diverse range of students. This session looks at how technology can help shape more meaningful learner experiences.
2.30pm	Afternoon Tea
3.00pm	Reimagining Upskilling: For the Learner or Alongside the Learner Sally Browner, Senior Manager Operations (Digital) \| Institute of Applied Technology Nora Koslowski, Chief Learning Innovation Officer \| Melbourne Business School Craig Robertson, CEO \| Victorian Skills Authority Shaping a relevant learning journey in the skills space is key to creating career ready candidates. It is necessary to balance industry needs and with the desire to foster the uniqueness of every learner. Technology will allow us the student along as a collaborator in their own learning. Allowing us to reimagine the student experience to create diverse, meaningful and industry relevant journeys from the classroom to a fulfilling career.
3.30pm	Leveraging AI for an Innovative Workforce Sally Browner, Senior Manager Operations (Digital) \| Institute of Applied Technology Travis Smith, Education Industry Lead \| Microsoft Debate on how to leverage AI is across the education sector, with questions around how to best utilise it to improve the experience of learners and create efficient workflows for educators at the forefront. This session will explore how AI aligns with workforce training to build bridges to new forms of innovation to build skills for learners.
4.15pm	Program End

9.30am	Official Welcome
9.45am	Future of Modern Assessment David Linke, Managing Director \| EduGrowth Sandra Milligan, Executive Director Enterprise Professor, Melbourne Assessment \| University of Melbourne Ralph Saubern, Deputy CEO \| Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) At Melbourne EdTech Week in 2022, EduGrowth hosted Sandra Milligan and Ralph Saubern for a conversation on the future of modern Assessment. In 2023 we want to continue that fascinating conversation as the landscape of assessment continues to evolve through tech enablements and the changing needs of users and institutions alike.
10.30am	Exponential Intelligence: A New Framework for Evaluating Skills Jeanette Cheah, Co-Founder and CEO \| HEX If IQ is all about how smart you are, and EQ is all about how well you can manage people… then what on earth is eXQ? – and how can we use it to ensure our next generation can become leaders in the future? In this engaging and thought-provoking session, you’ll learn all about how education institutions can harness and increase your students’ XQ (Exponential Intelligence), and the mindsets, skillsets and toolsets which will set them apart as a leader in the rapidly changing, technical and creative world.
11.00am	Real Impact Happening Now Colin Wood, Founder and CEO \| Verso Learning Joanne Blannin, Senior Lecturer, School of Curriculum Teaching & Inclusive Education \| Monash University Phil Stubbs, CAO \| Verso Learning This session will unpack what current research is telling the sector on closing the gaps on teachers perception of student learning. This session will explore how pedagogical changes are used to bridge gaps for learners.
11.30am	Shark Tank Welcome to the shark tank, where EdTech entrepreneurs with cutting-edge solutions will compete to be Innovation Alley’s Winner. In this heat, 4 Entrepreneurs will present their solution in the hopes of making it to the Shark Tank Final on Friday afternoon.
12.00pm	School Culture: Leading Technological Change Craig Simon, Founder \| ZOMO Consulting Emma Fisher, Deputy Principal\| St John Boscoe Kim Edwards, Senior Education Consultant \| Education Horizons Fostering a culture of innovation and constant improvement is key to realising the opportunities of the digital transformation. Hear how cultivating a culture that champions the adoption of technology through an evidence-based approach will reap rewards for learners and educators.
12.30pm	Collaboration to Realise Learning Potential David Linke, Managing Director \| EduGrowth Caroline Hartnett, Deputy Director, International Education \| Study Melbourne Lynnae Venaruzzo, Director, Postgraduate Transformations \| Western Sydney University Innovation is accelerated by collaboration, in education this means EdTech companies and education institutions working hand-in-hand to create better experiences for learners and educators. In this session hear how partnering for the evidence based implementation of EdTech solutions is the future for education innovation.
1.00pm	Shark Tank Welcome to the shark tank, where EdTech entrepreneurs with cutting-edge solutions will compete to be Innovation Alley’s Winner. In this heat, 4 Entrepreneurs will present their solution in the hopes of making it to the Shark Tank Final on Friday afternoon.
1.30pm	AI in Schools is Already Here: How AI Has Been Successfully Implemented to Enable Classrooms Joanne Jakovich, Co-Founder and CEO \| Humanacy Colin Anson-Smith, Founder & CEO \| Pixevety Nicholas Jenkins, Co-Founder & CEO \| Language Confidence This session will explore the real ways AI is being used in schools, with an exploration of how it is innovating the learning experience today. Hear from EdTech leaders on how their solution is implementing AI to empower and enable learners and teachers alike.
2.00pm	Building Resilient Digital Citizens: Preparing for an Online World Eddie Blass, Founder & CEO \| Inventorium Nikki Bonus, Founder & CEO \| Life Skills GO Schools are well equipped to keep their students safe on campus. But there is an understanding that the school yard now extends online. How do we build skills for students to have a safe and thriving an online social life that intersects with the face to face world. How do we build strong digital citizens.
2.30pm	Shark Tank Welcome to the shark tank, where EdTech entrepreneurs with cutting-edge solutions will compete to be Innovation Alley’s Winner. In this heat, 4 Entrepreneurs will present their solution in the hopes of making it to the Shark Tank Final on Friday afternoon.
3.00pm	Networking

9.30am	Official Welcome
9.45am	Keynote\| Building Partnership Between EdTech and Schools David Linke, Managing Director \| EduGrowth Caroline Hartnett, Deputy Director, International Education \| Study Melbourne Strong partnership between EdTechs and schools is key to innovation in K12. Hear about a framework of collaboration that foster innovation in sustainable and transformative ways benefitting learners and educators alike.
10.30am	Assessment Reimagined for Today’s Learner Sandy Heldsinger, Founder and Managing Director \| Brightpath Sirinut Sawatdeenarunat, Senior Learning Designer \| Curio Duane Cox, Head of Education and Innovation \| Schoolbox Formative assessment solutions today have great responsibility to create a fair and standard measurement of student progress while identifying the unique skills of learners and foster individuality. In this session, learn how technology supports formative assessment so educators can better understand their students progress and equip them to empower learners at any stage of learning.
11.00am	Shark Tank Welcome to the shark tank, where EdTech entrepreneurs with cutting-edge solutions will compete to be Innovation Alley’s Winner. In this heat 4 Entrepreneurs will present their solution in the hopes of making it to the Shark Tank Final on Friday afternoon.
11.30am	EdTech and AI – Is It All Hype? Roberto Martinez-Maldonado, Senior Lecturer in Human-Computer Interaction and Learning Analytics \| Monash University Sadia Nawaz, Senior Lecturer, Department of Human Centred Computing, Faculty of Information Technology \| Monash University Kelly Hollis, Australian Curriculum Specialist \| Education Perfect AI has experienced an explosion setting off a buzz across various sectors, but what does this mean for EdTech? We will consider how the sector should be thinking about AI. Particularly looking at the role entrepreneurs play in facilitating the implementation of AI, in relation to education policy, teacher experience and student outcomes.
12.00pm	The New Wave: Educator to Entrepreneur Sarah Chamberlain, Founder \| ReadyTeacher Sarah Rich, Head of Education and Co-Founder \| Inquisitive Lucy Chambers, Co-Founder & CEO \| Clever Bean Educators and practitioners have a lived perspective on the world of learning. Those that made the jump to entrepreneur understand the challenges and opportunities educators face. In this entrepreneur panel highly accomplished educators share their experiences transitioning from leading the classroom to leading an EdTech business.
12.30pm	Entrepreneurial Students: Building Businesses, Creativity and Confidence Helen Baker, Founder \| Spill the Beans Tania Price, Founder & CEO \| ENTROPOLIS Gigi Awadalla, Transitions Advisor, Pathways and Transitions \| Department of Enterprise, Investment and Trade Fostering entrepreneurship in learners from a young age is incredibly useful to build new skillsets while empowering their creativity. This session will explore how project based learning enables a growth mindset with students, preparing them in the best way possible for their future.
1.00pm	Navigating Icebergs David Bowser, CEO \| Curio Fiona Hindmarsh, CEO \| Significant Cheyne Tan, Partner \| Potentia Capital The entrepreneur journey is fraught with many obstacles, navigating the investment landscape is a daunting task for those new to the entrepreneurial journey. This session will share insights into the things unseen and unexpected that will be pivotal to success in the EdTech marketplace.
1.30pm	Shark Tank Final Welcome to the shark tank. Where EdTech entrepreneurs with cutting-edge solutions will compete to be Innovation Alley’s Winner. In Shark Tank Final 4 Entrepreneurs will present their solution to our sharks in the hopes of winning the grand prize.
2.30pm	Program End

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