About this Event
Thriving Through Uncertainty: Founder Resilience as a Driver of EdTech Growth.
Join us for this special EdTech Together London event during the BETT UK London week, a monthly networking series bringing together educators, founders, students, investors, and industry leaders to explore the ideas and innovations driving the future of learning.
Thriving EdTech ecosystems play a crucial role in supporting innovators - especially in low to no resource contexts. Two panel discussions bring together Global EdTech founders and EdTech specialists to explore how resilience can empower EdTech Growth.
The panels will focus on founder resilience and collaborative approaches, and how the newly launched Global EdTech Alliance of Alliances can play a crucial role in supporting the development of scalable, context-appropriate solutions for learners in the world’s most challenging situations.
Following the discussions, you’ll have the chance to network with the EdTech community, exchange ideas, and forge connections that drive real impact.
👤 Speaker Bios:
Benoit Wirz
Founding Partner at BrightEye VC
Benoit is an experienced investor in early stage tech companies that help people learn, work and thrive. Recent investements include: Ornikar, ZenEducate, Uphill Health, OneDay & YouSchool.
Helen Pantelides
Partmer at Cooley LLP
Helen is an Emerging Companies & Venture Capital Lawyer. She was listed as a Key Lawyer for Venture Capital and FinTech in The Legal 500, U and listed on Innovate Finance's Women In FinTech Powerlist.
Severinko Kateryna
Co Founder and CPO at Proste ZNO
Proste ZNO is the #1 app for test prep in Ukraine with over 200k users annually. Severinko is also a Board Member at the EdTech Ukraine Association
Maxim Pochebut
Chief Learning Officer, Sigma Software University
Maxim is an education, technology, and entrepreneurship leader with over 19 years of experience in building learning ecosystems, internal universities, and EdTech products. He is also an entrepreneur and CO-founder/CEO of Sigma Software University, where he drives AI-enabled L&D strategy and talent development at scale. Maxim holds a PhD in Computer Science, is a PMP-certified project manager, and Academic Director of SET University (Kyiv). Maxim regularly advises organizations and speaks at global conferences on the future of learning, leadership, and AI-driven education.
Nataliia Lymonova
EdTech Ukraine Association
Nataliia is an experienced EdTech Founder dedicated to disrupting traditional education. With a clear driving mission of making learning modern, interactive, and globally accessible and affordable and ultimately changing the educational system for the better.
John Kimotho
Former Director at Kenyan Institute for Curriculum Development, and Head of Africa Office, Spix Foundation
John is a Technology in Education consultant and CEO Trinity Education Technologies Solutions Africa (TETA), with rich experience in conceptualizing, contextualizing, operationalizing, nurturing and scaling impact-driving technologies in the education sector.
Dr Sonia Saleem
Founder SET, BoD at Pakistan IT Industry Association and Focal Point on Education and Employability, Prime Minister's Youth Programme
Sonia is an experienced Founder with a demonstrated history of working in the information technology and services industry. Skilled in Negotiation, Business Planning, Market Research, Management, and Business Development. Strong business development professional with a Strategic Marketing Management focused in Marketing and Business Development from Harvard Business School.
Rabih Baalbaki
President of Lebanon EdTech Syndicate, and Founder MENA EdTech Alliance
Rabih is an International expert, trainer and university professor in digital transformation strategies and E-governance, inventor and innovator, expert in educational technology solutions (EdTech).
Carlos Ferrari
Innovation Manager, UNICEF Global Learning Innovation Hub
Experienced innovation manager with a global perspective and a passion for impact. Carlos harnesses the power of innovation to transform systems, industries, and markets by designing, scaling, and supporting meaningful solutions.
Whether working with entrepreneurs, global organizations or cross-sector partners, his goal remains constant: to create lasting impact by fostering innovation that improves lives.
Let’s Connect, Collaborate and Innovate together!
If you want to find out more information about us, please follow the links below:
Website: DOHE | Go-Together | EdTech HUB
Linkedin: DOHE | Go-Together | EdTech HUB
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Agenda
🕑: 05:30 PM - 06:00 PM
Registration and Networking
🕑: 06:00 PM - 06:15 PM
Welcome and Introductions
🕑: 06:15 PM - 06:45 PM
Panel 1 Discussion: Founder Resilience as a Driver of EdTech Growth
Info: Panel Guests: Benoit Wirz - BrightEye VC, Helen Pantelides- Cooley LLP, Severinko Kateryna- Proste ZNO and Maxim Pochebut - Sigma Software University.
🕑: 06:45 PM - 07:15 PM
Panel 2 discussion: Empowering Resilient EdTech Ecosystems in a Disrupted Worl
Info: Panel Guests: Nataliia Lymonova- EdTech Ukraine Association, John Kimotho - Former Director at Kenyan Institute for Curriculum Development, and Head of Africa Office,Spix Foundation, Dr Sonia Saleem - Founder SET, BoD at Pakistan IT Industry Association and Focal Point on Education and Employability, Prime Minister's Youth Programme and Rabih Baalbaki - President of Lebanon EdTech Syndicate, and Founder MENA EdTech Alliance.
🕑: 07:15 PM - 08:30 PM
Networking over refreshments
🕑: 08:30 PM
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Cooley (UK) LLP, 22 Bishopsgate, London, United Kingdom
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