This document provides an agenda for The Edtech Podcast Festival taking place on Saturday 22nd September. The all-day event includes various speakers, workshops, and podcast recordings on topics related to education technology. Sessions will be held concurrently throughout the day covering subjects such as the power of audio learning, artificial intelligence in schools, edtech funding models, and using technology to promote gender equality. Attendees will have opportunities for networking, hands-on workshops, and lunchtime activities during breaks between sessions.

1. Plexal | Saturday 22nd September
theedtechpodcast.com/festival
Please note: some speakers subject to confirmation
08:30am | Registration
Settle in & find out how to make the most of today’s festival.
9:15am | Kick Off Performance
Local students
9:20am | Welcome to The Edtech Podcast Festival
Sophie Bailey, Host, The Edtech Podcast Festival
Plenary
9:35am | MC: Laura McInerney, Co-Founder, TeacherTapp and Educational Journalist
9:40am | The power of polymath
Dr Jess Wade, Department of Physics, Imperial College London
10:00am | Explore!
Time Educator
Workshops –
powered by
Cambridge
Assessment & open
to all
Corridor of
(Lifelong)
Learning
Makers Yard Makers Yard
Stage – powered
by pi-top
Edtech Workshops -
open to all
Live! Podcast Stage
10:10 MC: Emma
Vandore, Founder,
StoryUp
All day sessions
- sign up or say
hello
All day sessions
- sign up
MC: Jodie Lopez,
LovEdtech
MC: Beth M Havinga,
Connect Edtech,
Germany
MC: Julian Hall, Founder, Ultra
Education, with students

2. Plexal | Saturday 22nd September
theedtechpodcast.com/festival
Please note: some speakers subject to confirmation
Time Educator
Workshops –
powered by
Cambridge
Assessment & open
to all
Corridor of
(Lifelong)
Learning
Makers Yard Makers Yard
Stage – powered
by pi-top
Edtech Workshops -
open to all
Live! Podcast Stage
10:15 Edtech in English
Find out how
innovations are
transforming
language
teaching, learning
and assessment.
Ideas that are
applicable across all
subjects.
Led by Justin
Walthall and
Helen Allen,
Cambridge
Assessment English
plus technical
support and Q & A
from Mary
Whiteside, Dan
Edtech efficacy
clinic for
industry &
teachers, plus
dynamic
edtech
ontology wall
Dr Alison
Clark-Wilson,
EDUCATE,
UCL Institute of
Education
Hackney Primary
& Secondary
Schools: how does
edtech fit into
school
improvement?
Hackney Learning
Trust
Legal priorities
Matthew Johnson,
Associate, Cooley LLP
The Edtech Podcast in conversation
with Debate Mate Podcast,
HundrED & special guests
Sophie Bailey talks with Jessica
Spencer-Keyse, Head of Global
Research, HundrED, Debbie Penglis,
Director of Partnerships, School21,
Adebayo Odusola, Programme
Director, Debate Mate Podcast and
local students about bringing “real
world” opportunities to young people

3. Plexal | Saturday 22nd September
theedtechpodcast.com/festival
Please note: some speakers subject to confirmation
Time Educator
Workshops –
powered by
Cambridge
Assessment & open
to all
Corridor of
(Lifelong)
Learning
Makers Yard Makers Yard
Stage – powered
by pi-top
Edtech Workshops -
open to all
Live! Podcast Stage
Frost, and Tom
Booth.
10:45 Switchover break & networking in the corridor of (lifelong) learning and makers yard
MC: Emma
Vandore, Founder,
StoryUp
How can
upskilling in
digital skills
make
education
more
equitable?
Hackney
Council
AI, school
improvement
& real case
studies and
MC: Mark
Martins, Urban
Teacher
MC: Tony Parkin,
Disruptive Nostalgist,
Education Technologist
MC: Julian Hall, Founder, Ultra
Education, with students
11:00 Communicate
effectively: the
power of the
spoken word
Anna Kyrk, Head of
Curriculum
Development &
Project Based
Learning, Primary
Oracy at School 21,
Newham
Making is for
everyone!
Kate Mulcahy,
Programme
Coordinator and
Ahreum Jung,
Associate.
The Reach Out
Makerspace,
The Invention
Rooms,
DesignThinking
in the classroom
Tim Moore,
Managing Partner,
We Are Human
Learnings from creating
products people love
Jamie Brooker, Co-
Founder, We Are Human
The TES Podcast
Ed Dorrell, Deputy Editor, TES,
reviews the weekly news with The
TES Podcast team and a special guest

4. Plexal | Saturday 22nd September
theedtechpodcast.com/festival
Please note: some speakers subject to confirmation
Time Educator
Workshops –
powered by
Cambridge
Assessment & open
to all
Corridor of
(Lifelong)
Learning
Makers Yard Makers Yard
Stage – powered
by pi-top
Edtech Workshops -
open to all
Live! Podcast Stage
impact data
from schools
across the UK
using AI
technology
CenturyTech
with teachers
using AI for
school
improvement
Imperial
College London
- Come and
explore
low-tech
robot
building,
adapting
via open
source code
tinkering,
plus using
3D printers
5 sessions on
the hour for 10
participants
kicking off at
11am. The last
session of the
day is at 4pm.

5. Plexal | Saturday 22nd September
theedtechpodcast.com/festival
Please note: some speakers subject to confirmation
Time Educator
Workshops –
powered by
Cambridge
Assessment & open
to all
Corridor of
(Lifelong)
Learning
Makers Yard Makers Yard
Stage – powered
by pi-top
Edtech Workshops -
open to all
Live! Podcast Stage
11:30 Switchover break & networking in the corridor of (lifelong) learning and makers yard
MC: Jodie Lopez,
LovEdtech
MC: TBC MC: Junaid Mubeen,
Research Mathematician
turned Educator
MC: Sophie Bailey, Founder, The
Edtech Podcast
11:45 Educator/Senior
Leader E-Learning
Drop In Clinic
Open to all and run
by WomenEd leader
Neelam Parmar…
Come and air your
current challenges
on digital leadership
or ask how to
develop your digital
leadership skills.
Gain new
approaches and
troubleshoot with
help from attendees
Learning by
Making
Stuart Swann,
Learning
Experience
Designer, pi-top
leads this
workshop.
Learn about
how to deliver
lessons that
focus on
problem-
solving, deeper
thinking &
learning.
What is artificial
intelligence and
how is it
impacting
students and
teachers in our
schools?
CenturyTech with
teachers using AI
for school
improvement
Learner experience
Designin a Nutshell
Zahra Davidson, Co-
founder & Director, Enrol
Yourself
Group activities &
brainstorming on the wall
The Teacher Toolkit Podcast
Ross Morrison McGill, Founder,
Teacher Toolkit talks to guests about
saving teacher time
Rory McGrath, Deputy Headteacher,
New Wave Federation
James Bowen, Director, NAHT Edge
& The NAHT Podcast
Laura McInerney, Co-Founder,
TeacherTapp and Educational
Journalist

6. Plexal | Saturday 22nd September
theedtechpodcast.com/festival
Please note: some speakers subject to confirmation
Time Educator
Workshops –
powered by
Cambridge
Assessment & open
to all
Corridor of
(Lifelong)
Learning
Makers Yard Makers Yard
Stage – powered
by pi-top
Edtech Workshops -
open to all
Live! Podcast Stage
and workshop
leaders.
Dr NeelamParmar
Director of E-
Learning, Ashford
School
5 sessions on
the hour for 10
participants
kicking off at
11am. The last
session of the
day is at 4pm
12:15 Switchover break & networking in the corridor of (lifelong) learning and makers yard
MC: Mark
Martins, Urban
Teacher
MC: Sophie Bailey,
Founder, The Edtech
Podcast
MC: Kriss Baird & Koby Yogaretnam
from EDUCATE, UCL Institute of
Education
12:30 Immersive
Auditory
Learning
Workshop
Join the team
from now>press
>play to see for
LEGO
Education
Maker: Create
a Stop-Motion
Animation
with us!
Edtech in Science
Andrew Field and
Liz Duncombe
from Cambridge
Assessment
International
Education are
Walk on the left side of
the escalator: learnings
from over a decade in
edtech
Richard Taylor, Media
Taylor
The LSE IQ Podcast in
conversation with The Times
Higher Education Podcast
Tom Williams, Film and Audio Team
Manager from the Communications
Division of London School of
Economics and Political Science is in

7. Plexal | Saturday 22nd September
theedtechpodcast.com/festival
Please note: some speakers subject to confirmation
Time Educator
Workshops –
powered by
Cambridge
Assessment & open
to all
Corridor of
(Lifelong)
Learning
Makers Yard Makers Yard
Stage – powered
by pi-top
Edtech Workshops -
open to all
Live! Podcast Stage
yourself the
power of audio
for imaginitive
learning in
literacy, history
and empathy
skills building.
Tilly Brooke
and Cillian
Morgan,
now>press>play
Join the LEGO
Education team
to experience
building with
WeDo, LEGO
bricks & stop
animation apps
to help your
students create!
LEGO
education team
& teacher
community
5 sessions on
the hour for 10
participants
kicking off at
11am. The last
session of the
day is at 4pm
joined via video
link with partners
from Cambridge
University Press to
discuss the latest
tools & edtech for
science
conversation with Sara Custer, Digital
editor, The Times Higher Education
and Louis Coiffait, Associate Editor,
Wonkhe to talk about the power of
podcasting: how, why, and what to do
next to create an award winning
educational podcast

8. Plexal | Saturday 22nd September
theedtechpodcast.com/festival
Please note: some speakers subject to confirmation
Time Educator
Workshops –
powered by
Cambridge
Assessment & open
to all
Corridor of
(Lifelong)
Learning
Makers Yard Makers Yard
Stage – powered
by pi-top
Edtech Workshops -
open to all
Live! Podcast Stage
Primary
School
Lightning CPD
Join Paul
Wright, Lead
Practitioner
Designate in
Computer
Science,
Innovation and
Edtech lead at
Aureus School
to learn his 3
quick wins for
using tech
effectively in a
primary setting:
*Engaging
using YouTube

9. Plexal | Saturday 22nd September
theedtechpodcast.com/festival
Please note: some speakers subject to confirmation
Time Educator
Workshops –
powered by
Cambridge
Assessment & open
to all
Corridor of
(Lifelong)
Learning
Makers Yard Makers Yard
Stage – powered
by pi-top
Edtech Workshops -
open to all
Live! Podcast Stage
*Primary
Computing
without
Computers
*Values based
Digital
Citizenship
5 sessions on
the hour for 5
participants
kicking off at
11am. The last
session of the
day is at 4pm

10. Plexal | Saturday 22nd September
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1:00pm | Lunchtime & Delegate Networking Options
Time to grab some lunch and meet your fellow festival attendees for your chosen lunchtime activity:
1. 1:1 “ed” and “tech” canoeing in the River Lea for 30 minutes with Moo Canoes
2. Mindfulness session for educators, entrepreneurs and everyone else run by Holistec - certified to deliver the leading mindfulness curriculum in the UK
with backing from Oxford Mindfulness Centre at Oxford University
3. Meet the authors. Come & exchange ideas with some of our pop-up book shop authors
4. Take some time out to watch some educational films on our big screen
5. Go on a tour of a 3D printing studio to hear about their digital skills academy and how you can get involved
Time Educator
workshops
Corridor
of
(Lifelong)
Learning
Makers Yard Makers Yard Stage Edtech
Workshops
Live! Podcast Stage
2:05pm MC: Sophie
Bailey, The
Edtech Podcast
All day
sessions –
sign up or
say hello
Running all
day – sign up
to recurring
workshops
MC: Katy Potts. Computing and E-
Safety Lead for Children's
Services Islington Council
MC: TBC MC: Matthew Springer, Founder and
CEO, Holistec
2:10pm Do’s & Don’t of
Edtech for
Impact, an SLT
Perspective -
Pecha Kucha
Bruce Wilson,
Education
Technologist,
United Learning,
AR & VR
for
education
LGFL
interactive
session
with Dawn
Hallybone,
Learning
See sessions
available in
morning
session (on
repeat).
Strategies for Online Safety &
SEND Support
Dawn Hallybone, LGFL Learning
Who is funding
edtech?
Jan Matern,
Emerge
Education
The Edtech Podcast
The Apprentice? Isn’t Alan Sugar the
most anachronistic boss figure
going? This LIVE recording looks at
how alternative post-secondary
pathways and vocational
technologies are making a
difference.

11. Plexal | Saturday 22nd September
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Michelle
Thomas, Exec
CEO, New Wave
Fed
Ian Dunn, Deputy
VC (Student
Experience),
Coventry
University
Resources,
LGFL
Oliver Beach, Campus Director,
Flatiron, in discussion with
Euan Blair, CEO, WhiteHat
Liz Dobree, Chief Impact Officer,
UFI, Rosie Holcroft, Senior Manager
– Regeneration, LLDC
Ambrose Quashie, Programme
Manager - Employer Engagement,
Strategy, Policy & Economic
Development, Hackney Council
Tom Fogden, Dean and COO, ADA
College
2:40pm Switchover break & networking in the corridor of (lifelong) learning and makers yard
MC: Sam
Wheeler
MC: Merlin Johns (invitee) MC: Svenia
Busson,
Founder,
LearnSpace,
France

12. Plexal | Saturday 22nd September
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2:50pm Why innovation
is your life’s
work.
Workshop on the
everyday-ness of
innovation &
how to use it in
your role as
educators.
Jessica Spencer-
Keyse, Head of
Global Research,
HundrED
Creating
Water-
Tight Edu
News
Stories
Led by
former
education
journalists
including
Fran
Abrams,
CEO,
Education
Media
Centre
See sessions
available in
morning
session (on
repeat).
A Deputy Head perspective on
how to save you and your team
time
Rory McGrath, Deputy Head,
Shacklewell Primary School,
Hackney
Taming the
Data Beast: a
Government,
School &
Industry
Perspective
Beth M
Havinga,
Connect
Edtech,
Germany
The Edtech Podcast in takeover
with LEGO Education
What does Hands On Learning
Really Mean?
This LIVE podcast recording looks
at holistic education and how to
combine head and heart through
STEAM programmes of learning. In
discussion with Shafina Vohra, Head
of Faculty Options at London Design
and Engineering UTC and Tom
Doust, Director of Experience and
Learning, Institute of Imagination
3:20pm Switchover break & networking in the corridor of (lifelong) learning and makers yard
3:30pm MC: Kriss Baird
& Koby
Yogaretnam from
EDUCATE, UCL
Institute of
Education
The
Gender
Equality
Charter
The GEC
seeking
MC: Svenia Busson, Founder,
LearnSpace, France
MC: MC: Sophie Bailey, The Edtech
Podcast

13. Plexal | Saturday 22nd September
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input by
those on
educators
and tech
side alike
Nicole
Ponsford
and Cat
Wildman,
The GEC
3:30pm Assessing digital
tools for
research schools
Andy Samways,
Director of the
Teaching School
& Director of the
Research School,
Samuel Academy
Research School
See sessions
available in
morning
session (on
repeat).
What’s “working” in edtech?
A special launch with Michael
Forshaw, Innovate My School with
a focus on school leaders
TechsMessagePod
In discussion with guests on
technologies which are changing our
world, including how we learn, and
what to do about it.
With MC: Nate Lanxon, Bloomberg
Tech Reporter. Host of Webby award
nominated @TechsMessagePod
Century Tech
Sussex University
LEGO Education
OECD
(All invitees)
4:00pm Switchover break & networking in the corridor of (lifelong) learning and makers yard
MC: TBC MC: TBC MC: TBC MC: TBC

14. Plexal | Saturday 22nd September
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4:15pm Edtech for
Maths
Join OCR,
Cambridge
Maths, and MEI
to explore
exciting ways to
support
computational
thinking in the
classroom. With
Tabitha Gould,
and Darren
Macey from
Cambridge
Mathematics and
Terry Dawson
and Tom Button
from
Mathematics in
Education &
Industry
See sessions
available in
morning
session (on
repeat).
Helping children to be creators
not consumers
Cassey Williams, Woodberry Down
Primary School
Relationships,
PR, Marketing
& You
Anna Pedroza,
Founder,
Pedroza
Communications
Switchover break & networking in the corridor of (lifelong) learning and makers yard
4:45pm MC: Nicole
Ponsford and
MC: Aga
Gajownik,

15. Plexal | Saturday 22nd September
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Plenary
5:35pm | All sessions return back to Plexal Park and the main stage to kick off our meet ups
Cat Wildman,
The GEC
Hackathon
Facilitator
5:00pm Edtech Hacks –
Cambridge
Town Hall Q
and A
Andrew Nye and
Evelina Galaczi
From Cambridge
Assessment
English are
joined by all
Cambridge team
& partners to lead
a knowledge
sharing session
and Q and A to
wrap up the day
on impactful
tools for
educators
See sessions
available in
morning
session (on
repeat).
RSA: Cities of Learning Storytelling: the
most important
skillset you
haven’t thought
about yet?
Emma Vandore,
Founder,
StoryUp

16. Plexal | Saturday 22nd September
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5:40pm MeetUps & Drinks
Time for a drink, some nibbles and get to know some of the more active communities in education and edtech.
Choose from:
1. Education and Edtech Media
2. International Education & Edtech - sponsored by Navitas
3. Investors, Incubators & Accelerators
6:30pm Pitches
3 minute pitches of high-impact edtech in the following areas. Feedback from judges including learners, educators, investors and long-term sector
commentators.
Content for the “netflix generation”
Tools for parents & learners direct
Tools for teacher CPD
Adult lifelong learning
Actually really AI in education
21c skills development
Tools for the underserved
Tools for literacy and the arts
Tools for maths and science
Tools for systems change & saving teachers time
7:30pm | Thank you and Wrap
7:30pm – Late | The Edtech Podcast Festival Party

17. Plexal | Saturday 22nd September
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Join us for a wrap party to make all those last minute connections and share those last ideas until the end of the evening.
All Day
Pop Up Book Shop from the Wellcome Collection
Digital Parenting Lounge
Come and pick up some digital parenting skills, tips and tricks & ask as many Qs as you want.