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Event

EdTech Exchange supper

10 March 2022

BESA is proud to announce the second in our current series of the ever-popular EdTech Exchange, in-person, private suppers aimed at EdTech founders and their senior teams looking to broaden their network and sector knowledge.

When

6pm - 9pm

Where

The Parcel Yard
King's Cross
London
N1C 4AH View Map

Price

£45 + VAT and fees

BESA is proud to announce the second in our current series of the ever-popular EdTech Exchange, in-person, private suppers aimed at EdTech founders and their senior teams looking to broaden their network and sector knowledge.

 

Held in a private dining room at The Parcel Yard in King’s Cross station, this supper will bring together twelve people, each with their own story to tell, to participate in a Chatham House-style discussion. Our diners will collectively contribute to an evening filled with shared experiences, lessons learned, and stories of problems solved.  

These suppers are shaped to provide a unique insight into a particular set of specialisms and we’re incredibly excited to announce the second of the 2022 series with an evening co-hosted by Senior Inspector Dave Smith (Traded Services) at Havering Education services school Improvement team, and Trudy Spillane, Principal at Drapers' Maylands Primary School. Every event is a moveable feast, and this one will aim to provide guests with a number of valuable insights, including:

  • Current school challenges and priorities
  • Which EdTech solutions are used and how they were found 
  • What schools need from suppliers - what good looks like
  • School budgets 

The event will be facilitated by Nina Iles, Head of EdTech at BESA and co-hosted by Dave Smith and Trudy Spillane.

Tridy SpillaneTrudy Spillane, Principal at Drapers’ Maylands Primary School

Trudy has been in Education for almost 30 years with a broad experience of Primary, Secondary and post-16 education. For the past 8 years, Trudy has been the Principal of a new Free school which opened in 2015. Her aim was to create an educational experience for modern learners using innovative systems and current technologies. Trudy is very proud to say that the school is successful, popular and inspires other educators.

 

Dave SmithDave Smith BEd (Hons), Pg.Dip., Certificate in Coaching (Cantab), Senior Inspector - Traded Services (HSIS)

Dave has 25+ years’ experience working in primary and university education, including 15 years in school improvement. He is a School Improvement Professional (SIP) and LA Quality Assurance Inspector for primary schools in Havering, supporting and challenging on whole school improvement. He specialises in computing, education technology and online safety support for schools and has worked with Rising Stars on the development of the Bett and ERA Award-winning Switched-on Computing, Switched on Online Safety and other titles.

Dave worked with the Department for Education to support the creation of the education technology content of the Teacher Workload Reduction Toolkit. He has spoken at national events and conferences as well as supported schools overseas. He is the former Chair of the Board of Management of Naace (The Education Technology Association), a judge for the Bett Awards and ERA Awards and a member of the Bett Advisory Board. He was previously a teacher/senior leader in 3 primary schools, plus a university principal lecturer supporting teaching and learning through EdTech and school business management. Over the past 28 years he has been a governor of two secondary and 3 primary schools (including Chair of Governors), and is currently a governor/member of two secondary MATs.

 

If you're interested in sponsoring this or any other BESA event, please contact eventsteam@besa.org.uk 

 Places are limited to one person per company.