EduTECH Africa held at the Sandton Convention Centre. Photo: Facebook/EduTECH Africa
EduTECH Africa 2019 will share innovation in educational technology
Then expo will be running from 9 to 10 October.
EduTECH Africa held at the Sandton Convention Centre. Photo: Facebook/EduTECH Africa
The EduTECH Africa Conference for 2019 is hailed as Africa’s largest EdTech conference and exhibition for educators. It will be running from 9 to 10 October 2019.
The two-day event will be held at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg. On 9 October the event will start at 08:00 and it will end on at 17:00 the following day.
What to expect at EduTECH Africa Conference
The event expects to have 3500 attendees, 80 exhibitors, 150 speakers, and 500 delegates. Around 500 senior executives in the education industry are also expected to attend.
The aim of the event is to share ideas and to inspire innovation in educational technology in Africa. The conference has been split into six tracks.
The six different conference tracks
K-12 Leaders
- Teacher development
- Stem, coding, and robotics
- Leadership strategies
- Learning spaces
- Re-thinking the role of the educator
- Assessment and measuring outcomes
- Learning experience African stories
K-12 IT
- Disruptive classroom tech
- Digital transformation
- Security and privacy
- Data and analytics
- Network management
- Digital resources
- IT and the modern learner
- Effective IT operations
- ICT planning
- Building digital communities
K-12 Business Management
- Internal management
- Teaching strategies
- Finance and facilities
- Technology investment
- Partnerships
- PR and marketing
- Finance and investment
- Business models
- African stories
SEN
- Tech for SEN
- African stories
- Curriculum
- Tech in ECD
- Curriculum strategies
- Intervention and parent involvement
Tertiary Education
- Campus of the future
- Teacher training
- Adaptive learning technologies
- Students of the future
- Tech in tertiary accommodation
- Cyber security
- Professional development
- Assessment and evaluation
- African stories
- Student engagement
Vocational
- Global initiatives and trends
- Changing industry needs
- Accreditation
- Transforming facilities
- Sustainability
- Quality management
- Fighting poverty with specialised courses
EduTECH Exposition (Expo) Highlights
Besides the conference, the event will also have an expo. Attendees can look forward to:
- Two free seminars
- A coding zone
- Robotics zones
- An ICT panel
- A start-up zone
- New exhibitors
- Networking
- An EdTECH exhibition
EdTECH’s interactive experience zones will allow buyers to touch, feel, see, interact, and use live products. The zones are meant to “create a social, practical and emotional learning experience for teachers to implement in education.”
Interactive experience zones need a sign up as seats are limited. Those who are keen can register for free on the website.
EduTECH Africa’s costs and available packages
An individual Gold pass was priced at R5,000 with a group booking of R4,500 for three+ people. The group savings were indicated as R500 per person.
The benefits include having a VIP entrance at the conference, an event application (app), networking opportunities, and lunch and refreshments. Free passes are only individual ones and they require advanced registration.
Their benefits include an exhibition visitor pass, seminar theatre(s), and an event app for attendees.
