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A new UK Israel EdTech Task Force was launched, bringing together knowledge and expertise from both countries to come up with recommendations on digital transformation of education systems.

皇冠体育app Task Force was launched in London, at a senior-level roundtable session held alongside the UK鈥檚 biggest education technologies conference, the BETT Show.

皇冠体育app task force initiative is a collaboration between:

• 滨蝉谤补别濒鈥檚 education innovation centre
• 鈥� a government venture based at the British Embassy in Tel Aviv which promotes tech collaborations between the UK and Israel

皇冠体育app goal of the task force is to create a joint bi-lateral ecosystem, meant to voice the industry鈥檚 key issues. It will also aim to recommend policy makers in both countries on how to encourage innovation and investment, and will share best practices in this crucial field.

Participants at EdTech Task Force launch

Twenty industry leaders, from both Israel and the UK, including investors, innovators, government representatives and educational leaders took part in the launch event.

Key attendees included:

• Lord David Puttnam, Patron of UK鈥檚 Education systems
• Joe Mitton, Special Advisor for Business and Science at the office of the Mayor of London
• Gila Ben Har, CEO of 滨蝉谤补别濒鈥檚 Centre of Educational Technology.

Topics of discussion

This inaugural event discussion focused on the following subjects:

• building a culture of innovation among teachers and decision makers in education
• new models of investment and de-risking investments for capital holders
• ways of engaging teachers and students to pilot new technology solutions for learning.
• ole of regulation in encouraging or blocking innovative EdTech solutions

EdTech has been identified as a high potential area for UK-Israel collaboration and has been pursued by the UK Israel Tech Hub and other partners in recent activities.

Notably,in 2015 the Hub collaborated with MindCET at BETT Show, to present ground breaking EdTech startups from Israel to the UK ecosystem. That resulted in a number pf partnerships signed.

In November 2015, Mayor of London, Boris Johnson MP, chose to bring a delegation of UK EdTech startups on his visit to Israel focusing on business and technology collaboration.

皇冠体育app UK Israel Tech Hub also works closely with major UK education publishers, in order to offer them innovation solutions from Israel.

Full list of participants at the launch of the UK Israel EdTech Task Force:

Doron Liebshtein	Israel	Chairman & founder, Mentors Channel LTD; Founder & CEO, Coaching Interactive Endeavour
Tali Yariv	Israel	Director , Beracha Foundation, Israel, previously Head of Israel Educational Venture Network
Yaara Bar-on	Israel	Director, Oranim College
Yishai Pincher	Israel	Founder , CodeMonkey
Gil Almog	Israel	Matifico COO
Shai Buber	Israel	Investor and entrepreneur; VP & General Counsel, Paradigm
Gavin Dykes	UK	Program Director, Education World Forum
Prof. Rose Luckin	UK	Prof. of Learner Centre Design - London Knowledge Lab
Lord David Puttnam	UK	Patron of UK鈥檚 Education systems
Henry Warren	UK	Innovation and Product Development, Pearson
Joe Mitton	UK	Special Adviser for Business and Science, London Mayor鈥檚 Office, Greater London Authority
Erez Tocker	UK	ex- Kaplan
Simon Tobelem	UK	Managing Director, REALIS Investment House
Laurence Kaye	UK	Chair,UK Friends of the Abraham Fund Initiatives; member, International Board of the Abraham Fund; solicitor and principal, Laurence Kaye Solicitors
Gila Ben Harr	Israel	CEO, Centre for Educational Technologies
Guy Levi	Israel	Centre for Educational Technologies
Jennifer Schivas	UK	Partnership Project Manager, Oxford University Press
Ian Fordham	UK	EdTech UK
Avi Warshavsky	Israel	CEO, MindCET
Cecilia Waismann	Israel	MindCET
Ayelet Mavor	UK	Deputy Director, UK Israel Tech Hub, British Embassy Israel

Contacts

Contact [email protected] for a copy of the full report of the session.