Thursday 30 October – The Egg Brussels.
The entire agenda is open to the press.
Press registration is open.
Journalists wishing to attend are invited to contact [email protected] with their name and media outlets.
The EIT EdTech Conference 2025 will take place on Thursday, 30 October 2025, at The EGG Brussels. Organised by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) and coordinated by EIT Urban Mobility, the event will bring together around 200 representatives from universities, schools, startups, established companies, EU institutions, national governments, student unions, and investors to examine how Europe can strengthen its EdTech ecosystem and make EdTech the next European success story. EIT Urban Mobility is an initiative of the EIT, a body of the European Union.
Building on the outcomes of its first edition in 2024, the 2025 conference will feature keynote speeches, panel discussions and the major party of the programme co-creation labs, and interactive sessions. The programme will focus on key issues including public–private partnerships, teacher and educator support in the digital transition, skills development and digital literacy, AI in education, accessibility and inclusion, and EdTech investment and scaling. tal transition, skills development, AI in education, and EdTech investment. A Demo Zone will showcase initiatives, products, and services from across Europe’s EdTech sector.
The event aims to highlight successful European EdTech initiatives, explore opportunities for scaling innovation and investment, and address workforce and skills needs in line with EU priorities such as the Union of Skills and the 2030 Roadmap for Digital Education.
Confirmed speakers include Emma Linsenmayer, Directorate for Education and Skills, OECD; Ilaria Tagliavini, Head of Operations, EIT; Martin Vendel, Academy Director, EIT Urban Mobility; Cristina Pozzi, Co-Founder and CEO, Edulia; Beth Havinga, Managing Director, European EdTech Alliance; Jannie Jeppesen, CEO, Swedish EdTech Industry and Chair of the European EdTech Alliance; Jitske van Os, Managing Director, Dutch EdTech; Märt Aro, Co-Founder, DreamApply and Chair of EdTech Estonia; Sharon Flynn, National Coordinator, NTUTORR Programme, Technological Higher Education Association (THEA), Ireland; Lana Pär, President, European Students’ Union (ESU); Michaela Horvathova, Co-Founder and Chief Education Officer, BE Beyond Education; Peter Fagerström, Founder and Executive Chairman, Educraftor; Pamela Pokorny, Education Programme Manager, Digital Learning Unit, EIT Food; Dana Redford, President and Founder, PEEP – Policy Experimentation & Evaluation Platform and Senior Fellow, UC Berkeley; Michelle DuQuette, Events and Ecosystem Strategist, European EdTech Alliance / Community Strategist, EmpowerED; Thomas Van Cauwenberghe, CEO, EdTech Station; Ligita Baleisyte, Head of Youth Education, Girls Go Circular, EIT RawMaterials; Gerard Dominguez, EIT Campus, EIT Urban Mobility; Sean O’Reilly, Manager, Academic Affairs and Data, Technological Universities Association (TUA); Tobias Himmerich, CEO and Founder, EDuvation; Rhys Spence, Head of Platform and Research, Brighteye Ventures; and Livia Ionascu, Intellectual Property Specialist, EUIPO.
