Thursday 8th October 2026 08:15 – 19:00 BST  ·  EdCity, London

EdTech Impact Summit:
Stop guessing. Start evaluating.

The UK's first summit dedicated to EdTech evidence in schools. One day. 100 leaders. One question: how do we use evidence to make smarter EdTech decisions, cut wasted spend and free up teacher time?

Advance registration is recommended to secure your place.

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Supported by

Chartered College of Teaching
The National PedTech Partnership
techUK

Partners

Magma
Zero Gravity
Tes
Learning by Questions
Who's attending

Join our growing list of schools, trusts and partners.

Lift Schools
Greenwood Academies Trust
GDST – Girls' Day School Trust
Compass Eko Trust
Creative Education Trust
Avanti Schools Trust
Ark
E-ACT
Thomas's
Leo Academy Trust
Education Village Academy Trust
Eltham College
Inspiring Futures through Learning
The Axis Academy
Youth Engagement Schools Trust
The Khalsa Academy Wolverhampton
King's College Taunton
Maritime Academy Trust
Potteries Educational Trust
Harris Federation
United Learning
Dr Challoner's High School
Godstowe School
Excelsior Multi Academy Trust
Chester Diocesan Academies Trust
The Challenge Academy Trust
The Stour Academy Trust
Star Academies
Cognita
GLF Schools
Veritas Multi Academy Trust
Shaw Education Trust
The Rivers C of E Academy Trust
Esteem Multi-Academy Trust
St Bart's Multi-Academy Trust
Los Angeles County Office of Education
International Schools Partnership
North London Collegiate School
Gravesend Grammar School
Midlothian Council
WISE – World Innovation Summit for Education
Why you should attend

Three reasons to be there.

See where you stand

Raise your evidence standards

Learn the latest approaches to evaluating edtech in schools - and how to hold suppliers to a higher standard. Leave with practical frameworks to decide what to adopt, renew or cut.

Turn insight into action

Turn insight into action

A collaborative day where you'll work with peers to tackle common edtech challenges. Leave with ideas you can act on immediately - with your staff and the tools you already use.

Learn from peers

Participate in action research

Several action research projects are launching at this year's summit. Schools and MATs will explore findings from our sector-wide EdTech audit - and help shape what happens next.

Who should attend

Built for the people driving digital transformation.

Across the day you'll hear from school and trust leaders, researchers, policymakers, and the team behind the world's largest EdTech evidence platform. The event is designed for leaders with responsibility for EdTech strategy.

  • Executive Heads
  • MAT CEOs and COOs
  • Directors of Education
  • Digital Strategy Leads
  • Heads of Teaching and Learning
  • Principals

Capacity is capped at 100 attendees with a maximum of two per institution, so every conversation is a senior one.

EdCity London, venue for the EdTech Impact Summit
Programme

The day at a glance.

Thursday 8th October 2026  ·  EdCity, London

A one-day programme of keynotes, panel sessions, working roundtables and a collaborative design challenge. Sessions and speakers will be added in the run-up to the event.

08:15 – 09:00
Registration and breakfast
09:00 – 09:45
Stop guessing. Start evaluating.
Why we are all here, and themes for the day.
Rose Dixon
Rose Dixon Director of Strategy, Ark
Michael Forshaw
Michael Forshaw CEO, EdTech Impact
Welcome and opening
09:45 – 10:30
Why good edtech fails in the classroom
Educators on the gap between buying a product and implementation.
Dr Laura White
Dr Laura WhiteModerator Head of Digital Practice and Research, Cranleigh School
Stuart Roberts
Stuart Roberts Principal, Upton Heath Primary School
Jonathan O'Donnell
Jonathan O'Donnell AI Lead and Senior Computer Science Consultant, Harris Federation
Kathleen Cushnie
Kathleen Cushnie Deputy Headteacher, Hazelbury Primary School
Rosalyn Chalk
Rosalyn Chalk Assistant Principal for Teacher Development and Digital Lead, Ark Boulton Academy
Educator panel
10:30 – 11:00
What evidence should we expect?
Building a stronger culture of EdTech evidence.
Sam Evans
Sam Evans Head of EdTech, Chartered College of Teaching
EdTech evidence keynote
11:00 – 11:30
Coffee break
11:30 – 12:15
How to measure value for money
How leaders are taking control of their EdTech ecosystem.
Alison Clark-Wilson
Alison Clark-WilsonModerator Co-founder, Global EdTech Testbed Network; Professorial Research Fellow, UCL Institute of Education
James Browning
James Browning Chief Operating Officer, Lift Schools
Chris Thackray
Chris Thackray Digital Strategy Lead, Ark
Sarah Hand
Sarah Hand Head of System Leadership, Inspiring Futures through Learning
Julie-Ann Wilson
Julie-Ann Wilson Chief Learning Officer, INOVA MAT
Leadership panel
12:15 – 12:45
Asking the big questions
Research insights from the National PedTech Partnership.
Dr Fiona Aubrey-Smith
Dr Fiona Aubrey-Smith Founder, National PedTech Partnership
Keynote
12:45 – 13:15
Evidence at the speed of edtech
Lessons learned from Qatar's national AI testbed, and trends from America's largest statewide educator community.
Petra Kucharova
Petra KucharovaModerator Global EdTech Testbed Program Manager, EdTech Impact
Shahd Dauleh
Shahd Dauleh Innovation Manager, World Innovation Summit for Education
Dr Christopher Hoang
Dr Christopher Hoang Board President, California Association for Leading Innovation in Education
Fireside chat
13:15 – 14:15
Lunch
14:15 – 15:30
How do I know if my edtech works?
Hands-on co-design workshops for evaluating edtech in schools.
Design a testbed workshops
15:30 – 16:00
Refreshment break
16:00 – 16:45
What the room decided
Findings from the four workshops, put back to the panel.
Plenary panel
16:45 – 17:15
Where do we go next?
Closing reflections, and announcements from EdTech Impact.
Michael Forshaw
Michael Forshaw CEO, EdTech Impact
Closing reflections
17:15 – 19:00
One for the road
Drinks and networking until 19:00.

Programme subject to change. Full speaker line-up to be announced.

Featured speakers

Voices from the field.

Michael Forshaw
Michael Forshaw
CEO, EdTech Impact
Dr Fiona Aubrey-Smith
Dr Fiona Aubrey-Smith
Founder, National PedTech Partnership
James Browning
James Browning
Chief Operating Officer, Lift Schools
Alison Clark-Wilson
Alison Clark-Wilson
Co-founder, Global EdTech Testbed Network; Professorial Research Fellow, UCL Institute of Education
Chris Thackray
Chris Thackray
Digital Strategy Lead, Ark
Sarah Hand
Sarah Hand
Head of System Leadership, Inspiring Futures through Learning
Shahd Dauleh
Shahd Dauleh
Innovation Manager, World Innovation Summit for Education
Rose Dixon
Rose Dixon
Director of Strategy, Ark
Sam Evans
Sam Evans
Head of EdTech, Chartered College of Teaching
Jonathan O'Donnell
Jonathan O'Donnell
AI Lead and Senior Computer Science Consultant, Harris Federation
Stuart Roberts
Stuart Roberts
Principal, Upton Heath Primary School
Dr Laura White
Dr Laura White
Head of Digital Practice and Research, Cranleigh School
Kathleen Cushnie
Kathleen Cushnie
Deputy Headteacher, Hazelbury Primary School
Austin Earl
Austin Earl
Senior Programme Manager, Education Programme, techUK
Tom Poole
Tom Poole
Head of Partnerships, EdTech Impact
Dr Christopher Hoang
Dr Christopher Hoang
Board President, California Association for Leading Innovation in Education
Rosalyn Chalk
Rosalyn Chalk
Assistant Principal for Teacher Development and Digital Lead, Ark Boulton Academy
Petra Kucharova
Petra Kucharova
Global EdTech Testbed Program Manager, EdTech Impact
Julie-Ann Wilson
Julie-Ann Wilson
Chief Learning Officer, INOVA MAT

More speakers to be announced.

Register your interest

Only 100 seats. Two per institution.

This is a deliberately small room. The Summit is capped at 100 senior leaders, with no more than two attendees from any single school or trust, so every session, every roundtable and every conversation stays senior.

Thursday 8th October 2026 08:15 – 19:00 BST  ·  EdCity, London

If you want a seat at the table, register your interest now and we will come back to you in the coming weeks to confirm your place at the EdTech Impact Summit on 8th October 2026, at EdCity, London.

Questions about attending, partnering or speaking? Contact Tom Poole at t.poole@edtechimpact.com