EDTECH STARTUP
FESTIVAL 2022
5-9
SEPT
2022
DAY 4
Thursday 8th September
Theme: ESG, IMPACT & EVIDENCE
Day four is our ESG, Impact & Evidence day, starting with a session to help you decide how to measure your impact, before exploring behavioural insights and how they can be applied to boost impact in the second session.
Session 1
MEASURING IMPACT
11:00
BST (UK)
Introduction
Moderator:
Matt Greenfield (Rethink Education)
BST (UK)
11:05
Keynote 1
Laurie Forcier
Director of Partnerships and Chief of Staff to CEO

11:20
BST (UK)
Keynote 2
Susanne Wechsler
Director of Impact

11:35
BST (UK)
Panel
• Laurie Forcier (Chief of Staff & Director of Partnerships, Educate Ventures Research)
• Susanne Wechsler (Director of Impact, Babbel)
• Dama Sathianathan (Partner, Bethnal Green Ventures)
• Rajeshwari Iyer (CEO & Co-founder, sAInaptic)
Discussion Questions:
•How do you decide what educational impact you hope your product will achieve?
•How do you decide what and how to measure your impact?
•What can you do to advance your impact?
11:55
BST (UK)
Breakout + feedback
12:20
BST (UK)
Panel responses
12:30
BST (UK)
Wrap-up
Session 2
BEHAVIOURAL INSIGHTS
14:00
BST (UK)
Introduction
Moderator:
Alex Sarlin (Edtech Insiders)
BST (UK)
14:05
Keynote 1
Lal Chadeesingh
Senior Advisor, Education

14:20
BST (UK)
Keynote 2
Kiley Sobel, PhD
Senior UX Researcher

14:35
BST (UK)
Panel
• Lal Chadeesingh (Senior Advisor in Education, Behavioural Insights Team)
• Kiley Sobel, PhD (Senior UX Researcher, Duolingo)
• Dr Saru Ranjan (Co-founder, StudyStream)
• Nicole Bratz (Head of Product, TeachFX)
Discussion Questions:
• How should startups decide which areas of their products on which they should focus nudges?
• How can startups think about applying nudge theory and broader behavioural insights into their products? What tests can they run?
• What skills do you look for in people able to focus on this?
14:55
BST (UK)
Breakout + feedback
15:20
BST (UK)
Panel responses
15:30
BST (UK)