Who I’d like to hear from (& it’s not the usual suspects)

After another London edtech week I’m feeling rather sanguine about ever attending an edtech event ever again.

Of course I will but I’m going have 3 criteria:

1. I want to hear from people who have something new to say (edtech is so often an echo chamber)
2. I will try not to ask a question or making a long rambling statement, something I’m infamous for (the worst echo chamber is always your own)
3. I won’t ever go to an event where the keynote is going to be delivered by a celebrity (current, ex, aged rock star, media commentator etc,).

The sort of people I’d like to hear from is in the list below. It’s not comprehensive and is limited by my imagination on a Thursday afternoon. Please email me your suggestions and I will update the list:

• Ron Mock, CEO & President Ontario Teacher’s Pension Plan
• Jonathan Knee author of Class Clowns, ex-M&A banker (Morgan Stanley & Goldman Sachs) & Professor of Professional Practice of Media and Technology, Columbia University Business School New York
• Jamie Goldstein, Director of Strategic Projects and Innovation Grants, Harvard Initiative for Teaching & Learning (HILT)
• Laurene Powell Jobs, founder Emerson Collective
• Audrey Watters, founder Hack Education
• Deborah Quazzo, Managing Partner GSV AcceleraTE Fund 
• Tom Vander Ark, founder Getting Smart
• Jen Groff, PhD student MIT MediaLab
• Cecilia Retelle Zywicki, co-founder RANKU & COO Presence Learning
• Matt Candler, founder 4.0 Schools
• Tim Power, founder Inquisitive & former CEO 3P Learning
• Byron Scaf, co-founder STILE Education
• Dale Pearce Principal Bendigo Senior Secondary School & founder of the Victorian Virtual Learning Network
• Andrew Barkla, CEO IDP Australia
• Greg Ashman, teacher & blogger (Australia)
• Martin Dougiamas, founder MOODLE
• Antonio Gould, Executive Director Teach Monster Games
• Elspeth Briscoe, CEO Learning with Experts
• Tom Hooper, founder MATR
• Kirsten Campbell-Howes, co-founder London Education Games Meetup & Head of Education busuu
• Donna Irving, ex-accountant, founder Stepping into Business, Resident Entrepreneur and Head of Enterprise at Wreckin College
• Joe Francis, ex-senior Master Eton College & founder Scholar6
• Laura McInerney, ex-TeachFirst, SchoolsWeekl & co-founder Teacher Tapp
• Aldo de Pape, founder Teachpitch
• Andrew Colin, founder STUDY Group & INTO University Partnerships
• Shane Hill, ex-founder Mathletics & founder Skoolbo
• Carl Bistany, President SABIS Educational Systems
• Sunny Varkey, founder GEMS Education
• Tim Jefferis, Senior Master Harrow School Bangkok
• Erik Martin, ex-White House Policy Advisor (edtech) & Clarendon Scholar Oxford University
• Lennart Hergel, partner Ananda Ventures Germany
• Terry Hilsberg,Venture Partner Innohub Capital China
• Julia Moffett, ex-White House, BBC, Burberry Foundation & founder Future of Learning Fund Kenya

Your suggestions:

• Neil Ballantyne of Busuu (recommended by Kirsten Campbell-Howes)
• Professor Becky Allen UCL, Teacher Tapp etc (recommended by Sophie Bessemer of MATR)
• Tim Oats, Rob Coe, Professor Dylan Williams, & Craig Barton (recommended Ben Caulfield of Eedi)
• Ian Koxvold of PWC (recommended by Matthew Koster-Marcon of Learning Ladders)
• Simon Strong & Dr Paul Kelly (recommended by Elspeth Briscoe of Learning with Experts)
• Mark Martin aka Urban Teacher and Dawn Hallybone (recommended by Dom Traynor)
• Catherine Cahn of Twig (recommended by Celia Francis)

Some of the other amazing people I missed in my rush to post include (with apologies:)

• Nicole Ponsford
• G Smith Nunes
• Jodie Lopez
• Chris Hobbs of History Bombs
• Dr Leo Evans of The Profs
• Professor Csaba Veres of the University of Bergen
• Rowan Kunz of The Art of Smart
• David Fu of Streetlight Schools.