EdTech

EDTECH WEEK 2026

EDTECH WEEK 2026 is the #1 EdTech event in New York City, gathering the brightest minds in education, technology, and innovation at the heart of Teachers College, Columbia University. The event features academic lectures, startup pitches, an elite CEO Summit, and sessions from over 200 world-class speakers, with plenty of networking and collaboration opportu…

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11Speakers
14Sponsors
63On the bill · sessions
24Companies · in total
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Speakers

Programmed at EDTECH, in alphabetical order.
Amit Patel
Co-Founder and Managing Partner · Owl Ventures
Drew Bent
Education Lead · Anthropic
Jessica Porten Hinkle
SVP Strategic Investments · Strada Education Foundation
Julie Samuels
President and CEO · Tech:NYC
Mia Bartlett
Head of Impact · Pearson
Mike Moe
Founder & CEO · Global Silicon Valley
Natasha Singer
Reporter · New York Times
Noah Pickus
Head of Global Strategy · Duke University
Richard Buery
Chief Executive Officer · Robin Hood
Siya Purohit
Member of GTM Staff · Open AI
Thomas Bailey
President · Teachers College
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Sponsors

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
BoodleBox
CodeSignal
Cooley
ExpertTheory
Goldman Sachs
HireEducation
IBM
Instructure
LearningMate
Learnosity
Magic EdTech
SecondLifeMac
Teachers College
US Chamber of Commerce
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Agenda

Selected from 63 sessions on the bill.
  • October 13, 12PM - 1:30PM

    Think Tank Over Lunch: The EdTech CEO's Job in 2030

    StartEd CEO Summit
  • October 13, 1:30PM - 2:15PM

    What Private Equity Really Looks For

    StartEd CEO Summit
  • October 13, 3:15PM - 4:30PM

    Think Tank: AI-Enabled Go-to-Market · Inside the Strategic Acquirer

    StartEd CEO Summit
  • October 13, 3PM - 3:15PM

    Featured Talk: The Analyst's View - What the Public Market Knows

    StartEd CEO Summit
  • October 13, 4:30PM - 5:15PM

    Closing Session: Bets for 2027

    StartEd CEO Summit
  • October 13, 5:30PM - 7:30PM

    CEO Summit Reception: New York Builds Education

    StartEd CEO Summit
  • October 13, 8:40AM - 9:15AM

    Kickoff: The Mega-Trends Reshaping Education

    StartEd CEO Summit
  • October 13, 9:30AM - 11AM

    Leading in the AI Age · Deal-Ready: A Legal Masterclass

    StartEd CEO Summit
  • October 13, 9:30AM - 3PM

    Fast-Growth CEO Sessions: PreK-12 at AI Speed · The Assessment Layer · Higher Education's Reset · Selling to the Chief Learning Officer

    StartEd CEO Summit
Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

What does it mean when 24 companies show up, and 1 bet on three roles at once?

24 companies. one are betting more than once.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page, cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room
1All threespeak · spons · exh
13Sponsoringsponsor only
10Companies Speakingspeaker only

The Triple-Threat

Teachers College

Speakers by seniority

64% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite327%
  • Founder / Owner19%
  • VP-level19%
  • Director / Head of218%
  • Manager / Lead218%
  • Other roles218%

Of 11 on the bill · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
  1. 01Teachers CollegeSp1V
  2. 02BoodleBoxSp
  3. 03CodeSignalSp
  4. 04CooleySp
  5. 05ExpertTheorySp
  6. 06Goldman SachsSp
  7. 07HireEducationSp
  8. 08IBMSp
  9. 09InstructureSp
  10. 10LearningMateSp
  11. 11LearnositySp
  12. 12Magic EdTechSp
  13. 13SecondLifeMacSp
  14. 14U.S. Chamber of CommerceSp
Sponsors by tier
unspecified14
100% of 14
At peer events but not here

These companies sponsored two or more peer events recently, but aren't on this program. For an organizer, that's a list of warm prospects.

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