With just a short time left before our EDIT 2023 Conference at Leeds, all that is left is to let you know the timings for the day and a full run down of the program and exhibition. EDIT 2023 promises to be an excellent day of informative talks, networking and expo.
The talks will be streamed live and put on our YouTube channel once we get back into the office - https://www.youtube.com/@edugeek
This years talks:
Smoothwall – Tom Newton will be opening EDIT 2023 with the keynote talk ‘Web Filtering in Education: It's Not Just Proxies Anymore’
Ruckus – Steve Groves will be taking you all though what you need to know about WiFi 7
Freedom Fibre – Rick Byers talk will be taking you through ‘AI in Education – Risks’
Schools Broadband – David Tindall shall take you through his presentation on ‘The Rise of The AltNets’ covering updates on various aspects of the evolving UK connectivity market
National Cyber Security Centre – Steve Forbes is to be keeping you all up to date on what the NCSC is doing and what they do to protect your schools
Google – Andrew Caffrey taking you through ‘Myth Busting with Google for Education’
NYnet – Alastair Taylor’s talk, ‘IoT, The Answer You've Been Searching For’ will take you through how NYNet is implementing a LoRaWAN IoT network and how you can too
Program:
09:00 - 09:30: Delegates Arrive Coffee etc.
09:30 - 09:35: Introduction address (Safety brief etc.)
09:35 - 10:35: Smoothwall Keynote
10:35 - 11:15: Ruckus
11:15 - 11:45: Break
11:45 - 12:30: Freedom Fibre
12:30 - 13:15: Schools Broadband
13:15 - 14:00: Lunch
14:00 - 14:45: National Cyber Security Centre
14:45 - 15:30: Google
15:30 - 16:00: Break – Refreshments
16:00 - 16:45: NYNet
16:45 - 17:00 :Ask the admins (time permitting)
17:30 - 19:00: Smoothwall Social*
*This will be held at Smoothwall’s offices at 2 Whitehall Quay, Leeds, LS1 4HR and just around the corner from the train station.
Many thanks to Smoothwall for going the extra mile and setting up what promises to be a great after-conf social event with free food and drinks for all attending and they have very kindly put on a coach to take you from the conference to their offices for the social. We shall give out more details on the day as to where you can board this.
As usual, there will be an exhibition featuring many of the EdTech suppliers you rely on! And at EDIT 2023 we are very pleased to have the following companies join us and meet you all:
Tom Newton, Smoothwall's VP of Unification, will explore the dynamic realm of web filtering, shedding light on the technologies driving it. During this session, Tom will reveal the ingenious strategies used by students to try and bypass these digital barriers and discuss how schools can effectively counteract them.
Smoothwall is part of Qoria, a global technology company dedicated to keeping children safe and well in their digital lives. Today, our technologies support 20 million children, 25,000 schools and 5 million parents - around the world.
Web: https://www.smoothwall.com/education/
Email: [email protected]
Tel: 0800 5999 041
BenQ:
World-renowned for its educational technology solutions, BenQ specialises in display technology, with its extensive product portfolio including interactive displays, classroom software, projectors and wireless collaboration devices.
Harness the power of Google Mobile Services (GMS) for education with BenQ’s EDLA-certified slot-in PCs and EDLA-certified interactive displays. With the new GMS-integrated BenQ Boards, you can provide all the latest BenQ hardware and software with all the advantages of an EDLA-certified device such as:
- Official access to the Google Play Store
- Seamless Integration with Google tools
- Enhanced device security with Google Play Protect
Join us at the EDIT 2023 to meet the BenQ team and experience how our complete solutions for education are designed to enhance teaching, learning and IT management in your school.
Find out more at: www.benq.eu/en-uk/education.html
From 100Mbps to 100Gbps, Schools Broadband is leading the way providing ultrafast, low-cost, secure internet connections to schools and Multi Academy Trusts of all sizes. With their advanced MAT WAN technologies (hear more on this from their CEO David Tindall at the conference) and their newly developed Analytics, Reporting and Telemetry products for customers, they are truly delivering cutting edge solutions designed to improve the operations, planning and management of services for their 2,200 plus customers.
They provide access to some of the world’s most advanced hosted security and rightly boast that none of their customers have experienced an outage due to a DDoS attack since 2019. Filtering is of an equally high standard and now includes the newly developed Safeguarding Incident Management Platform to ensure schools’ compliance with the latest KCSiE standards effective 1st Sept. 2023.
Find out more. Tel: 01133 222 333 option 3 | Email: [email protected] | Web: www.schoolsbroadband.co.uk
Attending the show will be:
David Tindall – CEO
John Standhaven - Sales Manager
Helena Brook – Education Area Manager
Concero Education isn't your typical tech company. Our roots are in education – from working in schools as technicians to supporting schools across the UK. We understand the unique challenges of education, where budgets are tight and technology is ever-evolving.
As we gear up for the upcoming EduGeek event, we're excited to invite you to join us. Not only can you win a laptop trolley worth over £1000 with our exclusive EduGeek event competition, but you can also chat about your IT needs.
Have you thought about leasing devices? Our operational leasing agreements are DfE compliant, allowing you to make an immediate impact and spread the cost over 3 years. We partner with industry-leading hardware and software companies to bring the best tech value to schools.
As proud partners with Microsoft, Google and Crown Commercial suppliers, ISO and Cyber Essentials accredited, we can deliver top-notch technology to your school. So, let's discuss finding the right hardware, exploring leasing options, and boosting your school's technology.
Drop us a message, visit our website at https://www.concero.education, or chat with us at the EduGeek conference. If there is anything you want to discuss ahead of the event, call us on 0330 236 8513.
Attending the show will be:
Tracey Ellis – Procurement Specialist
Emma Cooke – Procurement Specialist
Matthew Setchell – Chief Technology Officer
Web: https://www.concero.education/
Tel: 0330 236 8511
For over 34 years, NetSupport has provided affordable, award-winning classroom instruction, online safety and IT management solutions for schools. Our solutions are built on impact, evidence and co-production to help schools manage and maximise their classroom and school-wide technology. With flexible cloud-based and on-premise solutions to engage and safeguard students – and even reduce costs – it’s no wonder we have over 21 million users worldwide.
Our new cloud-based solution, classroom.cloud provides simple yet essential tools for flexible instruction in any setting. Combined with an online safety toolkit to provide a safe learning environment at all times, and IT management features to helps schools centrally manage and maximise their edtech, classroom.cloud is a 3-in-1 award-winning solution, built on impact and evidence.
Meanwhile, NetSupport School is the market-leading and most feature-rich on-premise classroom instruction and monitoring solution, with a wealth of monitoring, control, collaboration and assessment features.
For technicians, NetSupport DNA provides network and IT management features to effectively track, monitor and manage IT assets and endpoints across a school or Trust – all from one central point. Meanwhile, its built-in online safety toolkit ensures schools can meet their eSafety requirements with proactive and reactive tools.
All of NetSupport’s solutions are FREE to try for 30 days at https://www.netsupportsoftware.com/education-solutions/ , allowing schools and MATS to ensure the features meet their needs and expectations. Plus, stop by our stand to get freebies and the latest offers!
Web: https://www.netsupportsoftware.com/
Email: [email protected]
Tel: +44(0)1778 382270
Founded in 2003, Exa, is a market-leading Internet Service Provider (ISP) with one vision; to provide fast, reliable and safe internet services to schools and businesses, complemented by excellent technical support.
With years of experience and a customer base that includes many of the country’s schools, multi-academy trusts, and businesses, as well as numerous customer service awards, Exa has now made that a reality.
Exa is passionate about providing solutions that enhance your learners’ education whilst ensuring you meet the statutory guidelines to keep your students and staff safe online.
To meet this demand, Exa has put together its cost effective, fully managed, customisable Protect and Connect® solution, which delivers future-proof full fibre connectivity, content filtering and monitoring that provide effective eSafeguarding for your pupils and staff and world-class firewalls and antivirus that ensure your network, data and devices are secure.
On the stand will be:
Simon Eagles
Alan O’Donohoe
Adam Bogue
Come and meet our experienced team or get in touch via [email protected] or call us on 0345 145 1234.
VeryPC is a leading manufacturer of computer hardware and technology products. We are made in Sheffield and have supported I.T. managers with our products for over 20 years. Passionate about making customers happy and bringing world-class hardware products to market that are specific to our customers' needs. We design products to deliver functionality and rich features at an affordable price, gift-wrapped with a world-class warranty service.
What we do best:
- Computer Hardware
- Audiovisual Hardware
- Software & subscriptions
- I.T. Infrastructure
- Managed Support & Services
- VOIP Telephony
- Award-Winning Socks
We are delighted to have the opportunity to sponsor and support Edugeek as we believe in the value that the community brings to its members. We want to become your number one stop for tech and support or just a bit of friendly Yorkshire advice on the other side of the phone. We are here for you every step of the way.
Attending the show will be:
Colin McCarthy – Sales
Vid Brothwell – Sales
Luke Rogers – Marketing
Nicole Scarfe – Marketing
Call us on: 0114 321 8609
Wave 9 is a specialist provider of Managed Internet, Web-Filtering, Security and Telephony for Schools, Academies and Trusts. One of the UK’s fastest-growing Education Internet Service Providers, Wave 9 offers critical communication services to our education customers. Our e-safety, security and web filtering services protect your school community from harmful content and your school systems from modern cyber threats. Whether a small rural primary or a large multi-academy trust, all schools deserve effective and responsive support. Our services are built with education at their heart and over 30 years of experience partnering with schools. We’ll help you meet the new DfE technical guidelines and your safeguarding obligations while keeping budgets in mind. Our people will support you along the way with great advice, guidance, and support.
Email: [email protected]
Tel: 01785 472 200
Net-Ctrl is technology reseller and integrator working throughout the UK. We specialise in areas including, but not limited to, access control, CCTV, end point protection, email security, firewalls, IP-Video, switching, vape sensors & Wi-Fi.
Net-Ctrl partner with manufacturers we believe to deliver in their respective space. We are closely aligned with Aruba, Bodet, Fortinet, Mimecast, Palo Alto Networks, Ruckus, and Verkada.
Net-Ctrl believe in a consultancy first approach – we want to work with you to understand your challenges and your environment and to work with you on designing a solution that changes the way you work.
Web: https://www.net-ctrl.com/
Tel: 01473281211
EntrySign is a globally recognised industry leader, specialising in staff, student and visitor/contractor management and advanced sign-in systems. As the flagship offering from Osborne Technologies, a trusted technology solutions provider, EntrySign serves thousands of educational institutions, including schools, multi-academy trusts, universities, and other organisations across the UK and beyond. Each day, EntrySign empowers schools to strengthen security, safeguard staff and pupils and protect their premises. With a rich array of features and an expanding suite of integrations, EntrySign enables schools to enhance on-site safety, improve compliance and increase efficiency. EntrySign offers school IT/Network managers and technicians a range of useful features to make their lives easier, including a rest API for integration – ask us for more details!
We are extremely proud to support EduGeek at their upcoming conference, by supplying our popular visitor management kiosks and providing the registration solution for the event. Our kiosks will be stationed at the entrance offering attendees a swift and seamless event sign-in experience and a professionally printed visitor badge.
Our friendly team are looking forward to the opportunity to connect with attendees, catch up with our valued customers and engage in discussions about our latest feature enhancements.
For further information about EntrySign, please contact us:
Tel: 01226 295455
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.entrysign.co.uk/education-sector
Way back in 2007, ICT Direct was established with the simple goal of making computers readily accessible to each child in school. With each passing year, we take a step closer to this by providing Schools, Colleges and the wider UK Public Sector with top-quality refurbished business-class computer hardware at a fraction of the cost of comparable new equipment.
In 2014, ICT Direct formally merged with parent company, 1st Technologies Ltd. Taking advantage of our stronger buying power and economies of scale delivered by a combined workforce, we pressed ahead offering a greater range of products at market-defining prices.
To date, we have supplied thousands of schools with over one hundred thousand quality refurbished computers. 2020 was our most challenging year so far, and we switched focus to supporting remote learning. ICT Direct sourced thousands of quality laptops, portable devices and hundreds of affordable webcams. Once again ensuring as many children as possible have access, not only to a computer but to a consistent education whilst their schools were closed.
Tel: 01254 820 980
We’ve been helping education providers join the dots between data, people and outcomes for over 35 years. Our cloud-based MIS, Finance and Vision products serve over 2 million users across the UK and Europe, from students and families to staff and stakeholders, we provide helpful tools for everyone.
Our innovative journey in Edtech has led to landmark developments such as wireless class registration devices in the 90s and the introduction of Cloud-based systems in 2010. Today, we lead the way with our ground-breaking Bromcom AI, further revolutionising how schools utilise technology to enhance education.
As a family-owned business, Bromcom prioritises customer needs over profits. Since inception, we have not paid a single dividend, reinvesting all profits back into our products for the benefit of our customers. Our commitment is to aid everyone in the educational ecosystem to fulfil their potential and to continually push the boundaries of technology in education.
Web: https://bromcom.com/
Tel: 020 8290 7171
At Millgate, our guiding principle is deceptively simple: we deliver tech products, services and solutions that actually work for you. In the 26 years since launching, Millgate has developed a reputation as a trusted adviser to our clients, able to understand their requirements and provide the very best solutions to meet and exceed their individual needs.
We supply goods, services, and solutions across the public and private sectors, including retail, distribution, healthcare, education, transport and many more. To put it simply, we deliver on the fundamental requirement that any product, service or solution we implement into your business works for you.
Tel: 0114 242 7310
Technology firm Nynet has been the driving force behind North Yorkshire’s digital connectivity since 2007. Its latest collaboration with North Yorkshire Council has led to the creation of Britain’s largest rural Smart County with the deployment of a LoRaWAN network covering over 85% of the geographical area of North Yorkshire through more than 100 LoRaWAN gateways. This network is now being used by schools in the region to monitor Indoor Air Quality using IoT.
Nynet’s full fibre network, which is owned and managed by the company, provides gigabit capable, robust digital infrastructure and highly flexible broadband services to most of the region’s schools, hospitals, GPs, blue light services and local authority buildings. It is now being made available to businesses in the region as part of a major expansion programme. In 2022 Nynet completed a project to bring free public wi-fi to 20 Yorkshire market towns, improving connectivity and access to digital services in local communities.
North Yorkshire is ranked third in the UK for high-speed school broadband following work by Nynet to expand its gigabit fibre network to education settings. A partnership between Nynet and cyber security expert BoxPhish provides education in online safety and security for staff and students at high schools across the region. Nynet also provides high performance cloud telephony to the education sector.
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.nynet.co.uk
Tel: 01423 598 210
if you have any questions then please post them up below, and if not, then we'll see you in Leeds next week 
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