Panel Discussion
Learning Goes Green: Investing in the Skills We Need for a Sustainable Future
Date Friday, Nov 24 Time – Room Charlottenburg I
Dive into the heart of a vital conversation in this panel discussion and delve into the realm of "green skills" and their pivotal role in shaping a sustainable tomorrow.
What Awaits You:
- Explore the emergence of essential "green skills" necessary for a sustainable future.
- Uncover the intricate dynamics between education costs, accessibility, and the intersection of vocational training with meaningful employment.
Key Insights:
- Current Grant Landscape: Unveil the latest in grant funding and investment.
- EdTech & Green Skills: Discover exciting developments in the EdTech and green skills start-up realm.
- Investor Focus: Gain insights into investor priorities regarding 'green skills' and the transition to sustainability.
Journey with us to the forefront of sustainability education. Join this session to explore the transformative power of learning in forging a future where "green skills" are central to progress.
The speakers at this Panel Discussion will include:
Nick Kind
Managing Director, Tyton Partners
Nick Kind has worked in strategy, investment, corporate development and digital product management for over 20 years, with the vast majority of his time spent in the education sector. Until mid-2016, Nick was Head of Business Insights for one of the largest media organizations in the world, the Holtzbrinck Publishing Group, where he managed a thought leadership, market intelligence and internal strategy consultancy team for the board. His work in learning has covered all age groups from “Pre-K to grey” and a wide range of geographies and contexts across the world.
Previously, Nick imagined, created and managed a series of high-profile and cutting-edge software development companies and projects in education markets across the globe, including co-founding a startup which raised £3m of venture capital in the 2000 “dot-com” boom and survived, executive producing major digital learning projects for the BBC, and putting the Complete Works online for the Arden Shakespeare.
Whenever possible, Nick undertakes projects which seek to create social impact as well as, or instead of, financial return. Nick has worked with investors, family offices, governments, businesses of all sizes, foundations, not-for-profits and charities.
Pro bono, Nick also advises the charities Big Change and the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and serves on the advisory board of The Institute of Education’s EDUCATE project. He also acts as a mentor for NHS Clinical Entrepreneurs, and is very proud that he helped the genesis of Big Change’s Reimagining Education Together campaign.
Nick is based in the UK and also a husband & dad; and fan of the outdoors, good food, culture and the world’s diversity.
Paul von Hinueber
Investment Manager, Redstone VC
Paul is an Investment Manager at Redstone, where he focuses on early-stage investments in education and healthcare.
Helen Gironi
Director of Ventures, Ufi Ventures, United Kingdom
Based in the UK, Helen is Director of Ufi Ventures, working with and investing in early-stage technology companies focused on the future of work and skills. Ufi Ventures back businesses developing innovative digital tools to positively transform vocational learning in the workplace, in formal education or learning the skills you need to secure or progress in work. Helen currently sits on the board of Learnerbly, Learning Labs and Data Literacy Academy, has been investing in early-stage ventures since 2002, and has focused on impact investing since 2016.
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Moderator
Rebecca Garrod-Waters
Chief Executive, Ufi VocTech Trust, United Kingdom
I am passionate about the potential for digital technology to positively transform the way vocational learning is delivered, and the power this will have to positively impact people’s lives and opportunities. At Ufi we have been growing our activity across a wide portfolio of projects designed to impact across the UK, delivering better, faster and more effective vocational training. Ufi has a mission to enable more vocational skills for more people, more of the time, with a focus on increasing learning and skills opportunities for communities, sectors, industries and places that are traditionally ‘unloved’.