Education Business Focus

Our “How To” Guide

If you have not yet registered for the event, then please do so HERE: Once you have registered, for the event, you will receive a confirmation e-mail with your custom link which is what you need to gain access to the online event. You can enter the online event up to 15 minutes before the scheduled start time and we advise that you do a system check before you enter, by clicking on the system check link, to make sure your

participation is as smooth as possible. To familiarise yourself with the live event room, and how to take part in the chat, Q&A and polls, you can view a video tutorial HERE.

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Please watch the video tutorial below.

This is a quick guide to make sure that you make the most of our EB focus event.

Welcome

Welcome to Education Business Focus Creating A Sustainable School

What makes a sustainable school? Creating a Sustainable School explores approaches to technically advanced buildings and technology along with the funding and planning required to make the teaching of present and future pupils environmentally friendly.

Today, you will hear from our education experts who will lend their experiences of what is possible for your learning space.

Dave Smith from the British Educational Suppliers Association hosts proceedings that promise to deliver a morning of knowledge sharing, debate, Q&A’s and solutions.

The easy-to-use Online Polls and Chat platform enable you to have your say and you can post questions to the experts via the Q&A tab to get all the answers you need to make your school more sustainable.

Thanks for taking part.

Event Programme

The event has been put together in a format that requires a little bit of attention from you:

During the online event you can take part in the peer chat and give us your opinions via live polls, which will pop-up over the course of the event. We ask that you post your questions for the experts in the Q&A tab

10.00 - Welcome & Event Overview

Host: Dave Smith, Head of Partnerships & Events, British Educational Suppliers Association

10.10 - How collaboration will get your school to net zero 2030

Lucy Archer, Climate Action Advisors Project Manager, Let’s Go Zero

10.20 - Best Practice Focus: Kingsley Education’s Earth Centre

Jack Harty, Director of Earth Centre, Kingsley Education

10.30 - Passivhaus: The Hackbridge Primary Project

Christian Dimbleby, Architect & Chartered Engineer

10.40 - Getting the most from sustainable tech

Niel McLean, Head of Education, BCS – The Chartered Institute for IT

10.50 - Sponsor presentation

Dave Butters, Director of Eon Infrastucture Services

11.00 - Live Q&A session including interactive polls - Submit your questions to the panel

11.30 - Event Roundup & Close

Dave Smith

Event timings and speakers are subject to change

Speaker Profiles

Dave joined BESA to lead on EdTech, including steering the content of BESA’s highly successful conferences and events. He is also a current school governor with a keen eye for sustainability issues, and as a former school inspector / EdTech adviser with an interest in sustainability, building projects (experience in Primary Capital Programme and Building Schools for the Future) and the role of technology and energy efficiency, Dave is a proven sustainability champion.

Niel started as a teacher and local authority adviser developing the use of technology in the classroom. In the early 1990s he developed the first National Curriculum and qualifications for IT and Computing. As an executive director at the government’s technology agency, he created support services for schools and teachers and led the scheme providing technology to 250,000 low-income families. He has worked in senior roles in the private and charity sectors before joining BCS. He said; “I have three core beliefs – young people need access to technology and the understanding to make it work for them, not the other way round; they need to be taught by great teachers; and great teachers are also great learners.”

Jack has been in the world of environmental science for several years; graduating from Southampton University in collaboration with the National Oceanography Centre, before completing his teacher training at UCL. He was part of the team who opened Trinity Academy in Bristol where he curated the geography department. During his time there he became a National Geographic Certified Educator and a United Nations Accredited teacher of Climate Change. Jack is passionate about the importance of environmental science and sustainability and the role it plays in preparing the current generation for future challenges they may face. This led him to his current role as Earth Centre Director at Kingsley School, where he seeks to embed sustainable, environmental and ecological themes throughout the school at both curriculum and operational levels.

Speaker Profiles

Project Manager - Climate Action Advisors programme, Let’s Go Zero

Lucy is the Project Manager for the Climate Action Advisors programme within Let’s Go Zero, supporting schools on their journey to zero carbon. She manages a team of Climate Action Advisors who support school leaders, local authorities and others to carry out projects that reduce emissions, inspire young people and spark change in the wider community.

Lucy has worked in and with schools for the past 10 years, as a teacher, environmental educator, and youth development manager, encouraging young people to care about the environment and take action to address the climate crisis. She is a trained geography teacher and has a Masters in International Development.

Christian is a dual-qualified Architect and CIBSE Chartered Engineer. Since joining Architype in 2004, he has developed a specialism of delivering radically low energy in-use and truly sustainable educational projects – from early years to university buildings.

He has delivered some of the studio’s most ambitious and complex designs, including The Enterprise Centre at the UEAfeatured in COP26 Virtual Pavilion; Harris Academy Passivhaus Secondary School in Suttonwith in-use energy measured at almost half of the RIBA 2030 goal; and Hackbridge Primary School - the UK’s first Passivhaus Plus school, Net Zero in Progress on track to demonstrate this in operation later this year.

Christian is currently part of the UK NZCBS schools sector group and advises a number of leading organisations to help them monitor and meet their sustainability goals in the face

Dave plays a key role in setting and delivering the strategy for the E.ON Drive business, identifying risks and opportunities and developing our electric vehicle (EV) charging solutions into new markets. He has been with E.ON for over 10 years and has built up extensive experience in the energy industry. The E.ON Drive business provides market leading EV solutions, knowledge and expertise.

Dave firmly believes that the renewable energy solutions and the work we do at E.ON are changing people’s lives and driving a more sustainable and better future for the next generation.

Partners

British Educational Suppliers Association (BESA)

The British Educational Suppliers Association has an 85-year heritage serving the UK education sector, and represents over 300 educational suppliers in the UK, including manufacturers and distributors of equipment, materials, books, consumables, furniture, technology, ICT hardware and EdTech to the education market. BESA offers unparalleled support,

research, events and advice on both UK and international markets, and the future of the education suppliers industry. BESA is focused on promoting and providing support and advice to their members, the industry and to schools.

BESA also runs the EdTech Exchange, which is Europe’s largest network of EdTech founders.

https://www.besa.org.uk

BCS

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The Chartered Institute of IT

With more than 60,000 members in 150 countries, and a wider community of business leaders, educators, practitioners and policy-makers all committed to its mission, BCS’s agenda is to lead the IT industry through its ethical challenges, to support the people who work in the industry, and to make IT good for society.

BCS ensures the digital journey is safe and positive for everyone, by raising standards of competence and conduct across the IT industry and tackling the ethical challenges faced along the way.

BCS is built on our four strategic pillars, which make it possible to raise standards and realise greater potential in the technology industry.

https://www.bcs.org

Sponsors

E.ON

E.ON is the one place for all your EV needs. We offer charging and infrastructure solutions, expert consultancy, end to end support and have years of experience helping a range of businesses including educational settings across the UK make their EV plans a reality.

With the growing number of EV’s and greater emphasis on sustainability, schools and colleges in the UK are focussing on changing their EV charging infrastructure to support and demonstrate their commitment to climate change.

Our aim is to help customers save

time and money and make choosing and installing EV chargers easy. Our experts can help with selecting the right chargers for your needs, identifying and accessing government grants or funding options and planning installation projects to minimise disruption to your organisation. No matter the size of your project or the level of support you or your employees may need we can offer a tailored package that’s right for you. We are the Pulse of Electric Driving. eonenergy.com

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Thank You

Finally, we would like to say THANK YOU to our speakers, partners, sponsors and delegates who have contributed greatly to making EB Focus a huge success.

Thank you for joining us. We look forward to seeing you at the next event.