Last week we held our first OPENHIVE Leadership Forums at Microsoft’s Headquarters in Reading. Deliberately small in size to allow for greater interaction, we were delighted to welcome over 80 strategic leaders from Local Authorities, Schools and Consultants, from the highs of Scotland to as south as Dorset and Guernsey.
The themes for our events were ‘Investments Built to Last, Built for Success’ and ‘Intelligent Services that Grow with your Users’: both of which accurately reflect our vision for the future and OPENHIVE today.
We want to thank our superb keynote presenters, Benedict Arora (NESTA), Steve Beswick (Microsoft), Dr Paul Kelley (Monkseaton High School), Ray Fleming (Microsoft) and James Frampton (Capita SIMS) for their fascinating mix of presentations.
Topics for the day
What might the future look like for education? How can our education system make us more competitive as a nation worldwide? What awaits students in 2020? What technologies might emerge next? How will learning platforms and MIS systems converge and what might this mean for effective management of schools? It was this future landscape that came together across the two days.
Many thanks to all that joined us on the 11th & 15th June, it was great meeting you. If you missed out but wanted to learn more we’ve published the presentations for you to enjoy at your leisure.
Presentations
Rethinking Educational Futures: Challenges & Opportunities [Download]
Benedict Arora, Director of Educational Programmes, NESTA
What Awaits Students in 2020? [View Clip 4]
Ray Fleming, Marketing Manager, Microsoft
Education is an uncontrolled experiment [Download]
Dr Paul Kelley, Head Teacher, Monkseaton High School
Synetrix: Our Role in Shaping the Future of Education [Download]
Jason Rousell, Director of Research & Development, Synetrix
Microsoft in Education & Cloud Services [Download]
Steve Beswick, Director Microsoft UK, Microsoft
Transforming Learning Now: Bringing you OPENHIVE [Download]
Jay Neale, Director of Learning Applications, Synetrix
Converging Learning Platforms with Capita SIMS [Download]
James Frampton, Capita SIMS
A Step into the Future: Education in the Cloud [Download]
Patrick Kirk, Educational Business Consultant, Synetrix
By proactively addressing the challenges of the uncertain economic climate and working in partnership to invest in your future, together we can make investments that are built to last and built to succeed. We were delighted by the positive feedback that OPENHIVE generated on the day. When asked what three words spring to mind when they think about OPENHIVE, here’s what our delegates said:
Over coming months we will be hosting regional road shows, if you’re interested in hosting an event for your local schools contact us on openhive@synetrix.co.uk we’d love to hear from you.