​About Beth Havinga

For two decades, Beth has been passionately supporting change in the development and growth of tools and strategies that enable a stronger, more interoperable education innovation ecosystem. She believes in the need for a more networked education environment and is excited to be able to connect industry leaders, startups and governments to build robust and innovative solutions.

Beth currently serves on the Digitisation Council of the state of Berlin in Germany, on the steering committee of DigiEduHack, and serves on the international advisory boards of CoSN, ISTE, and the Children’s Future Foundation. Additionally, she consults to the Council of Europe on the topic of AI and education, and to UNICEF on the topic of EdTech evaluation. Beth is chairwoman of the German standardization committee for Learning Technologies and represents Germany as head delegate to the European committee for standardization of interoperability of learning technologies and edtech. In the past, Beth has taught in schools, managed education software and publishing houses, founded two startups, and worked in over 45 countries to develop digital structures and strategies.
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As a cofounder and Managing Director of the European Edtech Alliance, Beth is excited about making the digital education landscape within Europe more accessible and supported and ensuring that digital education policy reflects the needs of the ecosystem. Beth represents the EEA in the EdTech Roundtable of the European Commission, the European Commission stakeholder group on Digital Education Content, UNESCO’s Broadband Commission data for learning group, and the Digital Transformation Collaborative. Additionally, she is on the steering committee of DigiEduHack. 

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"Beth Havinga bringt Menschen, Unternehmen und Systeme scheinbar mühelos zusammen. Sie vernetzt Menschen und Informationen, erklärt Zusammenhänge und zeigt Möglichkeiten auf, berät in der Projektführung und Vorgehensweise und setzt Aufgaben in hervorragender Qualität um. Dabei arbeitet Sie international, fließend mehrsprachig, stets zeitgerecht, fokussiert, selbstständig und für alle Seiten gewinnbringend. Ihre hohe analytische Fähigkeit, ihr tiefes technisches Verständnis und ihre überzeugend, gewinnbringende Persönlichkeit, gepaart mit der spürbaren Liebe zum Thema Bildung, machen es zu einem Vergnügen mit ihr zusammenzuarbeiten".

- Elke Oberhuber, "Neue Medien und Strategie - Veritas Verlag