EduTECH Australia 2026
Australia's largest education technology conference and exhibition, covering digital transformation, AI, and teaching innovation across K-12 and higher education.
Sessions (157)
Welcome and Ministerial Presentation
Teaching to repair the world
Literacy as liberation: Reimagining engagement for the TikTok generation
Built to fit: One institution's path to responsible and purposeful AI in higher education
An education ecosystem vision for 2030
Commonwealth Bank Tech User Workshop
Championing every learner: Leadership strategies for inclusion, innovation and high‑potential students
CIO panel - Cyber security & data privacy with AI on the rise in schools
Cognitive load to learning ease to cognitive velocity
Developing culturally effective teaching and learning of The Australian Curriculum
Let them speak: Voice as the engine of character
Panel - The importance of education and training to business
Strategic synergy: Aligning the school and technology for transformational impact in education
Technology in the early years
The joyful classroom: Reclaiming connection, flow and purpose
Virtual, connected, future-focused: Building world-class STEM from regional NSW
BTN High (ABC): A free teaching resource integrating news, current affairs and topics into your classroom!
Empowering every voice through co-production in school improvement: Leading with the social brain in mind
Lenovo Presentation
Martian Logic Presentation
PANEL - Guiding with care: Teachers, AI & cultural bias
Transformation at scale: Leading AI change in higher education
VEX Robotics Presentation
Wonde Presentation
TechFest: How students took the lead in innovation
Back to basics with inclusion: Building social foundation and emotional regulation skills in schools
Building a culture of critical and creative thinking
Critical thinking as the essential future literacy
Fostering student leadership, agency and voice
GenAI scaled deployment: What worked, what didn’t, and what’s next
Generative minds: Exploring AI as a powerful idea amplifier in supporting student reach their creative potential
Panel – The big disconnect: How data and design can rebuild the student experience
The smart campus in practice: Lessons from SIT’s campus as a living lab
Unlocking potential: Leveraging AI to support coaching practices for teachers in primary schools
Connecting classrooms and culture: Practical tools to embed Aboriginal perspectives with Wingaru Kids
Solar Island – a Stage 3 renewable energy, electricity, and civics project
Technology integration in primary school
Elite Instruction – an explicit teaching professional learning model
Critical thinking as the essential future literacy
Delivering a school management system – learnings and outcomes
Empowering every classroom: GenAI for hybrid, blended, and face-to-face teaching
Future-proofing school risk strategies
Kahoot! Presentation
Literacy vs fluency vs leadership with AI – empowering leaders to make good decisions
Telling the story of your impact
Workplace readiness: Equipping students with soft skills and digital literacy
From idea to interactive: Designing digital tools for your classroom
Allyship in action: Embedding Indigenous perspectives in K–6 learning
Making esports your own
Teaching for curiosity and thinking in the age of AI
AI in schools: what leaders are adjusting after the first wave
AI in schools: what leaders are adjusting after the first wave
HPE Aruba Networking Presentation
MTA Presentation
Excellence through esports
Cybersecurity in action: Engaging K–12 tools that bring digital safety to life
Designing assessment in the age of AI: Rethinking authenticity, integrity and learning
Sharing the cultural load: Building collective responsibility in education
From classroom to world stage: Inspiring upper primary students through robotics
A real-world case study in student engagement: What happens when students design the school
AI Inherent Risk Scale (AIIRS)
Building trust in digital credentials: Quality, confidence and recognition in vocational learning
FACTS Presentation
Introduction to CWAA & the free resources for teachers showcase
Protecting schools from aggressive parents
The new education ecosystem and the disrupting factors that are reshaping it
Third-party cyber risk essentials: The dos and don'ts
Together, sideways, and down: What happens when educators lead AI across education
VIBES - Valuable insights for better exam success
AI ethics that doesn't bore learners to death
Measuring what matters: Embedding First Nations perspectives in government-supported national formative assessment
STEM - expanding the acronym
AI and copyright: Issues for schools
AI in the primary classroom – maths, reading and writing
From little things big things grow: Building inclusive and sustainable esports programs in schools
Future-proofing smart buildings: Adapting to technological advancements and evolving user needs
Leading the change: Building a shared commitment to Aboriginal education across your school
Panel - Tertiary harmonisation - where is it going, what are the benefits to VET?
Scaling AI innovation and literacy: Lessons from Oxford’s AI Competency Centre
What 58,000 users taught us: Lessons from Australia's only national AI platform for students and staff
ForestLearning resources
30 Tech Tools in 30 Minutes
Nyangatjatjara College Presentation
Press start on net zero: Minecraft, climate action and children’s rights
Civica Presentation
How the education sector can unlock the power of used devices to support students experiencing disadvantage
Panel – Cyber security: How do criminals think
Xetta Presentation
Day 2 Opening remarks
Adaptive skills for the age of AI
Is education asleep at the wheel?
Neuromyth to neuroscience: How to talk about the teenage brain
Promoting inclusion and student engagement through human rights leadership
Panel – Next Ed: Rethinking learning futures
How the education sector can unlock the power of used devices to support students experiencing disadvantage.
Panel – How to balance compliance and learner experience
Panel – What does a digital campus look like by 2027 and beyond
Power of literacy built on language and culture
Priming your mind for productivity and joy: The 5Qs Formula for educators and leaders
Finding their voice: Music-making with Suno AI for diverse learners
“I belong here” – how to design for school belonging and inclusion
A new education ecosystem and the disrupting factors that are reshaping that system
Converting neurodiversity into neuro-advantage
Education and algorithmic inference
Increasing engagement in STEM through the Australian STEM Video Game Challenge
Students as partners: Leadership innovation in the education landscape
The walking robot – a fun, easy Arduino project
AI in VET: From concept to classroom
The capability economy: Putting people back at the centre of the AI revolution
Connecting minds, building tomorrow: the next era of secure digital capability
From mystery to mastery: Building AI literacy through creativity and collaboration
Portrait of a teacher
TES Presentation
Bilaarr AI: Culture-led AI transforming classrooms and protecting knowledge
Conceptualising students' emotional engagement in asynchronous forums.
Designing digital infrastructure for distributed universities
How to deliver a corporate level IT solution on an educational budget; a COO’s perspective
Leading creativity
Once upon a TalkTime: Unlocking the power of storytelling – how storytelling builds trust, thinking and communication
Panel – Governance, quality and systems reform: How major groups can work together to advance the whole sector
Tactile tools, future skills: How physical play builds digital minds
Student agency in an AI world: Navigating change with confidence
Importance of roles models in the classroom
LEGO Education Computer Science & AI: A New Era of Learning
Advancing the value of esports
From chaos to clarity: Using AI to make sense of challenging lessons
Agentic AI introduction
AI in education as a renaissance, not a revolution
DeadlyScience Presentation
Leading with curiosity and a mentoring way of being
Passwords must go: The future of authentication in schools
Shifting the stage: Students as designers of learning
Transforming student engagement and success: The role of AI in personalised learning support
Tech and Ed's Bogus Journey
Tools to activate classroom discussion
Allergy 250K health game
Brainfreeze Presentation
Fireside chat - AI in VET - what is the latest and what are the opportunities?
Toddle Presentation
Intercultural communication
Urban campus project
Assessment reimagined: Charting the future for learners
Code meets compliance
Dreams not crushed – just a little wrinkled
Educators, influence and identity: Navigating the new knowledge landscape
Panel - VET Workforce development - innovative ways to bring industry into RTOs’ delivery for an enriched and expanded experience for students
Students as partners: Embedding agency in everyday practice
It’s all about representation: The importance of Torres Strait perspectives in the curriculum
The Mental Fitness Revolution: How Schools Can Raise a Generation that Thrives
Jamf Presentation
PaperCut Software
The AI Learning Scaffold
Using generative AI effectively in VET curriculum and resource development
The emotional intelligence edge: The art of being human in a digital world
ABC: Co-Designing assessments for personalised evidence of learning
From e-waste to equity: Rethinking the role of technology in Australian schools
Teacher retention: The importance of job crafting and career pathways