Networking and evaluating new products and services are among the top reasons for a strong turnout at Australia’s largest conference and exhibition for educators.
EDUtech Australia’s return to Sydney this year has garnered strong local support, with the majority (72 per cent) of the event’s 10,374 registered attendees coming from New South Wales.
Ten per cent were from Victoria, seven per cent from Queensland, with the remaining states and territories making up another seven per cent. Four per cent of visitors were international, including a group of 18 principals from Papua New Guinea.
Taking place at the International Convention Centre Sydney on 11 & 12 June, this year’s event featured 345 speakers, 220 exhibitors, 253 practical sessions and 48 start-ups.
“With thousands of passionate educators, leaders, and technologists onsite, the event buzzed with fresh ideas, from keynote sessions like Sal Khan on AI in education, to a dynamic expo floor featuring hundreds of edtech solutions and start-ups,” the event organiser said.
The opportunity to evaluate new products and services side-by-side, meet and connect with existing suppliers, and establish future business opportunities were among the top five reasons cited for visiting the expo.
Almost a third of attendees (31 per cent) were prepared to spend between $100-500,000, 26 per cent were prepared to spend $1-5 million, and 11 per cent were prepared to spend $11 million on products and services displayed on the expo floor.
The top five products and services attendees were most interested in (in descending order) were teaching aids, ICT, data and analytics, digital curriculum, and consultancy and support services.
All sectors of education were represented, with the most registered attendees from the K-12 education sector (23 per cent), followed closely by Higher Education (21 per cent) and non-teaching (20 per cent).
Government schools (2,189), Catholic schools (823), Independent schools (2,013) and Higher Education institutions (2,817) were all represented across registered attendees.
In terms of job function, 31 per cent identified as academic leaders and professional educators, 29 per cent as strategic leadership and executive decision-makers, and 22 per cent as business, operations and institutional management.
The NSW Government booth on the expo floor hosted the signing ceremony for a new international partnership between NSW EdTech ebilities and India’s Rabbitt AI.
The ceremony took place as part of Study NSW’s four-day NSW EdTech Summit (10–13 June) that shone a global spotlight on NSW’s world-leading education innovation.
With more than 10,000 visitors flooding into the event, Mr Toshi Kawaguchi, Director of International Education and Study NSW, said momentum is building — and so are the connections.
“A standout today was hosting the signing ceremony for an exciting new international partnership between NSW EdTech ebilities and India’s Rabbitt AI. [It is] just one of the many new ventures and collaborations emerging from this week that are helping take the best of NSW education and technology to the world,” Mr Kawaguchi said.
NSW Government Parliamentary Secretary for Trade and Small Business, Ms Emily Suvaal, noted in her opening address that EDUtech 2025 presented the perfect platform for sharing innovation.
She noted that online learning has surged in the past decade, with growth set to continue in an era of global learners.
“In NSW, we welcome more international students that any other state or territory,” she said.
Ms Suvaal said the NSW Innovation Blueprint 2035, released earlier this year, is designed to give NSW the leading edge to attract talent.
“The future of education is being shaped right here,” she said.
Keynote speaker Mr Sal Khan, CEO of Khan Academy, returned to the stage for his second consecutive address at EDUtech.
Speaking about the rise and reach of AI, Mr Khan noted that the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to two researchers for developing an AI algorithm that solved the 50-year protein structure prediction challenge.
“We’re definitely living in a science fiction book,” Mr Khan said, as he told the audience about the origins of Khan Academy and new innovations in the pipeline, including Khan Academy Classroom, a tool which will “take the cognitive load off the teacher”.
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EDUtech Australia: 3 & 4 June 2026, ICC Sydney
