The NSW Government booth at EDUtech Australia has hosted the signing ceremony for a new international partnership between NSW EdTech ebilities and India’s Rabbitt AI : Own your AI.
The ceremony took place on day two at EDUtech Australia in Sydney — part of Study NSW’s four-day NSW EdTech Summit (10–13 June) that has shone a global spotlight on NSW’s world-leading education innovation.
With more than 10,000 visitors flooding into the International Convention Centre Sydney (ICC Sydney), Mr Toshi Kawaguchi, Director of International Education and Study NSW, said that the momentum is building — and so are the connections.
“A standout today was hosting the signing ceremony at the NSW Government booth for an exciting new international partnership between NSW EdTech ebilities and India’s Rabbitt AI : Own your AI. 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.
“It was also a privilege to join brilliant panel discussions on the importance of international education to Australia with Patricia Davidson (Chair, NSW International Education Advisory Board), George Williams (Vice-Chancellor, Western Sydney University), and Jonathan Chew (Navitas) and on the connections between EdTech and International Education with Mark Greentreeand Jeannette Connon.
“Great to catch up with Independent Tertiary Education Council Australia’s Felix Pirie, who contributed valuable insights during another strong panel on strengthening and expanding tertiary education through greater harmonisation.”
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.
“Innovation transforms the way we teach and learn,” she said.
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”.
The exhibition floor was a lively space on Day 1, with Google for Education’s session on NotebookLM for leaders, presented by Mr Luke Starczak, Digital Education Coach for the Department for Education, SA, spilling out of the lecture space.
Day 1 concluded with a sold-out gala dinner, with a group of 18 visiting principals from Papua New Guinea among the guests.
