EnlightED and South Summit

EnlightED is the world conference that brings together leading global experts in education, technology and innovation to promote a great discussion on Education in the digital age. South Summit organize this meeting and will be celebrating second edition from October 2 to 4 in Madrid as part of South Summit 2019.

If we desire to reinvent education in the digital world, we should start by asking the right questions. To address these issues, enlightED will gather world experts in education, technology and innovation on October 4th and 5th at La Nave de Madrid to promote a high level discussion on education in the digital age. This meeting, promoted by Fundación Telefónica, IE University and South Summit, will take place in the framework of South Summit 2018. Attendees of both events will thus be able to meet and participate in the views and and content presented at both events.

Thinkers and innovators of the likes of Sir Ken Robinson (World Expert on Education and Creativity), Bárbara Oakley (Scientist specialized in Neuroscience at Oakland University), Jonathan Zittrain (Expert in Transformation and Technology at Harvard University), Maysa Jalbout (CEO of the Abdulla Al Ghurair Foundation for Education), Gird Leonhard (Futurist and Humanistic), Joseph Aoun (Expert in Educational Innovation and President of Northeastern University), Duncan Wardle (former Vice President of Innovation and Creativity at Walt Disney) among others will be some of the speakers invited to take part of enlightED.

In this context, enlightED was born, an international meeting of Education, Innovation and EdTech promoted by Fundación Telefónica, IE University and South Summit.

South summit Madrid

After two editions of Spain Startup in 2012 and 2013, South Summit was created in 2014 as a meeting point for the entrepreneurial ecosystem, having experienced an exponential growth since then. 

Some of the key global leaders, innovative corporations, leading startups and relevant investors get together, generating numerous business opportunities where strong commitment to open innovation is the distinctive factor.

Madrid entails a connection bridge between LATAM and the rest of the world.

In 2016: First meeting in LATAM. Pacific Alliance arises.

In 2018: South Summit arrives on Ciudad de Mexico, achieving stellar success, exceeding all expectations.

In parallel: Meet-ups areset up in the main HUBs of the world, enabling network opportunities and promoting its’ and.

Best Startups

  • BEETOOLS (Brazil): language school that uses virtual reality, artificial intelligence, big data, gamification and active methodologies to teach students a new language. 
  • CAPABALL (Madrid): first artificial intelligence (AI) system for the creation of personalized training and learning programs.
  • GLOBAL ALUMNI (Madrid): startup specialized in management of EdTech’s online programs to provide and develop online education capabilities for graduates. 
  • INTERACPEDI (Colombia): recreates connection paths  between universities and organizations, enabling student projects to generate value to society.
  • MYABCKIDS (Barcelona): new educational methodology based on adaptive technology to get children to learn basic literacy skills at their own pace and interests.
  • ODILO (Murcia): Offers added digital content platforms to schools, universities and companies of thousands of content providers in more than 45 languages.
  • STACKFUEL (Germany): Offers affordable and scalable online training for B2B clients in the field of data analysis and data science.
  • TESTWE (France): a secure, offline and convenient software for students to take exams on their own device.
  • U-PLANNER (Chile): Organization that provides solutions and support for educational improvement with emphasis on achieving strategic goals of higher education institutions.