I spent two days at BETT show this year with a pretty clearly defined mission. This is a snap shot of who I met and what I learned. While dodging around the sales routines - there is still too much of that !
It was good to see the UK Educational Technology community back together again. While very much an international gathering the conference is normally opened by the English Education Minister.  Nadhim Zahawi did not attend in person and delivered short address by video link. Key points to note - for English system.
Department for Education will become more data driven
Money targetted at upgrading school networks
Standard technical set up for schools published 
Growth in responsibility for Standards and Testing Agency.
National Centre for Computing Education - grant of £84million
End of funding for EdTech Demonstrator projects.
I did the rounds of Google , Microsoft , Instructure , ThingLink and partners we work with - here are some of the other meetings I had with partners and things that caught my eye

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