2026 Agenda

Join us in the Plenary for a performance from the Melur Dance Group that celebrates the cultural history of Malaysia. 

View a special live stream of the opening sessions from the Plenary in the Classroom Theatre on the Bett Asia expo floor.

Welcome to Bett Asia 2026!

Meet the Bett team in the Collaboration Zone and find out how to get the most out of your Bett Asia experience today.

Senior education leaders gather to discuss how strategic frameworks empower leaders, support educators, and measures progress transparently to support limitless learning opportunities.

Discover how Google’s latest AI innovations reshape K12 and Higher Education by empowering teaching, elevating learning, and accelerating academic research.

In collaboration with Google for Education

A collaborative model that combines local face-to-face engagement with global virtual connectivity to deliver high-quality, affordable professional development across multiple countries.

Hands-on experience of free accessibility features.

ExE: Stageo wants to hear from you in the Collaboration Zone: in your experience, what does a human educator offer that AI can never replicate? 

In collaboration with Stageo

ExE: This Collaboration Zone roundtable invites Higher Education leaders in T&L, student success, wellbeing, and retention to examine time management as an under-addressed lever for student performance, engagement, and persistence.

In collaboration with Chamomile AI

A live demonstration of how first-language AI conversation, graded reading, and self-paced lessons help EAL and SEND learners practise English without fear.

The former Under-Secretary-General of the UN explores how education is best served by ethical and wise leadership, inclusion, and safe technology.

Explore how Gemini for Education safely transforms K12 institutions and enhances your innovative leadership through three hands-on scenarios.

In collaboration with Google for Education

Enjoy a break upstairs on Level 1 with light refreshments and network with your fellow education peers.

Enjoy a break on Level 1 with light refreshments and network with your fellow education peers.

A clearer way to design lessons for thinking in the AI classroom.

The Women in EdTech mentoring circles in the Collboration Zone seek to create a supportive and empowering space for women in the sector.  

Do teachers have a shared understanding of what literacy is?

Join 2 x BAFTA-winning product and technology leader, Lee Schuneman, in exploring how AI can support educators to guide, engage, and inspire learners at scale. 

In collaboration with Efekta Education

Real life strategies for scalable educator development, building confidence and capability amid accelerating technology change, AI adoption, and limited time pressures.

Discover how design thinking can move STEAM beyond project completion, empowering learners to solve real-world challenges while developing creativity, critical thinking, empathy, and agency.

This session demonstrates how schools can secure digital classrooms, prevent generative AI risks, and protect students through real-time, on-device filtering and monitoring. 

In collaboration with Lightspeed Systems

Peer-to-peer discussion in the Collaboration Zone about banning mobile phones in schools.

Peer-to-peer discussion in the Collaboration Zone about generative AI.

As AI and digital platforms increasingly shape behaviour, schools must move beyond screen time debates to cultivate attention, agency, safeguarding, and digital maturity. 

When play becomes the pedagogy, children grow the curiosity, collaboration and resilience that gives technology in education its truest, most powerful purpose.

Enjoy a break upstairs on Level 1 with light refreshments and network with your fellow education peers.

Enjoy a break on Level 1 with light refreshments and network with your fellow education peers.

Explore how we can rethink inclusion by putting people first: connecting teachers, support staff, students, and families, with technology thoughtfully used to strengthen personalised learning.

Practical strategies for identifying skills gaps, integrating immersive technologies, and aligning TVET and Higher Education with evolving tech industry workforce demands.

A scalable model for teacher professional and leadership development as used across AISL Academy and beyond.

Bengkel ini membimbing pendidik meneroka penggunaan metaverse secara pedagogi melalui MetaSkool untuk mewujudkan pembelajaran aktif, imersif dan berorientasikan aplikasi dunia sebenar.

ExE: Discuss in the Collaboration Zone how institutions are using Canvas Catalog, Parchment Digital Badges, and Canvas Career to deliver flexible and lifelong learning opportunities beyond traditional degree programmes.

In collaboration with Canvas by Instructure

How CRM, marketing, and an AI agent nurture the families you already have into enrolments.

In collaboration with Applicaa

As AI approaches professional-level cognition, Universities must build lifelong educational structures before labour-market disruption outpaces institutional adaptation.

Explore AI’s opportunities and risks in online assessments, considering ethical implementation, academic integrity, secure proctoring, and responsible innovation in education. 

How AI tools are impacting teaching and learning in classrooms and what this looks like in practice.

ExE: Collaboration Zone disucssion with Meritto, the AI-powered Operating System for Student Enrolments, enabling universities and colleges to attract, engage and enrol students on one unified platform.

In collaboration with Meritto

Designing governance structures that foster digital transformation and AI adoption responsibly. 

A practical framework using cognitive, social, and teaching presence.

How sustainability, social entrepreneurship, community engagement, technology, and industry collaboration develop students’ entrepreneurial skills, employability, and real-world impact. 

TeachMeet KL at Bett Asia 2026 hosts a learning and networking social for educators.

Learn how neuroscience is reshaping school design and how it contributes to wellbeing and progress for students and staff.

In collaboration with Kidzink

A case study showcasing how to build future-ready learning systems.

Keynote address from Her Excellency Fadhlina Sidek, the Minister of Education Malaysia.

In collaboration with the Ministry of Education Malaysia

The Women in EdTech mentoring circles in the Collaboration Zone seek to create a supportive and empowering space for women in the sector.  

Celebrate EdTech excellence with us and the Melur Dance Group at the Bett Asia Awards 2026.

Discover how school leaders can enable equal access to technology, driving improved learning experiences to prepare students for their future in the age of AI. 

This discussion will challenge school organisation leaders to consider what it means to be competitive when facing the evolving skill demands on global education.

Meet the Bett team in the Collaboration Zone and find out how to get the most out of your Bett Asia experience today.

Retired squash world champion Datuk Nicol Ann David shares how sport unlocks learning, confidence, and opportunities for young students. 

The Institute of Analytics (IoA) share how structured partnerships and accredited programs can turn industry standards into future-ready analytics education programmes.

Explore neuroscience-informed strategies for developing cognitive foundations that enable ethical, resilient, and effective AI fluency in young learners.

Exploring adaptive approaches to integrating technology and Generative AI in education, balancing innovation, academic integrity, ethical adoption, and transformative pedagogy to foster inclusive, future-ready learning.

Discover how Malaysia’s DELIMa 3.0 and DETa platform responsibly deploy sovereign AI at a national scale to empower five million students and teachers.

In collaboration with the Ministry of Education Malaysia

DELIMaFLiX demonstrates how a smart digital repository can transform access, discovery and engagement with quality learning content at national scale.  

In collaboration with the Ministry of Education Malaysia

Building a sense of belonging for SEND and neurodiverse students through interactive, inclusive, and enabling experiences.

Enjoy a break upstairs on Level 1 with light refreshments and network with your fellow education peers.

Enjoy a break on Level 1 with light refreshments and network with your fellow education peers.

Higher Education Faculty will discover how Google AI tools like Gemini Notebook can streamline teaching workflows and enhance research productivity in this hands-on session. 

In collaboration with Google for Education

Learn how to interpret GL data to understand student strengths, gaps, and learning needs.

The Women in EdTech mentoring circles in the Collaboration Zone seek to create a supportive and empowering space for women in the sector.  

Meet the young EdTech companies with big ideas to transform the future of education.

Discover how purposeful professional learning empowers education leaders to inspire teams and drive innovation.

Education leaders share their own practical human-centred AI strategies.

Discover how AI co-pilots, agile prototyping, and curriculum design can help educators to personalise learning, capture cognitive friction, and engineer classroom flow states. 

Peer-to-peer discussion in the Collaboration Zone about banning mobile phones in schools.

Peer-to-peer discussion in the Collaboration Zone about generative AI.

Explore how international schools in Southeast Asia are supporting multilingual learners' wellbeing and belonging.  

Aligning strategy, culture, and innovation to drive sustainable improvement.

Introducing “vibe coding” - a fast, iterative approach where educators use AI to design, build, and deploy simple tools without programming knowledge.

Enjoy a break on Level 1 with light refreshments and network with your fellow education peers.

Enjoy a break upstairs on Level 1 with light refreshments and network with your fellow education peers.

How can Mathematics move beyond worksheets and routine exercises to become an experience where students create, solve, collaborate, and tell stories?

For university CTO and IT leaders, learn to securely deploy and scale Gemini for Education, ensuring data privacy and seamless integration with existing campus technology tools.

In collaboration with Google for Education

The Bett Asia Schools Challenge returns for its fourth year! Watch students present their solutions to tackle issues in their community in an exciting live final.

In collaboration with Google for Education

How strategic university partnerships are driving sustainable growth, access and employability

Equipping educators with a conceptual understanding of AI-driven media ecosystems and practical pedagogical strategies.

Peer-to-peer discussion in the Collaboration Zone about supporting SEND learners.

Peer-to-peer discussion in the Collaboration Zone about generative AI.

Exploring how meaningful, intercultural dialogues equip young people to develop confidence, open-mindedness, and abilities to positively engage with self and the world.

This session shares how a Framework and its associated tools could develop the GenAI competencies of University teachers.

Practical approaches to ensure ethical AI use, credible assessment practices, and improved learning outcomes.

Beyond the hype: Stealth Google workspace automations and apps scripts that reclaim your evenings.

In collaboration with Singapore Education Network

Following the live pitches earlier in the day, the winners of the 2026 competition will be announced, with exciting trophies and prizes for the champions.

In collaboration with Google for Education