Beth Havinga

Beth Havinga is the Managing Director of the European EdTech Alliance. Beth additionally consults to UNICEF supporting the review of the EdTech for Good Framework, and the Council of Europe on the topic of AI and education and Edtech evaluation. Beth currently serves on the Digitisation Council of the state of Berlin in Germany, on the steering committee of DigiEduHack, and serves on the advisory boards of Change Learning, CoSN, ISTE, and the Children’s Future Foundation. Beth represents the EEA at the European Commission stakeholder group on Digital Education Content, UNESCO’s Broadband Commission data for learning group, and the Digital Transformation Collaborative. Beth is chairwoman of the German standardization committee for Learning Technologies and represents Germany as head delegate to the European committee for standardization of interoperability of learning technologies and edtech. In the past, Beth has taught in schools, managed education software and publishing houses, founded two startups, and worked in over 45 countries to develop digital structures and strategies.