SIMO Education 2019 had an attendance of 10.824 professionals

With a participation of 239 companies, belonging to 10 countries, This year's edition consolidates the fair as a benchmark in ICT innovation for the professional world of teaching.

At the beginning of October a new edition of SIMO Education. A meeting marked by innovation and in which technological tools, analysis of the latest trends and experiences in teaching activity, among other content, revalidated the capacity of the Hall as an avant-garde reference.

This is what the results of this edition reveal, which was attended by 10.824 professionals and the participation of 239 companies of 10 countries. These showed a wide panorama of new developments and ICT solutions for the advancement of teaching processes., improving teacher training and management of educational centers.

for three days, More than a dozen conferences were organized in which the present and future of education were discussed. The presentation was made of 30 innovative experiences carried out in different national educational centers and practical workshops were offered, talks framed in the Inspira initiative, and a complete program of conferences dedicated to directors and managers of educational centers.

In this call, it is worth highlighting the national scope in which close to the 41% of the attending professionals have been from outside Madrid, with presence of all the Autonomous Communities. The international visit has meant almost a 3% of the total influx, highlighting professionals from Portugal, Italy and the United Kingdom, as well as Latin American countries.

In reference to the visitor's profile according to their activity, The results indicate that a 32% They were teachers, and 20% directors and management teams of centers, and 15% ICT coordinators, and 14 % manufacturers and distributors, and 13,5% university students and close to a 5% representatives of Public Administrations.

The proposals presented at SIMO Education 2019 have captured the attention of professionals from all types of centers. He 40% of visitors came from public entities, he 29,5% of concerted and 30% of private.

Among the new features of this edition, the premiere of the Show Up space stands out! that brought together the ideas and technological proposals for the educational sector of 17 emerging companies and micro-SMEs; and initiatives such as I.T.. GIRL, with activities aimed at promoting gender equality and the empowerment of girls in the ICT environment.

The grand final of the I TXACkathon was also held for the first time, organized together with the University of Malaga, with the aim of promoting the development of computational thinking among Primary and Secondary students in Spanish-speaking countries.

like every year, The Impulso platform offered support and visibility to a selection of 13 new companies and business projects with broad potential for application in education, and in collaboration with SEK Lab, y Madri+d, Impulso Awards were awarded.

Other activities that were held were Makers and Innova, where they performed 11 of the most relevant technological contributions developed in the educational field among all those presented by the exhibitors in this edition.

In recognition of the work of the teaching staff, SIMO Educación presented its VII Awards for Educational Innovation and Innovative Teaching Experiences, at 10 best teaching practices, in its different categories during the Innotech Eduy Party Gala & Prize We love our Teachers!, in which the Innotech Edu and Best Innovative Teaching Experience awards were also awarded for the first time 2019.