Gauthier Van Malderen, founder and CEO of Perlego, discussed the future of the higher educational textbook in terms of accessibility, affordability and sustainability for students together with Pär Mårtensson, Associate Professor and Head of Pedagogy and Faculty development, and Erik Wikberg, Executive Director of House of Innovation.

Perlego is a London-based startup company offering digital subscriptions to over 1 000 000 textbooks in everything from art to zoology. It is often referred to as ‘the Spotify for textbooks’. The company has over 400 000 paying subscribers and has partnered with 5 000 education publishers. It has raised $75 million to date to expand internationally.