RM is preparing for the best e-Assessment Association conference and awards yet!

At the 2025 e-Assessment Association annual conference and awards on 9-11 June, in London, RM is:

• Launching RM Ava^TM, our end-to-end digital accreditation platform
• Shortlisted for 2 awards: “Most Innovative Use of Technology in Assessment” and “Best Research”
• Revealing the transformative potential of AI in educational assessment
• Sharing the main stage with our partners, NCFE
• Sponsoring the National Examinations Roundtable
• Showcasing and implementing innovation

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Shaping the Future of Assessment: Innovation, Inclusion, and Integrity in a Digital World is the theme of this year's conference, where RM will be showing our customers and members of the wider community what cutting edge technology looks like, what it feels like and how it can be embedded within e-assessment without risk.

We are inviting people to visit us on our stand or book a meeting to discuss how we can help them to innovate right now within e-assessment. We have already been implementing innovation with our customers around the world.

Showcasing innovation

Launch of RM Ava

Following a £6 million investment, we are launching RM Ava^TM, our adaptive virtual accreditation platform, showcasing the technical development that brings together RM’s existing tools for assessment on to one single-sign-on cloud-based platform, designed to enable the transition from paper to digital learning and examinations and provide solutions to meet our customers’ assessment needs.

Shortlisted for 2 awards, including Most Innovative Use of Technology

This year, RM is a finalist in the e-Assessment Association's Most Innovative Use of Technology award category with our partners at NCFE. Our project was called “How Adaptive Comparative Judgement further enhanced a commitment to assessment innovation and excellence”. The NCFE used RM Compare™ to try to improve the way they were currently assessing applications for two competitions, namely the NCFE Assessment Innovation Fund and the NCFE Aspiration Awards. Together we were able to show the transformative potential of this new approach by delivering significant improvements in efficiency, reliability and stakeholder engagement in two critical, live evaluation processes.

Read the case study

RM is also a finalist in the Best Research award category with “Learner Experience: Now and Opinions about the Future - Key insights from a global study on digital”. This was more than just a research exercise – it was a chance to truly listen to learners and understand their experiences in a changing educational landscape.

Download the report

Implementing innovation

AI in Marking proof of concept

During the conference, RM will be sharing with the audience the ways in which we have been working with our clients to implement innovation in the here and now.

Dr. Gráinne Watson reveals the transformative potential of AI in educational assessment in her ground-breaking presentation:

Ethical AI in Educational Assessment: Pioneering the Future of Marking, Monday, 9th June, 3:20 PM - 3:45 PM, Milton Room

As both cybersecurity lead and systems innovator for RM, Dr. Watson will take audiences on a compelling journey through the development of an ethical, secure AI marking system that achieves remarkable accuracy while maintaining educational integrity.

We are working with our clients and the wider community to draw up codes of practice, test the technology and help clients tailor AI to their exam process ethically – without risk or diminishing the role of the human.

You can find out more about being part of our AI in Marking proof of concept work group.

We will also be sharing the main stage with NCFE, when Rebecca Conway, Director of Research and Innovation at NCFE, and Mark House, Product Manager of RM Compare, provide insights, real-world examples, and lessons on structuring teams, engaging with partners, and aligning innovation with organisational goals:

Structuring for innovation: How NCFE and other awarding organisations are evolving to meet the future, Tuesday, 10th June at 4:10 PM - 4:35 PM, Main Stage

We are proud to be sponsoring an invite-only event bringing together leaders and policy makers to foster collaboration among stakeholders in national examination boards, ministries of education, regulators, and innovators from around the world:

National Examinations Roundtable, Monday, 9th June at 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM, Lawrence Room

We hope to see you on our table!

The RM consultancy team will be offering practical insight into how to confidently navigate digital transformation beyond buzzwords and into actionable change in their presentation:

Navigating Digital Transformation: A Strategic Guide for Awarding Organisations, Wednesday, 11th June 11:45 AM - 12:10 PM Syndicate Stage 1 – Churchill

How can we help you?

If you are attending the e-Assessment Association annual conference and awards on 9-11 June, come and visit us on our stand to see how we may work together to achieve your aims.

We can support you with guidance on:

• how to get started on digital transformation (moving from paper to digital assessment)
• moving forward with digital programmes that have already started but are stalling
• successful delivery, when organisations have had one or more attempt at digital transformation
• introducing future ready innovation, such as AI, in ways that will improve learner outcomes and drive continuous improvement without introducing risk
• realising the benefits at the pace desired

To talk to us about how we can help you, wherever you are on your e-assessment journey:

Visit us on our stand or book a meeting

You can still use this meeting booking link if you are not attending the conference but want to talk to us.