Schedule

Speed Networking

Always popular and a reason to get to the Summit early.  Leverage this targeted networking event at this now-annual session at the Ed Tech Industry Summit. ALL attendees are invited to participate in a rapid-fire, but highly structured meet-and-greet, where you'll share your networking objectives and make quick connections with business prospects for further conversations over the next two days.  But while all are invited, space is limited and many who register late are turned away

Sponsored/hosted by Academic Business Advisors

Innovation Incubator Business Profiles Presentations

Discover your next product or opportunity that supports education initiatives in K-12 or postsecondary market. Hear the participants of SIIA's Innovation Incubator Program give a short introduction to their innovative product or service that address a growing interest in mobile learning, game-based learning, eContent, and personalized learning. You might see a solution that fits into your plans for partnership, acquisition, or investment.

Innovation Incubator program supported by Lead Sponsor Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and co-sponsor Texthelp Systems. 

Innovation Showcase and Opening Reception

Meet your colleagues and the SIIA Innovation Incubator participants at this opening reception. Innovation Incubator Program presenters will showcase their innovative learning solutions they've developed for the K-12 and postsecondary markets. Especially useful for first-time attendees for meeting the seasoned execs and for all attendees to catch up with colleagues.

Continental Breakfast and Networking

Meet the Ed Division Leadership (by invitation)

Designed for SIIA members who want to get more involved in SIIA - or just meet the Division leadership that makes key decisions to build your membership benefits. Join us for breakfast and hear directly from SIIA members on the Ed Division Board, the Postsecondary Sector Board, and spokespersons for the Division’s Committees and Working Groups. Find out what the key initiatives are and how your company can better leverage your membership.

Hosts:
Ed Board Co-chairs: Bruce Wilcox and Mimi Jett
Postsecondary Board Co-chairs: Farimah Schuerman and Dan Rinn

Welcome and Opening Remarks

Opening Plenary: Conversation about 'What's Next'

Discussant:

Anita Givens, Associate Commissioner, Texas Education Agency, Texas Education Agency

Interviewer:

Elizabeth Corcoran, Chief Executive Officer, EdSurge

All Things Postsecondary: Making the CIO Your Ally on Campus

The emergence of Online Courses and Open Educational Resources have decreased the role of faculty in purchasing decisions. As CIOs and CFOs take center stage, budget-strapped institutions are making decisions about working with vendors or working around them. Come to this session to learn how financial choices are made in context of achieving educational goals.

Moderator:

JD Solomon, Editorial Director, University Business Magazine

Panelists:

Mr. Eric Hawley, CIO, Utah State University

Mr. Joseph Moreau, Vice Chancellor, Technology, Foothill-De Anza Community College District, Calif.

Tech_Dev Strand: Up in the Cloud

Cloud computing is being adopted by many schools and colleges, whether they know it or not! As education companies, how can we leverage the cloud to impact our costs and reliability? What issues have other companies faced, and what can we learn from early adopters?

Hot Topic: Game-based Learning

Hear the latest information about the results of developing and using games as  a learning tool.  The Cooney Center’s Games and Learning initiative has released a report as part of the Games and Learning Publishing Council (funded from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation).  Other presenters will present the developer perspective.  Are game developers making money in this space?  What does the market map and investment analysis look like?

Panelists:

Michael Levine, Executive Director, The Joan Ganz Cooney Center

John Richards, President, Consulting Services for Education

Networking and Refreshment Break

All Things Postsecondary: Education & Workforce Readiness

Moderator:

Daniel Rinn, Vice President, ECPI

Panelists:

Myk Garn, Vice President for Academic Strategies, StraighterLine

Tech_Dev Strand: Does Personalization Require 1:1?

Just how has the personalization movement impacted our schools. How dependent are personalized programs on school technology infrastructure, and what impact does 1:1 have on the success of personalized learning.

Hot Topic: Going Global, Going Mobile

What is the global market opportunity for a mobile version of your product? Join this session to hear a current snapshot of mobile learning efforts in the Middle East, Latin America and Asia. Although approaches vary enormously from region to region, it is possible to identify a number of important trends that cut across boundaries. Learning about these trends will help you to make a decision about your product about entering these markets. 

Host:

Dr. Mary Markowsky, President, E.T.C. International

Moderator:

Mimi Jett, VP Business Development, Avant Assessment

Panelists:

Dr. Michael Trucano, Sr. ICT & Education Specialist, Human Development Network, The World Bank

Mr. Mark West , Project Officer Section for Teacher Development and Education Policies, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

Lunch and Presentations by Innovation Incubator Award Finalists

Enjoy lunch with colleagues, then watch full-on demonstrations, made to a panel of reviewers, by the Incubator finalists who make the first cut after the previous night's round of voting for the ed tech product or service that is "Most Innovative" and "Most Likely to Succeed".  Then cast your vote!

Reactor:

Mr. Ron Reed, Principal, SXSWedu

All Things Postsecondary: Market Data & Trends

Tech_Dev Strand: Motivating K-12 Students to Learn

The Gallup Student Poll recently showed an alarming drop in Student Engagement over time. What motivational techniques are ed tech companies using to motivate students in this age of 21st Century Skills, mobile technologies, badging, and gaming?

Panelists:

Michael Moody, Founder/CEO, Insight Education Group, Inc.

Hot Topic: Distribution and Implementation of Game-based Learning

The exponential explosion of educational games has illustrated the sector's importance for the future of learning. Game development and distribution systems were fractured, but in recent years, there has been a transformation in the process of how learning applications are developed, distributed, and delivered. Fast-growing distribution channels have opened access to the high-quality content and technology to students and teachers around the globe. In this session, companies will explain how educational gamification content is provided to educators through new distribution methods.

Networking and Refreshment Break

Breakout Sessions, Committee Meetings, and Workshops

Breakout Sessions, Committee Meetings, and Workshops

CODiE Awards Reception

28th Annual CODiE Awards Program and Dinner

2013 Education Category winners will be announced and presented with their awards during the official 28th Annual CODiE Awards ceremony. Join fellow attendees as they celebrate their victories and the achievements of their peers. 

Festive/Cocktail party attire requested for both CODiE events. Black-tie optional.

Continental Breakfast and Networking

Plenary Session

All Things Postsecondary: Government Policy & Funding

All Things Learning: Accountability

Panelists:

Victor Aluise, President, Editure Digital School Solutions

Hot Topic: K-12 Market Data

Panelists:

Peter Grunwald, President, Grunwald Associates LLC

Susan Meell, Chief Executive Officer, MMS Education

John Richards, President, Consulting Services for Education

Networking and Refreshment Break

MOOCS and the new Higher Education

The emergence of MOOCs has encouraged universities to become more purposefully and more directly involved with developing digital content and launching new services, products, and businesses. A MOOC is more than Massive, Open, and Online. It is a Course that integrates multiple sources of digital content, employs flexible and adaptive pedagogy, exploits social networking, and relies on virtual support services for students and teachers. These capabilities form "the rest of the iceberg" in the MOOC value proposition. In addition to metrics of scale, access, and cost, this panel will discuss the quality of teaching and learning processes, educational services, and learning outcomes as increasingly prominent components of MOOC analytics and evidence based decision-making.

Moderator:

Edward Walker, Executive Vice President, Strategy and Deployment, Consulting Services for Education

Panelists:

Mr. Eric Cobbe, Vice President, Sales and Operations, Nature Education

Dr. Gerard Hanley, Senior Director, Academic Technology Services, California State University, Office of the Chancellor

Howard Lurie, Vice President for Content Development, edX

Learning Strand: What Keeps Education Leaders Awake at Night?

What are the major challenges/issues that Superintendents and Managers of Charter School Organizations face? What does each perceive as the solution? Each of our panelists will address a major challenge their district is facing and discuss what they see as the solution. This is your opportunity to think about their challenges and how your products or services could be part of their solution.

Moderator:

Jennifer House, Ph.D., President, RedRock Reports

Hot Topic: Leveraging Social Media for Thought Leadership

Today’s technology allows prospects, customers, and key stakeholders to control the information they receive and how they receive it. Educators and administrators have joined social networks and professional learning communities as a method of finding the information, guidance, and solutions they seek. Savvy organizations have leveraged these online networks to engage their prospects and customers, share valuable product and program information, and help to solidify their place in the market. So what’s next? Earning their trust and loyalty through thought leadership, an initiative made easier with social media. Join our panelists for an enlightening discussion on how to establish and grow your thought leadership position and discover what type of content will work best in the influential social media environment.

Panelists:

Sue Hanson, Principal, PR with Panache!

Education Technology Awards Luncheon

Network with colleagues and meet the 2013 recipients of these prestigious awards:

• Education Lifetime Achievement Award
• Ed Tech Impact Award
• Education Member Award

We’ll also announce the innovators voted as being “Most Likely to Succeed”, “Most Innovative” and the Educator's Choice Award (the Educator's Choice Award is sponsored by edWeb and MCH Strategic Data). 

Innovation Incubator program supported by Lead Sponsor Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and co-sponsor Texthelp Systems. 

Postsecondary: Innovation and Entrepreneurship

One-to-One Business Connections Meetings

One-to-One Business Connections Program arranges discussions between ed tech company senior executives seeking revenue, distribution, and strategic partnership opportunities.  Meetings are scheduled in advance to assure maximum interest and value for all participants.  

Sponsored by Educational Systemics.

Learning Strand: Assessments

Why do we test? How are education companies addressing how and what to assess (and how often) within the classroom (physical and virtual classrooms)? How have assessment methods changed over the past year, and what does assessment look like in 2014? What are the types of assessment in use today, which ones are most effective, and what are the issues inherent with these assessment options?

Hot Topic: OER and Commercial Publishers: Rivals or Partners?

Breakout Sessions and Workshops

One-to-One Business Connections Meetings

One-to-One Business Connections Program arranges discussions between ed tech company senior executives seeking revenue, distribution, and strategic partnership opportunities.  Meetings are scheduled in advance to assure maximum interest and value for all participants.  

Sponsored by Educational Systemics.

President's Panel: How We Are Navigating 'Next'

Join this Q&A time with execs who are building products and services that customers will want 'next'.  How are they adapting their businesses given the shift to the Cloud, OER, mobile and global.  What do they see as the new opportunities in the ed tech market from their perspective and how are they leveraging them? Finally, how do they see the major education trends of online courses, eLearning, Common Core State Standards, online assessments, and social learning affecting their businesses over the next three years?

Interviewer:

Karen Billings, Vice President, Education Division, SIIA

Closing Reception

Meet potential colleagues and partners from the Ed Market 101 event  - co-located on Tuesday with the Ed Tech Industry Summit.  These are the education start-ups you should know -  given their ideas and products they have for the K-12 and postsecondary markets.  Get acquainted over a drink and find out if they could be a partner - or competitor - down the road.

A Virtual Conversation about Innovation in Education

This is a virtual session between the SIIA Ed Tech Industry Summit in San Francisco and the Milken GSE Education Business Plan Competition/NEST Meeting at the University of Pennsylvania.

Betsy Corcoran of edSurge will moderate the discussion from Philadelphia and the panel participants will be virtually piped in to present from one conference to the other. A key industry figure will represent each of the conferences:  

• Jeff Ralston from Y Combinator and  Imagine K12, – for the Penn GSE/NEST meeting
• Mickey Revenaugh from Connections Academy – for the Ed Tech Industry Summit

Presenter:

Mickey Revenaugh, Executive Vice President, Connections Education