Sponsors
SPEED NETWORKING SPONSOR
Academic Business Advisors, LLC (ABA) finds and grows companies that are going to transform and improve the education landscape. We will make our mark on education by being the catalyst for the growth, networking, and distribution of excellence.
CONFERENCE BADGE HOLDER SPONSOR
Intel Education: In our increasingly global economy, Intel recognizes that curiosity, critical thinking and a strong foundation in math and science are necessary for tomorrow’s workforce. That’s why Intel gets directly involved in education programs, policy advocacy and technology access efforts that enable today’s youth to develop skills they need to be the innovators of tomorrow.
For example, the Intel Teach program, found at www.intel.com/teachers, has helped K-12 educators around the world integrate technology into their classrooms. Additionally, Intel hosts the K-12 Computing Blueprint at www.k12blueprint.com, an online resource offering planning tools for education leaders to effectively implement technology initiatives.
KEYNOTE/FEATURED PANEL SPONSOR
ENA is the leading provider of managed Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) solutions to school systems, libraries and governments. In 1996, ENA created one of the first statewide K-12 networks in the U.S. and has earned a reputation as experts in the design, deployment and management of data, voice and video solutions. Today, ENA manages multiple statewide and district-wide education and library networks, including 11 of the largest school systems in the country, successfully serving over 5,200 end sites, 555 school districts and 295 libraries, more than 2.5 million students, educators and administrators, and 3.6 million librarians and patrons. For more information, please visit www.ena.com.
Forward Thinking EDU partners with the education industry to provide advisory services in marketing and product strategy and development. Our associates are proven professionals in the education industry with backgrounds in marketing and product management, marketing communications, public relations, business development, and sales. We help our partners build key business development relationships, provide short-term as well as long-term marketing strategy consulting, project-based collateral development, corporate branding, website creation, and social media support.
MMS Education can help you attract and engage your audience, help them utilize your products or service, and build and retain relationships with stakeholders. From inside sales and sales support, customer and technical support programs, to market research and marketing – MMS Education has the experience, market expertise and capacity to make it happen. Current and recent clients include Capstone Digital, Teaching Strategies, LLC, Disney Educational Productions, American Heart Association, and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Let’s explore how we can help you scale up quickly to pursue opportunities with innovative approaches to help you reach your goals in the education market.
INNOVATION INCUBATOR CO-SPONSOR
DeSilva+Phillips, and its professionals, have an outstanding record of selling businesses to or for Pearson, McGraw-Hill, Amazon, Google, Wiley, Gale/Cengage Learning, Microsoft, and Bloomsbury, to name a few.
Since its founding in 1996, DeSilva+Phillips has completed more than 250 transactions valued at $8.5 billion. We are a New York-based investment bank that advises middle-market clients in education/ed tech, publishing, media, information, and advertising & marketing services.
We provide M&A advisory and corporate restructuring services, and private placements of debt and equity. Our broker-dealer affiliate, DeSilva+Phillips Corporate Finance, LLC is a member of FINRA and SIPC.
We want to meet ALL Ed Tech companies, even if you are not thinking of selling now!
Texthelp Systems is the worldwide leader in providing literacy software solutions for individuals, K-12 schools, higher education, and publishers. The company develops innovative software to help all learners especially those struggling with literacy difficulties, learning disabilities such as dyslexia, mild visual impairments, or who are English is a second language. Our software products, Read&Write GOLD, Fluency Tutor, Lexiflow, and SpeechStream, improve users' reading, writing and research skills at school, in the workplace, and at home.
EDUCATORS' CHOICE AWARD CO-SPONSORS
edWeb.net is a professional social networking website that makes is easy for anyone in the education community to connect with peers, share information and best practices, spread innovative ideas, and provide professional development. edWeb.net welcomes all professionals in education and creates a new communication channel for educators, associations, legislators, community leaders, and companies to break down traditional barriers to communication and promote broader collaboration.BUSINESS CONNECTIONS SPONSOR
Educational Systemics is a service organization offering both breadth and depth of experience in education, technology, and business planning for the K-12 market. Educational Systemics’ mission is to improve teaching and learning in schools by working closely with K-12 businesses to conceptualize, design, develop, position, and identify sales opportunities for products that address the education community.
