Sponsors
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Host Sponsors
American Public University offers 76 respected and affordable online degree programs including business administration, security management, information technology, strategic leadership, and more. With affordable tuition, a course materials grant for eligible undergraduate students, monthly course starts, and no specific login times or days, we help you reach your professional goals on your terms. Learn why more than 70,000 students in the U.S. and 130 countries choose APU. Visit www.studyatAPU.com or call 1-877-777-9081 today.
Pearson (NYSE:PSO), the global leader in education, teacher training, education technology and school solutions, provides innovative print and digital education materials for preK through college, student information systems and learning management systems, teacher professional development, career certification programs, school turnaround, custom solutions, and testing and assessment products that set the standard for the industry. The company's comprehensive offerings help inform targeted instruction and intervention so that success is within reach of every student. Pearson's other primary businesses include the Financial Times Group and the Penguin Group.
Co-Host Sponsor
Learning.com, founded in 1999, supports K-12 teachers and administrators to improve student learning outcomes through our Sky digital learning environment, and our Sky-delivered curriculum and assessment solutions. With Sky’s open platform design, educators can integrate resources from any source to create custom curricula and individualize instruction for students. Sky makes it simple for teachers to use digital resources in the classroom, and for districts to identify and replicate successful teaching strategies district-wide. Learning.com’s Web-delivered solutions include STEM, science, math, and technology literacy curricula, and assessments for technology and 21st century skills.
10th Anniversary Celebration Sponsors
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.
Intel Corporation supplies the computing and 
communications industries with chips, boards, systems and software building blocks that are the "ingredients" of computers, servers and networking and communications products. Intel's mission is to be the preeminent building block supplier to the Internet economy. Intel is a trusted advisor and consultant to education in the technology field. Through our relationships with manufacturers and application service providers for both content and services, we are able to advise and help schools and districts move as far down the technology road as possible.
Innovation Incubator Sponsors
The Blackboard Alliance Program (TM) provides partners with new opportunities to target specific markets served by Blackboard Inc., including higher education, K-12, corporate and government. Partners can seamlessly integrate their technologies or content into the Blackboard platform and also benefit from increased technical support, customized Blackboard events packages and access to Blackboard marketing and sales resources. Blackboard (Nasdaq: BBBB) is a global leader in enterprise technology and innovative solutions that improve the experience of millions of students and learners around the world every day. For more information please go to www.blackboard.com/partners
The Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Innovation Fund supports instructional and consumer-focused solutions that engage all education stakeholder groups in improving the teaching and learning environment. The Fund currently accepts submissions from growth-stage companies and will extend submission eligibility with the Innovation Challenge in 2011. HMH is a global education and learning company and the world's largest provider of pre-K–12 educational products and solutions. Its SkillsTutor Mobile learning application earned SIIA's 2010 Innovation Incubator Program Award for "Most Likely to Succeed in the Education Market."
The Jordan, Edmiston Group, Inc. (JEGI) of New York, NY is the leading provider of independent investment banking services for the media, information, marketing services, education, and related technology markets. Since 1987, JEGI has completed nearly 500 high-profile M&A transactions for global and emerging companies; entrepreneurial owners; and private equity and venture capital funds. The firm’s executive team of investment bankers has over 200 years of combined experience across the sectors that JEGI serves. Recent transactions include the sale of CQ Press to Sage; the divestiture of Reed Elsevier’s Reed Business Information-US assets; the raise of $12 million in growth capital for Edgar Online from Bain Capital Ventures; the sale of Economist Group’s CFO; the acquisition of leading media brands from Nielsen by Guggenheim Partners; the sale of Congressional Quarterly to Roll Call Group (Economist); the sale of Legal Research Systems to West Law (Thomson Reuters); among many others. For more information, contact our Managing Directors at 212-754-0710.
Spectrum K12 School Solutions Inc. is the leading provider of Response to Intervention (RTI) and special education IEP software serving 11% of the U.S. K-12 student population including 20 of the top 100 school districts in the United States. Our EXCEED student achievement management software gives teachers an easy way to drive day-to-day activities, research based interventions and outcomes to help all students achieve success. EXCEED monitors academic and behavioral progress, displays efficacy and fidelity, and surfaces achievement gaps at the student, class, grade, group or district level. Our patented, award-winning software has enabled personalized learning for over 5 million children in 29 states in support of our mission to close the achievement gap and Move Every Child Forward. For more information visit http://www.spectrumK12.com
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.
Keynote / Featured Panel Sponsors
eGenio advances the ideal of the 21st century classroom from concept to a reality with game changing tools, capabilities and services. eGenio helps schools create an engaging, motivating learning environment with improved outcomes for every student.
eGenio’s delivers real innovation to K-12 classrooms: a comprehensive solution that easily combines administration tools, lesson planning tools, collaboration tools, with a content resource and management center, all in one integrated platform. Utilize our platform with eGenio designed applications including, assessment, lesson building and learning activity applications; or unleash the power of eGenio’s framework / application design with our open API. Create and personalized applications to meet your specific challenges, individual needs and dreams. To learn more contact: info@egenio.com
For more than 30 years, MMS Education has been helping clients reach the education market. Clients turn to us to develop and implement their strategic plans, market research, marketing and sales initiatives or special projects and events. Clients include companies, foundations, associations and government organizations. Some of our recent clients include Pearson, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, The Walt Disney Company, Time Inc., the Verizon Foundation, California School Boards Foundation and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
One-to-One 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.
Newspaper Sponsors
C. Blohm & Associates, Inc. (CB&A), is a public relations firm specializing in the education industry. Through savvy media relations and social media strategies, CB&A connects members of our client family with the people who directly influence the audiences they need to reach – educators, administrators, parents, and potential investors. From sophisticated launches of ed tech products to traditional promotions, we offer a complete portfolio of communication services. CB&A partners with a diverse group of clients who create products for the preschool, K-12, homeschool, and higher education markets.
Winter Group is a Denver-based marketing communications, design and research firm focused on the K-12, higher education, library and related markets. Working with a full-time staff of 14 writers, designers, planners, account managers, researchers and support staff, Winter Group’s work is known both for its ability to drive response and its education market-focused messaging. Established in 1978, the firm’s services include qualitative and quantitative market research and a broad integrated marketing communications portfolio, including planning, identity/branding, advertising, direct marketing , catalog design, collateral materials/sales support, special events, exhibit design, web site design & content development, video and multimedia production. Additional information: www.wintergroup.net or by contacting Linda Winter at 303.778.0866, ext. 12, or Linda@wintergroup.net.
