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Overview

Since the mid-1990s, the SIIA Ed Tech Government Forum (previously the DC Fly-In) has been the preeminent Washington, DC technology and publishing event.  The Ed Tech Government Forum offers an excellent opportunity to meet with national education leaders and translate federal funding and regulations into actionable market intelligence!  Join your fellow senior executives from the leading publishers and developers of educational software, online curriculum, and educational technologies.

With the new Obama Administration, this is the year to be in Washington, DC to:

• Get to Know the new Obama Administration and U.S. Department of Education
• Gain unique insights into new federal initiatives shaping the market
• Identify business opportunities and partners
• Network with colleagues and national education stakeholders
• Advocate for technology and industry interests before education policymakers

History

This SIIA conference originated as a one-day event for SIIA Education Division members to lobby the U.S. Congress and Administration to support education technology programs and funding.  In recent years, the event has grown to include a full schedule of sessions aimed at providing a personal, hands-on forum to assist SIIA members in translating federal funding, initiatives, programs and regulations into actionable market intelligence. 

Most industry executives attend the ETGF to better understand the impact of federal programs and policies on their market, customers and business.  Second is the opportunity to meet with policy makers (e.g., from the U.S. Congress and U.S. Department of Education), education leaders (i.e., from various educator associations and other national education organizations), and education policy influencers.

Benefits

• Only Washington, DC education policy/funding conference of this kind targeted to the unique needs of education publishers and technology providers
• Unique access to key education leaders and policy makers
• Hear from experts on how federal policies/programs are being implemented and what that means for market opportunities
• Content shaped to meet industry’s needs
• One-to-One meetings with national education groups (to help you reach your customers)

We are grateful to the following SIIA member company executives for lending their thought-leadership, experience and time on the SIIA Ed Tech Government Forum conference agenda:

The SIIA Ed Tech Government Forum is produced by the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA), the principal global trade association for the software and digital content industries.

SIIA has long collaborated with educators, policymakers and other stakeholders to improve education through the use of innovative learning technologies, including through a strong Washington, DC government affairs presence. SIIA’s advocacy goals include increasing public investment in educational technologies, digital content and applications, creating a 21st century education policy and regulatory environment that supports e-learning, and ensuring the nation’s schools to provide a skilled, high-tech workforce with academic proficiency in the core subject areas and 21st century skills.

Only SIIA represents the unique needs of the education technology industry and is situated to produce such a timely and informative conference.

This conference is co-produced by SIIA’s Education Division and the SIIA Education & Workforce Development Policy Committee