Sponsors

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During the past six years, the Ed Tech Industry Summit has earned its reputation as the industry conference for companies providing technology and e-learning solutions to the K-12 and postsecondary markets. Sponsor this 7th annual Summit to position your company as an industry leader before 250-300 executives.

For information, please contact Brian Rosenberg, SVP Sales & Marketing, +1.917.267.8858

Host Sponsors

Pearson is the global leader in educational publishing, assessment, information and services, helping people of all ages to learn at their own pace, in their own way. For students preK-12, Pearson provides effective and innovative curriculum products in all available media, educational assessment and measurement for students and teachers, student information systems, and teacher professional development and certification programs. Pearson's respected brands include Scott Foresman, Prentice Hall, AGS, PowerSchool, SuccessMaker, TeacherVision and many others. 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.

Pearson FoundationThe Pearson Foundation is the philanthropic arm of Pearson plc, one of the world's leading media and education companies. The Pearson Foundation extends Pearson’s commitment to education by partnering with leading nonprofit, civic, and business organizations to provide financial, organizational, and publishing assistance across the globe. Pearson has a proud history of corporate giving and supporting projects in our communities. Through the Pearson Foundation – and through the efforts of our businesses and employees – we focus our charitable giving on education and literacy projects around the world. In a brain-powered world, we believe that no job is more important than helping people to learn.

Track 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.

American Public University (APU) 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 55,000 students in the U.S. and 130 countries choose APU. Visit www.studyatAPU.com or call 1-877-777-9081 today.

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 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/alliance.

Supporting Sponsor

Learning Times produces unique online events, multi-day conferences and online learning programs for education and training. Their partners and clients include groups like the Smithsonian Institution, the New York City Department of Education, American Library Association, the American Association of Museums, Education Development Center, McGill University, Wiley / Jossey-Bass Publishing, and public television station WHYY, among scores of others. LearningTimes services include a variety of offerings that take an organization’s communication and collaboration goals online, with an emphasis on human connections, person-to-person interactivity and professional networking.

Innovation Incubator Sponsors

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.

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. The company develops innovative software to help struggling readers and writers, those with literacy difficulties, learning disabilities such as dyslexia, mild visual impairments, and where English is a second language. Our software products improve users reading, writing and research skills at school, in the workplace, and at home. Texthelp has three core business divisions: Education & the Workplace solutions, Publishing, and Speech Services.

Codie Reception and Dinner Sponsors

Follett Software Company helps today’s K-12 educators inspire student success with integrated educational technologies. More than half of America’s K-12 school districts rely on Follett Software Company for its innovative management of educational content and library materials, textbooks, assets, data and other resources critical for achievement. Follett’s powerful and proven solutions support staff and engage students in a digitally rich environment that empowers 21st century learning, discovery and collaboration.

The Jordan, Edmiston Group, Inc. 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 sectors. 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. Recent transactions include Edgar Online’s $12 million capital investment from Bain Capital Ventures; the sale of The Economist Group’s CFO b2b media group to Seguin Partners; the sale of Burton Group, a research and advisory services firm, to Gartner; the acquisition of leading b2b media brands, including Hollywood Reporter and Billboard, from The Nielsen Company; the sale of Reed Business Information-US’s b2b media assets; Times Publishing Company’s sale of Congressional Quarterly to Roll Call Group (The Economist Group); and many others.
For more information, visit www.jegi.com or contact JEGI Managing Director Michael Marchesano at mikem@jegi.com or 212-754-0710.Directors at 212-754-0710.

Hospitality Sponsors

Muzzy Lane Software is an innovative developer of 3-D games and game technology for Serious Games. Based in Newburyport, Mass, the company creates its own branded games and works with partners including the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, McGraw-Hill Pearson Education, DARPA, and others to create custom web-based games on the company's Sandstone platform. Sandstone delivers 3D-games in the browser as a web service, and provides tight integration between the game and the web, and tools to let teachers see and assess student's in-game actions.

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.

Video Sponsor

JDL Horizons More than a powerful video streaming platform, EduVision developed by JDL Horizons is a full-featured communications package that essentially provides any school with its own IP television broadcast station. It’s built around Flash-format video streaming, the simplest and most trouble-free technology available for users of virtually any computer operating system – Windows XP and Vista, Mac OS-2, Unix, whatever. It works within a full range of Web browsers, from Internet Explorer and Firefox to Safari. Unlike more technically involved video solutions, EduVision requires virtually no upfront investment in either technology or technical training. JDL Horizons provides complete portal management, hosting and distribution, including customization for colors and your logo. The total investment is a simple and affordable annual subscription fee that covers bandwidth, storage, live broadcasts and on-demand viewership. For more information and a free trial go to: www.jdlhorizons.com