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

Continental Breakfast and Networking

Welcome and Opening Remarks

Keynote

All Things Postsecondary: Innovation & Entrepreneurship

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

Networking and Refreshment Break

All Things Postsecondary: Education & Workforce Readiness

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

SIIA's Global Committee is organizing this panel.

Lunch and Presentations by Innovation Incubator Award Finalists

Presentations will be made to a panel of reviewers.

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?

Hot Topic: Session Chosen from Applications

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

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: Session Chosen from Applications

Panelists:

Peter Grunwald, President, Grunwald Associates LLC

Networking and Refreshment Break

Postsecondary Strand: MOOCS, badges, & the new Higher Education

Colleges have been building products and new businesses for decades, but today colleges are becoming more purposeful with developing and launching new services, products, and businesses - is this a good thing and if so, how do SIIA companies get involved?

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.

Hot Topic: Session Chosen from Applications

Education Technology Awards Luncheon

Postseconday: Administrator'sTalk About Business 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.

One-to-One Business Connections Meetings

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: Session Chosen from Applications

Panelists:

Peter Grunwald, President, Grunwald Associates LLC

Breakout Sessions and Workshops

One-to-One Business Connections Meetings

President's Panel

Closing Reception