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Our theme is Navigating "Next," and we seek presenters who can share successful strategies and tactics on what's coming next in the teaching and learning process in a post-PC world - including what ed tech companies can do to help build the infrastructure, products, and services to support the changes that schools want or need. The application is now closed. Any applications submitted after the deadline will not be accepted. We will be in contact with applicants by March 8 once final decisions have been made.

For those that have applied from 'inside the industry', priority placement will be given to:

Speakers

 

Victor Aluise

President, Editure Digital School Solutions

VICTOR ALUISE holds a doctorate from Columbia University's Teachers College in instructional technology and is a proven executive in the world of online teaching and learning. Dr. Aluise is responsible for leading the educational technology professional development practice at Editure in the US and abroad, offering a unique blend of job-embedded in-school consultancy and online coaching. Starting with each district or school's curricular objectives and state standards, Victor meets regularly with district and school leaders to customize programs that help stakeholders re-think teaching and learning in light of widely available emerging technologies, such as social networks, web-based multimedia production tools, and online publishing platforms.

Prior to joining Editure, Dr. Aluise held executive management positions at McGraw-Hill Education, ETS, and Scholastic where he was charged with setting e-learning strategy and overseeing online product development efforts for the PreK-12 and college markets.

 

Peter Grunwald

President, Grunwald Associates LLC

Peter Grunwald is a leading education industry strategist and researcher who is President of Grunwald Associates LLC.

Grunwald Associates has conducted some of the industry's most respected studies on education technology since 1995. These surveys have helped define the education technology market and the process by which students use media. The surveys employ a unique public-private model to finance a combination of rigorous methodology and analysis by "hands on" industry leaders. Grunwald research consistently receives wide press coverage, including the New York Times, Financial Times, PARADE Magazine, CNN, the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, USA Today and many other outlets.

Grunwald research has received underwriting from companies such as Microsoft, MySpace/News Corp, Verizon, AT&T, PBS, and many others. Major national associations have partnered with Grunwald Associates in conducting research; examples include the Learning First Alliance, the National School Boards Association, and PBS.

Peter has served as Director of Sales and Field Marketing for GTE Education Services. In that role, he helped market and manage the largest commercial online network in education.

Peter received a Masters in Education from Harvard University.


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