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AEP's 2005 Summit to Deliver the Future of the Industry
Anthony Carnevale, Senior Fellow at the National
Center for Education and the Economy, to give keynote address
March 8, 2005
LOGAN TWP., NJ--The Association of Educational
Publishers (AEP) will offer a look at the future of the industry
at its 2005 Educational Publishing Summit, held June 6-8 at the
Renaissance Hotel in Washington, D.C. The theme of the event, "Focus
Forward--Capitalizing on Your Content," emphasizes AEP's commitment
to bringing publishers cutting-edge information.
"We pride ourselves on being in tune with issues that are
pertinent to the industry," said AEP's Executive Director
Charlene Gaynor. "We feel this year's Summit is particularly
relevant, as the move toward digital content and universal design
becomes reality."
The event's featured speakers include some of the preeminent experts
in the fields of education and marketing:
- Anthony Carnevale, the Summit's Keynote Speaker, is a Senior
Fellow at the National Center for Education and the Economy. An
internationally recognized authority on education, training,
and employment, Mr. Carnevale has held senior staff positions
in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives and the U.S.
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.
- Michael Wood is Vice President of Teenage Research Unlimited
(TRU) and directs the company's syndicated division, which provides
the key tracking and segmentation study relied on by more than
150 of the world’s leading youth-oriented brands. He
has been widely quoted on teen-marketing issues, appearing in USA
Today, The Wall Street Journal, The NY
Times, Business Week, Time and Forbes,
among many others.
- Erin Gruwell, Founder and President of the Erin Gruwell Education
Project, is best known for authoring The Freedom Writers
Diary - How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves
and the World Around Them (Doubleday 1999). The book
chronicles her struggle to transform the lives of her students
at Woodrow Wilson High School through literature and writing. Ms.
Gruwell and her students have been featured onseveral television
shows, including the Oprah Winfrey Show and Prime Time Live with
Connie Chung. A major film studio is currently adapting
the story into a motion picture.
In addition to these speakers, the 2005 Summit offers a variety
of general sessions and several specific tracks designed to cover
key issues in the fields of management, marketing and sales, and
editorial practices. The event concludes on Wednesday, June
8, with the 2005 AEP Awards Banquet, highlighting this year's top
educational products as chosen by a panel of industry experts.
To register or obtain more information on the 2005 AEP Publishing
Summit, please visit http://www.AEPweb.org/summit.
Event Contact:
Doug Ferguson, AEP Programs Manager
Phone: 856-241-7772
Email: dferguson@AEPweb.org
Fax: 856-241-0700
About AEP
AEP, a national, nonprofit organization, represents, supports and
promotes the publishers of supplemental educational resources, key
tools for reading and learning at school and at home. Its membership
includes the giants of the supplemental education industry, and
spans the gamut from magazines to television channels, books to
interactive computer software and CDs. Please visit www.AEPweb.org
for more information.
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