America’s economy is in crisis and its PreK-12 educational
results are on a downward slope. On the other side of crisis
is opportunity. President Obama and his administration are
focusing on several key changes to reform our education system,
produce 21st Century schools and prepare students to compete
in the global economy.
Featured Speakers
Representative
Joe Barton (R-TX) Representative Charles A. Wilson
(D-OH) James Bergeron,
Deputy Director of Education and Human Services Policy, House
Education and Labor Committee, Representative Howard McKeon
(R-CA) Lindsay Hunsicker,
Senior Education Policy Advisor, Senate HELP Committee, Senator
Michael B. Enzi (R-WY) David J. Johns,
Senior Education Policy Advisor, Senate HELP Committee, Senator
Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA) Lillian Pace, Policy Advisor,
House Education and Labor Subcommittee on Early Childhood,
Elementary, and Secondary Education, Representative George
Miller (D-CA)
In the midst of
shifting business models, a revolution in distribution, and
today's challenging economic climate, this panel of education
experts will remind us to keep our eye on the ultimate goal--helping
teachers teach and students learn.
Jeff
Keltner, Google Laura Porco, Amazon.com Michael Riordan,
Open Publishing Lab at Rochester Institute of Technology Frank Catalano,
Intrinsic Strategy (Moderator)
With 2010 just
around the corner and the 10th anniversary of the iPod (2011)
not far behind, anyone in the business of content
should be thinking in terms of platforms--and not just those
that already exist.
The Summit's closing
keynote session on Friday afternoon will feature representatives
from groups on the cutting edge of platform development:
Google's Application Division, Amazon's Kindle Book division,
and the Open Publishing Laboratory at the Rochester Institute
of Technology. The town hall-style discussion will focus on
the impact of today's and tomorrow's technologies
in the classroom and how this should factor into
your product development--starting yesterday.
A Blue State Digital
founding partner, Joe served as the New Media Director for
Barack Obama's presidential campaign, where he oversaw all
online aspects of the unprecedented fundraising, communications
and grassroots mobilization effort. More...
Watch
"A Conversation with Joe Rospars," filmed March
10, 2009 by NDN:
News
& Updates
6.15 - Read posts from
the 2009 Summit at Educational
Publishing, the official AEP blog.
6.3 - Capitol Hill
Event Speakers including Rep. Charles A Wilson and Senior
Advisors for House and Senate Education Committees
4.14
- Michael Riordan from
the Open Publishing Lab confirmed for Friday general session.
4.3
- Joe
Rospars of Blue State Digital will keynote Thursday's
Beacon Awards Luncheon.
Joe was Director of New Media on Barack Obama's presidential
campaign.
