Congress on the Future of Content
May 8-9, 2008
Gaylord National


Thursday, May 8

  8:30 – 10:00 Potomac Ballroom C
Setting the Context: Educating 21st Century Students to Live and Work in the 21st Century
Invited speakers:
  • Scott Montgomery, Deputy Executive Director of CCSSO
  • Mary Ann Wolf
  10:30 – 12:00 Potomac Ballroom C
Visions and Barriers for Educators and Publishers
Speakers:
  • Ann McMullan, Klein, TX
  • Sheryl Abshire, Calcasieu Parish, LA
  • Randy Reina, McGraw-Hill
  • Jenny House, Red Rock Reports
  12:15 – 1:30 Potomac Ballroom 1 & 2
Lunch with our Clients - the Students
Students from the Washington DC area will talk about their vision for using content in school.
 
  2:00 – 3:15 Breakout Session 1
  1A Potomac Ballroom 3
What we want for content and how we want it provided
Speakers:
  • Bailey Mitchell, Forsyth, GA
  • Keith Krueger, CoSN
  • Hall Davidson, Discovery
  1B Potomac Ballroom 4
Why we are going digital only
Speakers:
  • Calvin Baker, Vail, AZ
  • Chris Willig, NetTrekker
  • Ntiedo Etuk, Tabula Digita
  1C Potomac Ballroom 5
Is free the right way to go?
Speakers:
  • Bobbi Kurshan, Curricki
  • Larry Berger Wireless Generation
  • Charles Fadel, Cisco
  • Murugan Pal, Khosla Ventures
  • Charlene Gaynor, Association of Educational Publishers
 
  3:30 – 4:45 Breakout Session 2
  2A Potomac Ballroom 3
Adoption and vetting of materials – is there a better system?
Speakers:
  • Anita Givens, Texas Education Agency
  • Jay Diskey, Association of American Publishers
  • Mark Schneiderman, Software Information and Industry Association
  • Mark Tullis, Learning.com
  2B Potomac Ballroom 4
Professional development – who provides it and who pays for it?
Speakers:
  • Francis Bradburn, North Carolina
  • Don Knezek, ISTE
  • Coni Rechner, Discovery
  2C Potomac Ballroom 5
Changing the culture of schools - where are the leaders?
Speakers:
  • Ralph Draper, Spring ISD
  • Kathy Brautigam, formerly Pennsylvania Department of Education
  • Robert Lippincott, PBS
  5:00 – 6:30 Cherry Blossom Lobby
Reception

Friday, May 9

  8:30 – 10:15 Potomac Ballroom C
Funding and business models – is there enough money and we just have the wrong business model?
Speakers:
  • Don Lankiewicz, Harcourt Houghton Mifflin
  • Cheryl Vedoe, Apex Learning
  • David Byer, Apple
  • Randy Wilhelm, NetTrekker
  10:30 – 11:45 Potomac Ballroom C
From the mouths of publishers – what we have to do and what we could do
Publishers from the Task Force will speak to their vision for content and barriers they see to fulfilling the vision. Speakers:
  • Steve Dowling, Pearson
  • William Kelly, Learning.com
  • Dick Casabonne, Casabonne and Associates
  • Michael Johnson, Follett
  12:00 – 1:45 Potomac Ballroom 1 & 2
Working Lunch
Overcoming the barriers
Participants will work in roundtables developing tangible solutions to the identified barriers for policy-makers, educators, and publishers.
  2:00 – 3:00 Potomac Ballroom C
Where do we go from here?
This will be a culminating session reporting out the work of the small groups and determining next steps. Moderated by task force member(s).

Platinum Sponsors



Follett Digital Resources


Discovery Education


Learning.Com


Gold Sponsors

  • National Cyber Security Alliance"

Silver Sponsors

  • Apex Learning
  • Apple

Who Should Attend

  • Basal Publishers
  • Supplemental Publishers
  • Technology Publishers
  • Editorial Directors
  • Textbook Directors
  • Technology Directors
  • Materials Developers
  • Policymakers
  • Marketing Professionals
  • Sales Professionals