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Wednesday, May 17 • 9:00am - 10:15am
General Session: Creating the Future EdTech Ecosystem Together Lightning Talks

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The plenary sessions will be presented by recognized industry leaders through a series of vibrant 15-minute lightning talks focused on this year's theme of Creating the Future EdTech Ecosystem Together. Speakers will share their perspectives about what is needed to enable the future of education faster and how their organization is helping to accelerate progress.

Speakers
avatar for Tim Beekman

Tim Beekman

President & Co-Founder, SAFARI Montage
Timothy R. Beekman, President & Co-Founder, SAFARI Montage, was founder of Dynacom, Inc., and a partner/owner of the former SAFARI Technologies, Inc. Mr. Beekman holds a BSEE from Western Michigan University and a First Class Broadcast License. He was honored as “Fellow of the Decade... Read More →
avatar for Ken Brooks

Ken Brooks

COO, Macmillan Learning
Mr. Brooks is Chief Operating Officer of Macmillan Learning where his responsibilities include the development, production and manufacturing of textbooks and learning solutions in print and digital formats. Prior to Macmillan he was senior vice president, global supply chain management... Read More →
avatar for Rick Johnson

Rick Johnson

VP of Product Strategy, VitalSource
Rick Johnson is the Vice President of Product Strategy, and one of the founders of Vital Source Technologies, Inc.  Vital Source, a division of the Ingram Content Group, is the maker of Bookshelf®, the most widely used platform for delivery of electronic textbooks in the world... Read More →
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Keith Krueger

CEO, CoSN - Consortium for School Networking
Keith R. Krueger is CEO of the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN), a nonprofit organization that serves as the voice of K-12 school system technology leaders in North America. CoSN’s mission is empowering educational leaders to leverage technology to realize engaging learning... Read More →
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Serena Sacks

CIO, Fulton County Schools
Ms. Sacks has been a transformational business and technology leader for more than 30 years across corporate, non-profit, and government sectors. In the last 10 years she has had the honor of serving students in public education as CIO of Florida Virtual School and Fulton County Schools... Read More →
avatar for Anthony Salcito

Anthony Salcito

Vice President, Worldwide Education, Microsoft
In his role leading the worldwide execution of Microsoft’s vision for education, Anthony Salcito works to help empower educators and inspire students to achieve more. He aims to transform the way we learn with the support of the best technology to help build critical skills for... Read More →
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Lenny Schad

Houston ISD
Lenny Schad has been in the technology field for 25 years.  During that time period his career has taken him into many business sectors where he’s established a very successful leadership and management track record.   His range of business sector experience includes hospitality... Read More →


Wednesday May 17, 2017 9:00am - 10:15am MDT
Grand Ballroom