Gary Brantley is an innovative technology strategist renowned for cultivating productive collaboration through organizational transformation. Through his work as CIO at the NFL, City of Atlanta, and DeKalb County Schools, Gary focused on organizational transformation by altering department culture to achieve a competitive advantage and address future technology challenges. He developed and implemented a strategy centered on how impact and influence can peacefully collide to empower leaders to build effective teams, healthy workplace cultures, and thriving business ecosystems with organizational transformation.

How do we ensure the privacy of data when sharing between schools and edtech vendors? Join this podcast session that includes various perspectives to find common ground.

This panel of industry experts present specific sales and marketing new strategies your companies can use to make your products stand out and get noticed. This session will be moderated by Christine Weiser.

This panel of experts present their insights into where edtech is growing rapidly internationally -- and how your company can capitalize on this growth.

The deadline to commit the ESSER III funding is September 2024, which means companies need to get creative to find the billions of dollars still available in the education market. In this session, you'll learn about data that identifies where to find and secure funding in the longer term.

This session covers how to integrate generative AI into your products and educate your customers about how generative AI impacts the teaching and learning process. This session will be moderated by Kecia Ray.

In this session, you'll learn about ways your company can elevate your brand's reputation and public messaging, including how to leverage social media and educator voice.

Finding the right strategic partners incudes having a clear understanding of your strategic goals and clarity on which partners complement these goals. This session will help companies of all sizes avoid the pitfalls of bad partnerships.  

My product got adopted, but why isn’t it growing? This session will cover the most common curriculum development mistakes that lead to failure to thrive on an edtech platform - and how to avoid them.

Event Partner Hall will be open for Networking.

Attendees will learn how to steer clear of the 6 most common mistakes made by emerging edtech companies in terms of product, pricing, partnerships, marketing, and adoption.

In this session, you'll learn how to provide efficacy-based research that shows the effectiveness of your products and services, as well as ways school district leaders use this research to make purchasing decisions. This session will be moderated by Kecia Ray.

In this session, attendees will learn how to cultivate successful strategic partnerships, including preparing the pitch, the joint value proposition, and creating realistic expectations.

In this session, attendees will get valuable insight into the budget and funding cycles at the federal, state, and local levels. This session will be moderated by Susan Gentz.

This session will walk attendees through a "cheat sheet" that will ensure your company is prepared to meet the varied procurement requirements of any state or region so you're ready to go to market quickly.

Kristal Ayres, Education Leader Strategist at Google, takes a deep dive into the potential impact of Artificial Intelligence on the education market.

In this workshop, M&A expert attorney Scott Anderson walks attendees through a step-by-step guide to process overview & considerations for companies exploring mergers & acquisitions. This session will be moderated by Chuck Amos.

In this session, "education policy whisperer" Susan Gentz shares insight into what policy changes happened during the last session, what to expect in January 2024, and how your company can use this intelligence to inform a sales and marketing strategy. 

During this time attendees meet with our event partners to learn more about their offerings and solutions.

Attendees will learn how to build valuable relationships with their school district and industry partners to maximize brand awareness and cultivate brand ambassadors.

DEI expert Courtney Teague shares tactical guidelines that can support your efforts to diversify your staff.

Join this session to gain valuable insights and practical guidance to ensure that your solution supports inclusive technology ecosystems so all learners have access to personalized tools and resources.

In this session, executives will learn how to build strong relationships with government officials and policymakers to position their brands and products for success in any political climate.

This session will cover strategies your company can use to ensure you are recruiting and retaining a diverse talent pool of ex-educators and preparing them for success in their shift to corporate careers. Moderated by Alvin Crawford.

This session will focus on how to effectively make the shift from CEO/founder-driven momentum to scalable growth by creating a culture of growth-minded management and ensuring your team has the needed skills to lead the business forward.

The NETP, scheduled to launch in Q1 of 2024, will include a new vision for edtech. Here's what this means for the education industry.

Join us for drinks and dinner ahead of a fun night of entertainment.