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Schedule of Events
PreConference - Friday, November 5, 2021
11:00 am – 12:00 pm ET – Partner & State Office Hours
12:00 pm – 12:45 pm ET – Committee Meetings (State & Affiliate Members Only)
- Membership Engagement
- Professional Learning
12:45 pm – 1:00 pm ET – Break
1:00 pm – 1:45 pm ET – Committee Meetings (State & Affiliate Members Only)
- State Action
- Strategic Partners
1:45 pm – 2:00 pm ET – Break
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm ET – Concurrent Activities
- SETDA Hub Sneak Peek
- Partner & State Office Hours
Monday, November 8, 2021
12:00 pm – 12:15 pm ET – Welcome
- Julia Fallon, Executive Director, SETDA
- Doug Casey, Executive Director for the Connecticut State Commission for Educational Technology (CET), SETDA Board Chair
12:15 pm – 1:00 pm ET – SETDA Today and Tomorrow: Strategic Framework Findings
- Julia Fallon, Executive Director, SETDA
- Evo Popoff, Senior Vice President, Whiteboard Advisors
- Hillary Knudson, Director, Whiteboard Advisors
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm ET – Fish Bowl: Envisioning Modern State Digital Leadership
- Reg Leichty, Founding Partner, Foresight Law and Policy (Moderator)
- Kristina Ishmael, Deputy Director, Office of Ed Tech, U.S. Department of Education
- Bart Epstein, CEO, EdTech Evidence Exchange
- Julie Evans, CEO, Project Tomorrow
- Keith Krueger, CEO, Consortium for School Networking (CoSN)
- Erin Mote, Executive Director, InnovateEDU
2:00 pm – 2:15 pm ET – Break
2:15 pm – 3:30 pm ET – Small Group Collaboration and Brainstorming
- Zac Chase, Facilitator
- As digital learning has taken prominence, how should modern SEA’s be organized?
- What work should modern state digital leaders be engaged in?
- What data should they be collecting?
- How can state leaders support districts and educators?
3:30 pm – 3:50 pm ET – Policymaker Award
- Brad Hagg, Committee Chair, State Action
3:50 pm – 4:00 pm ET – Day One Wrap-Up
- Julia Fallon, Executive Director, SETDA
4:00 pm – 4:30 pm ET – After Learning Session (Optional Event)
Tuesday, November 9, 2021
12:00 pm – 12:10 pm ET – Welcome
- Julia Fallon, Executive Director, SETDA
12:10 pm – 12:55 pm ET – Inquiry Sessions
- Cybersecurity
- Instructional Materials
12:55 pm – 1:10 pm ET – Break
1:10 pm – 2:00 pm ET – Concurrent Activities
- Focus Groups (State & Affiliate Members Only)
- Stan Silverman, Committee Chair, Strategic Partnerships
- AT&T
- Zoom
- Apple
- Microsoft
- Dell Technologies
- Stan Silverman, Committee Chair, Strategic Partnerships
- Guidance for Working with States (Private Sector Partners Only)
- David Walddon, SETDA Emeritus Member
2:00 pm – 2:15 pm ET – Break
2:15 pm – 3:00 pm ET – Inquiry Sessions
- Accessibility/Accessible Materials
- Data Modernization
3:00 pm – 3:15 pm ET – State Leader of the Year Award (SLY)
- Sean McDonough, Committee Chair, Membership Engagement
- Sandy O’Neil, 2020 SLY Award Winner
3:15 pm – 3:30 pm ET – SETDA Business
3:30 pm – 4:00 pm ET – Wrap-Up – Reflection
- Geoff Belleau, Committee Chair, Professional Learning