Company Presentations

Welcome Reception

Welcome and Introduction

Keynote

• Bruce Nussbaum

  Professor of Innovation and Design, Parson New School of Design Contributing Editor, Bloomberg BusinessWeek



• Tim Brown

  President and Chief Executive Officer, IDEO

Why Education is the New New Market

Many industry observers and stakeholders lament that we have not made meaningful progress in our educational models since the days of the one-room schoolhouse. These panelists will attempt to debunk that myth and highlight the current dynamism and underlying trends and issues driving fundamental change in Pre-K-12 and postsecondary models.

• Andrew Rosen, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Kaplan, Inc.
• James Shelton III, Assistant Deputy Secretary for Innovation and Improvement, U.S. Department of Education
• Fred Wilson, Managing Partner, Union Square Ventures
• John Heilemann, National Political Correspondent & Columnist, New York magazine (Moderator)

Networking Break & Presentation

Business Model Aspirations and Realities – Capturing Customer Spend

Web-delivery, open/community source, peer-to-peer communities, and rental models represent a few of the dynamics impacting the economics of product and service conception, development, delivery, and support for companies across the education industry. At the same time, the viability and sustainability of businesses are predicated on two interdependent factors: capturing customer spend and driving meaningful outcomes/satisfaction. Within this context, panel participants will address the opportunities and challenges facing executives in both incumbent and innovative business models.

• Jon Corshen, Chief Executive Officer, GoingOn
• Alex Finkelstein, General Partner, Spark Capital
• Bill Hughes, Director, Business Development & Innovation, Pearson
• John Katzman, Chief Executive Officer, 2Tor
• Jeff Shelstad, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Flat World Knowledge
• Adam Newman, Director, Berkery Noyes (Moderator)

Lunch

Who Moved the Book? (And Where Will it Go?)

The traditional educational publishing model is facing its most significant challenge, as students and educators explore opportunities to access content and instructional resources from a host of low-cost and, purportedly, no-cost providers. In addition to price, content authorship, editorial quality, and delivery modalities are other significant vectors along which innovation is rapidly transforming the publishing paradigm. This panel will highlight these and other notable issues in this publishing/content revolution.

• Peter Davis, President, McGraw-Hill Education
• Josh Koppel, Co-Founder & Chief Creative Officer, ScrollMotion
• David Goddy, Vice President, Education e-Scholastic
• Andrew Savikas, VP of Digital Initiatives, O’Reilly Media
• Philip Porter, Partner, Hogan Lovells (Moderator)

Networking Break

Markets at the Edge – How to Get into Education and Stay out of Schools

Most companies with solutions for K-12 schools and postsecondary institutions face a sales and marketing quagmire; having access to channel is key, and most emergent, innovative businesses do not. At the same time, the past few years have seen a significant level of interest and investment in both domestic and international consumer-focused education models. This panel will explore why, where, and how entrepreneurs are building businesses addressing out-of-school-time, and investors at the leading edge of this wave.

• Mark Hatch, Chief Executive Officer, TechShop
• Andrew Joseph, Co-Founder and President, TenMarks Education
• Jason Stoffer, Principal, Maveron
• Alex Wang, President and Chief Executive Officer, 8D World
• Phoenix Wang, Co-Founder and Managing Director (Moderator)

Closing Remarks

Networking Reception