Conference Speakers
Morning Keynote:
Chas Edelstein, Co-CEO and director, Apollo Group, Inc.
Luncheon Keynote:
Ron Packard, CEO and founder, K12 Inc.
Online Education: Trends, Challenges, and Innovations
Moderator: Rob Schnieders, director, University of Chicago Urban Education Institute (UEI)
Steven Dowling, president, Pearson Inc., and executive vice president of corporate development, Pearson, plc
Andrea Foggy-Paxton, program officer of education, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Steven Guttentag, chief education officer, Connections Academy
Farb Nivi, founder and CEO, Grockit, Inc.
The Talent Imperative: Assessing Human Capital for Our Classrooms
Moderator: John Gould, Steven G. Rothmeier Professor and Distinguished Service Professor of Economics, Chicago Booth
Alan Anderson, acting deputy CEO for human capital, Chicago Public Schools
Ethan Gray, vice president, The Mind Trust
Tim Knowles, Lewis-Sebring Director, University of Chicago Urban Education Institute (UEI)
Aylon Samouha, senior vice president of teacher support and development, Teach for America
Investing in Education Innovation
Moderator: Deborah Quazzo, cofounder, NeXtAdvisors
Phil Alphonse, principal, Sterling Partners
Jim Dugan, CEO, cofounder, and managing director, OCA Ventures
Amy Errett, partner, Maveron LLC
Christopher Girgenti, managing partner, New World Ventures
Traditional Settings, Groundbreaking Work
Moderator: Melissa Roderick, Hermon Dunlap Smith Professor, School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago
Jonathan Cowan, executive vice president of research, design and innovation, KIPP Foundation
Aarti Dhupelia, director of career and technical information, Chicago Public Schools
Elizabeth Stewart Goettl, chief academic officer, Cristo Rey Network
Michael Milkie, founder and CEO, Noble Street Charter School
International Education: Beyond Borders
Moderator: Chris Shutler, equity research analyst, William Blair & Co.
Chirag Saraiya, principal, Training the Street
Anand Sudarshan, CEO, Manipal Education India
Randy Wilhelm, CEO, netTrekker
Feng Xue, partner and chair of the china practice, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
Performance Assessments: Data and Accountability
Moderator: Temp Keller, founder and chairman, Resources for Indispensable Schools and Educators (RISE)
Gina Burkhardt, CEO, Learning Point Associates
Greg Gunn, chief scientist and cofounder, Wireless Generation
Randel Josserand, director of strategy and knowledge managements, Office of School Turnaround, Chicago Public Schools
James Pellegrino, Distinguished Professor of Education and Psychology, University of Illinois at Chicago
Entrepreneurial Selling in Education
Moderator: Craig Wortmann, adjunct associate professor of entrepreneurship, Chicago Booth
Tim DiScipio, cofounder, ePals
Karan Goel, cofounder and CEO, PrepMe
George Hammer, chairman and CEO, Applebatch
Andrew Morrison, cofounder and CEO, Altis Avante; chief architect and designer, Earobics Reach program
Innovation in Higher Education: Application of New Technologies at Colleges and Universities Nationwide
Moderator: Ofer Malamud, PhD, assistant professor, University of Chicago Harris School for Public Policy
Melissa Anderson, director of solutions engineering, Blackboard
Chad Kainz, senior director for Academic Technologies, University of Chicago
Alan Tripp, founder and CEO, InsideTrack
Craig Wacker, program officer, MacArthur Foundation Digital Media and Learning Program
