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The 4th annual SIIA Ed Tech Industry Summit conference will focus on defining success in a changing education market. Successful companies are developing innovative products and using new business models to meet the needs of 21st century students, educators and administrators and to compete in a global economy. Highlights of the conference include in-depth discussions related to defining success in these three tracks: Sales & Marketing, Technical & Development, and Business & Finance. The Ed Tech Industry Summit also arranges meetings between companies seeking revenue, distribution and strategic partnerships as part of the One-to-One Business Connections program.

Ed Tech Industry Summit conference attendees come from the companies that provide content, technology and e-learning solutions to the K-12 and postsecondary education markets These are the people who lead companies; make deals and forge strategic alliances, business development partnerships, and channel relationships; manage sales, distribution and licensing; and oversee marketing. Analysts, investors, bankers, consultants and press also attend.

At the conclusion of the Ed Tech Industry Summit, you'll meet the companies selected by the industry as having the year's best products and services at the SIIA Codie Awards Reception and Gala.

To increase your business opportunities, the Content Forum conference is co-located with the SIIA's other leading conferences, the Software Strategy Summit and the Content Forum.

Register now to attend the SIIA Ed Tech Industry Summit & Codie Awards, San Francisco, CA.

About SIIA

The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) is the principal trade association for the software and digital content industries. SIIA provides global services in government relations, business development, corporate education and intellectual property protection to more than 800 software and information companies. Get information on how you and your company can benefit from the SIIA Education Division.

Past Attendees

Below is a list of the 250+ executives from education software companies, publishers, and distributors; platform technology firms; bankers, investors, analysts, and consultants; and bloggers and press who attended the Ed Tech Industry Summit conference in 2006.

We expect another 250 executives will participate in the SIIA Ed Tech Industry Summit conference in 2007.

Register now to attend the SIIA Ed Tech Industry Summit & Codie Awards, San Francisco, CA.

Ed Tech Industry Summit 2006 Attendees:

Jill Abbott, Learning Strategist, Schools Interoperability Framework Association (SIFA) Juliette Adams, Director, Digital Curriculum, Scholastic, Inc. Lois Adams-Rodgers, Chief Operating Officer, Council of Chief State School Officers Jack Allewaert, CEO / Board Member, Acquirex/FutureKids Inc. Chuck Amos, Executive Vice President, Sales, Spectrum K12 School Solutions Inc. Dave Anderson, President & CEO, Headsprout, Inc. Brenda Barker, Education Solutions Executive, IBM Corporation Jennifer Barker, Product Manager, Riverdeep Linda Beheler, Media Relations Director, Texas Instruments, Inc. - Education & Productivity Solutions Business David E. Behrman, President, Behrman House eMedia Department Ellen R. Bialo, President, Interactive Educational Systems Design, Inc. (IESD) Annette Bohling, J.D., Deputy State Superintendent/Chief Academic Officer, Wyoming Dept. of Education Victor Bondi, VP, Educational Technology, Platform Learning Frank Bonsal, III, Managing Partner, Education Capital Group LLC Melinda Borjon, Carrier Relationship Management, Americas, Apple Education Bill Bradfield, President & CEO, PerceptIS, LLC Lisa Brady-Gill, Executive Director, Office of Education Policy, Texas Instruments, Inc. - Education & Productivity Solutions Business Kathryn Brant, Consultant, Academy123 Kathleen Brantley, Leader Channel Management, Market Data Retrieval (MDR) Khalil Braswell, Network Technology Specialist Coordinator, Friendship Public Charter School Lewis Brentano, Vice President, Education Alliances, Ripple Effects, Inc. Barclay Burns, President, Learning.com John F. Campbell, Senior Vice President K 12 Strategy & Development, Voyager Learning Company Richard Casabonne, Chief Executive Officer, Casabonne Associates, Inc. Frank Catalano, Senior Vice President, Marketing, School Companies, Pearson Karen Cator, Director, Education Leadership, Apple Education Mark Caulfield, Vice President, Formative Assessments, Pearson Darryl Clark, National Director of Business Development, CompassLearning Amy Cohen, Writer/Editor, Project Tomorrow Sue Collins, Principal, CollinsConsults Ingra Conley, Web Strategy Director, Texas Instruments, Inc. - Education & Productivity Solutions Business Michael Connick, VP, Educational Technology, Siboney Learning Group Lindsey Cook, President and Chief Executive Officer, Curriculum Advantage Dan Cookson, Chief Executive Officer, TrueNorthLogic John Couch, Vice President, Apple Education Andrew Coulson, President, Education Division, MIND Research Institute Donna Craighead, President, RedRock Reports Valerie Crawford, Senior Research Social Scientist, SRI International - Center for Technology in Learning Christopher Curran, Managing Director, Berkery, Noyes & Co. Kevin Custer, Founding Principal, Arc Capital Development Simone D'Souza, Senior Associate, Ascend Venture Group LLC Deborah deVries, Vice President, Strategic Market Development, Pearson Gregg Downey, Editor & Publisher, eSchool News David Ducic, Director, Marketing, Pearson Anne Marie Dunphy, Executive Vice President & CFO, identiMetrics, Inc. Tom Dunphy, Senior Vice President, identiMetrics, Inc. Helene Duvin, VP, Business Development, Pearson Peter Eddison, President & Chief Executive Officer, Autoskill International, Inc. Mark Edwards, VP, Business Development, Harcourt Assessment, Inc. Jarrod Ehlers, Regional Manager, Vantage Learning Nicole Engelbert, Public Sector Technology Analyst, Datamonitor Clement Erbmann, Managing Director, First Analysis Corp. Ntiedo Etuk, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Tabula Digita Marshall Eubanks, Vice President, School Sales, Headsprout, Inc. Mike Evans, President, Pearson Andrew Flanagan, VP, Strategy and Planning, SAP America Geoffrey H. Fletcher, Editorial Director, T.H.E. Journal Rob Foshay, Ph.D., Research Manager, Texas Instruments, Inc. - Education & Productivity Solutions Business Ann Foster, Senior Vice President, Harcourt Education Group Bridget Foster, Technology Products Manager, Key Curriculum Press Yitzchak Francus, Executive Director, Outreach, University of Pittsburgh Robert Frank, , RMF Consulting Barbara Freeman, Chief Operating Officer, Digital Directions International Jeff Fromm, Principal, MarketingWorks, Inc. Jay Fry, President & CEO, identiMetrics, Inc. Michael Gavelek, Senior Vice President, Marketing, Educational Resources Larry Geller, Senior Manager, Education Business Development, Adobe System, Inc. Donna Gent, Senior Vice President and Managing Director, National Strategies, Inc. Roger Geraets, Director of Sales, Atomic Learning Tom S. Gilbert, President & CEO, Knowledge Delivery Systems, Inc. Patti Ginnis, CMO and Vice President, Product Development, World Book, Inc. Mark Golczewski, VP, Technology, Educate Online Cristina Goodwin, Director, Standards, Learning & Validation, Certiport Al Gordon, Chief Executive Officer, National Strategies, Inc. Chuck Grant, President, Hotmath, Inc. Page Gravely, Director, Global Education, Red Hat, Inc. Craig Greenwood, Director, Sales - Western Region, Riverdeep Joe Grosdidier, Vice President, Product Management, Pearson George Halo, Associate Publisher, District Administration Magazine Ben Harrison, President, Big Brainz Julie Harvill, Technology Product Manager, Pearson Jeanne Hayes, Research Partner, The Greaves Group LLC Nelson B. Heller, President, The Heller Reports (QED Company) Lori Hensler, Manager, Human Resources & Facilities, Riverside Publishing Dzana Homan, Jennifer R. House, Ph.D., President, RedRock Reports Avon (Chiung-Ju) Hsu, , Oracle Corporation Brian Hunnicutt, Director, BNP Paribas Kathy Hurley, Senior VP, Strategic Partnerships, Pearson School & Pearson Foundation Robert Iskander, CEO & President, VIP Tone, Inc. Michael Jay, President, Educational Systemics Randy Jennings, President & CEO, Education Technology Partners Dallas Jones, Chief Financial Officer, Tech4Learning, Inc. Vivek C. Kamath, Associate, Berkery, Noyes & Co. George Kane, VP, Strategic Initiatives, Pearson Shannon Kelley, Strategic SW Planning Manager, Intel Corporation Lillian Kellogg, Vice President, Education Networks of America (ENA) William J. Kelly, Chief Executive Officer, Learning.com Kate Kemker, Chief, Bureau of Instruction and Innovation, Florida Department of Education Uday Keshavdas, Education Mobility Manager, Intel Corporation Michael King, Director, Market Development, Global Education, IBM Corporation Charles Kleiner, Ed.D., Vice President, Sales, SMARTHINKING Lawrence Korchnak, , Cognitive Concepts, Inc. D. Midian Kurland, VP, Technology & Development, Scholastic Education Steve Kutno, General Manager, Kaplan K12 Learning Services Kostas Kyros, Director, New Business Ventures, Educational Testing Service Wendy LaDuke, Publisher, Campus Technology & T.H.E. Journal, 1105 media Inc. Daniel Laughlin, Technical Manager, NASA Learning Technologies Project Cindy H. Lawrence, Senior Manager, Worldwide Developer Relations, Apple Education Mary LeDonne, Senior Vice President & CFO, Educational Systemics, Inc. Patrick Leonard, Vice President, Curriculum & Business Development, Qwizdom Inc. Eliot Levinson, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer, BLEgroup Longban Lin, Senior Analyst Web Solution, Oracle Corporation Michael Liu, Chief Technology Officer, Edu2000 America Inc. Daylene Long, Director of Marketing, Vernier Software & Technology - Software Division David Longdon, Senior Research Associate, Educational Systemics, Inc. Tim Loomer, President & CEO, Campus Management Liza Loop, Editor, HCE Newsletter Tim Lum, Director, Business Development & Sales, NEA Member Benefits Alan MacIlroy, President & CEO, TechERA (Technology for Education Reform and Accountability) Bev MacIntyre, Chief Learning Officer, Certiport Roszell Mack, III, Partner, Ascend Venture Group LLC Bob Maginn, Jr., Board Chairman & CEO, Jenzabar, Inc. Timothy Magner, Director, Office of Educational Technology, U.S. Department of Education Chetan Mahajan, VP, Education, Tata Interactive Systems Christopher Mahoney, Product Manager, Riverdeep

Delano Marshall, Deputy Director, Technology, Friendship Public Charter School Paula Maylahn, Consultant, Paula Maylahn Lyn McCall, Chief Operating Officer, WILL Interactive, Inc. Glen McCandless, President, Focus Marketing David McCool, President, Muzzy Lane, Inc. Jo-Ann McDevitt, Publisher, Technology & Learning, NewBay Media, LLC Lauren McDonough, Director, Ecommerce Marketing, Houghton Mifflin Company Susan McLester, Editor in Chief, HotChalk Network Peter Mellen, Director, Premium Education Services, AOL John Merline, Director, Marketing, FrontRow Dan Meyer, Chief Executive Officer, Atomic Learning Richard A. Milewski, Chief Technology Officer, The Greaves Group LLC Judith Miller, Executive Director, East Mississippi Center for Educational Development, Inc. J. Travis Millman, , Readio Network Alex Mlawsky, Consultant David Moore, Sales Consultant, Academic Benchmarks Toni Morgan, Director, Market Research, MIND Research Institute Greg Morse, Chairman and Founder, AMDG, Inc. Mark Mullen, VP, Product Development Ed Murphy, Chief Technology Officer, IntelliTools Toby Nangle, Vice President, Sales, neuroLanguage Corp. Edward Neelley, Jr., Executive Vice President, PerceptIS, LLC Bruce D. Nelson, Senior Associate, Academic Business Advisors, LLC Larry Nelson, Director, Collaborations & Partnerships, Sun Microsystems, Inc. Pamela Nelson, General Manager, The College Board / SpringBoard Denis Newman, President, Empirical Education Inc. Jason Nitschke, Director, Channel Development, Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc. Steve Nordmark, Director, Product Development, Thinkronize, Inc. Alan November, Senior Partner, November Learning Inc. Jack O'Connell, State Superintendent, Public Instruction, California Dept. of Education Allan Olson, President, Assessment International Jason Palmer, VP, Marketing & Strategy, APEX Learning, Inc. Debbie Parigian, Chief Financial Officer, The Laurel Project Michael Patterson, Vice President, Assessment International Willa Perlman, Managing Partner, Ligature Partners Mary Anne Petrillo, Director, Marketing, Scientific Learning Louis Piconi, Chief Executive Officer, Apangea Learning, Inc. Gail Pierson, President & Chief Education Officer, Riverdeep Jamie Piotti, Chief Executive Officer, Evans Newton Incorporated (eni) Tami Pipkin, Strategic Account Executive, Pearson Julia Pluss, Director, Product Management, Corporate Platforms, CENGAGE Learning Amy Poftak, Associate Publisher/Executive Editor, Technology & Learning, CMP Media LLC. Jeremy Poisson, eMedia Editor, Behrman House eMedia Department Anthony Potts, Chief Technology Officer, The rSmart Group Katherine Povejsil, Vice President, Marketing, iParadigms, Inc. Ralph Protsik, Managing Director, BSG Team Ventures Debra Pryor, President & CEO, Partners In Brainstorm Rajeev Puri, , CompassLearning Marilyn Quinsaat, VP of Business Development, Empirical Education Inc. Brenda Raker, President, The Greaves Group LLC Steve Rappaport, Consultant, MarketingWorks, Inc. Alice Ray, CEO & Founder, Ripple Effects, Inc. Coni Rechner, Vice President, Marketing, Discovery Education Perry Reeves, President & CEO, IETA (International Education Technology Associates) John Richards, Ph.D., President, Consulting Services for Education Barbara Ridener, Math Curriculum & Instruction Specialist, CompassLearning Steve Ritter, Senior Vice President, Research & Development, Carnegie Learning, Inc. Linda G. Roberts, Ed.D., Consultant, Apple Piedad Robertson, President, Education Commission of the States Steven Robinson, Director, Technology Solutions, Educational Testing Service Jane Rogers, Martha Rolley, Director, Education, Apple Inc. Catherine Ronayne, Director, Education Marketing, Pearson Michael Ross, Senior Vice President, Corporate Development, Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc. Jim Rosso, Director, External Relations, Project Tomorrow Madeleine Rothberg, Director, Research & Development, WGBH National Center for Accessible Media Ileana Q. Rowe, Vice President, Marketing, Atomic Learning Louise Russell, Director, Business Development, BinaryLabs, Inc. Sean Ryan, General Manager, Scantron Corporation Testing & Assessment Division Judy Salpeter, Consulting Editor, Technology & Learning Network-CMP Media David Samuelson, Chief Marketing Officer, Pearson Ivan Saval, Vice President, BNP Paribas Farimah Schuerman, Managing Partner, Academic Business Advisors, LLC John Shea, Chief Operating Officer, Berkery, Noyes & Co. Paula Shelton, Smart Lab Facilitator, Friendship Public Charter Schools Thomas J. Shields, Ph.D., Director, Center for Leadership in Education Melissa Sinunu, Chief Operating Officer, Curriculum Advantage Sharon Sloane, President & CEO, WILL Interactive, Inc. Paul Smith, Product Marketing Manager, Pearson Larry Snowhite, Vice President, Public and Government Affairs, McGraw-Hill Education Becky Snyder, Vice President & Publisher, Schools Division, ABC-CLIO Nicola Soares, Vice President Marketing, NBC News, NBC Universal Irene K. Spero, Chief Operating Officer, Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) Mark Stevens, Senior Consultant, Professional Solutions, NEA Member Benefits Megan Stewart, Director, Worldwide Higher Education, Adobe Sytems, Inc. Winniphred Stone, Vice President, Education Commission of the States Iwan Streichenberger, Chief Marketing Officer, Promethean Inc. (USA) John Super, President, AdvancePath Academics, Inc. Laurie Swiryn, Vice President, Education Markets, Cuesta Technologies James S. Teicher, Executive Director & CEO, The CyberSmart! Education Company Paul Thomas, VP, Publishing, Partnerships, & Research, Discovery Education Jim Tobias, Principal, Inclusive Technologies Mark Tullis, Vice President, Business Development, Learning.com Paul Turchetta, Western Senior Account Executive, eSchool News Andreas Ua'Siaghail, President, 23 YYZee inc. Stuart Udell, Chief Executive Officer, Penn Foster Christine Vernier, Partner, Vernier Software & Technology - Software Division Vincent Vezza, Sr. VP, Sales and Direct Marketing, Films Media Group David Wagner, Chief Executive Officer, Tech4Learning, Inc. Pat Walkington, President, Pat Walkington Education Sales & Marketing Phoenix Wang, Education Program Office, William & Flora Hewlett Foundation Robin Warner, Managing Director, The van Tulleken Company Sunny Washington, Program Manager, Certiport Tim Webb, Assistant Superintendent for Support Services, Tennessee Dept. of Education Mitchell Weisburgh, Managing Partner & CEO, Academic Business Advisors, LLC Mona Westhaver, President & Co-Founder, Inspiration Software, Inc. Christine Whelan, Partner, The Greaves Group LLC Troy White, Director, Product Marketing, National Council Economic Education (NCEE) Randy Wilhelm, Chief Executive Officer, Thinkronize, Inc. Liz Wilkes, Manager, Technology Products, CENGAGE Learning Bard Williams, President & CEO, TechThree Marketing & Consulting Christine Willig, President, Thinkronize, Inc. Nancy Wilson, Deputy Secretary of Education, Delaware Dept. of Education Linda M. Winter, President/Owner, Winter Group David Wolff, Senior Vice President & Publisher, LearningExpress, LLC Howard Woodard, Chief Information Officer, Georgia Dept. of Education Jessie Woolley-Wilson, President, K-12, Blackboard Inc, K-12 Sarah Zaner, Practice Leader, Strategic Learning Consulting Practice, SRI International - Center for Technology in Learning Ulf Zeitler, Director, Technology, Friendship Public Charter School Terri Zezula, Manager, States Operations, Scientific Learning Johann Zimmern, Marketing Manager, WW K12 Education, Adobe Systems, Inc.