SCHEDULE DETAILS Event Schedules
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8:00 - 8:30 AM
REGISTRATION, LIGHT BREAKFAST, & EXHIBITS OPEN
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8:30 - 8:45 AM
WELCOME, FIRST NATIONS LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND OFFICIAL GREETINGS
Robert Martellacci, Founder & Conference Co-Chair
Dr. Dilson Rassier, Co-Chair, Dean of the Faculty of Education
Dr. Fabrice Labeau, Co-Acting Provost and Vice-Principal (Academic), McGill University
McGill University Land Acknowledgement
Master of Ceremonies, Michael Chechile, Pedagogical Consultant & Former Director General of the Lester B. Pearson School Board
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8:45 - 9:30 AM
OPENING KEYNOTE
Topic: Global Perspective on the State of EdTech
Dr. Tracey Burns,Chief Research Officer, Senior Analyst, OECD (Seconded) , National Center on Education and the Economy
Topic: Leading change in a crisis context - Sustaining learning from education in emergencies, survival, well being and impacting over a hundred thousand of children in need.
Rahmatullah Arman, Founder & President, Teach For Afghanistan
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9:30 - 10:30 AM
CROSS CANADA CHECK UP PANEL: The State of EdTech
Gain Valuable Insights From Canadian and Global Experts on The State of EdTech in Canada
- Peter Singh, Executive Officer – IT Services, TDSB
- Dilson Rassier, Co-Chair, Dean of the Faculty of Education
- Steve Brown, President & Chief Executive Officer, NELSON
- Amanda Rose, Educator, Tomken Road Middle School - Peel District School Board, Canada's Schools of the Future Challenge Winner 2022
- Sophia Mendoza, Director, Instructional Technology Initiative L.A. Unified & International Society of Technology in Education (ISTE) Board Member
- Shawn Young, CEO and co-founder, Classcraft, President, Edteq
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3:00-5:00 PM
WELCOME/REGISTRATION/BUILDING DESIGN THINKING TOURS/EXPLORE EXHIBITS/NETWORKING
Newly Redesigned State of Art Learning Commons & Classroom Tours
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5:00 - 6:00 PM
WELCOME/ McGill University Land Acknowledgement/FIRESIDE CHAT
The State of EdTech in Canada: 'Driving Innovation Through Evidence-based Research’
Moderator
Robert Martellacci – President, MindShare Learning Technology
The Panel Includes:
- Maxim Jean-Louis – Chief Executive Officer of Contact North | Contact Nord
- Karen Yamada – Chief Learning Office & CFO, C21 Canada
- Dr. Mario Chiasson – Director of Research, Innovations and Change Management at District scolaire francophone Sud
- Dr. Adam Dubé – Associate Professor and Director of the Technology Learning and Cognition Lab, McGill University
- Artur Rodrigues, Cloud Innovation Center Tech Lead, AWS
- Geoff Edwards, Superintendent of Learning Technologies, Ottawa Catholic School Board
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6:00 - 7:30 PM
NETWORKING RECEPTION
Sponsored by our valued platinum sponsor
,Announcing Amazon AWS EdStart Accelerator Program now Available to Canadians & the Official Launch of the Canadian EdTech Alliance
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Hosted by Ottawa Catholic School Board at St. Paul High School
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8:00 - 8:30 AM
REGISTRATION, LIGHT BREAKFAST & EXPLORE EDTECH SHOWCASE
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8:30 - 8:45 AM
WELCOME, FIRST NATIONS LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND OFFICIAL GREETINGS
Robert Martellacci, Founder & Conference Co-Chair
Geoff Edwards, Co-Chair, Superintendent of Learning Technologies Ottawa Catholic School Board
Tom D’Amico, Director of Education, Ottawa Catholic School Board
Michael Fullan, Summit MC, Professor Emeritus, OISE/University of Toronto, Co-Director of New Pedagogies for Deep Learnings
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8:45 - 9:30 AM
Daniel SaxOPENING KEYNOTE
Daniel Sax
Co-Founder and CEO at Canadian Space Mining Corporation
Topic:
Inspiring the Next Generation: Solving Big Problems in Space and on Earth