REGISTRATION, LIGHT BREAKFAST, & EXHIBITS OPEN

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

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

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

HEALTH/ NETWORKING BREAK & NEW RENOVATION FACULTY TOUR / EXPLORE EXHIBITS

FUTURE-PROOF LEARNING DESIGN THINKING SESSION

Exploring strategies to prevent the 'Great Snapback' through an open forum roundtable conversation

This design thinking large group exercise will focus on reflecting on how leaders would tackle future crisis based on innovations that occurred during the pandemic.

• What technology innovations did you introduce successfully that you will continue to incorporate for the future?
• What did you learn from failures in attempting to innovate?
• Lessons Learnt: How will you prepare differently for the next pandemic or crisis?

HONOURING INDIGENOUS CULTURES & LANGUAGES THROUGH TECHNOLOGY

Peter Skillen, Project & Curriculum Lead at CodeToLearn.ca

Michael Quinn, President, LCSI

Dr. Peter Balyta

LUNCH TIME KEYNOTE, NETWORKING & EXHIBITS OPEN

DRAGON'S DEN STARTUP CHALLENGE

Startups Pitching: 

• Blue Guardian
• Teameo.io
• Vireo Education
• Oplan
• RedBird Circle

Judges Panel :

• Diego Magalhaes – Chief Technologist, Education & Partners, AWS
• Aman Sahota  –  Co-Founder at Ei Amplified, Canadian EdTech Startup  Challenge 2021 Winner
• Ron Sedran –  Managing Director, Canaccord Capital
• Phil Cutler – CEO, Paper
• Kathy Hurley – Former EVP Pearson Foundation and Industry Consultant, Author, Innovate HERs
• Barbara “Bobbi” Kurshan – Public/Private Company Board Director, C-Suite Executive, Audit, CEO, Author, Innovate HERs
• Joe Simms – Sales Director, Public Sector and SWO, Compugen
• Andy Singh – Founder & CEO, Teqfocus

PRESENTING The 7th CANADIAN EDTECH AWARDS

We are thrilled to announce our 7th Annual Canadian EdTech Awards Honouring Excellence in Innovation in Education.

ROUNDTABLE POWER PANEL PRESENTATIONS

1. Supporting Indigenous students with Digital Skills & Learning Resources Hosted by Dr. Stephen Peters, Faculty Lecturer Assistant Director, & Office of First Nations and Inuit Education, McGill University
2. Female entrepreneurs: Discussing the inspiration behind InnovateHERs, leveraging an entrepreneurial mindset to advance your professional career Hosted by Kathy Hurley,
   Former EVP Pearson Foundation and Industry Consultant, Dr. Barbara “Bobbi” Kurshan
   Public/Private Company Board Director, C-Suite Executive, Audit, CEO, Author & Lisa Schmucki, Founder & CEO, edWeb.net, and Jennifer Ferrari, CEO & President of Education Research & Development Institute, ERDI US
3. The future of school design beyond covid, supporting districts in designing transformational models for student-centered learning Hosted by Dr. Mario Chiasson, Director of Research, Innovations and Change Management, District scolaire francophone Sud and Katina Papulkas
   Senior Education Strategist, Dell Technologies & Jeremiah Okal-Frink Senior Education Strategist, Dell Technologies
4. How EdTechs are accelerating their growth with the AWS Cloud, learn how EdTech companies are developing scalable and secure technology solutions with AWS to accelerate their go-to-market strategies. With dedicated resources and programs, AWS supports EdTechs to start, expand, and optimize their business and transform education globally. Hosted by AWS, Barrett Newman, Sr. Solutions Architect – EdTech & Robyn Reekie, Canada Education Business Dev Manager
5. Technology in Public Education a Conversation on Cybersecurity and Data Privacy in K12 Education and School beyond COVID-19 priorities: wellbeing for learning and living, equity and inclusion now & Technology integration Hosted by C21 Canada, CIO Alliance Members: Peter Singh, Executive Officer – IT Services/CIO Alliance Chair 
   Toronto District School Board, Kurt Binnie, Director Innovation & Technology
   Lester B. Pearson School Board & Marc Lijour, VP Capacity Building and Innovation, ICTC
6. Well-being using technology; promoting mental health in the school community Hosted by Dr. Nancy Heath, Professor Educational & Counseling Psychology, McGill University
7. The importance of how to drive innovation through effective partnerships & driving successful uptake of technology in the classroom Hosted by Dr. Susanne Lajoie, Educational & Counselling Psychology, McGill University
8. Cancode; Inspiring Stem, coding and robotics through an equity, inclusion and diversity lens Hosted by Peter Skillen, Project & Curriculum Lead, CodeToLearn and Michael Quinn, President, LCSI
9. The Future of Online Learning Models, What's Working? Hosted by: Maxim Jean-Louis, President - Chief Executive Officer, Contact North &  Dr. Ron Owston, University Professor Emeritus and Senior Scholar, York University
10. Canadian EdTech Alliance: Issues, Challenges & Opportunities for growth in the US. market. Hosted by: Robert Martellacci
    Founder & CEO, MindShare Learning, Canadian EdTech Alliance & Founder & Conference Chair, Canadian Edtech Leadership Summit , Julia Fallon,
    Executive Director, State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA) & Eileen Belastock, CETL, EdTech Consultant, Belastock Consulting

HEALTH / NETWORKING BREAK / EXPLORE EXHIBITS

Philip Cutler

CLOSING KEYNOTE

Paper, CEO

WRAP UP & CLOSING REFLECTIONS

POST CONFERENCE CLOSING NETWORKING RECEPTION

Hosted by McGill University, Faculty of Ed