Hosted by Erin Ashely Simon, Cheddar Esports Host & Gaming Personality, and Dana Hustedt, Director of Esports at Grandview University
“Outside the Building” thinking is the leadership skill of the future. Change-makers and entrepreneurs know that innovation rarely comes from inside the establishment. Incumbents tend to defend past decisions, don’t readily embrace change, and get stuck in the past, the…
Join us for our Opening General Session Jon Meacham, Presidential historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning Author The Ultimate Choice: Lessons from History of Epic Presidential Races In this nonpartisan presentation, Jon Meacham explains the dynamics of 2020 by looking back at…
Advocates for deeper learning aim to transform classrooms to prepare students to meet 21st century demands and to close the opportunity gap that has left socioeconomically marginalized students with less access to rich learning environments. Yet, implementing these…
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In general, for-profits change by replacement. When existing organizations become dated or unprofitable, they are replaced by new organizations. In contrast, not-for-profits tend to change more slowly by repair or reform of the existing organizations. This session…
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We all know that student debt now exceeds $1.5 trillion. But underneath that eye-popping figure, what is the true cost - to graduates and the economy at large? What are the economic implications? what is the impact on productivity? How does this alter education attainment?…
Hollywood has always found ways to keep consumers entertained and engaged. Why can we quote all the lines of “The Matrix,” but struggle to recall facts we taught over and over again in school? Today, digital education businesses are achieving network effects in unprecedented…
In 2013, Andy Chan gave a TEDX talk called, "Career Services Must Die" which challenged colleges and universities to completely rethink the traditional delivery of career services. Sadly, not much has changed at the majority of college campuses; career services continues on…
Adult learners continue to invest in training programs that will help them earn higher income or pivot careers. The early bootcamp wave established consumer demand but hard lessons were learned about ensuring successful employment outcomes. This panel will explore where the…
Future-Fit organizations make sure they have the right people in the right place at the right time with the right skills. It is no longer possible to get there simply by hiring. Join this session to dive deeper into different talent discovery and acquisition strategies, amid…
Higher Ed leaders discuss the challenges and opportunities facing an industry serving 220+ million globally. In the face of shifting demographics and declining enrollment, for profit and not-for-profit higher education institutions address the challenges and opportunities of…
Vocational Education and Training (VET) with its strong focus on employability is a high priority of policy makers worldwide. Many of them look at Germany's efficient vocational training system. In part for good reasons: Even during the post 2008 crisis, youth unemployment…
The Coalition for Career Development argues that the first priority of America’s education system should be to “prepare young people for successful lives as adults, including satisfying careers that will allow them to achieve economic independence.” In the face of historic…
We have entered the age of AI. The stuff of science fiction is reality. What is real and what’s hype in the AI space? This panel will explore the implications and developments in AI, and what is the likelihood it will change higher education. Come learn from these AI experts…
Award winning professor Tim Chartier, recipient of the 2019 Alder Award, went online this Fall with Outlier to teach students calculus in a new way. Come hear the founder of Outlier.org, Aaron Rasmussen, and Tim Chartier discuss the process, implications, and early success…
With majority of Americans working at least 1 day week from home today, distributed teams have already begun to transform the workforce and the workplace. Some companies, such as GitLab, have been remote-first from the beginning with no central headquarters. Learn more about…
Listen in on industry leaders and how they navigate esports across K-12, collegiate, amateur, professional and leisure play. We will dive into best advice, lessons learned and future of their respective organizations. Hear hot takes from day-to-day operations, brand…
The San Diego Workforce Partnership is reimagining workforce development. In 2019, SDWP launched the first and only Income Share Agreement (ISA) fund in the public workforce system. The ISA removes barriers to post-secondary education that low-income workers face. ISAs offer…
Come and add your voice, insights, and implementation stories to the ecosystem-wide conversation about the increasingly burning issue of sustained edtech effectiveness across K-12 schools as digital innovation continues to penetrate every corner of the classroom. We’ll…
Latin America is a region of 650 million people with a large skills gap in need of solutions that help them get ready for and advance their career towards economic prosperity. We will talk to a few Endeavor entrepreneurs, founders behind leading high-growth companies in the…
The cost of higher education continues to grow at an alarming rate, creating an opportunity for entrepreneurs to reframe how student financing is tackled by students and institutions. This discussion will explore how we combat issues of affordability and access that are…
In 1983, The National Commission on Excellence in Education published A Nation at Risk, setting off decades of educational reform efforts. 36 years later, Diane Ravich and others have declared the reform movement dead. Does the future look like 1950 plus 10% charters? If…
Hosted by Erin Ashely Simon, Cheddar Esports Host & Gaming Personality, and Dana Hustedt, Director of Esports at Grandview University
“Outside the Building” thinking is the leadership skill of the future. Change-makers and entrepreneurs know that innovation rarely comes from inside the establishment. Incumbents tend to defend past decisions, don’t readily embrace change, and get stuck in the past, the…
Join us for our Opening General Session Jon Meacham, Presidential historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning Author The Ultimate Choice: Lessons from History of Epic Presidential Races In this nonpartisan presentation, Jon Meacham explains the dynamics of 2020 by looking back at…
Advocates for deeper learning aim to transform classrooms to prepare students to meet 21st century demands and to close the opportunity gap that has left socioeconomically marginalized students with less access to rich learning environments. Yet, implementing these…
The Elite GSV Cup Finalists! BetterYou Riipen Networks Quottly Alchemie Virtanza Toucan Spring Theory ONEORIGIN LLC Kolkin Corp Woolf EdSights Smowltech
The Elite GSV Cup Finalists! Immersed Games BabySparks UR Turn, SBC Zoombers apelab ROYBI AKALA EarlyBird Education Vidcode Kangarootime 2:50 PM Global Grid for Learning (GG4L) 2:55 PM 99math
In general, for-profits change by replacement. When existing organizations become dated or unprofitable, they are replaced by new organizations. In contrast, not-for-profits tend to change more slowly by repair or reform of the existing organizations. This session…
The Elite GSV Cup Finalists! Battlecard Synapse Cybint Guanyin Labs Uptale Giide Bitesize UX Digital Creative Institute Olifano Hardskills Aversafe Strive
We all know that student debt now exceeds $1.5 trillion. But underneath that eye-popping figure, what is the true cost - to graduates and the economy at large? What are the economic implications? what is the impact on productivity? How does this alter education attainment?…
Hollywood has always found ways to keep consumers entertained and engaged. Why can we quote all the lines of “The Matrix,” but struggle to recall facts we taught over and over again in school? Today, digital education businesses are achieving network effects in unprecedented…
In 2013, Andy Chan gave a TEDX talk called, "Career Services Must Die" which challenged colleges and universities to completely rethink the traditional delivery of career services. Sadly, not much has changed at the majority of college campuses; career services continues on…
Adult learners continue to invest in training programs that will help them earn higher income or pivot careers. The early bootcamp wave established consumer demand but hard lessons were learned about ensuring successful employment outcomes. This panel will explore where the…
Future-Fit organizations make sure they have the right people in the right place at the right time with the right skills. It is no longer possible to get there simply by hiring. Join this session to dive deeper into different talent discovery and acquisition strategies, amid…
Higher Ed leaders discuss the challenges and opportunities facing an industry serving 220+ million globally. In the face of shifting demographics and declining enrollment, for profit and not-for-profit higher education institutions address the challenges and opportunities of…
Vocational Education and Training (VET) with its strong focus on employability is a high priority of policy makers worldwide. Many of them look at Germany's efficient vocational training system. In part for good reasons: Even during the post 2008 crisis, youth unemployment…
The Coalition for Career Development argues that the first priority of America’s education system should be to “prepare young people for successful lives as adults, including satisfying careers that will allow them to achieve economic independence.” In the face of historic…
We have entered the age of AI. The stuff of science fiction is reality. What is real and what’s hype in the AI space? This panel will explore the implications and developments in AI, and what is the likelihood it will change higher education. Come learn from these AI experts…
Award winning professor Tim Chartier, recipient of the 2019 Alder Award, went online this Fall with Outlier to teach students calculus in a new way. Come hear the founder of Outlier.org, Aaron Rasmussen, and Tim Chartier discuss the process, implications, and early success…
With majority of Americans working at least 1 day week from home today, distributed teams have already begun to transform the workforce and the workplace. Some companies, such as GitLab, have been remote-first from the beginning with no central headquarters. Learn more about…
Listen in on industry leaders and how they navigate esports across K-12, collegiate, amateur, professional and leisure play. We will dive into best advice, lessons learned and future of their respective organizations. Hear hot takes from day-to-day operations, brand…
The San Diego Workforce Partnership is reimagining workforce development. In 2019, SDWP launched the first and only Income Share Agreement (ISA) fund in the public workforce system. The ISA removes barriers to post-secondary education that low-income workers face. ISAs offer…
Come and add your voice, insights, and implementation stories to the ecosystem-wide conversation about the increasingly burning issue of sustained edtech effectiveness across K-12 schools as digital innovation continues to penetrate every corner of the classroom. We’ll…
Latin America is a region of 650 million people with a large skills gap in need of solutions that help them get ready for and advance their career towards economic prosperity. We will talk to a few Endeavor entrepreneurs, founders behind leading high-growth companies in the…
The cost of higher education continues to grow at an alarming rate, creating an opportunity for entrepreneurs to reframe how student financing is tackled by students and institutions. This discussion will explore how we combat issues of affordability and access that are…
In 1983, The National Commission on Excellence in Education published A Nation at Risk, setting off decades of educational reform efforts. 36 years later, Diane Ravich and others have declared the reform movement dead. Does the future look like 1950 plus 10% charters? If…
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60% of millennials ranked a Google internship as being more valuable than a Harvard degree in a recent study by Kaplan. Is this indicative of the current economic environment or reflective of a broader sea change in attitudes towards Higher Education? This discussion will…
Psychologists define structural stigma as the societal-level conditions, cultural norms, and institutional policies that constrain the opportunities, resources and well-being of the stigmatized. Stigmatized groups often experience scarcity, not only of material resources,…
In 2019 Larry Berger, CEO of Amplify, wrote a letter that went viral about how certain modes of Personalized Learning were neither particularly personalized nor particularly learning. For this talk, he shares the rest of the story. In five napkin sketches, Larry presents a…
A social phenomenon known as ‘Not Invented Here Syndrome’ is a serious cause of stagnation within educational companies globally. This is the tribalistic belief that tools developed in-house are inherently better in every way than those created elsewhere. In the case of…
The U.S. federal government alone distributes over $10B to workforce programs across the nation for retraining, upskilling, and job placement initiatives. There is a growing appetite to invest this capital in innovative private company and public workforce partnerships that…
Twenty-eight years after the first charter opened its doors as a laboratory for innovation, we have a growing innovation ecosystem that includes both charters and districts. We also have a more nuanced, complex understanding of what student success entails. What are…
Employers want the deep, transferable skills developed through liberal arts education. The expensive, 4-year residential model does not serve the vast majority of today’s learners. How do we offer core elements of the liberal arts experience, those that develop desirable…
Award-winning journalist and author of “A Good Provider is One Who Leaves” and New York Times reporter Jason DeParle shines a light on the shadow world of immigration through a decades long relationship with the Comodas family in the Philippines. Immigrants have been the…
In 2019 Virginia made a historic, statewide $1B investment to more than double Virginia’s tech-talent pipeline, which will benefit students and employers across the Commonwealth. Virginia’s outsized commitment to back a full-scale talent development strategy to grow tech…
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According to the Institute of Coaching, over 70% of individuals who received coaching benefited from improved work performance, relationships, and better communication skills, and 86% of companies felt that they recouped the investment they made in coaching and more.…
Join three entrepreneurs and a long standing education policy innovator discuss what they’re doing to serve more students with higher quality and better outcomes. Rachel Carlson has found profound success with Guild Education’s model, with 95% 6-month retention, 20% month…
It's been dubbed the Silver Tsunami. People are living longer and working longer. There are now more people in the U.S. over 50 than there are under 18. By 2035, 140 million Americans—more than 1 in 3—will be over 50. Today, 63% of adults 60-64 still work, 40% of adults 65…
With 7.4 m US jobs unfilled in mid 2019, it's no wonder employers are looking upstream for talent. JPMC CEO Jamie Dimon is telling the public, "forget degrees, we need skills." The fastest growing offering at community colleges are quickly becoming short-term "micro…
In this talk, Bob Moesta, who has created over 3,500 products that account for billions of dollars in sales each year, and Michael Horn, head of Strategy for Entangled and founder of the Clayton Christensen Institute, will unveil insights behind their new book Choosing…
The primaries are underway and the presidential election is just 7 months away, with education policy at the forefront of the primary debates. The current administration has represented a gravitational shift in policy. In just the last year the Department of Education led by…
Australia has been an innovator in educational access and opportunity from school to work since the 1960s. Australians have used ever-more sophisticated technology for “distance learning” to reach outback communities, prioritizing the promise of experiential, work-ready…
The marketplace for edtech is transforming in parallel with the changing demographics of today’s schools. There are more students of color, more students learning the English language, more students with learning differences, and more children living with trauma and adverse…
Fifth generation (5G) technology is here and dominating headlines, but what does it really mean for expanding opportunity and access to learning? Hear from technology and education leaders as they discuss how 5G is already empowering teachers and students across the country…
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Opening Keynote: Michael Moe, Founder GSV Special Message from Express Feedback for Good Closing Keynote: Malcolm Gladwell, Author, “Talking to Strangers” with introduction by Brian Napack, President & CEO, Wiley & Sons
Opening Keynote: Michael M. Crow, President, Arizona State University Fireside Chat: Katie Burke, Chief People Officer, Hubspot and Michael Horn, Chief Strategy Officer, Entangled Group, Co-Founder & Distinguished Fellow, The Christensen Institute Presentation by Sanjay…
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This panel will feature visionary leaders from Sprint and Verizon along with ASU CIO, Lev Gonick who will explore drivers for adoption of 5G including student success applications and services, advanced research around IoT and mobility. If history is any example, a rich eco…
Come learn from a panel of industry executives how they interface with San Jacinto College to form meaningful relationships and create board-level partnerships within some of the nation’s largest Fortune 500 corporations. San Jacinto College, an Aspen Institute award…
Is business school dead? MBA applications have been in decline for the last several years. According to Forbes, “MBA programs are experiencing double-digit declines. Last year, the top ten business schools combined saw a drop of about 3,400 M.B.A. applicants, a 5.9%…
This panel will explore the movement led by the Coalition for Career Development to transform the culture of education by making career development/readiness the first priority of American education. Our existing educational paradigm, grounded in testing, has helped fuel the…
Does personalized, deeper, student-centered learning work? Can it enable K-12 students to develop core academic skills and the essential 21st-century skills they clearly will need to thrive after high school? We can’t answer those questions using only the testing data…
Education is on the cusp of a technology revolution that will transform teaching and learning to an experience-based approach. From enabling a more diverse curriculum catered to non-traditional learners with different needs to supporting autistic students in real-time via…
The authors of Indebted: How Families Make College Work at Any Cost, Pedigree, and The Years That Matter Most: How College Makes or Breaks Us discuss limits of current systems of admissions, student finance, and career placement. The panelists suggest a pivot point in higher…
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According to a recent Bellwether Education study, 40% of parents would prefer to remove their children from their local public school. Most of those families have not had an affordable alternative. At the same time, technology has allowed the creation of rich, synchronous,…
Following a nationwide application process, 15 finalists were selected to pitch for the ASU GSV 2020 Innovative Educator Award. Come hear directly from the educators who are implementing innovation right now in schools and districts across the country! ------ 10:00 -…
UNESCO estimates that in the next 10 years demand for higher education will double to serve more than 400 million students. Featuring distinguished leaders from government, higher education, philanthropy and the entrepreneurial community, this panel will discuss and debate…
There is an abundance of ways to learn. From K12 to Higher Ed and beyond, effective teaching online is increasingly available, using adaptive learning techniques and beyond. Join this conversation with a YouTube creator, educators, and an entrepreneur as they share their…
Please join Diane Tavenner and Kim Smith for this exciting conversation.
Innovation in Higher Education is happening all around us; from new platforms and disruptive technologies to the increasingly important role that corporations are playing across the post secondary landscape. With all of this change, there is often a key player inside the…
Following a nationwide application process, 15 finalists were selected to pitch for the ASU GSV 2020 Innovative Educator Award. Come hear directly from the educators who are implementing innovation right now in schools and districts across the country! ------ 10:45 -…
Alaska has historically struggled to break through in national educational attainment rankings, but today the Last Frontier is building the future of education. With a sharp socio-economic divide between urban and rural school districts, Alaska educators face some of the…
Income share agreements (ISAs) offer a promising if still somewhat novel option for funding adult career education and training programs. These student finance industry leaders will discuss the challenges and opportunities presented by this new application for ISAs.
When doctors play video games, everybody wins. Join Sam Glassenberg for a live demonstration of how the latest video game technology and neuroscience can be applied to hone medical professionals' skills and disseminate best practices. Demonstrations will include disasters in…
In his widely acclaimed book “The Years that Matter Most: How College Makes or Breaks Us” Paul Tough describes the work of Angel Perez, Director of Admissions at Trinity College, and Father Steve Katsouros at Arrupe College, an innovative two-year degree program that…
Sergey Karayev’s goal is to develop and deploy AI systems to improve human life. In 2014, he finished a PhD in Computer Science at UC Berkeley and co-founded Gradescope, the AI-assisted platform for instructors to grade exams, homework, programming projects, and labs. In…
90% of parents today are millennial digital natives who are accustomed to receiving information on-demand and incredibly focused on high quality parenting resources. Fueled by an increased emphasis on whole child development along with the increasing need for connectivity…
As kids, everything we knew about the future, we learned from The Jetsons. The classic cartoon predicted things like the Apple Watch and the Roomba, but when it came to the classrooms of the future, The Jetsons’ classroom looked unfortunately similar to The Flintstones. …
With the 2020 Election around the corner, students are being more vocal than ever about what’s most important to them. This panel explores students’ sentiments on hot-button issues, including politics, mental health, the value of higher education and the future of work, and…
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Fireside Chat: Charles Koch, CEO, Koch Industries; Brian Hooks, Chairman & CEO, Stand Together; Moderator: Todd Rose, Author “Dark Horse” and President, Populace #PowerOfWomen & The Future of Higher Ed Marni Baker-Stein, Provost & Chief Academic Officer, Western Governors…
More than 900 US colleges have gone test-optional in their admissions process. What does modern assessment look like as we enter into a test optional world? What’s the future of legacy systems like the ACT and SAT. Join these preeminent thinkers on learning and testing as…
The edtech landscape is crowded with a bewildering array of ever-evolving products. But where are the biggest gaps in the landscape -- areas where school districts have unmet needs, and companies in the market are failing to deliver on those demands? In this session, we'll…
Inequality in the workplace is pervasive. Against that backdrop, Pew Research Center analysis shows the “post-Millennial” generation is the most racially and ethnically diverse generation. As this younger generation is set to graduate, how do companies and higher education…
People are increasingly concerned about the impact of internet technology and social media on children’s and adults’ social and emotional skills and increases in mental health problems, including anxiety and depression. At the same time, new apps and games are being released…
Voice-enabled smart speakers are expected to reach 55%+ of U.S. households by the year 2022. Further fueling this market, it is predicted airpod sales could reach 90M this year alone. The global opportunity is enormous. Education would seem to be the “killer app” to drive…
Following a nationwide application process, 15 finalists were selected to pitch for the ASU GSV 2020 Innovative Educator Award. Come hear directly from the educators who are implementing innovation right now in schools and districts across the country! ------ 2:00 -…
Exponential technology, particularly artificial intelligence, is improving service delivery in every aspect of life and reshaping the employment landscape. In this session an all star panel will discuss the role of AI within the K-12 education and its ability to enhance…
India is at the cusp of an explosion in new opportunities in education and talent driven by technology and economic growth. With more than 260 million students at 1.5 million schools, 50,000 higher education institutions, and 13,000 industrial training institutes, and over…
24% Percent of Americans over the age of 18 participate in the Gig Economy, with 44% of this population relying on gig work as their primary source of income. Join two entrepreneurs leading in the working-for-pay app-based space as they discuss the future of freelance work.
Placed-Based Education (“PBE”) is an immersive learning experience that “places students in local heritage, cultures, landscapes, opportunities and experiences, using these as a foundation for the study of language arts, mathematics, social studies, science and other…
Arrupe College, a two year college founded at Loyola University Chicago in 2015, is an academic community where Pell eligible, undocumented, first generation students feel that they belong. Their sense of belonging has led to academic success and strong retention and…
Did you know that research has shown a 13% return for every dollar spent on early childhood development for at-risk students? Early childhood programs have lifelong positive impacts, from school readiness to high school graduation to workforce and civic participation and…
In a world where disruption is happening in almost every workplace, and where competition for good jobs is fierce, professional development is more important than ever before. Recent surveys suggest that giving people the opportunity to upskill is the most important thing…
Starting with the charge of preparing tomorrow’s leaders and workers today, educators must equip each student with both the technical skillset and the agile mindset to succeed in the modern work world. This requires a new school model that delivers both college preparation…
The Jetsons have been using VR at work for fifty years. As VR becomes a more robust reality, how will its applications be used in the future of work? Join entrepreneurs and a Facebook employee who spend A LOT of time thinking about VR as they explore the uncertainty and …
2012 was the year Higher Education was said to have changed forever. The arrival of Coursera and Udacity (with EDX and FutureLearn soon after) was heralded as a watershed moment for Higher Education. While the hype cycle ran its course, MOOC platforms provided millions…
Social and emotional learning (SEL) is defined as attitudes and competencies that foster self- and social awareness and the abilities to manage one’s own and others’ emotions and behavior, make responsible decisions, and nurture positive relationships. Research shows that…
Technology has the potential to transform higher education, as MOOCs and online content become widely available. University students seeking to learn a topic who now have little if any choice are about to be presented with a vast array of choices. What student would not want…
AI is transforming everything, especially how we learn. As we move forward in this new age, big questions remain as to how exactly AI will impact learning -- will it make it better? Faster? Cheaper? Lazier? What about cheating? Will we as humans become better learners with…
Equity in school is determined long before school even begins. That is why it’s critical to create better connection and continuity between early childhood and the PK-12 system. Grounded in the work and perspectives of early childhood and PK-12 policymakers and…
Teacher shortages, exacerbated by long hours (50 per week according to a new McKinsey study) leading to burnout and high attrition rates, are a growing problem in the US, and indeed around the world. While we’ve publicly debated over the last ten years whether the…
Please join us for this innovative higher education panel.
This panel will explore the challenges of scaling edtech businesses in India – defining target markets, pricing and unit economics, marketing, and private-public partnerships.
In this interactive session the LEGO Foundation will share its latest research and thinking on how learning through play can be combined with technology to provide opportunities for learners to acquire knowledge across a variety of contexts while developing a range of…
Placed-Based Education (“PBE”) is an immersive learning experience that “places students in local heritage, cultures, landscapes, opportunities and experiences, using these as a foundation for the study of language arts, mathematics, social studies, science and other…
In a world where lifelong learning is increasingly important, digital education businesses are achieving network effects in unprecedented ways for leaders. Join four CEOs with companies on leading digital platforms each operating at real scale and growing -- a phenomenon…
What are the investment opportunities in early childhood development? What will it take to create transformative change in early childhood in the next decade? How do traditional and alternative sources of capital play a role in this transformation and what ECD investment…
What happens when competitive EdTech companies merge? Former market rivals must now form one unified organization. School and university customers worry about change. Fresh off the successful merger of Parchment and Credentials Solutions, creating the largest academic…
Gap years are becoming a more common path for students who are looking for alternative entry points to universities. Several programs are now accredited, offering students access to a diverse year long experience with the ability to still graduate with their peers in 4…
Millions of people come to YouTube everyday to learn. Hear from leading Learning Creators and University Educators on how they are meeting learners where they are, with everything from inspiration to instruction, and making an impact at scale.
Competency-based education offers a new value proposition for our education system, transforming from a time-based system to a true learning-based system. But how can we capture and convey the interdisciplinary, collaborative, and complex learning of students in this system?…
This panel will discuss the opportunity from the viewpoint of companies looking at entering the India market including strategy, customization and challenges in execution.
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Mawi will share his amazing story going from a refugee camp to Harvard University, and offer insights on how to apply social emotional learning (SEL) from his work with more than one million students around the world. You will be inspired and learn evidence-based strategies…
Come join American Student Assistance (ASA.org) and Burning Glass as we debut ground-breaking research on the new foundational skills that will be of critical importance when their students enter the job market in the near future. Based on insight from Grade 5 to Grade 12…
In this panel the Cook Inlet Tribal Council, a pioneering Alaska Native social service organization, will share how they’re working with veteran film and video game storytellers to inclusively research, visualize and create narratives that blend the timeless wisdom of the…
This panel will discuss the India opportunity from an investor’s perspective – attractive areas, winning business models, what investors look for and potential pitfalls
Strong Latino entrepreneurial talent exists in education. But NewSchools has a persistent Latino leadership gap across our portfolio and this is an issue for many funders across the field. We asked ourselves: What should we be doing differently to engage Latino leaders? What…
College-focused startups raised billions globally last year. With investment – and technological advances – now pouring into the industry faster than ever before, find out how these young founders, all Forbes 30 Under 30 alumni, are taking advantage of the momentum and a…
Hear Ralph Smith, Managing Director of the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading, in discussion with Promise Venture Studio, talk about the ways in which private sector innovation, public-private partnerships, as well as parents and communities can be leveraged to create…
Skills has become the dominant theme in many of our education to work discussions. But what do we mean by skills and how can a skills-based language actually help? In this talk our panel will review and discuss the work going on in the world of skills -- including a new open…
KIPP Chicago has launched a comprehensive Whole Child Initiative focused on engaging, supporting, and challenging students and staff as well as the communities in which we work. Key priorities for this initiative include integrated social emotional learning and support for…
We’re living in an unprecedented age of agility, innovation, and acceleration. School systems across America are a driving force for creating educational experiences that make it possible for students to be equipped to thrive in this dynamic world of change. The need to be…
Former U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan sits down with young men from Chicago CRED (Creating Real Economic Diversity) to discuss the steps they have taken to disrupt the cycle of gun violence in their community and transition into the legal economy. Arne will…
Science tells an optimistic story about children’s potential: it says that what one child can do, nearly all can do, under highly favorable conditions. In this presentation, Pamela Cantor, M.D. will use developmental and learning science to answer the questions: What would…
Introduction and Presentation of Innovator of Color Award Award by Meredith Rosenberg, Practice Lead, Ed Tech and Ed Services, Russell Reynolds & Associates and Henry Hipps, Deputy Director, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Each year, GSV accepts nominations from the ASU GSV…
The Future of K12 in the New World of Work Pedro Martinez, Superintendent of Schools, San Antonio ISD; Constance Jones, CEO, Noble Schools; Phyllis Lockett, CEO, Leap Innovations; Kaya Henderson, Global Learning Lab, Teach for All Moderator: Darienne Driver Hudson, President…
Great institutions and global brands are taking the temperature of consumers to gather insights on their changing sentiments toward education and learning. Join these leaders discuss the research happening and what its found. [1] Busteed, Brandon. "Americans Rank A Google…
There’s a supply-demand imbalance of workers for jobs and working adults without a traditional four-year degree. Entrepreneurs both social and commercial describe how we can identify and train talent in underserved communities to fill the millions of open jobs around the…
Move over Learning and Human Resource Management Systems! The era of training being separate from daily working is over. This group of entrepreneurs and learning experts are at the forefront of work and learning integration. Each panelist is creating new ways of engaging and…
The edtech space has exploded over the last two decades, and our education innovation ecosystem is maturing. Look no further than this Summit for evidence! And yet, when we zoom in on the classroom, the amazing growth in our industry is not correlating directly with growth…
With student debt at an all-time high and on-time college graduation rates stagnant, it is increasingly critical that students start preparing for their future careers during their K-12 education. Improved collection of postsecondary outcomes data, the integration of…
The World of Work initiative launched three years ago in the Cajon Valley Union School District has demonstrated that career development and related learning can be integrated in the classroom starting in the earliest grades. The panelists will speak to the importance, the…
With more than 57 million gig employees in the US, comprising 36% of all workers, the gig economy has become a critical part of the US workforce. As the number of people looking for more flexibility in their work, this number only projected to grow over time and change the…
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning have the potential to automate, optimize and advance decision making in higher education. Potential areas may include anticipating enrollment, assisting in enrollment selection, predicting student success and informing learning…
The K-12 education system in China educates nearly 200 million students who attend over 500,000 schools, nearly 4 times that of the U.S. With that scale comes incredible challenges to effectively produce outcomes for all of China’s children. Innovation has been a necessary…
The world is beginning to understand that for a company to be successful, its employees need to be emotionally and physically healthy. Stress, burnout, anxiety, and let's face it, the universal pains of adulting, drastically affect the bottom line. There are plenty of apps…
The K-12 education system in China educates nearly 200 million students who attend over 500,000 schools, nearly 4 times that of the U.S. With that scale comes incredible challenges to effectively produce outcomes for all of China’s children. Innovation has been a necessary…
Problems are networked. Majors are siloed. We’re changing that. Our vision is to lead a global movement that makes passionate problem-solving a way of life. We leverage the power of disciplines to attack complex, ‘wicked’ problems. Students, faculty, and off-campus…
There are inherent biases, mis-information, and overall poor experience in hiring processes of the past that overwhelmingly relied on a single piece of paper: the resume. However, forward-thinking businesses have realized the long-term issues that come with the reliance on…
There’s no doubt that the workplace is becoming the next education system and corporate learning will need to augment traditional institutional learning. How can CEOs, Chief People Officers, and Chief Learning Officers work together to ensure that learning, performance, and…
The need to tell the story of the future of work has never been more urgent. This is the most massive reskilling of our workforce and rethinking of our education system this country, and the world, has faced in a century. That’s because the evolution of the global economy,…
Kevin Guthrie and Xiao-Li Meng will discuss the impact of data and data science on society with a special emphasis on the opportunities and challenges to higher education caused by the growing importance of access to large datasets for research and learning. What are the…
Over the next few years, 1 million service men and women will transition out of the military into civilian life. It can be difficult. One in three veterans feels they are under-employed. 80% leave their first job within two years. Training military personnel with the skills…
If K-12 education is at a crossroads, what are the levers that will propel the next generation of leaders and learners to create a new model of education? In this interactive session, contribute your voice on the following: a) what are the competencies that today's…
Fireside Chat: Richard Pierson, CEO & Co-Founder, Headspace and Taylor Nieman, Co-Founder & CEO, Toucan Fireside Chat: Jayne Parker, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer, The Walt Disney Company Closing Keynote: Michael Sorrell, President, Paul…
There are more than six million open jobs in the U.S. and many employers say they can’t fill them because they can’t find enough people with the in-demand skills they need. The issue can’t be solved in a vacuum. Each business in each community has individualized workforce…
With over 70 million displaced people worldwide, a parallel crisis is also emerging: around the world only 3% of refugees have access to higher education, compared to a global average of 34%. In addition to fueling inequity, this gap entrenches people in a system of…
Context matters in K-12 EdTech implementation, a $13BN market where up to 85% of purchased tools are either under-implemented or poor fits for the context. Which variables in a particular context matter most when it comes to implementing successfully and sustaining that…
Jeff Wetzler, Co-Founder of Transcend, leads a conversation on how to get innovation done at two high needs extremes: within the nation’s second largest urban market, Los Angeles, and a high-poverty rural district, Edgecombe County Public Schools in North Carolina. The panel…
America has more prisoners than any democracy in the world, and the impact on families is an extended form of mass incarceration. Speaker and Social Entrepreneur, Khalil Osiris’ passion for restorative justice has inspired his 30 years of experience developing programs used…
Context matters in K-12 EdTech implementation, a $13BN market where up to 85% of purchased tools are either under-implemented or poor fits for the context. Which variables in a particular context matter most when it comes to implementing successfully and sustaining that…
Often OER are used to create textbook cost savings for students. Hear from a group of leaders who have developed much more comprehensive strategies and goals with OER. These organizations have created new approaches to faculty innovation, altered the supply chain for…
Difference making is the superpower of the innovation economy. Employers, impact investors, and community leaders are looking for people that can spot opportunity, build a change initiative, and deliver value. This session will highlight the KEEN network of colleges that…
Opening Keynote: Scott McNealy, Board Member and Co-founder, Curriki Open & Free: Building Platforms and Partnerships to empower the Glass Generation It is now 2020, and many of the conversations that we have been having for the past two decades about technology and…
GSV Cup Venture Competition and Prize Award! Introduction of Life Time Achievement Award by April Montgomery and the Reveal of Feedback for Good/100x Results Presentation of the Lifetime Achievement Award to Mahalia Hines and Founders of Western Governors University Closing…
