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Agenda at a Glance
Agenda at a Glance
12th Education Industry Investment Forum●
March 1-2, 2010 ● The Ritz Carlton Phoenix, AZ
Monday, March 1, 2010: Main Conference Day One | |
12:00 | Registration for Main Conference |
12:15 | Chairpersons’ Opening Remarks Peter Leyton, President/Shareholder, Ritzert & Leyton Christoper L. Curran, Managing Director, Berkery Noyes |
12:30 | Regulator Keynote: Government, Business, and Community Considerations in the Move to Broaden Education in the United States into Top Global Performer Status Dan Madzelan, Acting Assistant Secretary for Post Secondary Education, U.S. Department of Education |
1:00 | Networking Break |
1:30 | Investor Keynote: Establishing the Growth of National Education through Private and Public Partnerships, Solution-Building and Innovation in Capital Deployment Tom Vander Ark, former Head of Grant-making, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Partner, Revolution Learning |
2:00 | Keynote: Defining the Relationship Between Foundations, Investors and Operators to Advance American Education Josh Jarrett, Senior Program Officer-Special Initiatives, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation |
2:30 | Networking Break |
3:00 | Examining M & A, Capitalizations and Innovations in Business Performance that will Have a Measurable Impact on Funding Moderated by: Vivek C. Kamath, Managing Director, Berkery Noyes John Bates, Managing Director, Arlington Capital Partners Stephen Tave, CEO, American Education Development Corporation Paul Freedman, Chief Executive Officer, Altius Education |
4:00 | Economic Disparity and its Impact on Operations Strategy and Investor Strategy: Funding, Operations, Regulatory and Legal Challenges in For-Profit Education in 2010 Moderated by: Peter Leyton, President /Shareholder, Ritzert & Leyton Chris Masto, Senior Managing Director, Friedman Fleischer & Lowe Joe Merrill, Senior Director – Business Planning, Apollo Group, Inc Laura Palmer-Noone, Chief Executive Officer, Saras Education, Inc. John Schnabel, Partner, Falcon Investment Advisors |
5:00 | Changes in the Federal Guidelines on Student Financing and Their Impact on the For-Profit Education Industry · Pending Implementation of the HEOA Statute and Regulations · Status and Discussion of Pending SAFRA Legislation · Understanding Program Integrity and Negotiated Rulemaking Featured Speakers: Peter Leyton, President /Shareholder, Ritzert & Leyton Tom E. Netting, Consultant, Akerman Senterfitt Attorneys at Law |
6:00 | Main Conference-1st Day Ends |
Tuesday, March 2, 2010: Main Conference Day Two | ||
| K12 Track | Post Secondary Track | |
8:45 | Opening Remarks – Conference Chairs | |
9:00 | Special K12 Keynote Marco Petruzzi, CEO & President, Green Dot Public Schools | Keynote: Building Opportunities for a Wider Spectrum of Students through Scalable Subscriptions Burck Smith, Chief Executive Officer, StraighterLine |
| ONLINE & BRICKS AND MORTAR | ONLINE & BRICKS AND MORTAR | |
9:30 | Interactive Conversation: Assistive Technology in America’s Schools Dr. Noni Miller, Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum & Instruction, Holly Area Schools (Michigan) Matt Mello, Director of Technology, Holly Area Schools (Michigan) | Advancing a Customer-First Model for Online and Bricks and Mortar Post Secondary Education Moderator: Dr. Clinton Gardner, CEO, Northcentral University Judith Murray, Vice President – Online Learning, Thompson Rivers University (BC) Cathy Snoddy, Assistant Director, Huntington Junior College Darcy Tannehill, President – Online Campus, The Chicago School of Professional Psychology |
10:15 | Networking Break | |
| INVESTING & GROWTH MANAGEMENT | INVESTING & GROWTH MANAGEMENT |
10:45 | How Are Investors Missing the Point in VC and Private Equity Verticals that Examine K12? Clement Erbmann, Managing Director, First Analysis Corporation Janet Matricciani, Senior Vice President – Corporate Development, K12, Inc. Michael Connelly, CEO, Mosaica Education | An Investor & Practitioner Guide to International Growth & Scale Gene Hayes, Director, Saras Education, Inc. (United States) Dean Duperron, President, Sprott-Shaw Community Colleges (British Columbia) Bernardo Bolanos, Managing Director, Southland Group (Costa Rica) Steve Cooper, Founder, Tech University of America Ryan Busch, Chief Marketing Officer, Camelback Education Group |
11:45 | Financials, Lobbying and Lending Delineating the Funding and Legislative Environment to Enable Growth and Scale in K12 Dayna Stewart, Founder, Dayna Stewart & Associates Christina Erland-Culver, Former Assistant Secretary for Education in Interagency Affairs Seth Reynolds, Senior Principal, The Parthenon Group | The Impact of Cohort Default Rates: Financial/Company Value and Responsible Borrowing Mary Lyn Hammer, Chief Executive Officer, Champion College Services Bob Bennett, Founder, Groundswell Equity Bob Martin, Chief Executive Officer, Imagine America Foundation |
12:30 | Luncheon for Conference Delegates and Speakers | |
1:30 | The Public and Private Debate: Building Bridges to Enhance America’s Superior Education Model Jon Hage, CEO, Charter Schools USA Steve Barr, Chairman Emeritus, Green Dot Public Schools Bobbi Kurshan, Founder, Curriki | Seeing the Opportunities, Threats, and Challenges in India John Stuppy, Partner, Edumetrix Dr. Rahul Choudaha, Associate Director of Development & Innovation, World Education Services |
| PUBLIC & PRIVATE SOLUTIONS AND FINANCE | ACCREDIDATION | |
2:30 | Implementing Enhanced Technologies and Learning Methods to Assist Students and Teachers Victor Vuchic, Program Director – Open Educational Resources, The Wiliam and Flora Hewlet Foundation N.T. Etuk, Founder, Tabula Digita Dr. Ken Hartman, Academic Director — Online, Drexel University | Seeking Clarity in the Murkiness: Accreditation from an Expert’s Firsthand Account of the Process Elise Scanlon, Partner, Drinker Biddle & Reath Florence Tate, President Emerita, Potoma College & Executive Member of the Executive Committee, ABHES Commission |
3:30 | Networking Break | |
4:00 | Overcoming Challenges in a Public School District Model and Tailoring the Right Approach to Funding and Scale Charles Paul, Chief Executive Officer, Worldwise Education | Learning the Opportunities in Offering Education, Living Services and Job Training to Disabled and Uniquely Classed Adult Learners Rob Crawford, Chief Executive Officer, Life Development Institute Erik Ryan, VP, Division of School-Based Services, ABA Schools |
5:00 | Chairmen’s Closing Remarks | |
5:15 | Conference Ends | |
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