Monday, April 7, 2025

2:10 pm
 - 
5:10 pm
LOCATION
Harbor D, Level 2
CHANNEL
Early Childhood Education Summit
Type
Panel
TAGS
Early Childhood
Wellness/Mental Health
Emerging Technologies

Early Childhood Education Summit

2:10 PM Welcome

Emily Oster Keynote -- 15 minutes

Emily Oster (CEO, ParentData)

Artificial Intelligence Meets Relational Intelligence: Building the Future of Early Learning -- 15 minutes

Isabelle Hau (Executive Director, Stanford Accelerator for Learning)

Moderator: Liz Willen (Editor-in-Chief, The Hechinger Report)

ChatECE: Empowering Educators and Families with AI -- 30 minutes Isabelle Hau (Executive Director, Stanford Accelerator for Learning)

Celia Stokes (President, Product, Teaching Strategies)

Moderator: Michelle Kang (CEO, National Association for the Education of Young Children)

The “Quiet” Crisis: Reversing America’s Early Literacy Problem in the Next Decade -- 30 minutes

Nikki Bridges (CEO, Founder at Lit)

Carly Shuler (Co-Founder, Hoot Reading)

Thomas Sayer (CEO, Ello Technology Inc)

Jim Marggraff (CEO and Founder, Kibeam Learning)

Moderator: Michael Levine (Senior Advisor, Kapor Center)

Navigating the Digital Wild West: Early Childhood Learning in a Screen-Saturated World -- 30 minutes

Jody LeVos (Chief Learning Officer, Begin)

Christie Pang (Co-Founder and Co-CEO, Lirvana Labs Inc.)

Sara DeWitt (Senior Vice President and General Manager, PBS Kids)

Laura Henderson (EVP, Global Head of Early Learning, Spin Master Ltd.)

Francisco Cornejo (CEO, Storybook)

Moderator: Michael Levine (Senior Advisor, Kapor Center)

Raising Little Humans in the Age of AI -- 30 minutes

Julie Wroblewski (Managing Partner, Magnify Ventures)

Diana Hughes (VP, Product, Age of Learning)

Neal Shenoy (CEO and Co-Founder, Begin)

Ben Drury (CEO and Co-Founder, Yoto)

Moderator: Anna Steffeney (Executive Director, FamTech.org)