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)