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U.S. – ITALIA EDUCATION INNOVATION FESTIVAL

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U.S. – Italia Education
Innovation Festival

Inspiring an Education Renaissance

WHEN
September 21 - September 23, 2020

WHERE
Virtually and in person in
Ercolano, Italy (Naples)

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Highlights and videos

September 21, 2020 - September 23, 2020

Festival Vision: Why Italia?

Jeanne Allen, Founder & CEO, Center for Education Reform

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

WATCH ERCOLANO COME ALIVE!
WHAT AR AND VR CAN DO TO OPEN HISTORY TO THE GLOBE

Marco Cappellini, CEO & Co-Founder, Centrica
Accompanied by Michael McDonald, Founder, Gold Lotus technology and educator

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

 The Future of Work: Implications from Pre-K to Grey

Ulrik Christensen , CEO, Area9 Group

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Skills v. Jobs: Higher Education and the Future of Work

Matt Sigelman, CEO, Burning Glass Technologies
Carol D’Amico, Executive Vice President, Strada Education Network
Lisa Dawley Ph.D., Executive Director, Jacobs Institute for Innovation in Education, University of San Diego and Co-Inventor of Pactful
Marco Gilli, Professor of Electrical Engineering, Politecnico di Torino

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Addressing the COVID-19 Learning Loss

Roberto Ricci, CEO, INVALSI
Marc Oswald, CEO, TAO Testing
Moderated by Marco Gilli, Professor of Electrical Engineering at the Politecnico di Torino (Technical University of Torino), Scientific Attaché at the Embassy of Italy in USA

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Expanding theEducation Landscape:
Can online learning be an effective model in breaking down the silos between K-12, career readiness education, and workforce development? 

Nate Davis, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors, K12 Inc.
Antonio Roca, Managing Director at Academica Virtual Education
Moderated by Carol D’Amico, Executive Vice President, Strada Education Network

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Paradigm Shift: Government and industry needs in the sciences on a global scale

Enrico Cardillo, Amministratore Delegato e Direttore Generale di Stoà,  joined by:
Leonardo Lecce, President and CEO, Novotech
Col GArn Alessio Grasso, Direttore, Ufficio Tecnico Territoriale, Napoli

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

MASTERCLASS | Enoteca Italiana: Majnoni Guicciardini

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

K-12 Education – Innovations, Challenges and Market Opportunities

Daniele Denti, CEO, Ingenium Education
Adriano Allora , Co-Founder/CFO/CTO, Maieutical Labs
Paolo Tealdi, Italian Computer Science Engineer & Scientific High School Teacher
Moderated by Enrico Poli Director, Zanichelli Venture

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Why a New Global School?

Keynote by Chris Whittle, Founder of Whittle School and Studios.
Introduced and interviewed by Jeanne Allen, CEO & Founder, Center for Education Reform

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Live Lesson on Ercolano

Live from outside Stoà in Ercolano, Italy with Marco Cappellini, Italian native and CEO & Co-Founder of CENTRICA

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

DEBATE: Can a large US edtech company solve problems in the Italian classroom?

Lyman Missimer, Business Development Lead, Newsela
Paolo Tealdi, Italian Computer Science Engineer & Scientific High School Teacher
Moderated by Tammy Barron, President, School Growth LLC 

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Innovation in a Post-COVID-19 World

Featuring: Ben Nelson, Founder & CEO, Minerva 
Moderated by Michael Moe, Founder & CEO, GSV

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

What It Takes to Drive Change Across the Globe

An illuminating talk  by Senator Mary Landrieu.
Moderated by Donald Hense, Chairman & Founder, Friendship Public Charter School

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

The Virtual Dual Country Diploma

Kay Scettro, Chief Academic Counselor, Programma Doppio Diploma Italia-USA
Richard Collins, Director of Programma Doppio Diploma Itala-USA
Antonio Roca, Managing Director at Academica Virtual Education

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Keynote: Education to Work – In A New Industry

Stephanie Nellons-Paige, CEO, Nellons- Paige Group Inc
Moderated by the Honorable Rod Paige US Secretary of Education (2001-2005)

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

What the US and Italy have in common and what it takes to bend the arc of Human Potential, with Michael Moe

A keynote speech followed by Q&A with Michael Moe, Founder of GSV – Introduced by Jeanne Allen, CEO & Founder, Center for Education Reform

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Global Education in 10 Charts

Patrick Brothers, Co-CEO and Co-Founder of HolonIQ

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

The Path to Opportunity in K-12: Can Innovation Alter Destiny?

Lorenzo Cesaretti, Co Founder and CTO, Talent SRL
Scott Bess , Head of School Purdue Polytechnic Highschool
Nick Paradiso , VP of Government Relations & Partner Services, National Heritage Academies
Fiorenza Quercioli, Language Resource Specialist, Stanford University – Bing Overseas Studies Center, Florence
Scott Barron, Founder & Chief Reinvention Officer, School Growth LLC
Moderated by: Janine Walker-Caffrey, CEO, Lexplore, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Shark Tank! 
EdTech Startup Pitches + Investor Insights

Isabelle Hau, Partner, Imaginable Futures
Andre Bennin, Managing Partner, New U Venture Partners
Moderated by Ash Kaluarachchi, Managing Director, StartEd Accelerator

Hear from innovation Pre-K12, HigherEd, and Workforce Learning startups as they pitch to the ‘Sharks’!

After each pitch, these early-stage investors share their insight and (some of) their secrets for identifying fundable businesses and how the potential for success differs across geographies from the US to Europe and other key markets.

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Investment Trends: What We’re Seeing in the U.S. and Globally

George Straschnov, Managing Director, Bisk Ventures
Ash Kaluarachchi, Cofounder, StartEd EdTech Accelerator
Vinice Davis, Venture Partner, Imaginable Futures
Moderated by Matt  Johnson , Edtech Attorney and Advisor, Cooley, LLP

A panel of early stage investors focused on the future of learning and future of work share (some of) their secrets for identifying successful and venture capital-fundable businesses in the global education space and how that differs across geographies from the U.S. to Europe and other key markets. Learn what the obstacles are to scaling and growth in edtech and their predictions about how the market will evolve and adapt in the years to come. 

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

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