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AGENDA

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12

1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Icebreaker and Introductions

2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Laying Your Cards on the Table
This will be an interactive session challenging you to think like a kid, a teacher and an administrator. Every participant will receive a custom data pack of research from your jurisdiction about what your students, parents, teachers and administrators think about technology.

Julie Evans, Chief Executive Officer, Project Tomorrow

3:30 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.
Bookmakers
Betting on the Best Seller, edIT (Education Information Technology)
A new survival guide! Each attendee will receive Intel's brand new book, edIT: It's Time to Change the Story - Building the Education Infrastructure, which is full of case studies, definitions and practical information.

The Safe Bet: Meet the Card Sharks of School-Based Server Services
Roundtable Hosts

Eileen Lento, Ph.D., Education Strategist, Intel

Anne Gregory, Education Program Manager, Intel

Panelists

Mike Batten, Assistant Superintendent, Instruction and Accountability,
Waterford School District, MI

Lenny Schad, Chief Information Officer, Katy Independent School District, TX

Katherine Tsamasiros, Director, New York City Department of Education


THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13

8:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
The Technology Trifecta
Sit back and enjoy as we bring in some of the nation's top experts to discuss the latest information for planning and strategy around key infrastructure topics, such as energy efficiency, alternative computing models, virtualization, application streaming, social media and manageability of servers and client computers.

8:00 a.m. - 9:10 a.m.
Part 1
During this session, we'll talk through a day in the life of the average classroom PC, beginning with maintenance that takes place while students are still asleep and progress to waking PCs before the students arrive at school. We'll talk about managing a range of PC issues like using client virtualization to create virtual sandboxes for students to learn in, maintaining compliance and reducing risk from virus outbreaks. Finally, we'll talk about how to manage more problems remotely allowing IT staff to be more productive and putting PCs to sleep again after the kids leave for the day.

Greg Boitano, Digital Office Team, Intel

9:10 a.m. - 10:20 a.m.
Part 2
Thin clients and alternative computing models are red-hot topics among IT managers today. This session will define the various alternative computing models and review the pros and cons of each, including terminal services, virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI), OS streaming, application virtualization and others. Attendees will learn strategies and tools to make the highly-informed decisions about which technology is right for their users and their budgets.

Mike Ferron-Jones, Digital Office Platform Division, Intel

10:20 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Part 3
What's an IT administrator to do? With rising IT costs and shrinking education IT budgets, the challenges seem overwhelming. New technologies such as virtualization offer relief but add complexity and challenges. This talk will demonstrate how to simplify your virtualization challenges with a short demonstration of how to virtualize using an Intel® modular server.

Brian Johnson, Modular Server Product Manager, Intel

11:30 a.m.
Leave for field trip to Northwest Career and Technical Academy of Clark County, NV

12:15 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
Welcome

Getting Ahead of the Curve: Clark County School District's Technology Infrastructure

Philip J. Brody, Ph.D., Chief Technology Officer, Clark County, NV

Randy Thomas, Director, Networking Services, Clark County, NV

Facility Tour

3:15 p.m.
Depart

4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Connectivity - The Last Mile is Always the Longest
The popularity of the Internet in schools has proven to be a mixed blessing. Just as schools are ramping up their use of the Internet, they face a bandwidth crisis. Together, we'll explore a few facets of the "Last Mile":
- How much is enough? We'll look at the current connectivity picture and
take a peek at what it will look like in five years.
- Technology to the rescue? What's the latest in the technology world affecting connectivity?
- E-Rate to the rescue? You probably know the answer, but how bad might it get?
- What's the impact of mobility on connectivity?
- What are the implications of managed service offerings, cloud computing and other offerings on the horizon?
We can't give you a bottle of bandwidth to take home, but we promise that you will be better prepared for both the challenges and the opportunities that lie ahead.

Roger Clague, Vice President / General Manager, Trillion

Thomas Greaves, Chairman, The Greaves Group LLC


FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14

8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
The Stakes Are High: The Knowledge Community
Is it possible to change the circumstances where a disadvantaged student becomes a disadvantaged parent? During the education journey, there appears to be an opportunity to positively influence both a parent and a child. After that, it may be too late and the consequences may affect both the child and our society for a generation. Knowledge Community is an educational-based software system in which the stakeholders can collaborate, communicate, share, influence and get involved on a very important matter: the education of the child.

Paul Carmody, Chief Technology Officer, Acryn

Cameron Clark, Chief Executive Officer, Acryn

Leslie Golden, Technology Director, Willamette Education Service District Information Services

Debbie B. Rice, Director of Technology, Auburn City Schools, AL

Press release

10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Making Heads or Tails of Data-Driven Decision-Making
Meeting the Needs of Long Tail Learners with Technology
The Long Tail has transformed many industries by using technology and information to deliver products to the niches, not just the mass market. Individualized learning, user-generated content, social networking and virtual schools are indicators that the Long Tail is coming to education. Learn what the Long Tail means to education and how technology and data will help teachers make the most of their talents to engage students in the joy of learning. Drawing from student opinion, research and interviews with hundreds of educators, this session will provide concrete examples of how schools and teachers meet the needs of lagging and leading students. Administrators, technology directors and teachers will find this session helpful in thinking about how schools and the education process is changing with emerging technologies and the demands of the global economy.

Karen Greenwood-Henke, Founder, Nimble Press

Speaker notes

12:30 p.m. - 12:45 p.m.
Concluding Activity and Remarks

12:45 p.m.
Adjourn


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