Boston EdTech 2020 Kickoff and Networking

We’re starting the year off with a unique networking event and bringing back many of our previous speakers / frequent attendees to engage with the edtech community! They'll be available all night to chat about their current career / organization, the products they’re working on, and emerging technologies / educational trends in the edtech space.

In the first half, we’ll have tables for different edtech careers (ex. product, UX, engineering), so that both current professionals and community members can connect with those on a specific career path. After providing a brief overview of Boston EdTech’s plans for the 2020 year, we’ll reorganize the tables to center on different emerging technologies and educational trends so that attendees can continue to network around a different set of themes.

Thanks to General Assembly for providing the space for this event! Please also register through the GA website as it's necessary for entrance into the event space: https://generalassemb.ly/education/career-camp-career-exploration-speed-networking/boston/98382

Below are some of the confirmed folks who will be back for this event. This list will be updated as we get more confirmations:

Nimisha Asthagiri, Chief Architect at edX
Heidi Burgiel, Instructional Designer, Lasell University
Michael Fogarasi, Producer at FableVision
Jason Gorman, Founder and Managing Partner at Jackrabbit Learning Experience
Kristina McElroy, Director of Academic Technology, Lesley University
Miguel Mora, Product Manager at AdmitHub
Marco Morales, Senior Product Manager at edX
Ben Piscopo, Senior Learning Designer at edX
Pooja Prasanna, Product Manager at Pearson
Becky Sacks, VP Product at AdmitHub
Peter Stidwill, Executive Producer at Fablevision
Jen Wang, UX Researcher at Curriculum Associates
Joy Zhao, Product Manager at Curriculum Associates

Also, all of our current Boston EdTech volunteers will be present:
Robyn Belair, Learning Designer at edX
Alan Foster, Founder of ArcLive at Lore Media
Chelsea Giller, Business Analyst at Cengage
Jeff King, Software Engineer at Curriculum Associates
Kyle Paczkowski, Accountant at itslearning
Victor Wang, VP, Partnerships at Peergrade

Agenda:
6:30 - 7:20 - Network based on different edtech careers/roles
7:30 - 7:45 - Overview of Boston EdTech 2020
7:45 - 8:30 - Continue networking around emerging technologies and educational trends