Events

Here are some upcoming events that we think will be of interest to our readers. If you would like to submit an event to be listed here, please contact us.

EdMedia 2012

The EdMedia World Conference on Educational Media and Technology focuses on distance education, multimedia, and hypermedia in education. Organized by the Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), the conference invites researchers, students and interested parties to focus on research, development, and applications. For more information, please visit EdMedia

Partnership for Global Learning Conference

The Asia Society Partnership for Global Learning annual conference focuses on preparing American students to be globally competent and college-ready. With a theme of “Pathways to Global Competence,” this event invites educators, business leaders, policymakers and more to network and discuss pathways to global competence. For more information please visit http://sites.asiasociety.org/pgl2012/

Serious Play Conference

This year’s Serious Play Conference speakers include leading thinkers, consultants, authors and analysts in the serious games industry as well as project directors already creating sims and games for education, corporate and military training, healthcare and non profits. Highlights for this year include new research on the market and growth trends for the serious games

National Association for the Education of Young Children Conference

The NAEYC Annual Conference & Expo invites teachers, researchers, administrators and anyone involved in early childhood education for a unique professional development opportunity. The conference exposes attendees to the latest research and best practices in early childhood education and offers a comprehensive networking experience. This year’s conference will focus on Developmentally Appropriate Practices in the

Grantmakers for Education 2012

The Grantmakers for Education’s annual conference, Embracing the Power of Education: Fulfilling the American Dream, will be held October 24-26 in New York City. The conference gathers philanthropists to strengthen the American dream of creating opportunities “through systemic reform, system alignment, innovation and creativity, and to create genuine opportunities for students of color and those

National Association for the Education of Young Children Conference

The NAEYC Annual Conference & Expo invites teachers, researchers, administrators and anyone involved in early childhood education for a unique professional development opportunity. The conference exposes attendees to the latest research and best practices in early childhood education and offers a comprehensive networking experience. This year’s conference will focus on Developmentally Appropriate Practices in the

Kids@Play Summit at CES

The annual Kids@Play Summit for industry professionals in related fields will meet at the Consumer Electronics Show this January at the Las Vegas Convention Center. The summit will include three exhibit days as well as a conference on January 9, 2013, which features several experts in the field of digital media for children and topics

Dust or Magic Institute

For the 12th year, designers and researchers interested in children’s interactive media will meet at the Inn at Lambertville Station to explore examples of the latest children’s interactive media. The three day event — equivalent to a graduate level course — includes sessions on child development applied to interactive media, plus demos, critiques, testing and

KidScreen Summit

Bringing together top executives and decision makers within children’s entertainment, KidScreen Summit allows participant to engage in thoughtful conversation about the current issues impacting the industry, current market needs and trends, upcoming challenges, and ultimately how to move business forward. Nearly 1,500 delegates from over 800 companies are expected to participate in the energetic forum

Digital Kids Conference

The Digital Kids Conference invites media makers, entertainment executives, digital media producers and more to join in a discussion about how to engage children on digital devices. Digital Kids gives companies the critical information they need to build successful online and mobile products and services for kids. Held as part of the Toy Expo, attendees

IndieCade East

The nation’s largest independent game festival comes to New York to celebrate the importance of indie games in the artistic community and invites artists, designers, and players to a weekend of panels, discussions, and game-design workshops. Co-hosted by the Museum of the Moving Image, IndieCade East will feature a weekend-long game jam for aspiring designers,

SXSWEdu

SXSWedu seeks to converge the wide variety of stakeholders who share an interest in 21st Century innovation and best practices. The attendees represent not only education professionals including teachers, administrators and university professors, but also business, industry and policy leaders who all share a keen interest in modernizing teaching and learning. For more information, please

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