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Name: Research Reaction Panel at FOSI 2026
Start: 2025-11-10T12:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-11-11T11:59:59-05:00

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.

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October 2024

EdTech Week: “Can You Tell Me How to Get to Sesame Street? Designing EdTech for Impact”

Oct 10 2024 | New York, NY, New York, NY | Category: Cooney Center presenting, Sesame Workshop presenting

Columbia University, Teachers College Thursday, October 10, 2024 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM [Invite-only] Lunch & Learn: “Can You Tell Me How to Get to Sesame Street? Designing EdTech for Impact” Sesame

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November 2024

The RITEC Design Toolbox: Supporting Children’s Well-being in Digital Play

Nov 19 2024 | Category: Cooney Center presenting

We are pleased to invite you to the upcoming launch of the RITEC Design Toolbox (RDT), part of the Responsible Innovation in Technology for Children (RITEC) initiative in partnership between UNICEF

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World Children’s Day: A Global View of Current Practices for Children and Digital Environments

Nov 20 2024 | Category: Community, Cooney Center presenting

This webinar celebrates children’s rights in the era of AI. It brings together leading experts in the field of Artificial Intelligence and Children’s Rights to discuss the latest advancements, ethical

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February 2025

Digital Media and Kids with Dr. Michael Rich and Dr. Rosemarie Truglio

Feb 5 2025 | MSDL Theater @ the West Side YMCA, 10 West 64th Street, New York, NY 10023 | Category: Cooney Center presenting

The Joan Ganz Cooney Center and the West Side YMCA invite you to join us for a book party to celebrate an incredible resource for parents of all children of

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March 2025

SXSW EDU 2025: AI Tools to Support Literacy & Computational Thinking

Mar 3 2025 | Austin Convention Center, 500 E Cesar Chavez St | Category: Cooney Center presenting

AI tools to support literacy & computational thinking Generative AI is arguably one of the most disruptive forces in the current tech landscape— with undeniable impact in K-12 learning. It

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April 2025

ASU+GSV 2025- Build It Together: Co-Designing Edtech with Children and Educators

Apr 7 2025 | San Diego Convention Center, 111 Harbor Dr

What happens when edtech products are co-designed from day one—with children, educators, and schools at the center? This session explores how early-stage design interventions can lead to more engaging, equitable,

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ASU+GSV 2025 – ChatECE: Empowering Educators and Families with AI

Apr 7 2025 | Category: Cooney Center presenting

Step into an inspiring conversation about the promises and risks of AI with the early childhood education (ECE) workforce with the power of AI. Facing mounting challenges like burnout and

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May 2025

SRCD 2025: Breaking Through Silos

May 2 2025 | Minneapolis Convention Center, 1301 2nd Ave S | Category: Community, Cooney Center presenting

Breaking Through Silos: Apply Your Research across Media, Tech, Homes, and Classrooms Imagine your research becoming a driving force for education transformation. Imagine breaking out of purely academic spaces and

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Celebrating Designing for Kids’ Well-Being – Case Studies from the 2025 WBxD Fellows

May 22 2025 | Category: Cooney Center, Cooney Center presenting

In this special culminating webinar on May 22, 2025, our incredible cohort of Well-Being by Design (WBxD) Fellows shared how they are designing to support children’s well-being through interactive digital

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June 2025

Edtech Insiders Webinar: Co-Design Secrets: How the Best Edtech Teams Build Products that Work

Jun 13 2025 | Category: Community, Cooney Center presenting

Michael Preston and Medha Tare will participate in an upcoming Edtech Insiders webinar on June 13, 225 at 12pm – 1pm ET. Co-design has become a buzzword in edtech—but what

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SZCF Presents Meeting the Moment Webinar Series with Dan Wuori: Children and Screens

Jun 20 2025 | Virtual | Category: Cooney Center presenting

In an increasingly online world, we are only beginning to understand the effects – both beneficial and detrimental – of digital media on children’s development. What should parents and professionals

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Workshop at IDC 2025: Grasping Data: Exploring interdisciplinary approaches for investigating children’s interactions with their personal data

Jun 23 2025 | Category: Cooney Center presenting

On Monday, June 23, 2025, Cooney Center Post Doctoral Fellow for Co-Design Liza Gak will participate in a hybrid workshop at IDC. Unlike any previous generation, children’s lives are now

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Workshop at IDC 2025: Designing AI for Children’s Well-Being

Jun 23 2025 | Hybrid: with IDC and virtual | Category: Cooney Center presenting

This hybrid workshop aims to convene an interdisciplinary community of researchers, industry professionals, and experts in AI and child well-being to pave the way for future research and practice that

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Panel at IDC 2025: Innovating Digital Play: Partnership for research-driven industry impact

Jun 26 2025 | Category: Cooney Center presenting

The goal of this panel is to present a research and industry design deployment collaboration, in designing digital play for children’s well-being. The panel will share processes, learnings, and ideas moving forward,

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Playing with Well-Being By Design at Games for Change 2025

Jun 27 2025 | Category: Community, Cooney Center presenting

Join the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at the Games for Change 2025 Festival on Friday, June 27 for a workshop on creating games that promote children’s well-being. Hear how Fred

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ISTE x Whiteboard Advisors Solutions Summit Breakout Session: What is Co-Design in EdTech?

Jun 29 2025 | Category: Cooney Center presenting

Dive into the practice of co-design as a powerful method for developing impactful EdTech rooted in real classroom needs. Through hands-on activities and practical frameworks, participants will learn how to

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July 2025

Digital Media and Developing Minds International Scientific Congress

Jul 13 2025 | The Westin DC Downtown, 999 9th Street, NW | Category: Community, Cooney Center presenting

The 2025 Digital Media and Developing Minds International Scientific Congress is an interdisciplinary convening that will bring together researchers, clinicians, educators, government agency representatives, and others with expertise in child development,

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Webinar: Launching the Voice of the Child

Jul 22 2025 | Category: Community, Cooney Center presenting

The Voice of the Child toolkit is an evidence-based resource designed for researchers, service providers, clinicians and others keen to involve children and young people in their work – whether

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Sandbox for Literacy Innovations Info Sessions

Jul 28 2025 | Category: Cooney Center presenting

We’re thrilled to announce that the Joan Ganz Cooney Center Sandbox for Literacy Innovations call for applications is now officially open through August 29, 2025. Supported by the Walton Family

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September 2025

Well-Being by Design 2026 Fellowship: Office Hours

Sep 22 2025 | Category: Cooney Center

The Joan Ganz Cooney Center’s Well-Being by Design Fellowship is a professional development program for designers and producers of interactive kids’ technology and media. This is a free program supported

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Empowering Our Youth to Thrive in a Digital World: Axios House at Climate Week & UNGA 2025

Sep 23 2025 | Category: Community, Cooney Center presenting

Axios’ Empowering Our Youth to Thrive in a Digital WorldSeptember 23, 2025 | 3:00PM – 4:30PM ET Join Axios House for an event convening leading voices in tech, policy and

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SDG Media Zone @UNGA80: Safeguarding Mental Health for Future Generations in the Digital Age

Sep 26 2025 | Category: Community, Cooney Center presenting

This panel took take place at the SDG Media Zone at the 80th Session of the UN General Assembly and was streamed on UN WebTV. AI and digital platforms are

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October 2025

Connected Learning Summit 2025

Oct 5 2025 | Category: Community

The Seventh Annual Connected Learning Summit will take place October 5–10, 2025 as a hybrid event. CLS will feature Research Papers and Showcases that focus on digital technologies for learning,

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Edtech Week 2025: The Emerging Intersection of AI and K–12 Literacy

Oct 20 2025 | Category: Cooney Center presenting

The Emerging Intersection of AI and K–12 Literacy: Lessons Learned and the Path Ahead How can AI meaningfully support literacy development in today’s classrooms—and what must we get right to

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Growing Readers in a World of Screens and AI

Oct 27 2025 | Washington, DC | Category: Community

Designing the Next Decade of Literacy Innovations while Reflecting on 10 Years of Rapid Change Ten years ago, Tap, Click, Read: Growing Readers in a World of Screens brought together voices from

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What does AI Owe Children? at Paris Peace Forum with iRaise Alliance

Oct 30 2025 | Category: Cooney Center presenting

What does AI owe children? is the guiding question for this Paris Peace Forum conversation and iRAISE Alliance stakeholders, which include policymakers, international organizations, researchers, and representatives of the industry.

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November 2025

Research Reaction Panel at FOSI 2026

Nov 10 2025 | Category: Community, Cooney Center presenting

How are teens using genAI in 2025? Find out at the FOSI 2025 Annual Conference! Amanda Lenhart, Senior Fellow at the Joan Ganz Cooney Center, will moderate a Research Reaction

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2025 Well-Being by Design Fellowship Case Studies

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