Events

The three-day conference offers a vibrant, playful and thought-provoking environment for group dialogues and impactful workshops. Our conference design asks for active involvement, as well as a willingness to dare

At the 2016 Games and Media Summit you’ll meet innovative speakers and creators who are leading the charge in shaping the way we feel, play, work and interact with games, technology, and

The benefits of play are well known: it’s how kids learn; it encourages creativity; it relieves stress; and more than ever, it’s a way we interact with others. Incorporating play

Scratch Day is a global network of events that celebrates Scratch—and the young people who code and create with it. With Scratch, you can program your own interactive stories, games, and animations,

What is a BioBlitz?A BioBlitz is an event that focuses on finding and identifying as many species as possible in a specific area over a short period of time. At

The Developing Apps for Kids Conference is for anyone working in the children’s app space. It is the go-to event for app developers, designers, illustrators, marketers, toy companies, funders, and

The 2016 Games for Change Festival offers two days of exciting keynotes, panels, mini talks, networking events, and workshops, where you and the 800 other attendees of the Festival will meet experts, connect with

The GLS Conference is the premier video games and learning event. Now in it’s twelfth year,  our event continues to be one of the top destinations where the people who

The Summit brings together thought leaders focused on emerging technology, ed tech and the intersection of learning and entertainment in every aspect of the kids’ business – whether looking for

The Digital Media and Learning Conference is an annual event supported by the MacArthur Foundation and organized by the Digital Media and Learning Research Hub located at the UC Humanities

The Intentional Play Summit is an opportunity to convene and ask, how can we develop more meaningful gameplay? How can we better leverage that gameplay to teach and motivate? It

This event is open to the public. At this year’s Kids@Play Summit you’ll hear from the smartest kids on the block: educators, researchers, thought leaders and yes, even real live kids

This event is open to the public. FETC is the largest national, independent education technology conference, delivering strategies and best practices for student success and school-wide advancement.Learn More

This event is open to the public.  Join an unparalleled group of sports, health, fitness, media, entertainment, education, technology and non-profit leaders to explore Innovation and Impact in Kids &

This event is open to the public. Kidscreen Summit is renowned as the kids entertainment industry’s most important annual event. In 2016, the conference welcomed nearly 1,800 attendees from more

This event is open to the public. BSH provides vital professional development opportunities for educators and leaders working with students of all ages, across the learning day, all across America.

This event is open to the public.The 2017 conference will focus on 7 major themes: Common Core Standards and Assessments Superintendent/School Board Relationships Personalizing Education Leadership Instructional Leadership Innovative Technology

This event is open to the public. Through powerful presentations from prominent and emerging leaders, SXSWedu explores a diverse range of topics that impact the future of how we teach,

Scratch Day is a global network of events where people gather to celebrate Scratch, the free coding platform and online community for kids. Scratch Day events bring together young people

Founded to bridge and build the fields of early learning and children’s media, the Fred Forward Conference brings together researchers, technologists, media creators, educators, and advocates, to explore current and

A gathering of top children’s interactive designers, editors and reviewers who review the year and critique the field. The reviewers share what they’ve seen and explain what they like. The

This year’s NAEYC Professional Learning Institute takes place in San Francisco, CA. This conference is designed for all early childhood professionals, including leaders who prepare, mentor, and support early childhood professionals,

The ALA is the oldest and largest library association in the world and holds its Annual Conference & Exhibition each summer. As the world’s biggest library event, it brings together

Extraordinary educators deserve extraordinary professional development. At ISTE 2017 in San Diego, learn teaching strategies that work from the brightest minds in ed tech. Connect and learn from other innovative educators,

From its earliest days, Head Start programs, rooted in diverse communities across the country, have had to make innovative adaptations based on local needs and resources. Many of those innovators

The mission of the NAMLE conference is to explore the relationships between media literacy education, civic participation, and community-building within contemporary culture. The theme for this year’s conference in Chicago is “Engaging

The Children’s Media Conference is an annual event in the United Kingdom for those involved in developing, producing, and distributing content for kids. CMC opens its doors to delegates from television, radio, film, games,

National Summer Learning Day is a national advocacy day aimed at elevating the importance of keeping kids learning, safe, and healthy every summer, ensuring they return to school in the fall

TEACH (Together Educating America’s Children) 2017 will focus on the four pillars of strong and purposeful public education: promoting children’s well-being; supporting powerful learning; developing teacher and staff capacity; and fostering cultures

EdNET is a community of professionals in the education market, focused on staying informed and connected to collaborate and share ideas about market trends and opportunities in the PreK-12 education market.

Digital Kids Summit 2017 is a two-day, industry exclusive forum that brings together a diverse group of high level advisors to inspire, support and inform Digital Tech Innovators about the

The Digital Media and Learning Conference is an annual event supported by the MacArthur Foundation and organized by the Digital Media and Learning Research Hub located at the UC Humanities

The 13th annual SLJ Leadership Summit: Confronting Our Literacy Crisis will bring together a dynamic group of school librarians, education leaders, and tech innovators, as well as authors, publishers, and vendor stakeholders to

The nation’s largest family and community literacy conference, presented by the National Center for Families Learning, takes place in Tucson, Arizona this year. Gather with family literacy professionals, educators, researchers, advocates,

Research confirms summer as one of the most inequitable times of the year for millions of young people in America and this year’s theme We’ve Got the Power! captures the critical work

Five years after releasing the joint position statement, Technology and Interactive Media as Tools in Early Childhood Programs Serving Children from Birth through Age 8, Chip Donohue, Roberta Schomburg, and Sabrina