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SIIA’s 2013 Annual Ed Tech Industry Summit Explains ‘Navigating Next’

SIIA’s 2013 Annual Ed Tech Industry Summit Explains ‘Navigating Next’

Three-day Event Showcases Industry Trends, Changes, and Innovators; Highlights the Education CODiE Awards

WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 16, 2013) – The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA), the principal trade association for the software and digital content industries, last week held its 10th Annual Ed Tech Industry Summit, themed “Navigating Next,” in San Francisco. Attended by more than 350 educational technology leaders, the Summit featured strategies, cases studies, and success stories about best business practices on topics including game-based learning, going global and mobile, market data and trends, OER and commercial publishers, leveraging social media, and more.

Conference activities, which launched Sunday, May 5, with speed networking, concluded Tuesday, May 7, with a closing reception and happy hour with attendees of the Ed Market 101, a new event co-located with the Summit, and whose attendees include education industry start-ups.

Included below are key highlights from the Summit:

In addition, SIIA launched its inaugural Ed Market 101 [4], a separate event held Tuesday, May 7, in conjunction with the Ed Tech Industry Summit. Attendees included education industry start-ups. The Pearson Foundation and Whitestone Communications were lead sponsors for the daylong event, which featured sessions that will help startups learn more about their customers: who they really are, how to reach them and what it takes to “sell” to them.

For complete Ed Tech Industry Summit, please visit http://www.siia.net/etis [5].

Upcoming annual SIIA Education events include:

About SIIA
SIIA is the leading association representing the software and digital content industries. SIIA represents approximately 700 member companies worldwide that develop software and digital information content. Information technology (IT) and software security are critical issues to SIIA’s members, many of whom strive to develop safe, secure and state-of the-art products that effectively serve their commercial and government customers alike, while protecting their intellectual property. The SIIA Education Division serves and represents more than 200 member companies that provide software, digital content, and other technologies that address educational needs. The Division shapes and supports the industry by providing leadership, advocacy, business development opportunities, and critical market information. For more information, visit www.siia.net/education [6].

Media Contacts
• Laura Greenback, SIIA Communications, 202-789-4461, lgreenback@siia.net [7]

• Saul Hafenbredl, C. Blohm & Associates, 608-216-7300 x25, saul@cblohm.com [8]