Future of Education Technology
Monday, March 11th 2013  7:00pm
San Francisco, CA

http://future-of-ed-tech.eventbrite.com/#

This panel will discuss current trends, opportunities, and challenges in the growing sector. It will feature investors and entrepreneurs working at the forefront of education technology. We'll explore areas ripe for disruption and ideas that have not worked out so far. Join for the conversation and stick around for drinks. No prerequisites required. Ryan Craig is the Managing Director of University Ventures. Ryan headed the Education & Training sector at Warburg Pincus from 2001 – 2004. Ryan has advised the U.S. Department of Education and served as VP Strategic Development for Fathom, the Columbia University online education company, from 1999 - 2001. Jialu Chen is an analyst at Learn Capital where she evaluates seed stage investment opportunities in ways to improve learning. She previously was a researcher for Mother Jones Magazine. @LearnCap Eli Luberoff is the CEO of Desmos, an education startup that provides the first platform-agnostic software for building and sharing rich educational content, bridging the gap between different classrooms, and between the classroom and the home. Desmos is backed by Google Ventures, Mitch Kapor, and Learn Capital. @eluberoff Jamila Amarshi, Director of Operations for Clever, an education startup that syncs data from a school's information system (SIS) into all of the different programs students use. Over 50 companies and 2,000 schools rely on Clever to make their classroom software "just work." @jamarshi

Location:
The Hattery
414 Brannan Street
San Francisco, CA

Sponsored By:
YEP Bay Area