Emerging Trends Forum (ETF) 2025: Full Schedule

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11:00am EDT

Welcome & Housekeeping

Wednesday June 4, 2025 11:00am - 11:10am EDT

SETDA Executive Director Julia Fallon will welcome attendees and set the stage for day 1 of the Emerging Trends Forum.

Speakers

Julia Fallon

Executive Director, SETDA

Julia Fallon is the Executive Director of the SETDA, where she works with U.S. state and territorial digital learning leaders to empower the education community to leverage technology for learning, teaching, and school operations. Involved with learning technologies since 1989, her... Read More →

Wednesday June 4, 2025 11:00am - 11:10am EDT

General Session

11:10am EDT

Panel: What’s New & What Should We Know?

Wednesday June 4, 2025 11:10am - 12:00pm EDT

SETDA Policy Counsel Reg Leichty will provide a quick update of major federal policy updates this year. Panelists will discuss how these changes are impacting their respective constituents, including local, state, and private sector leaders.

Speakers

Dr. Julie Evans

CEO, Project Tomorrow

I am passionate about how to improve K-12 decision-making and leadership capacity through the effective use of research. In particular, I believe strongly that the authentic voices and views of students, educators, and parents can be valuable assets to help leaders make better decisions... Read More →

Reg Leichty

Founding Partner, Foresight Law & Policy

Reg Leichty is an accomplished attorney with expertise in education, student and children’s privacy, and technology law and policy. He founded Foresight Law + Policy, PLLC, a prominent education law firm based in Washington D.C., where he provides strategic advice, legal counsel... Read More →

Ronn Nozoe

CEO, National Association of Secondary School Principals

Scott Palmer

Managing Partner and Co-Founder, Education Counsel

Elson Nash

Strategic Partnerships Lead, Education Commission of the States

Elson B. Nash has worked in the education and non-profit fields for over 30 years. He started his career working in various capacities in higher education at the local, state and national levels. Elson’s career as a funder began at Ashoka-Innovators for the Public where he searched... Read More →

David Griffith

Associate Executive Director, Policy & Advocacy, National Association of Elementary School Principals

Wednesday June 4, 2025 11:10am - 12:00pm EDT

General Session

12:00pm EDT

State EdTech Trends Survey Preview

Wednesday June 4, 2025 12:00pm - 12:30pm EDT

Whiteboard Advisors will provide an update of initial data collected from this year’s State EdTech Trends Survey.

Speakers

Evo Popoff

Senior Vice President, Whiteboard Advisors

Evo has spent much of his career working closely with states, districts and schools to help them develop and implement effective school turnaround, after-school, online, and blended-learning programs. He most recently served as chief innovation officer and an assistant commissioner... Read More →

Keith Lee

Research Associate, Whiteboard Advisors

Wednesday June 4, 2025 12:00pm - 12:30pm EDT

General Session

12:30pm EDT

Break

Wednesday June 4, 2025 12:30pm - 1:30pm EDT

Break

1:30pm EDT

Keynote Speaker

Wednesday June 4, 2025 1:30pm - 2:00pm EDT

SETDA Board Chair Brad Hagg will interview Cindy Marten, Delaware’s Secretary of Education and the former U.S. Deputy Secretary of Education about the work that remains to be accomplished in edtech and her call to action for the SETDA community.

Speakers