Kids@Play Summit Conference Agenda (2010)

What's HOT in technology for kids? Find out at this year's Kids@Play conference, a one day group think featuring the world's leading publishers, researchers and, reviewers. They'll share their vision of how the next generation will play and learn. New this year: a Demo Derby, with back-to-back previews of 2010 products, plus the first KAPi Awards honoring excellence in interactive design.
8:50 AM - 9:00 AM Introduction

Robin Raskin and Warren Buckleitner
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM Keynote: Tomorrow's Child

Alan Kay, creator of the Dynabook concept and computing pioneer, offers opening thoughts.

(See the Dynabook video on YouTube)
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM The Crystal Ball

It's the year 2020, and Moore's Law is done. How will state-of-the-art technologies shape the lives of our grandchildren and great-grandchildren? Panelists, including a New York Times columnist and MacArthur Foundation fellow, will be challenged to consult their crystal balls and describe the playroom, classroom, and daily schedule of a child in the year 2040.

Moderator:
  • Peter Grunwald, President, Grunwald Associates
Panelists:
  • Karen Cator, Director of Educational Technology, US Department of Education
  • Alan Kay, President, Viewpoints Research Institute
  • David Pogue, Personal Technology Columnist, New York Times
  • Mitchel Resnick, Professor of Learning Research, MIT Media Laboratory
  • Vicky Rideout, Vice President and Director of the Program for the Study of Entertainment Media and Health, Kaiser Family Foundation
11:00 AM - 11:30 PM New Interfaces for Today's Youth

Smart tiles, voice recognition, and multi-touch screens. Explore what's next in tech-based play.

Moderator:
  • Andrea Smith, ABC News
Panelists:
  • Jim Gray, Director of Learning, LeapFrog Enterprises, Inc.
  • Mirjana Spasojevic, Senior Principal Scientist, Nokia Research Center - Palo Alto,CA
11:30 PM - 12:00 PM Virtual Worlds and Online Play

You can't see them, but virtual play spaces are drawing swarms of kids eager to chat, dress pets, trade, duel, and waste time. Which sites are winning the battle for the hearts and minds of our youth, and why?

Moderator:
  • Scott Traylor, Chief Kid & Founder, 360KID
Panelists:
  • James Bower Ph.D., Founder, WhyVille.org
  • Tom Dusenberry, Founder, Dusenberry Entertainment
  • Dave Finnegan, Build-A-Bear Workshop
  • Ellen LaPointe, Vice President of Strategic Partnerships, HopeLab
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM Lunch
12:30 PM - 1:15 PM Internet Safety: IM, Texting, Facebook, Sexting: New Thoughts on Kid Dangers

For the most part, kids are now hip to how to spot a predator,.but hopeless when it comes to making mistakes they'll regret. How can we help them through digital adolescence?

Moderator:
  • Marsali Hancock, President, Internet Keep Safe Coalition
Panelists:  
  • Debby Ballard, Director of Community Affairs, Sprint
  • Aaron Kenny, CTO, InternetSafety.com
  • Tammy McGraw, Director of  Educational Technology, Virginia DOE
  • Mark Williamson, CEO & Co-Founder, Zoodles
Special Appearance: 
Garfield, after years as a comic book character, he's a professor on internet safety
1:15 PM - 1:30 PM New Media, New Diversity Challenges
  • Dr. Kevin Clark, Associate Professor & Director of the Center for Digital Media Innovation and Diversity, George Mason University
1:30 PM - 1:45 PM Implementation Meets Innovation

Pontificators pontificate, but someone's got to roll up their sleeves and implement. What role does government play in all of this?

Presenters:
  • Karen Cator, US Department of Education
  • Julius Genachowski, Chairman, FCC
  • Chris Kelly, former counsel for Facebook, now running for AG in California
  • Jim Steyer, CEO, Common Sense Media
1:45 PM - 2:00 PM The Generation Gap is Over
  • Lisa Tyler, Vice President, Audience Research, Nickelodeon Kids & Family
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Reinventing Television: TV has gone digital - has anything changed?

Moderator:
  • Sarina Simon, CEO, North South Studios
Panelists:
  • Alice Cahn, Senior Vice President, Cooperate Responsibility, Cartoon Network
  • Terry Fitzpatrick, Executive Vice President, Distribution, Sesame Workshop
  • Rob Lippincott, Sr. Vice President Education, PBS
  • Ellen Wartella, Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of California-Riverside
  • Susan Tave Zelman, Sr. VP, Corporation for Public Broadcasting
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM Demo Derby

Warren Buckleitner, with help from Yul Kwon, hosts a fast-paced romp through some of the year's new kid's tech products

Presenters:
  • Warren Buckleitner, Editor, Children's Technology Review
  • Yul Kwon, Deputy Chief, FCC Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau
Panelists:
  • Mandeep Dhillon, CEO Togetherville, Inc.
  • Jon-Paul Dyson, Director of the National Center for the History of Electronic Games and Vice President for Exhibit Research and Development at Strong National Museum of Play
  • David Van Osdol, Founder and CEO, Kidos, Inc.
  • Mirjana Spasojevic, Team Leader, Nokia Research Center
  • Mark Williamson, CEO & Co-Founder, Zoodles
4:15 PM - 5:00 PM KAPI Award Ceremony

You'll learn about the nominees and then cast your votes for this year's KAPi Awards. Plus there's a  new award from the Joan Ganz Cooney Foundation that you'll want to know about.

Presenters:
  • Warren Buckleitner, Editor, Children's Technology Review
  • Michael Levine, Executive Director, Sesame Workshop
  • Robin Raskin, President, Living in Digital Times