Meet the SXSWedu 2012 Distinguished Speakers

As many of you already know, we made our first programming announcement for SXSWedu 2012 on Monday, November 7. This announcement included our current Keynote, LeVar Burton, our first list of accepted and invited Concurrent Sessions, as well as a Spotlight Series of Distinguished Speakers.

Broadly aligned to content strands and significant topics related to innovations in learning, you can view a list of the following confirmed Distinguished Speakers below. Additional invitations are pending, and more Distinguished Speakers for SXSWedu 2012 will be announced soon so keep checking sxswedu.com for more information!

Please click on a Distinguished Speaker's name to be directed to our Distinguished Speakers page to learn more.

Catherine Casserly, Chief Executive Officer, Creative Commons (Open Educational Resources)
Karen Cator, Director of the Office of Educational Technology, U.S. Department of Education (Digital Content)
Mike Feinberg, Co-Founder and Superintendent, KIPP Houston (Charter Schools)
Geoff Fletcher, Deputy Executive Director, State Educational Technology Directors Association (Assessment)
Anita Givens, Associate Commissioner for Standards and Programs, Texas Education Agency (Project Share, Texas E-learning Portal)
Ken Kay, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, EdLeader 21 (21st Century Learning)
S. Craig Watkins, Associate Professor, Department of Radio-Television-Film, University of Texas at Austin (Research & Evaluation)