Keynote Speakers

Brian Stamford

“Five Ways AI Will Shape the Future of K-12”
Sunday, August 5, 2024 – 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Pittsburgh Marriott North

Brian Stamford, Program Director at the Allegheny Intermediate Unit 3, will present a keynote session, Five Ways AI Will Shape the Future of K-12 Education, on Sunday, August 4, 2024. Dr. Stamford also serves as state co-lead for the Classroom Diagnostic Tools, leading professional development efforts statewide, as well as co-lead for the statewide PA Association of Intermediate Units (PAIU) Curriculum Directors group. He is a Code.org regional manager, and a certified Apple Education Trainer, offering high-quality professional development on innovative teaching practices, including integrating AI tools into planning and instruction. Prior to this, Dr. Stamford worked in public education as a science and computer teacher, instructional coach and administrator.

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Gregg Behr & Ryan Rydzewski

“Lead Like Fred: Mister Rogers’ Lessons for Principals”
Monday, August 5, 2024 – 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Ehrman Crest Middle/Elementary High School

Sponsored by: The Penn State University College of Education

Gregg Behr, executive director of The Grable Foundation since 2006, is a father and children’s advocate. For more than 15 years, he has helped lead Remake Learning—a network of educators, technologists, designers and makers he founded in 2007—to international renown. Among the foremost examples of learning ecosystems, Remake Learning has turned heads everywhere from The White House to the World Economic Forum for its efforts to ignite children’s curiosity; encourage creativity; and foster justice, joy and belonging in schools, libraries, museums and other sites of learning. A graduate of the University of Notre Dame and Duke University, Gregg holds honorary degrees from Carlow University and Saint Vincent College. He’s an advisor to The Brookings Institution and The Fred Rogers Institute, and has been honored by President Obama, the Disruptor Foundation, ISTE and AASA as an innovator and thought leader.
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Ryan Rydzewski is an award-winning author and speaker. A graduate of the University of Pittsburgh, he taught elementary school in south Louisiana before earning an MFA in nonfiction writing from Chatham University. As a science and education reporter, his magazine stories focus on everything from schools to space travel to Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, and he regularly leads workshops for educators and parents. Born in Erie, Pennsylvania, Ryan lives in Pittsburgh with his wife, Jacqueline, and their son, Russell.
X: @RyanRydzewski