ETS at ASU+GSV 13.0 | ED ON THE EDGE

ASU+GSV Summit, now in its 13th year, brings together outstanding thinkers and doers who are committed to transforming society and business through learning and work. The annual Summit attracts teachers, innovators, investors, strategists, foundation leaders, media, and policymakers to envision a new era in which everyone has equitable access to the future. I am looking forward to joining colleagues and friends at the Summit in San Diego, CA, April 4-6, 2022. Below, please find information on sessions in which ETS is participating.

10:00 AM 10:40 AM PT | Redefining Success: Skills, Grit, and Passion Over Pedigree | Solana Beach B, Level 3

Speakers: Sarah Smirnoff, Executive Director, New Product Development, ETS | Sameer Bojja, Digital Ventures Manager, Accenture

Employers need a new talent playbook. More than 50M non-degreed U.S. workers have the skills to transition into jobs traditionally requiring degrees. Alternative training providers offer new learning pathways but cannot keep pace with the scale of demand. In this session, we’ll discuss barriers reinforced by current hiring practices and how measurable signals of potential that look at transferable skills and behaviors beyond technical skills and pedigree can propel large-scale economic mobility.

11:00 - 11:40 AM PT | ETS R&D Consulting Services: Consult with a Trusted Expert Today | Solana Beach B, Level 3

Speaker: Ed Dieterle, Executive Director, Center for Strategic R&D Alliances, ETS

Education is effective when learners improve over time. Without measurement, it is impossible to know whether learners are making any progress. For more than 70 years, ETS has generated the measurement data students, educators, educational technology companies, foundations, NGOs, universities, and national and international education agencies need to make the decisions that move individuals forward on their learning journey. Regardless of where your company is in its life cycle—startup, development, maturity, renewal/rebirth—ETS' consulting services is ready to assist you with your measuring needs. We will open this interactive session with a series of case studies that highlight how we contract with and support organizations and educational agencies. Afterward, representatives from ETS will be on hand to answer specific questions.

3:50 PM - 4:30 PM | Where is Today’s Edge? The Current State of AI in Education | Harbor G, Level 2

Speakers: Mike Smith, Professor, Harvard University | Jagriti Agrawal, Senior Director of Product, Kira Learning | Yair Shapira, CEO and Founder, Amplio Learning Technologies | Steven Butschi, Director of Education, Google Cloud, Google | Nira Mayorchik Sheleg, Co-Founder, CEO, Wizer | Andres Oranje, Vice President, Assessment and Learning Technology Development, ETS

What is the state of artificial intelligence in education technology today? Where has technology been deployed powerfully and where has innovation lagged? Join innovators and founders at the forefront of the technology leading the way in AI EdTech.

4:00 PM - 4:40 PM | ETS Strategic Capital Overview | Solana Beach B, Level 3

Speaker: Ralph Taylor-Smith, Managing Director, ETS Capital

An interactive session with ETS Strategic Capital to highlight the fund’s investments, core focus, and outlook going forward. ETS Strategic Capital is the Corporate Development arm of Educational Testing Service (ETS) and invests in, partners with, and acquires innovative companies to advance education globally.

5:00 PM - 5:40 PM | 8M International Students by 2030: How to Serve This $400B Market? | Solana Beach B, Level 3

Speakers: Tom Wolf, Senior Director, ETS Strategic Capital | Manu Smadja, Co-Founder & CEO, MPOWER Financing | Martin Basiri, Co-founder & CEO, ApplyBoard

After a challenging Covid period, international students are back in droves; US institutions reported a 68% year-over-year increase in international student enrollments. With rapidly evolving immigration policies and rising education costs, students and parents are seeking out support to navigate the myriad of options. In this context, ETS has partnered with ApplyBoard and MPOWER Financing to improve the higher education discovery, application process, and access to financing. We will discuss how our work is making a difference.

9:00 - 9:40 AM | Accelerating Growth: Become a Distributor of ETS IP | Solana Beach B, Level 3

Speakers: John Kochanski, Senior Director, Business Development at ETS | Stephanie Canter, Senior Director, Business Development at ETS | Ed Dieterle, Executive Director, Center for Strategic R&D Alliances at ETS

ETS will discuss distributor, reseller, and licensing opportunities for its suite of IP offerings for the K-12 & English Language Learning. Details about the various business models available, examples of current partner relationships, and target growth markets for distribution will be highlighted. This is an exciting opportunity to leverage the ETS global brand to accelerate your organization's growth. Preview the catalog at www.ets.org/accelerate.

10:00 - 10:40 AM | How the ETS AI Labs are applying AI to the Science of Learning?| Solana Beach B, Level 3

Speakers: Lisa Ferrara, Senior Director Product Development, AI Labs, ETS | Kara McWilliams, Associate Vice President, ETS | Narmeen Makhani, Executive Director of the AI/NLP and Technology Lab, AI Labs, ETS | Ashley Pallarito, Senior Product Owner, AI Labs, ETS | Erin Scully, Senior Director of Learning Science and Design, AI Labs, ETS

The ETS AI Labs conduct R&D on innovative AI capabilities which are applied to learning science-based products. We share a brief overview of the Labs and provide a demo of an AI-based solution that evaluates the employability traits of graduate students and offers personalized development plans to help more students be successful in their careers beyond graduation. We will be discussing specifically the multimodal AI capabilities and learning science principles that the tool is built on and sharing early research findings that provide evidence of solution effectiveness.

11:00 - 11:40 AM | When Tech Guides the Graduate Education Journey | Solana Beach B, Level 3

Speakers: Alberto Acereda, Associate Vice President, ETS | Jamie Young, Chief Revenue Officer, Kira Talent | Guillermo Elizondo, CEO, Territorium Life

We are in the midst of a great paradigm shift in global graduate education due to the convergence of several factors. Some are more obvious, like the global pandemic and the forced shift to distance learning, and some have been slower to emerge despite the vast needs, like the implementation of holistic admissions processes and actionable equity and access. What we do know for certain is that the critical importance placed on the ways in which students navigate the phases of their education to employment journey is here to stay – and as an education technology community, we must support learners as they move along their individual journeys. ETS, Kira Talent, and Territorium are uniting experience and innovation to drive this new normal through a digital experience centered on learners being able to demonstrate who they are, what they know, and who they want to be – in a way not possible before – that empowers institutions and prospective employers to make more informed decisions. By combining best-in-class tools, technologies, and assessments to create a single source for learners to build their personal stories, including a comprehensive learner record that provides far more than what is gained in a classroom, we are leveraging data to connect individuals with graduate programs, faculty members and employers based on fit, skills, and knowledge in a truly holistic way.

2:00 - 2:40 | ETS Strategic Capital Portfolio – OpenClassrooms & Pymetrics | Solana Beach B, Level 3

Speakers: Jeff Jaekle, Principal, ETS Strategic Capital | Nick Marwaha, Principal, ETS Strategic Capital | Pierre Dubuc, CO-founder & CEO, OpenClassrooms | Frida Polli, CEO and Co-Founder, Pymetrics

A panel session conducted by ETS Strategic Capital and between OpenClassrooms and Pymetrics on market trends impacting their businesses. Both companies are focused on the growing areas of upskilling, reskilling, and employability. OpenClassrooms is an online education platform that offers a wide range of certifications, degrees, and training for in-demand jobs. Pymetrics offers an AI-based assessment platform focused on recruitment and talent management for corporations while reducing biases.

3:00 - 3:40 PM | On the Edge of Proficiency: The Most Effective Forms of English Language Learning | Harbor I, Level 2

Speakers: Kara McWilliams, Associate Vice President, ETS | Quinn Taber, Founder & CEO, Immerse | Robert Kim, Managing Director, JLIN | Mike Mayor, Director of English Learning Research & Design, Pearson | Nicolas Fuenzalida, Co-Founder & CCO, Poliglota.org

Learning English as a foreign language is still very challenging. Fear of embarrassment and lack of educational resources, just to name a few, continue to impede learners. Yet, English fluency has never been more important as learning English remains a powerful driver of career mobility for many. Joins leading entrepreneurs and thought leaders in this discussion about the potential for technology to transform English learning.

4:40 PM - 5:20 PM | How Can We Know What They Know? The Rapid Evolution of Assessment | Harbor H, Level 2

Speakers: Wayne Redmond, Associate Partner, McKinsey & Company | Michelle Odemwingie, CEO, Achievement Network | Aaron Feuer, CEO and Co-Founder, Panorama Education | Caroline Wylie, Principal Research Scientist, ETS | Jamie Candee, Chief Executive Officer, Edmentum

It has never been more important that teachers have an understanding of where each student is in their learning, and testing has never been less popular. What is the path forward that gives teachers, parents, and students the best possible information on how they're progressing?