Sessions current as of April 3, 2008 and subject to change.

The Alliance and You
Tuesday June 24, 2008
Place/Time: Room 206, 3:30pm - 5:00pm
Moderator: Bruno Manno, Annie E. Casey Foundation
Speakers: Nelson Smith, National Alliance for Public Charter Schools; Robert Boyd, National Alliance for Public Charter Schools; Ursula Wright, National Alliance for Public Charter Schools

Charter Systems: Can Chartering Bring Real Innovation To Existing School Systems?
Monday June 23, 2008
Place/Time: Room 224, 10:00am - 11:30am
Speakers: Andrew Broy, Georgia Department of Education; Jim Horne, The Horne Group; Thomas Van Solen, Decatur City School System; Mark Whitlock, Central Educational Center.

Replicating Successful Charter School Programs From the Ground Up
Monday June 23, 2008
Place/Time: Room 221, 10:00am - 11:30am
Speakers: Rolando Llanes, Civica, LLC; Deborah McGriff, Edison Schools, Inc.; Shannine Sadesky, Somerset Miramar; Fernando Zulueta, Academica Corporation.

Building Capacity for New School Developers Before and After Authorization
Monday June 23, 2008
Place/Time: Room 209, 1:45pm - 3:15pm
Speakers: Eric Chan, Renaissance Schools Fund; Jim Ford, Raza Development Fund/Colorado League of Charter Schools; Connie McHugh, The Renaissance Schools Fund.

Louisiana Charter School Stories - Their Communities, Their Comeback!
Monday June 23, 2008
Place/Time: Room 217, 1:45pm - 3:15pm
Speakers: LaToya Cantrell, Andrew Wilson Charter School; Brace Godfrey, 100 Black Men - Baton Rouge Chapter; Cam-Thanh Tran, The Intercultural Charter School Board.

Balancing the Scales on Scaling Up: When Should Charters Replicate?
Monday June 23, 2008
Place/Time: Room 208, 3:30pm - 5:00pm
Speakers: Jim Ford, Raza Development Fund/Colorado League of Charter Schools; William Haft, Prometheus Project Consulting; Ben Lindquist, Charter School Growth Fund.

Scaling up at Chicago Public Schools: A Comprehensive Approach to High-Quality Authorizing
Monday June 23, 2008
Place/Time: Room 221, 3:30pm - 5:00pm
Speakers: Josh Edelman, Chicago Public Schools-Office of New Schools; Jaime Guzman, Chicago Public Schools-Office of New Schools; Jeanne Nowaczewski, Chicago Public Schools-Office of New Schools.

Yes, This Room is Too White: Understanding Why Race Matters in the Charter Movement
Tuesday June 24, 2008
Place/Time: Room 224, 9:45am - 11:15am
Speakers: Laura Benedict, Self-Help; Howard Fuller, Institute for the Transformation of Learning; john powell, Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity.

Leadership Lessons from Business
Tuesday June 24, 2008
Place/Time: Room 206, 1:45pm - 3:15pm
Speakers: Mike Feinberg, KIPP; Barnett Helzberg, Helzberg Foundation; Joe Nathan, Center for School Change, Hubert Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs; Dacia Toll, Achievement First; Curtis Ulrich, Target.

Charter Management Organizations as a Path to Scale?
Tuesday June 24, 2008
Place/Time: Room 222, 1:45pm - 3:15pm
Speakers: Robin  Lake, Center on Reinventing Public Education; Don Shalvey, Aspire Public Schools; Thomas Toch, Education Sector.

REBORN New Orleans Schools
Tuesday June 24, 2008
Place/Time: Room 205, 3:15pm - 5:15pm
Speakers: Stephen Brown, Mobile Digital Arts; Drea Cooper, Drea Cooper Productions.

Power Authorizing: Making and Enforcing Tough Decisions
Tuesday June 24, 2008
Place/Time: Room 208, 3:30pm - 5:00pm
Speakers: James Goenner, Central Michigan University; Edward Richardson, Grand Valley State University; Ron Rizzo, Ferris State University; Blandina Rose, Wayne RESA; Stephanie Van Koevering, Michigan Council of Charter School Authorizers.

Achieving Scale in Teacher Quality
Tuesday June 24, 2008
Place/Time: Room 210, 3:30pm - 5:00pm
Moderator: Joe Williams, Democrats for Education Reform.
Speakers: Charles Harris, SeaChange Capital Partners; Robin  Lake, Center on Reinventing Public Education; Kinnari Patel, Explore Charter School; Nancy Scharff, Urban Education Exchange.

The Legal Situation For the Charter School Industry
Wednesday June 25, 2008
Place/Time: Room 208, 9:00am - 10:30am
Speakers: John Cairns, John Cairns Law, P.A..

Innovating with School and Schooling: The Other Half of the Strategy to Improve Student Learning
Wednesday June 25, 2008
Place/Time: Room 218, 9:00am - 10:30am
Speakers: Joe Graba, Center for Policy Studies, Hamline University.

Human Resources and Charter Schools: Hiring, Turnover & Retention in Seven States
Wednesday June 25, 2008
Place/Time: Room 209, 9:00am - 10:30am
Speakers: Jon Christensen, University of Washington; Betheny Gross, Center for Reinventing Public Education; Robin  Lake, Center on Reinventing Public Education; Katherine Merseth, Harvard Graduate School of Education.