The Director of Educational Technology in my district asked that I pass this along as CEN would love to bring more Media Specialists to join this opportunity:
The 2023 Connecticut Education Network (CEN) Member Conference will be held at the Connecticut Convention Center on May 11, 2023. The CEN conference works to have sessions on a variety of topics and is currently accepting sessions proposals that can fall into one (or more) of the four main conference tracks:
- Cybersecurity: This track highlights the growing technical challenges of securing our member organizations' devices and data in our institutions' daily work as well as present examples of policy approaches and accomplishments.
- Community Best Practices: This track includes sessions that will focus on systems and solutions that seek to address issues in any of the vertical groups served by CEN: K-12 schools, libraries, municipalities, and higher ed. This track encourages discussions of emerging technologies, evolving trends, and how use of CEN has made innovative problem solutions possible.
- Innovation in Education: This track highlights sessions that will focus on the integration of technology tools into schools, classrooms, libraries and other organizations to advance learning.
- Advanced Networking: This track addresses any aspect of networking technologies. Submissions in this track will be tailored toward a technical attendee base and will include a deeper dive into the topic.
Additionally, there are two options for presentation format:
- Parallel Session (Traditional, 50 minute presentation)
- Poster presentation (also for 50 minutes but setup so that presenters create a display and answer questions regarding their topic)
If you have a topic and are interested in submitting a proposal to present, submissions can be completed electronically by going to the 2023 CEN Member Conference Session Submission page. Submissions are due by December 30, 2022. If you session is chosen, you will receive free admission to the CEN Member Conference.
We hope you will consider submitting a proposal and to see you at the conference!
Cathie Drury
Director of Educational Technology
Coventry Public Schools
CEN-Engagement and Development Advisory Council Member
860-603-3385