Sir Ken Robinson Headlines 2010 PETE&C

Sir Ken Robinson meets the sweetest place on earth at the 2010 Pennsylvania Educational Technology Expo and Conference (PETE&C), February 21-24, 2010. The Hershey Lodge and Convention Center will again be the site of the event which is expected to attract 3,000 instructional technologists, technology directors, school administrators, teachers, higher education faculty, exhibitors and speakers.

In addition to Robinson, Chris Lehmann will also keynote at PETE&C. Lehman is a principal at the Science Leadership Academy in Philadelphia and a leader in advocating for 21st century schooling techniques for preparing students. Lehmann will speak on Tuesday, February 23.

Robinson, the New York Times best seller and internationally recognized thought leader in innovation for education and business will keynote on Monday, February 22. Until 2001, he was Professor of Education at Warwick University in the U.K. and is now Professor Emeritus. He has served as advisor to international organizations including the governments of Hong Kong and Singapore, the European Commission, and Paul McCartney's Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts. Among other roles he is currently senior advisor to the J. Paul Getty Trust in Los Angeles. In June 2003 he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for his outstanding achievements as a writer, speaker and leader in creativity, the arts and education.

Dr. Gerald Zahorchak, Pennsylvania Department of Education Secretary, will be the closing General Session speaker on Wednesday, February 24.

PETE&C opens with a series of pre-conference sessions on Sunday, February 21. There will be more than 200 session options for both K-12 and higher education audiences. In addition there will be a sold out exposition featuring more than 160 technology companies providing products and services to the education marketplace. The complete conference program and registration information is available at www.peteandc.org.