Ed Farm - FOLS 2025 Agenda

agenda

8:00 am

9:00 am

Other

Check-In & Breakfast

Location:

Boutwell Lobby - 1930 Reverend Abraham Woods Jr Boulevard, Birmingham, AL 35203

9:00 am

9:05 am

Other

Storyteller Moment

El'legenay Sellers

Science & Technology Teacher

Perry County Schools

Location:

Main Stage - Boutwell Expo (Top Floor)

9:05 am

9:45 am

Other

Opening Ceremony

Brittany Hollis

Sr. Manager of Community Engagement

Ed Farm

Waymond Jackson

President

Ed Farm

Location:

Main Stage - Boutwell Expo (Top Floor)

9:45 am

10:15 am

Keynote

Sarah Herrlinger Keynote

Sarah Herrlinger

Senior Director, Community Education Initiative and Global Accessibility

Apple

Location:

Main Stage - Boutwell Expo (Top Floor)

10:15 am

Digital Playground Grand Opening

Location:

Boutwell Auditorium (Bottom Floor)

10:15 am

10:20 am

Spotlight Moment - Modiv EDU

Beth Sanders

Vice President of Learning

Propel Education Ventures

Location:

Main Stage - Boutwell Expo (Top Floor)

10:20 am

10:30 am

Other

Transition

Location:

10:30 am

11:30 am

Rotation 1: Alumni Fellowship Showcase

Location:

Boutwell Auditorium (Bottom Floor) + BHM Museum of Art

11:30 am

11:45 am

Other

Transition

Location:

11:45 am

1:15 pm

Other

Lunch & Interactive Exploration

Location:

City Walk

11:46 am

12:15 pm

Line Dancing Session 1

Location:

City Walk

12:45 pm

1:15 pm

Line Dancing Session 2

Location:

City Walk

1:15 pm

1:30 pm

Transition

Location:

1:30 pm

2:15 pm

Panel

Alabama Digital Education Network (ADEN) Panel

LaToria Foy

Director Economic Mobility

Ed Farm

La'Shun Wallace

CEO

IV Vets / Black Diamond

Senator Bobby Singleton

Alabama Senate District 24

Alabama Senate

Meredith Morgan

Power Delivery Engagement Manager

Alabama Power Company

Matthew Clarke

Apple Foundation Alumni and CoFounder of Pantry Belt

Location:

Main Stage - Boutwell Expo (Top Floor)

2:15 pm

2:30 pm

Other

Transition

Location:

2:30 pm

3:30 pm

Rotation 2: Community & Connection Chat

Location:

Boutwell Auditorium (Bottom Floor) + BHM Museum of Art

3:30 pm

3:45 pm

Other

Transition

Location:

3:45 pm

4:15 pm

Other

Day 1 Wrap-Up + Giveaways

Location:

Main Stage - Boutwell Expo (Top Floor)

6:30 pm

10:30 pm

Other

Cultivate Change Awards + Party

Location:

Workplay - 500 23rd St S, Birmingham, AL 35233

8:30 am

9:15 am

Other

Breakfast & Networking

Location:

Boutwell Lobby

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9:15 am

9:20 am

Other

Storyteller Moment

Kayla Richardson

Career Technical Education Chair, Phalen Leadership Academies

Montgomery Public Schools

Location:

Main Stage - Boutwell Expo (Top Floor)

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9:20 am

9:30 am

Other

Kickoff Day 2

Brittany Hollis

Sr. Manager of Community Engagement

Ed Farm

Daniel Whitt

Head of Learning Spaces

Ed Farm

Location:

Main Stage - Boutwell Expo (Top Floor)

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9:30 am

10:15 am

Keynote

Dr. Nicol Turner Lee Keynote

Dr. Nicol Turner Lee

Senior Fellow Governance Studies

Brookings Institution

Location:

Main Stage - Boutwell Expo (Top Floor)

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10:15 am

11:03 am

Panel

Ed Farm Founder Fellowship Panel

Candyce Monroe

Head of Learning Programs

Ed Farm

Mario Vasilescu

CEO & Co-Founder

Readoracy

Taccara Marzette

Founder

Yourway Learning

Dominique Levin

Founder

Climb Together/Goldi AI

Location:

Main Stage - Boutwell Expo (Top Floor)

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11:03 am

11:15 am

Transition

Location:

11:15 am

12:45 pm

Other

Lunch & Interactive Exploration

Location:

City Walk

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11:16 am

11:45 am

Yoga Dancing Session 1

Location:

City Walk

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12:00 pm

12:30 pm

Yoga Dancing Session 2

Location:

City Walk

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12:30 pm

12:45 pm

Transition

Location:

12:45 pm

1:30 pm

Panel

AI in Alabama panel (Charting the Course: Building AI Fluent K-12 Classrooms)

Candyce Monroe

Head of Learning Programs

Ed Farm

Janet Kang

Executive Director

Just Horizons Alliance

Joshua Elder

Senior Vice President and Head of Grantmaking

Siegel Family Endowment

April Freeman Sibley

Ramsay High School Academy of Engineering Teacher

Location:

Main Stage - Boutwell Expo (Top Floor)

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1:30 pm

1:45 pm

Other

Transition

Location:

1:45 pm

2:45 pm

Rotation 3: Current Fellow Spotlights

Location:

Boutwell Auditorium (Bottom Floor) + BHM Museum of Art

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2:45 pm

4:15 pm

Other

FOLS Finale: Celebration of Learning & Student Awards

Location:

Main Stage - Boutwell Expo (Top Floor)

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