AS with previous years, the conference will commence at 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday. Following the opening remarks by Russ Brawn, CEDPA's president, Kathryn Yates, Director of K-12 Programs for Microsoft, will give the keynote address. Breakout sessions will follow for the remainder of the day. Wednesday's activities will conclude with the CEDPA-hosted President's Reception that evening.

THURSDAY will begin with discussion panels that you won't want to miss. The panels will lead into the all-day vendor exhibit. We again expect over fifty vendors to be on hand to show you their latest products and services. The vendor exhibits will be closed during lunch. Exhibits will conclude in the door-prize drawings that afternoon. Vendor-hosted hospitality suites will cap off Thursday's activities.

FRIDAY'S featured speaker will be announced later. Friday's featured speaker will be followed by discussion panels on topics of prime interest in today's educational environment. CEDPA's business meeting will conclude the conference activities. The conference will adjourn around noontime. The Third Annual golf tournament will be held after the conference, beginning at 2:00 p.m.

ANNOUNCEMENTS will be mailed to recipients of CEDPA's DataBus newsletter as well as all public school district and county superintendents and technology coordinators in California in July. Additional announcements and registration forms will be available online when they are published and can be downloaded directly from this website.

DUE to the popularity of the "Dress Down" atmosphere in past conferences, the CEDPA Board of Directors is again recommending that this be a dress down conference. Come prepared to sharpen your professional skills and broaden your knowledge base but dress casually and comfortably.

Conference Assistance Page

A Conference Assistance Page will be available on the Yolo County Office of Education web server to coordinate travel requirements of conference attendees from area airports. If you don't have a carpool partner from your airport (such as Ontario) to Palm Springs and wish to hook up with someone, fill out the form on the Conference Assistance Page and we'll try to assist you.