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June 9, 2016 (Washington, D.C.) – The State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA), the principal membership association representing U.S. state and territorial digital learning leaders, announced today its fourth annual cohort of Emerging Private Sector Partners. These SETDA Emerging Private Sector Partners will debut at the upcoming Emerging Technologies Forum on June 25 and 26, 2016 in Denver, Colorado and will engage with the SETDA state leaders and affiliates and annual partners over the next twelve months:

• Centric Learning http://centriclearning.net @HEROlearn
• Classcraft http://www.classcraft.com @classcraftgame
• Core Learning Exchange http://www.corelearningexchange.com @KatzmanJeff
• Eduporium https://www.eduporium.com #eduporium
• GPA Learn http://www.gpalearn.com/ @gpalearn
• ITG America, LLC http://www.itgamerica.com @ITG_America
• Lea(R)n, Inc. http://www.learntrials.com @learntrials
• Operant Systems, Inc. http://www.operantsystems.com @operantsys
• ThinkCERCA, Inc. https://thinkcerca.com @ThinkCERCA
• Touchjet, Inc. http://www.touchjet.com #gotouchjet

The 2016 cohort of companies were selected from a large, highly competitive pool of applicants based on their status as an emerging company, capacity to leverage technology to serve a need in PreK-12 or pre-service education, and their potential to scale on a state-wide and multi-state basis. The Emerging Partners program is designed to foster opportunities for startups to be seen and heard by state and national digital learning leaders. Throughout the course of the year this program creates intentional, in-person and virtual opportunities to engage in meaningful dialogue regarding trends in the field as well as products and services that states and districts need.

“When state educational technology leaders are able to partner with emerging companies, both win. The state leaders learn about cutting edge digital learning products and services. The emerging private sector partners get a deeper understanding of state level policies, procedures and initiatives,” stated Tracy Weeks, SETDA’s Executive Director. “Ongoing conversations have the potential of resulting in powerful technologies that truly serve to help solve state and district level problems of practice.”

“We’re excited to be chosen as a SETDA Emerging Private Sector Partner,” said Karl Rectanus, CEO and Co-Founder of Lea(R)n. “Since we developed our unique platform with, by, and for educators and administrators, we are looking forward to partnering with more state leaders to ensure their rapidly changing policy, funding, and technology landscape is harnessed so all states and districts improve outcomes, increase the impacts of their technology investments, and personalize learning at scale.”

Over the next year, the Emerging Private Sector Partners will also have the opportunity to benefit from interactions with education industry experts via SETDA’s Channel Partners (http://www.setda.org/partners/strategic-partners/channel/), mentors from previous cohorts of Emerging Partners and SETDA staff.

E-Learning Africa is the key networking event for ICT enhanced education and training in Africa. Bringing together high-level policy makers, decision makers and practitioners from education, business and government, eLearning Africa 2016 was taking place from 24 – 26 May in Cairo, Egypt. the eLearning Africa conference is a must for those who want to develop multinational and cross-industry contacts and partnerships, as well as enhance their knowledge, expertise and abilities. ELearning Africa takes place in a different African country each year, from 68 countries gathered during the three conference days at the African Union Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 83% of the participants came from sub-Saharan Africa The conference program featured the work of 249 speakers addressing all forms of technology-enhanced learning and including a rich mix of themes, topics and a variety of session formats. Egypt’s Minister of Communications and Information Technology Yasser ElKady on Tuesday 24/5/2016 opened the 11th international conference on ICT for development, education and training; eLearning Africa (ELA) 2016, under the theme “Making Vision Reality”. The conference was hosted by the Information Technology Industry Development Agency (ITIDA).

An exhibition and demonstration area accompanies the program, where leading international eLearning manufacturers, suppliers and service providers present their latest products and services. Every year, participants evaluate the exhibition as a critical meeting point for professional interaction within the conference.

Integrated Technology Group was there as an exhibitor in booth #17. During the conference, ITG was exhibiting its innovative educational platform EduWave® and its e-content development services, and shared its vision and experience with conference participants from over 50 countries from Africa and other parts of the world. Egypt’s minister of CIT, Mr. ElKady, visited the booth and enjoyed a demo of EduWave given by ITG’s representatives. The booth was being attended by members of ITG Jordan and ITG Egypt.

Under the patronage of HE Dr. Ahmed bin Mohammed bin Salim Al Futaisi, Minister of Transport and Telecommunications, the 26^th edition of the leading IT, Telecom and Technology exhibition COMEX was inaugurated today in the presence of a number of Excellences as well as executives from the private and public sectors.

The show features 100 participants from Oman and other countries exhibiting cutting edge technologies in the telecommunication and IT sector. Key participants are Omantel, Oreedoo, Awasr, Microsoft, Huawei, Oman Computer Services, Al Zubair Telecommunications, Lenevo, Kaspersky, Bahwan Mart, Panasonic, and Samsung in addition to many well-known companies in Oman such as MG Group, Telecom Oman and Oman Phone.

The exhibition’s main theme this year was built around IOT and its current and future applications such as smart home, smart banking, digital education and e-tailing. These are presented through advanced displays and demonstrations by key exhibitors such as the major telecom operators in Oman including Omantel and Oreddoo as well as technology providers such as Microsoft and Huawei. Additionally, presentations by leading experts from Oman and the work will be sharing their know-how with COMEX’s business audience this year through COMEX Smart Talks program.

Integrated Technology Group is exhibiting at COMEX Oman 2016 at booth no. 417 which is right across from the Smart Talks area. This is the first time that ITG participates in the COMEX Oman event and it comes as part of its continuous efforts to reach new markets and clients. ITG has been present in Oman and has catered to clients there who have testified to its products and services.

For more information about ITG’s participation at COMEX 2016 please click the link below:

Integrated Technology Group (ITG) at COMEX Oman

Integrated Technology Group (ITG) is proud to have been a sponsor of the Global Commission on Internet Governance (GCIC) event which concluded its final meeting on March 19. The event was held on 18^th and 19^th of March under the patronage of his Royal Highness crown prince Al Hussein bin Abdullah ll hosted by Oasis 500 at King Hussein Business Park.

GCIG meetings were held in Sweden, Korea, Canada, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Ghana and India, and now, the final meeting, in Jordan. The purpose of these meetings is to come up with a list of recommendations for an official commission report which will inform concrete policy recommendations for the future of Internet governance, by providing a framework both for coordination among advanced industrial democracies and for addressing the interests and values of states that are uncertain about the future of multi-stakeholder governance.

The event included a number of closed private and open public sessions discussing topics like the impact of the internet on government policy, cyber security, structured vs. unstructured education, internet inclusion and economic prosperity, internet freedom, and many more topics of relevance. The event brought together leaders, entrepreneurs, and professors from around the world who are engaged in international governance with recognized impact on significant global problems.

The Global Commission on Internet Governance was established in January 2014, to articulate and advance a strategic vision for the future of Internet governance. With work commencing in May 2014, the two-year project will conduct and support independent research on Internet-related dimensions of global public policy, culminating in an official commission report.

As part of ITG’s commitment towards enhancing education and knowledge for the next generation, Walid Tahabsem, President and CEO of ITG, has talked about the importance of online education and how it positively impacts the learning process in a private session about Education and The Internet, and a public session about Structured vs. Unstructured Education.

For more information on GCIG please visit www.ourinternet.org