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2010 NAIS Annual Conference Keynote Speakers
February 24 - 26, 2010
Moscone Convention Center West
San Francisco, CA, USA
Adapt, Survive, Thrive: Unleashing the Superpowers Within GENERAL SESSION SPEAKERS  | Arianna Huffington
Thursday, February 25, 9:30 – 11:00 AM
On Being Fearless Arianna Huffington is cofounder and editor in chief of The Huffington Post, a nationally syndicated columnist, and author of 12 books. The co-host of Left, Right & Center, public radio’s popular political roundtable program, is also on Time magazine’s list of the world’s 100 most influential people. Originally from Greece, Huffington moved to England at age 16 and graduated from Cambridge University with a master’s degree in economics. A successful entrepreneur who has triumphed over naysayers, self-doubt, and a turbulent economy, Huffington demonstrates how to turn difficult times into opportunity for growth – both personally and professionally. Becoming fearless – daring to think new thoughts, take big risks, embrace failure, and start again – will ultimately lead both people and businesses through the toughest times. Her book On Becoming Fearless… in Love, Work, and Life is Huffington’s most personal book to date, offering a roadmap for achieving fearlessness in every aspect of life, a manifesto on how to be bold, say what needs to be said, and do what needs to be done to find the freedom to love, lead, and succeed. A trustee for the Archer School for Girls (California), Huffington lives in Los Angeles with her two teenage daughters. | | | |  | Juan Enriquez
Friday, February 26, 9:30 – 11:00 AM
As the Future Catches You — The Impact of the Genetic, Digital, and Knowledge Revolutions Juan Enriquez is one of the world’s foremost authorities on how the extraordinary advances in the life sciences are changing the way we live and do business. He also has an important message for political and business leaders about how to compete effectively in the world’s knowledge economy as the digital and genomic revolutions create the wealth of the future. Enriquez is the author of the global bestseller, As the Future Catches You, an analysis of the impact of genomics on business and society; and The Untied States of America, which explores why, as technology advances, some countries are successful while others disappear. A fine speaker with invaluable insight into which advances in the life sciences will matter to your organization and industry — and why, Enriquez will show how to turn the life science revolution to your advantage. The founding director of Harvard Business School’s Life Sciences Project, Enriquez is currently a managing director of Excel Medical Ventures, investing in innovative medical companies. Fast Company named him one of their Fast 50 for 2005. He holds bachelor's and MBA degrees from Harvard University, with honors. View a clip of one of Enriquez’s outstanding speeches at http://www.poptech.org/juanenriquez. |  | IRSHAD MANJI
Friday, February 26, 3:00 – 4:30 pm
Courage in a Time of Corruption The New York Times calls Irshad Manji “Osama bin Laden’s worst nightmare.” Oprah Winfrey gave her the first annual Chutzpah Award for “audacity, nerve, boldness, and conviction.” Manji, director of the Moral Courage Project at New York University, accepts both as compliments. The project develops young leaders who will challenge conformity and champion creativity, including reform-minded Muslims. She is the internationally bestselling author of The Trouble with Islam Today: A Muslim’s Call for Reform in Her Faith. In those countries that have banned her book, Manji is reaching readers by posting free translations on her popular blog. In just over a year, the Arabic translation has been downloaded 300,000 times and circulated by youth throughout the Middle East. She created the acclaimed PBS documentary, Faith Without Fear, which follows her journey to reconcile Islam with freedom and human rights. For her pioneering work, Manji receives both death threats and distinctions: The World Economic Forum has selected her as a Young Global Leader; The European Foundation for Democracy has made her a Senior Scholar; and The Jakarta Post in Indonesia – the world’s largest Muslim country – identifies Manji as one of three Muslim women creating positive change in Islam today. |
FEATURED WORKSHOP SPEAKERS  | Mimi Ito
Thursday, February 25, 12:00 – 1:00 pm
New Media and Its Superpowers Mimi Ito is an international expert on how people use mobile technologies and new digital media in their everyday lives. A cultural anthropologist of technology use, she is a leading authority on how social network technologies are shaping society. Ito co-led the Digital Youth Project, a landmark study funded by the MacArthur Foundation on the ways youth use new media, and is coauthor of the book based on the study, Hanging Out, Messing Around, and Geeking Out: Kids Living and Learning with New Media. She has researched a wide range of other digitally-augmented social practices, including online gaming and social communities, the production and consumption of children’s software, and children’s play with new media. Furthermore, Ito specializes in amateur culture production, Do-It-Yourself (DIY) media cultures, and peer-to-peer learning. A research scientist in the Department of Informatics, University of California, Irvine, she also is a visiting associate professor at Keio University’s Graduate School of Media and Governance in Kanagawa, Japan. Ito holds two doctorates from Stanford University – in education and anthropology. She has worked at the Institute for Research and Learning, Xerox PARC, Tokyo University, the National Institute for Educational Research in Japan, and Apple Computer. |  | Tina Seelig
Thursday, February 25, 1:30 – 2:30 pm
Innovation as an Extreme Sport
Tina Seelig is executive director of the Stanford Technology Ventures Program (STVP), the entrepreneurship center at Stanford University's School of Engineering. The 2004 NASDAQ Entrepreneurship Center of the Year, STVP is dedicated to accelerating high-tech entrepreneurship education and creating scholarly research on technology-based firms. At STVP, Seelig teaches courses on creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship to students from all majors, who learn the entrepreneurial skills needed to use innovations to solve major world problems. She earned the 2009 Gordon Prize from the National Academy of Engineering, recognizing her as a national leader in engineering education. Seelig also won the 2008 National Olympus Innovation Award and 2005 Stanford Tau Beta Pi Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching. Earning her Ph.D. in neuroscience from Stanford University Medical School in 1985, Seelig has worked as a management consultant for Booz Allen Hamilton, multimedia producer at Compaq Computer Corporation, and founder of multimedia company BookBrowse.com. The 15 popular science books and educational games she's written include: The Epicurean Laboratory and Incredible Edible Science; and a series of 12 Games for Your Brain. Her latest book is What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20: A Crash Course on Making Your Place in the World. |  | Carol Dweck
2010 Klingenstein Leadership Award Recipient
Friday, February 26, 8:00 – 9:00 am
Changing Mindsets Carol S. Dweck is one of the world’s leading researchers in the field of student motivation and the Lewis and Virginia Eaton Professor of Psychology at Stanford University. Her research highlights the critical role of mindsets in students’ achievement, and shows how praise for intelligence or talent can undermine motivation and learning. She also has held professorships at Columbia and Harvard universities and lectured to education, business, and sports groups all over the world. In addition to the Klingenstein Award, she recently won the Ann Brown Award in developmental psychology, the Donald Campbell Award in social psychology, and the E.L. Thorndike Career Achievement Award in educational psychology. Her work has been prominently featured in almost every major publication and she has appeared on the Today Show, Good Morning America, and 20/20. Her recent book Mindset (published by Random House) has been widely acclaimed and is being translated into 17 languages. Students' mindsets are a critical ingredient in their motivation and achievement. Dweck will talk about her research on changing students' mindsets and will describe ways in which teachers and schools have been putting this research into practice. |  | Patrick F. Bassett
Friday, February 26, 8:00 – 9:00 am Patrick F. Bassett became the president of the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) in August 2001. NAIS serves nearly 1,400 independent (private) schools and associations of schools in the U.S. and abroad. Bassett began his career in independent education 40 years ago as an English teacher and lacrosse coach at Woodberry Forest School (Virginia), an all boys boarding school. In 1980, he joined all girls Stuart Hall School (Virginia) as headmaster. Then in 1989, he was named head of coeducational Pomfret School (Connecticut), followed by an appointment to president of ISACS, the Independent Schools Association of the Central States (1993-2001). Bassett has diligently served on many boards, published prolifically, and earned many distinctions, including being named a Kellogg National Leadership Fellow. He's received the Educational Leadership Award from The Klingenstein Center, Teachers College, Columbia University, where he also holds the position of adjunct faculty member. In April 2009, the European Council for International Schools recognized Bassett with its annual award for promotion of international education. |  | Reveta Franklin Bowers
Friday, February 26, 11:30 am – 12:30 pm
NAIS Diversity Leadership Award Born and educated in Los Angeles, Reveta Franklin Bowers is an alumna of the University of Southern California. Starting her career with the Los Angeles Unified School District, she left in 1972 to teach at The Center for Early Education (California), where she is currently head of school. Always active in her community and education, Bowers serves on multiple boards, including the Educational Records Bureau, Klingenstein Center, National Business Officers Association, and California Community Foundation, where she is board president. She was an outside director of The Walt Disney Company from 1993-2003. Past board service includes the Coalition for Justice; Harvard-Westlake, Brentwood, and Windward schools; chair of the board of the Educational Records Bureau; treasurer of the NAIS board; president of the California Association of Independent Schools; and president of the board of governors of the Fulfillment Fund, which offers tutoring and college counseling to inner city students in Los Angeles public schools. A faculty member at the NAIS Institute for New Heads, Bowers mentors newly appointed independent school heads. Married for 39 years and the mother of two grown children, Bowers belongs to numerous professional organizations, most of which support education and community outreach both locally and nationally. |  | Tony Wagner
Friday, February 26, 1:30 – 2:30 pm
Change Leadership Tony Wagner has co-directed the Change Leadership Group (CLG) at the Harvard Graduate School of Education since its inception in 2000. An initiative of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, CLG is a research and development center that helps teams become effective change leaders in schools and districts. He also was on the faculty of the Executive Leadership Program for Educators, a joint initiative of Harvard’s Graduate School of Education, Business School, and Kennedy School of Government. A frequent keynote speaker and widely published author on education and society, Wagner has worked for more than 35 years in the field of school improvement. He was a high school teacher for 12 years; a school principal; a university professor in teacher education; co-founder and first executive director of Educators for Social Responsibility; project director for the Public Agenda Foundation in New York; and president and CEO of the Institute for Responsive Education. Wagner earned his master's of arts in teaching and doctorate in education at Harvard University. His latest book, The Global Achievement Gap: Why Even Our Best Schools Don’t Teach the New Survival Skills Our Children Need — And What We Can Do About It, will soon be translated into Chinese. |  | Kip Fulbeck
Friday, February 26, 1:30 – 2:30 pm
What Are You? The Changing Face of America A seminal artist exploring multiracial identity, Kip Fulbeck captivates audiences with his videos, performances, and writings. His words and artwork have received a landslide of attention from media as diverse as MTV and CNN. On stage his uniquely personal monologues and multimedia shows combine stand-up comedy with a powerful and politically charged edge, leading audiences to honestly consider Who Am I? Using his own Cantonese, English, Irish, and Welsh background as a springboard, Fulbeck confronts media imagery of Asian men, interracial dating patterns, and icons of race and sex in the U.S., constantly questioning where Hapas "fit in" in a country that ignores multiracial identity. His work invites and inspires viewers to explore how ethnic stereotypes and opinions on interracial dating, gender roles, and personal identity are formed. A professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, Fulbeck has performed and exhibited across the U.S. and in more than 20 countries. He has twice keynoted the National Conference on Race in Higher Education to standing ovations; directed 13 independent videos; and authored the critically acclaimed books Paper Bullets: A Fictional Autobiography and Part Asian, 100% Hapa, featuring portraits of multiracials of Asian/Pacific Islander descent, with an introduction by Sean Lennon. |
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