Sir Ken Robinson, PhD is an internationally recognized leader in the development of education, creativity and innovation. He is also one of the world’s leading speakers with a profound impact on audiences everywhere. The videos of his famous 2006 and 2010 talks to the prestigious TED Conference have been seen by an estimated 200 million people in over 150 countries.

Nelson Heller is President of EdNET at MDR, a D&B Company. EdNET publishes a weekly e-mailed industry news service, sponsors the annual EdNET: Educational Networking Conference, and offers periodic EdNET Virtual Roundtables with panels of experts regarding key issues impacting educational sales and marketing. Dr. Heller has been quoted in numerous business publications and has spoken or keynoted at many domestic and international conferences.

Nelson Heller started The Heller Reports in 1988. In 2002, the business was acquired by Scholastic Inc. and QED. Nelson joined MDR when QED was acquired by MDR in February 2009. In its early years, The Heller Reports offered periodic international EdNET Trade Missions and published two valued technology-focused newsletters—Educational Technology Markets and Internet Strategies for Education Markets—covering business opportunities in the education markets. The Heller Reports pioneered electronic education market B2B publications with a news alert service, archive, and virtual community for educational industry executives.

He previously served as research vice president for SFN, an educational and professional publisher and radio and TV industry firm; before that, he was president of Educational Programming Systems and the Technology Assisted Learning Market Information Service (TALMIS).

Dr. Heller is recipient of the “Making It Happen” education industry award. In December 2009, he was inducted into the Association of Educational Publishers’ Hall of Fame. He holds graduate degrees from MIT and a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania.

De Marque co-founder Marc Boutet is President and CEO of the group. A graduate in computer science from Laval University, he became involved in several institutions and projects, including as a member of the board of Library and Archives nationales du Quebec, University Press of Quebec, the Alliance Digital, as president of the Association of Multimedia Producers of Quebec as a member of the Committee multimedia SODEC or co-chairman, with Raymond Bachand, the site of employment during the Quebec Summit and Youth. He received numerous decorations, including that of Young Entrepreneur in Quebec Arista Sun Life in 2000, Raymond-Blais medal in 2005 and was a finalist among such persons, 2010 Press / Radio-Canada.

Angela Maiers is an award-winning educator, speaker, consultant and professional trainer known for her work in literacy, leadership and global communications. She is a consistently energized and recognized worldwide speaker greatly impacting leadership through not only the education field, but the international business community as well. Challenging educational philosophies and business ethics, Angela strives to achieve total synergy and unstoppable energy by reconstructing the thought process of many dated ideologies.

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