Speaker Presentations

Opening & Welcome:

Susan Sheridan

Associate Dean for Research and Creative Activity, College of Education and Human Sciences; Director, Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools | University of Nebraska–Lincoln

Samuel Meisels

Executive Director, Buffett Early Childhood Institute | University of Nebraska

Ted Carter

President, University of Nebraska

Jason Prokop

Director, First Five Nebraska

Keynote Address:

Cynthia Osborne

Professor of Early Childhood Education, Peabody College of Education and Human Development | Vanderbilt University; Founder and Director, Prenatal-to-3 Policy Impact Center

"Effective State-level Policies to Strengthen the Early Years"

Sherri Jones

Dean, College of Education and Human Sciences | University of Nebraska–Lincoln

Matthew Blomstedt

Commissioner, Nebraska Department of Education