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7:00am EDT

Registration & Check-In Lobby Level, Hyatt Regency Boston / Cambridge Hotel

8:00am EDT

Breakfast Amesbury Ballroom, Lobby Level

9:00am EDT

Welcome to SDP Convening 2026: Proof Positive Amesbury Ballroom, Lobby LevelMiriam Greenberg

9:15am EDT

Airplane Mode: The Evidence Behind Cell Phone Bans Amesbury Ballroom, Lobby LevelJustin Reich • Stephanie Downey Toledo • David Figlio • Eric Mackey

10:45am EDT

Creating a Data Warehouse that Inspires Educators to Act Harvard Square, Lobby LevelBob Balfanz • JT Stark • Laura Davidson From Roadmap to Reality: Refreshing Strategy through Data and Dialogue Porter Square, Lobby LevelErin Philip • Tiffany Perkins Making Data Interactive with R Shiny: A Teacher Workforce Planning Example Remington, 2nd FloorMatt Faiello Next-Generation Readiness: Speech Analytics, Teacher-Feedback Tools, and Open Data for Early Learning Measurement Kendall Square, Lobby LevelJohn Hansen • Michael Frank • Remy Pages (Session Chair) • Meredith Rowe The Power of Less: Achieving Coherence Through Subtractive Design Inman Square, Lobby LevelSean Berkstresser • Akisha Osei Sarfo • Bo Yan When Data Systems Are Asked to Do More Than They Were Built For: Lessons from Emergency Response Central Square, Lobby LevelChristopher Ozuna

12:00pm EDT

Lunch Amesbury Ballroom, Lobby Level

1:15pm EDT

Finish What We Start: A Case Study on Momentum, Transfer, and Completion Kendall Square, Lobby LevelZong Her • Marco Torrez-Miranda From Proof to Practice: Using District Data Partnerships to Improve Summer Learning in Boston Public Schools Porter Square, Lobby LevelNicole Reddig • Meg Caven • Magaly Sanchez • David Martinez Leveraging Participatory Action Research (PAR) to Engender Trust Central Square, Lobby LevelRhonda Broussard Open-Source Tidy Education Finance Data: A Hands-On Workshop with edfinr Remington, 2nd FloorAlex Spurrier • Biko McMillan • Bonnie O'Keefe SAFE and Connected: Negotiating for an Ethical, Interoperable, and Human-Centric AI Future Inman Square, Lobby LevelAndrea Claver Writing Actionable Insights: Turning Evidence into Clear, Usable Messages Harvard Square, Lobby LevelCarrie Conaway • Christina Claiborne

2:45pm EDT

Capstones + Coffee: Fellows' Impact Mt. Auburn (14th Floor) & Charles View (16th Floor)MSI Cohort 1 Fellows • SDP Cohort 16 Fellows

4:30pm EDT

Meeting the Moment: The Evidence We Have and Need to Address the Education Challenges of Today Amesbury Ballroom, Lobby LevelMatthew Kraft

5:45pm EDT

Conference Reception Riverside Pavilion, Lobby Level

6:45pm EDT

Dinner & Data: SDP Convening 2026 Amesbury Ballroom, Lobby Level

8:30pm EDT

After-Dinner Connections Paperback Tavern, Level 2, Hyatt Regency Boston / Cambridge HotelChristopher Leake • Nasaa Enkhbold