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Conference 2009 speaker biographies.

2009 NCTI Technology Innovators Conference
November 16-17, 2009 | Washington, DC | The Madison Hotel

Day 1 — Monday, November 16

8:30 – 9:00 a.m.

Welcome and OSEP Remarks

Tracy Gray, Director, National Center for Technology Innovation
Patricia Guard, Acting Director, Office of Special Education Programs
Lawrence Wexler, Director, Research to Practice, Office of Special Education Programs

Session Materials

Summary Notes
Slide Presentation: Tracy Gray

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Lars Liden (left) and Chris Whalen (right) are the cofounders of TeachTown, a system that incorporates therapeutic curriculum for children on the autism spectrum. Read more about how applied behavioral analysis and artificial intelligence can deliver a therapeutic curriculum.