Thursday Schedule - 6/11/26
12:45 pm Welcome Brief Welcome
1:00 -2:30 pm Keynote Peter Gray - Restoring Childhood: How to Set Kids Free in an Age of Anxiety
2:30 - 3:00 pm Break Break, networking, etc
3:00 - 3:20 pm Welcome AERO welcome
3:30 - 5:00 pm Keynote NH Kids Governor Executive Council - Youth Platforms & Civic Engagement
5:00 - 6:15 pm Dinner Dinner, Networking, Etc
6:30 - 8:00 pm Keynote Ted Wachtel - Restorative Practices
8:00 - 9:30 pm Open Time. Discussions, networking, etc
Friday Schedule - 6/12/26
7:00 - 8:45 am Breakfast Breakfast, Registration, Networking, Check-In, Vendors, Bookstore
9:00 -10:15 am Breakouts Using Circles for Collaborative Learning - Roy Karp
Unschooling, Ungrading, Unlearning: How the
Unschooling Movement is Changing the Educational Landscape - Gina Riley, Ph.D
Rethinking Teen Mental Health from the Ground Up\. - - Lilly Schade
Transforming public schools and making a better world
-Roger Dennis
10:15 -10:30 am Break Networking, Check-In, Vendors, Bookstore
10:30 -11:45 am Breakouts Structure and Freedom: Partners in Learning -
- Kim Swaffield, M.Ed.
Who Is Your Program Really For? Defining Your Niche for
Sustainability - Heather DiNino
Neurodiversity & Self-Directed Learning
- Bay State Learning Center
Raising Money & Building Startups as a Teen in Tech -
- Lilly Schade
11:45 am -1:00 pm Break Lunch, Registration, Networking, Check-In, Vendors, Bookstore
1:00 - 2:30 pm Keynote NH Teen Institute ~ Engaging Youth in Meaningful Ways
2:30 - 3:00 pm Break
3:00 - 4:15 pm Keynote Liberated Learners - TBD
4:30 - 5:00 pm AERO AERO, past, present, future - where we came from, where we are and where we're heading and how you can be a part of
it
5:00 - 6:15 pm Break Dinner, Networking, Vendors
6:15 - 7:45 pm Keynote Ted Wachtel - TBD
7:45 - 9:15 pm Keynote Felipa Gaudet - AI for Personalized Learning
9:15 - 10:00 pm Open Open Session
Saturday Schedule - 6/13/26
7:15 - 9:00 am Break Breakfast, Registration, Networking, Check-In, Vendors, Bookstore
9:00 - 10:15 am. Breakouts Rebuilding Coherence: Designing Schools Where Belonging, Agency, and Rigor Align - Dave Brown
Freedom from the Inside Out: how looking inward creates the presence for raising flourishing children who are
empowered to chart their own learning
- Halie Barrick (M.A.) & Michelle Maitri-Mudita (M.Ed.)
So You Want to Start an Educational Alternative? - Here's How
- Jerry Mintz
Advocating for Holistic Mental Health in Education
-Lilly Schade
10:15 - 10:30 am Break
10:30 - 11:45 am Breakouts Modernization of Education, Technology & Traditional
Skills - Evelyn Cote
Brainstorming Session: Starting a High School - Katie Smith
How Democratic Process & Shared Power in Education are Crucial for Mental Health & Sustainability - Peter Berg
11:45 am - 1:00 pm Break Lunch, Networking, Vendors, Bookstore
1:00 - 2:30 pm Keynote NH Teen Institute - Integrating Youth into Community
2:30 - 3:30 pm Feedback Session & Closing
Thank You For Being a Part of the Conference
& The Education Revolution
