National Student Data Privacy Conference
Registration is open
Space is limited. Secure your spot for both days of the inaugural conference.
Register nowWhat you’ll leave with
Two days built around things you can put to work the moment you get home.
Hands-On Training
Interactive workshops with real tools, templates, and Data Privacy Agreement frameworks you can implement immediately.
Action-Ready Resources
Leave with a curated resource kit built for immediate district use, not a binder that collects dust.
National Community
Connect with like-minded professionals, vendors, and experts from across the country solving the same problems.
About the conference
Privacy Forward is the premier national conference dedicated exclusively to K-12 student data privacy, bringing together district leaders, privacy professionals, educational technology executives, legal experts, and EdTech vendors to address the evolving challenges of protecting student information in today’s digital learning environment.
Privacy Forward is hosted by the EdTech Leaders Alliance (ETLA) and the Tennessee Educational Technology Association (TETA).
Three ways to take part
Whether you protect student data every day, want the credential, or build the tools districts rely on, this was built for you.
Privacy & District Leaders
Two days of hands-on training, ready-to-use frameworks, and a national community solving the same problems you are.
- Workshops with real tools and templates
- DPA frameworks you can deploy
- A peer network that lasts past the event
Vendor Certification
A half-day training in student data privacy law, compliance, and practice, ending in a certification assessment.
- FERPA, governance, and vendor management
- Real-world scenarios and hands-on activities
- A Student Data Privacy Certification
Exhibit & Sponsor
Put your solution in front of the K-12 decision-makers shaping student data privacy nationwide.
- Direct access to district privacy buyers
- Founding-sponsor visibility at an inaugural event
- A seat in the national privacy conversation
Where to stay
A block of rooms is held at the conference hotel in downtown Chattanooga.
Chattanooga Marriott Downtown
Rooms are available at the group rate until the block sells out or the booking deadline passes, whichever comes first.
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Registration is open and space is limited. Reserve your seat for the conference, or register separately for the Vendor Certification Training.
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