Exhibit Hall Let's start with the exhibit hall. First things I noticed that while Amazon, Google, and Microsoft were all listed as sponsors, none of them had booths in the exhibition space. This was a big change from past years. I'm not sure what to make of this since all three have either products or programs relevant to K12. Maybe nothing going on here but I think this was worth noting.

Let's talk about the final two sessions I attended. The Future of Computer Science Education in an Age of AI This was a panel. Pat Yongpradit and BT Twarek co-moderated a panel consisting of Julie York, Maya Israel, Allen Antoine, and Jacob Shulman. It was a good mix. Julie York is a High School teacher, Maya Israel, a researcher, Allen Antoine is the Director of CS Ed Strategy at UT Austin's Texas Advanced Computing Scenter, and Jacob Shulman is a tech entrepreneur as the founder of Jippity and long time private tutor.

Thursday, day 3. This was my last conference day since I had to leave bright and early on Friday. Four more sessions. As I started to write them up I thought things were getting a little long so this post will just cover the two morning sessions and the next one, the other two. Strype First up "Strype: Frame-Based Editing for Python." A session run by Neil Brown, creator of Strype with Miles Berry and Colleen Lewis acting basically as TAs during the hands on session.