San Diego
ASU+GSV Summit 2026
Conversations at ASU+GSV
We spent one Sunday at ASU+GSV sitting down with people who truly care about education.
📍 The Lion’s Share, San Diego
🗓 Sunday, April 12, 2026
🎬 8 episodes filmed
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Digital Lizards Approved
Deborah Quazzo, Tobie Pace
Where the Money Meets the Classroom
One of edtech's most active investors sits across from the person who actually decides what gets used in San Diego classrooms. What "this is working" means depends entirely on which side of the table you're on.
Abha Ahuja, Janie Ghinazzi
From the Research Lab to the Classroom
Research-backed pedagogy meets the reality of 32 kids and a 40-minute period. A conversation about what it actually means to design for learning instead of designing for compliance.
The full day
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As They Played Out
10:45 AM
Where the Money Meets the Classroom
Deborah Quazzo, Tobie Pace
1:00 PM
From the Research Lab to the Classroom
Abha Ahuja, Janie Ghinazzi
2:45 PM
Fixing a District from the Inside
Brad Mason, Jeff Piontek, Gabriel Valentin
3:45 PM
The Teacher Who Changed Everything
Coco Wu, Katrina Jin
4:30 PM
From Funding Round to Homeroom
Amit Patel, Henrik Appert, Tobie Pace
5:30 PM
Why Schools Don't Buy Good Ideas
Adam Giery, Ian McCullough
6:30 PM
Built to Scale, Built to Last
Sunil Gunderia, Naomi May
7:30 PM
Closing the Day at the Lion's Stage
Thomas Aurelio Davis
Everyone who sat with us
The full guest list.
Deborah Quazzo — GSV Ventures
Abha Ahuja — Minerva Project
Tobie Pace — San Diego Unified
Jeff Piontek — Author & Consultant
Brad Mason — Whittier City SD
Janie Ghinazzi — Curriculum Developer
Katrina — Harvard
Coco — Founder
Gabriel Valentin — Dizzy Doom Kids
Henrik Appert — MagmaMath
Amit Patel — Owl Ventures
Sunil Gunderia — Age of Learning
Ian McCullough — Edtech Marketing
Adam Giery — Strategos Group
Thomas Aurelio Davis — Center for Educational Innovation
Naomi May — Cooley LLP
Want to sit with us next time?
We’re bringing this back to the next summit. If you’re building, funding, or teaching in this space, we want you in the chair.