🗓️ Date
July 16-17 2025

📍 Location
Facilities Resource Inc. 1641 Scottsdale Dr, Cedar Park, Texas, US, 78641

❂ Facilities Resource Inc
The space will be open for presentations, exploration and conversation both days from 10am to 5pm. Evening entertainment runs until 11pm.

🕥 Itinerary -TBC

⭐️ Book your place!
—> Click here

🗣️ Speakers

David Reid – AIA, NCARB, LEED AP, UDL, SCUP

“I’m an education geek. When I hear a news story about how screen time impedes the language development of infants, or how digital audio doesn’t stimulate the language center of the brain like a human voice, I almost have to pull over to absorb the magnitude. Nerdy—I know. But potentially significant as we think about how to design better learning environments for tomorrow’s learners.”

David’s excitement about all things educational is contagious. He excels at helping clients envision a more compelling future condition: broadening their conceptions about the transformative power of great design.

David’s drive to create learning environments with real educational outcomes is reflected in his design process. His natural curiosity and patience engage clients and collaborators in a deeper understanding of a design problem, unlocking design solutions with meaning. Recognizing that the greatest innovations often emerge from constraints, he loves taking small projects and elevating them into major impacts that support a client’s mission. David is a leader in our education practice with research efforts into emerging 21st century pedagogies and how they interact with the built environment.

Dr. Raechel French
Dr. Raechel French will discuss the quest to enact change in space design, teaching practice, and campus culture in a large urban school district through multiple billion-dollar bond programs.

Andrew Corrao
As an award-winning educator, Andrew brings creativity, innovation, and relationship-building to every room he is in. During his time in the classroom with Kansas City Public Schools, he worked to bring opportunities to his students and break through barriers through real-world education. He was recognized for his innovative work with an Excellence in Education Star Educator Award as well as a District Teacher of the Year Finalist. To increase his impact on the community around him, Andrew left the Classroom and joined the non-profit field where he currently serves as the STEM Outreach Consultant with the KC STEM Alliance, as well as serving as the Director of The STEAM Studio. Andrew brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in education, entrepreneurship, and marketing and he is excited to bring these skills to The STEAM Studio.

Danny Sewell
Danny is passionate about crafting audio experiences that both entertain and educate, from grand stage-shows to intimate school classrooms, Indian orphanages to British cathedrals. After a decade of leading an innovative team of creators in the UK, he has a deep appreciation for the transformative power of sound in education. As a musician and educator he’s excited about the endless possibilities that audio can bring to our schools.

Darren Buttle
The CEO of Muzo, Darren has enjoyed a parallel career supporting the creative arts sector, whilst producing unique furniture for learning spaces. For more than 30 years Darren draws on his observations, research and experiences to examine the significant role that engaging furniture design can play in improving the well-being and performance of students and faculty within learning environments. A highly entertaining and informative presenter, Darren is a passionate campaigner and advocate for Inclusive Design.

Dr. Michael Ralph
Michael C. Ralph is a Vice President and the Director of Research with Multistudio. He earned a PhD in the Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Kansas where he continues to serve as a faculty lecturer. He uses his background as both a K-12 and higher education instructor to connect research to issues of practice and experience in classrooms. He has a focus on equitable application of quantitative methods as a tool for improving teaching and dismantling barriers to success for historically marginalized groups.