FETC 2027 Orlando (Future of Education Technology)

FETC, short for the Future of Education Technology Conference, is a US edtech gathering built around K-12 schools. The 2027 edition is scheduled for 26 to 29 January 2027 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida. The programme also includes the University Business Executive Leadership Summit, aimed at college and university leadership, and the DALI Superintendents Summit for K-12 superintendents. The audience is made up of teachers, instructional coaches, librarians, school IT staff and campus and district leaders, and the organiser says the conference serves thousands of K-12 leaders. The 2027 programme is split into nine role-based tracks: Classroom, Coach, CTE (new this year), District, Esports, Inclusion, IT, Library and School Leaders. Formats include 60-minute keynotes open to everyone, 45-minute concurrent sessions for up to 200 people, Mega Sessions for 500 or more, two-hour bring-your-own-device Workshops, four-hour Intensives (formerly Summits), 60-minute Leadership Roundtables and Mobile MEGAShare, three hours of rotating table talks. An expo hall and receptions run alongside. The source pages describe tracks and session formats but give no dated schedule yet. Named featured speakers include Dr. Howard Hepburn, superintendent of Broward County Public Schools, Dr. Richard Charles, CIO of Denver Public Schools, and Kris Hagel, CIO of Peninsula School District. The site lists AI, workforce readiness and emerging technology among the themes speakers will cover. Registration is open at discounted rates until 4 December 2026, and prices go up on 5 December. The Session Pass costs $490 instead of $555 and gives entry to the expo, keynotes, concurrent and Mega Sessions and networking breaks. Workshops and Intensives need a higher pass: the Session+ Pass at $710 (regular $775) or the All-Access Pass at $1,180 (regular $1,245), and Workshops also require pre-registration. The Expo Only Pass covers the expo hall and keynotes. It is free for verified staff of educational institutions, students, non-profits and government agencies; other visitors pay $409. For AffHouse readers the fit is narrow. FETC is a professional-development and purchasing event for schools, and its programme does not touch affiliate traffic, media buying or lead generation. It is most useful to edtech publishers covering school software and to vendors selling into K-12, since exhibitors meet district decision-makers directly. Affiliates working essay or homework-help offers should keep in mind that attendees are educators and administrators rather than students, so the trip is market research, not a traffic source.