{"id":10146,"date":"2026-09-18T08:14:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T15:14:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/education\/?p=10146"},"modified":"2026-09-18T08:14:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T15:14:16","slug":"keri-d-ingraham-to-speak-on-vocational-education-at-cosm-2026-reality-check","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/education\/2026\/09\/18\/keri-d-ingraham-to-speak-on-vocational-education-at-cosm-2026-reality-check\/","title":{"rendered":"Keri D. Ingraham to Speak on Vocational Education at COSM 2026: Reality Check"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Discovery Institute Senior Fellow and Director of the American Center for Transforming Education Keri D. Ingraham will be speaking at Discovery Institute&#8217;s annual COSM Technology Summit this November in Scottsdale, Arizona.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The conference is a three-day premier national summit on the technologies remaking the world as we know it.&nbsp;Spearheaded by technology futurist George Gilder, COSM gathers together industry and thought leaders to discuss and debate the present and future of up-and-coming technologies and to defend human purpose, creativity, and innovation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The title of Dr. Ingraham&#8217;s talk is &#8220;Adapt and Compete: The Return of Vocational Education.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full m-b-n\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1496\" height=\"1496\" src=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/m\/sites\/71\/2026\/09\/keri-ingraham.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10148\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/m\/sites\/71\/2026\/09\/keri-ingraham.jpg 1496w, https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/m\/sites\/71\/2026\/09\/keri-ingraham-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/m\/sites\/71\/2026\/09\/keri-ingraham-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/m\/sites\/71\/2026\/09\/keri-ingraham-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/m\/sites\/71\/2026\/09\/keri-ingraham-1200x1200.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1496px) 100vw, 1496px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Other speakers will include Inventor of Ethernet and Turing Award Winner <strong>Bob Metcalfe<\/strong>, former Intel CEO <strong>Pat Gelsinger<\/strong>, Chief Futurist at OpenAI <strong>Joshua Achiam<\/strong>, and Editor-in-Chief of <em>Forbes<\/em> <strong>Steve Forbes<\/strong>, among many others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">COSM 2026: Reality Check will take place November 18-20 at the Westin Kierland Resort &amp; Spa in Scottsdale, Arizona. 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Ingraham participated in a panel discussion alongside former Arizona Governor Doug Ducey and school choice advocate Jenny Clark:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-frame\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Educating the Tech Workforce\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wIPfcUb61o0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Discovery Institute Senior Fellow and Director of the American Center for Transforming Education Keri D. Ingraham will be speaking at Discovery Institute&#8217;s annual COSM Technology Summit this November in Scottsdale, Arizona. The conference is a three-day premier national summit on the technologies remaking the world as we know it.&nbsp;Spearheaded by technology futurist George Gilder, COSM gathers together industry and thought leaders to discuss and debate the present and future of up-and-coming technologies and to defend human purpose, creativity, and innovation. 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