National Conference on Science & Technology in Out-of-School Time

Hosted by Coalition for Science After School and Project Exploration

to the website of the National Conference on Science & Technology in Out-of-School Time held on September 17-19, 2008 at the Navy Pier in Chicago, Illinois.

If you are looking for the final report of the conference, A Watershed Moment, please follow this link.

Wow!

With nearly 300 energized and focused participants and dozens of expert presenters, this first National Conference on Science and Technology in Out-of-School Time proved to be a grand forum for discussion, sharing, networking, and planning for the future.

To help you continue to reach out to one another, a Wiki has been set up to facilitate sharing resources and recommendations. You can sign on at scienceafterschool.wikispaces.com.

To help you promote your work, download our press release Make Time for Kids to Play with Science.pdf now.

And to enrich the data, we invite you to send notes you may have from any of the breakout sessions to scienceafterschool@gmail.com

Please note that all future announcements will come from the Coalition for Science After School mailing list. If you are not already a member, please join the Coalition at www.ScienceAfterSchool.org.

Thank you for being part of this historic gathering.

Jason Freeman

Coalition for Science After School

Gabrielle Lyon

Project Exploration

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Eric Jolly, Ph.D. - President, Science Museum of Minnesota More

FEATURED PRESENTERS

Harold Asturias - Director, Center for Mathematics Excellence and Equity, Lawrence Hall of Science at UC Berkeley

Maggie Daley - First Lady of the City of Chicago and Chair of After School Matters. More

Dr. Lisa Egbuonu-Davis is a senior executive with extensive experience in public health, academic and pharmaceutical sectors. More

Dr. Alan Friedman - trained physicist and co-author of the book, Einstein as Myth and Muse More

Robert L. Horton, Ph.D.,Professor, Educational Design, The Ohio State University. More

Rocky Kolb, Arthur Holly Compton Distinguished Service Professor of Astronomy & Astrophysics and the College and Chair of the Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of Chicago. More

Leon M. Lederman, Ph.D. - 1988 Nobel Laureate in Physics; Director Emeritus, Fermilab; Pritzker Professor of Science of Physics, Illinois Institute of Technology. More

Gabrielle Lyon, Cofounder and Executive Director, Project Exploration. More

Diane Miller - Senior Vice President, School and Community Partnerships, Saint Louis Science Center. More

Jane Quinn - Assistant Executive Director for Community Schools, Children's Aid Society. More

Paul Sereno, Ph.D. - Paleontologist, University of Chicago; National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence; President and Co-founder, Project Exploration. More

Laura S. Washington - Ida B. Wells-Barnett University Professor at DePaul University in Chicago, a columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times and a senior editor at In These Times. More

CONFERENCE PROGRAM
AGENDA
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The conference is taking place at the Navy Pier, Festival Hall, 3rd Floor. Click here to view and print map

Capacity has been reached and the Conference is sold out.

PRESENTATION and
PRECONFERENCE OPPORTUNITIES
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SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
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CONFERENCE OFFICE
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