Evening Reception September 22, 2010  |  Workshops and Training September 23-24, 2010  |  Universal City, CA

Wednesday

Wednesday, September 22 – Preconference Symposium

8:00AM – 9:00AM   
Registration/Breakfast

9:00AM – 12:00PM   
Putting Youth at the Center of Systems and Pathways

Jessica Donner, Director of the Collaborative for Building After-School Systems; Jeff Buehler, Director of Project Lift-Off; Bruce Schafer, Executive Director of the Oregon Pre-Engineering and Applied Sciences Initiative; Bronwyn Bevan, Exploratorium; Robert Tai, University of Virginia; Nichole Pinkard, Digital Youth Network; Diane Miller, St. Louis Science Center; Gil Noam, McLean Hospital/Harvard University

Convened by Gabrielle Lyon, Project Exploration

12:00PM – 3:00PM   
Working Session A: Older Youth – Pathways to STEM Engagement and STEM Careers

Convened by Irene Porro, MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research and Tony Streit, Educational Development Center

12:00PM – 3:00PM    Working Session B: California After School Network

Convened by Andee Press-Dawson, The California After School Network and Stela Oliveira, LA’s Best

3:00PM – 3:30PM   
Round Robin Feedback

6:00PM – 9:00PM   
Evening Reception at LA Zoo for all conference attendees