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Coming up October 30-November 2 at the ASTC Annual Conference in Fort Worth, Texas, are these and many other sessions of special interest to informal science education practitioners:

Building on Research to Improve Practice: Applying What We Know about Learning Science in Informal Environments. Workshop based on forthcoming National Academies book Surrounded by Science: Learning Science in Informal Environments, organized by Dennis Schatz, Pacific Science Center (Friday, October 30, 1:00-4:00 pm)

CAISE Forum: Putting Informal Science Education on the Map (Saturday, October 31, 12:30-1:45 pm)

Dimensions of Public Engagement: Finding Your Footing in a Paradigm Shift, with Larry Bell of NISE Net and Museum of Science, Boston, and other members of CAISE Inquiry Group (Sunday, November 1, 12:30-1:45 pm)

Increasing Science Literacy Through Participation in Research, with Rick Bonney, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, and other members of CAISE Inquiry Group (Sunday, November 1, 4:00-5:15 pm)

What’s the Evidence Base? The National Academies Informal Science Report, with Kirsten Ellenbogen and other members of NRC Committee on Learning Science in Informal Environments (Monday, November 2, 3:15-4:30pm)

NSF Informal Science Education Program Officer Roundtable, organized by Sylvia James, NSF (Tuesday, November 3, 10:45-12 noon)

A late addition to the program, Staging the NSF Cycle—Strategies for Proposal Preparation and Submission, is scheduled for Sunday, November 1, from 11:00 am–12:30 pm at the ASTC MeetingPlace in the Exhibit Hall. Mary Marcussen, Marcussen & Associates; Randi Korn, Randi Korn & Associates; Carol Inman, National Grantwriter; and Kate Haley Goldman, Institute for Learning Innovation will facilitate this discussion about coordination of the ISE grant preparation effort using the once-a-year timetable.