Past ISE PI Meetings and Summits

The Center for the Advancement of Informal Science Education organizes ISE Summits and PI Meetings in Washington, D.C., for principal investigators of projects supported by the NSF Informal Science Education (ISE) program and others who take an active interest in broad strategic issues that cut across the informal science education field. ISE Summits and PI Meetings offer an opportunity to discuss trends and issues in the field and to get updates on the latest directions in federal funding.

ISE Summit 2010, organized by the Center for Advancement of Informal Science Education with support from the National Science Foundation, took place March 3-5 in Washington, D.C. The broad goal of the ISE Summit was to mobilize, energize, and empower the informal science education community—including film and broadcast media, science centers and museums, zoos and aquariums, botanical gardens and nature centers, digital media and gaming, science journalism, and youth, community, and after-school programs.

ISE Summit 2008, at the request of the National Science Foundation (NSF), CAISE organized a meeting for NSF Informal Science Education (ISE) Program principal investigators (PIs), July 25–26, 2008 in Washington, D.C. The ISE PI Summit 2008 provided PIs of recent and active NSF ISE grants the opportunity to discuss the state of ISE with other leaders in the field and to get updates on the latest directions in NSF funding. ISE PI Summit 2008 was held at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel and the nearby National Zoo.