Schedule at a glance

Informal Science Education Summit 2010
"Surrounded by Science"
Washington, D.C. ▪ March 3-5, 2010

 

Wednesday, March 3
10:00 am–1:00 pmCAISE Executive and Steering Committee meetings (by invitation)
11:00 am–5:30 pmRegistration open / drop off project materials
12:30–4:30 pmCAISE Fellows Workshop (by invitation)
1:00–2:30 pmConcurrent NSF Workshops (round I)
  • Developing Measurable Impacts and Indicators
  • Managing Your NSF Grant
2:30–4:00 pmConcurrent NSF Workshops (round II)
  • Developing Measurable Impacts and Indicators
  • Managing Your NSF Grant
5:45–7:00 pmInformal welcoming reception
  • Meet NSF program officers, contribute to a community timeline
7:00 pm–Conversation and dinner (on your own—we’ll help form groups)
Thursday, March 4
7:30–8:45 amContinental breakfast
9:00–10:15 amOpening Plenary
  • Welcome from CAISE and NSF: Wendy Pollock, CAISE Director; Al DeSena, Program Director, and David Ucko, Director (Acting), Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings, NSF
  • Word from the White House: Tom Kalil, Deputy Director for Policy, Office of Science & Technology Policy, The White House
  • Speaker: Bruce V. Lewenstein, Cornell University, Co-Chair, National Research Council Committee on Learning Science in Informal Environments

10:15–10:45 amBreak
  • During all breaks, project materials will be on display in the Cabinet Room, and participants can post discussion topics in the Connections Lounge just outside (there is time Friday afternoon to meet and propose next steps)
10:45 am–12:00 noonMaking the Case for Informal Science Education—a three-part, community-wide investigation Part I—Overview from CAISE Inquiry Groups
  • Infrastructure— John Falk (Oregon State University), Carlos Manjarrez (Institute of Museum and Library Services)
  • Policy— Saskia Traill (After-School Corporation)
  • Learning—Kevin Crowley (University of Pittsburgh Center for Learning in Out-of-School Environments)
12:00–1:00 pmLunch
1:00–1:30 pm"Adventures of an Informal Science Educator"
  • Speaker: Neil deGrasse Tyson, astrophysicist, author, director of Hayden Planetarium, and host of NOVA ScienceNOW
1:30–2:00 pmBreak
2:00–4:30 pmMaking the Case Part II—Break-out sessions
5:30 pm–7:00 pmKick-off Celebration at Carnegie Institution for Science, 1530 P Street, NW, hosted by the National Academy of Sciences in honor of new publication Surrounded by Science
Friday, March 5
8:00–9:00 amContinental breakfast
9:00– 10:15 amMaking the Case Part III—Synthesis and Reflection
10:15–10:30 amBreak
10:30 –11:45 amHot Topics in ISE—Lightning Presentations
11:45 am–12:00 noonBreak
12:00–1:30 pmLunch
Speakers: How Federal Agencies Are Working with the ISE Community
  • Barbara Alving, Director, National Center for Research Resources, National Institutes of Health
  • Richard W. Spinrad, Assistant Administrator for Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
  • Joyce Leavitt Winterton, Associate Administrator for Education, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
1:30–2:45pmConnections—Roundtable discussions formed onsite
Networking Around Evaluation
2:45–3:00 pmClosing Remarks—and report on what’s next

Organized by the Center for Advancement of Informal Science Education
with support from the National Science Foundation