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.


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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, a press release may be downloaded directly from the front page of the Coalition's website, www.ScienceAfterSchool.org

To help us learn how the conference went from your perspective, please take a moment to complete the conference evaluation that is being sent to you via email. You know how important evaluations are - so we look forward to an excellent participation rate.

And to enrich the data, we invite you to send notes you may have from any of the breakout sessions to

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

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

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