Girls Build Solutions 2023_Updated

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EXPLORING

STEM POSSIBILITIES

June 26-28, 2023 Atlanta, GA

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TUESDay, June 27, 2023 A L L A C T I V I T I E S AT T H E L O E W S AT L A N TA

8:30 - 9:45 am

Overlook East, 14th Floor

Networking Breakfast

9:00 - 10:00 am Invitation only: Breakfast for STEM Next Funders 10:00 AM - 12:30 pm Exploring STEM Possibilities: Overlook West, 14th Floor

Salon DEF, 14th Floor

A Deep Dive into Creating Pathways to Tomorrow’s Workforce SPEAK ERS:

Teresa Drew, Deputy Director, STEM Next Opportunity Fund Dawn Jones, Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer and Vice President of Social Impact, Intel Corporation The Honorable Cindy Marten, US Deputy Secretary of Education Joel Vargas, Vice President, Education, Jobs for the Future Sam Whiting, Director, Boeing Global Engagement Mayumi, Flight Crew Member, Million Girls Moonshot Leena, Flight Crew Member, Million Girls Moonshot Sydney, Flight Crew Member, Million Girls Moonshot

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Monday, June 26, 2023 2:00 - 4:30 pm

Welcome and Registration

Ellington Prefunction, 14th Floor, Loews Atlanta

4:30 - 5:00 pm Buses leave to the Georgia Aquarium All speaker bios and session descriptions available on the app. To download, search for STEMNext MGM on the Apple Store and Google Play.

5:00 - 9:00 pm

Girls Build Solutions Celebration and Dinner

Mapping STEM Experiences: The Journey from Afterschool to Workforce

12:45 - 1:30 pm

Networking Lunch

1:30 - 2:30 pm

Creating Inclusive Engineering Experiences: Messaging Matters

Overlook East, 14th Floor

Salon DEF, 14th Floor

Transition to Capacity Building Institute for Networks and Partners

SPEAK ERS:

Tricia Berry, Executive Director, Women in STEM (WiSTEM) Nikole Collins-Puri, Chief Executive Director, Techbridge Girls Sabrina Gomez, Advisor, STEM Next Opportunity Fund Errika Moore, Executive Director, STEM Funders Network Thea Sahr, Deputy Executive Director, DiscoverE

Georgia Aquarium 225 Baker Street Northwest, Atlanta

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TUESDay, June 27, 2023 Capacity Building Institute - Shifts in Systems 2:30 - 3:30 pm 3:30 - 3:45 pm 3:45 - 5:00 pm Salon DEF, 14th Floor

Salon DEF, 14th Floor

Million Girls Moonshot Innovations: Network Share Break Let the Youth Decide: Centering Youth Voice, Cultivating Changemakers S P E A K E RS : Katey Ahmann, Director, Teen Science Café Network Latoyia Mosley, Teen Science Café Moonshot Fellow

Wednesday, June 28, 2023 Capacity Building Institute - Strategies to Tactics A L L A C T I V I T I E S AT T H E L O E W S AT L A N TA

8:00 - 8:45 am

Breakfast

8:00 - 8:45 am

LEAP Grantees Breakfast

9:00 - 9:15 am

Charting New Territory: What’s Next for the Moonshot

9:15 - 10:00am

Partner Charging Stations

10:00 - 10:15 am 10:15 - 11:30 am

Break

Overlook East, 14th Floor

Overlook West, 14th Floor

Salon DEF, 14th Floor

Salon DEF, 14th Floor

Abbey Mae Pitcher, Program Manager, Technovation Leah Silverberg, Project Manager, Afterschool Alliance Zelda Waymer, President and CEO, South Carolina Afterschool Alliance Jamora A-J, Flight Crew Member, Million Girls Moonshot

5:00 - 6:30 pm The Terrace, 14th Floor

Networking Reception - Loews Rooftop

Teresa Drew, Deputy Director, STEM Next Opportunity Fund

Informal and engaging interaction with Moonshot Implementation Partners exploring how to leverage the richness of resources available.

Going Deeper Into The Transformative Practices Choice Reimagining Family Engagement in STEM: Strategies and Tools for Lasting Impact Overlook West, 14th Floor

SPEAK ERS: Patricia Allen, Ph.D., Director of Research, Institute for the Study of Resilience in Youth (ISRY) at McLean Hospital and Harvard Medical School Linda Kekelis, Family Engagement Advisor, STEM Next Opportunity Fund

Strategies for Supporting Program Providers with Corporate Volunteers Salon A, 14th Floor

SPEAK ERS: Holly Bluhm, Manager of Programs, Scientific Adventures for Girls May Howell, Director of Operations, Scientific Adventures for Girls Jessica Johnson, Researcher, STEMconnector

Roadmap to Building a Computer Science System Salon B, 14th Floor

SPEAK ERS: Tanner Bergamo, AspireIT Program Manager, The National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) Lyn E. Swackhamer, Ph.D., Director of Aspirations Evaluation, The National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT)

Strategies for STEM Access for All Lessons from a Community of Practice Salon C , 14th Floor

SPEAK ERS: Brenda Britsch, Ph.D., Director of Research and Evaluation, National Girls Collaborative Project Brittiany Jones, Senior Manager of Partnerships, Techbridge Girls Nashira Williams, Ph.D., Manager of Membership and Events, Techbridge Girls GirlsBuildSolutions.org

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Wednesday, June 28, 2023 Capacity Building Institute - Strategies to Tactics

Wednesday, June 28, 2023 Capacity Building Institute - Strategies to Tactics

11:30 am - 12:45 pm Lunch 12:45 - 1:00 pm Break Going Deeper Into The Transformative Practices Choice 1:00 - 2:15pm

2:45 - 3:00 pm 3:00 - 4:00 pm

A L L A C T I V I T I E S AT T H E L O E W S AT L A N TA

Overlook East, 14th Floor

A L L A C T I V I T I E S AT T H E L O E W S AT L A N TA

Salon A, 14th Floor

SPEAK ERS: Anat Berday-Sacks, Associate, Public Profit Anna-Francesca Magat, Associate, Public Profit

Collecting Program & Youth Data: Pain Points and Strategies

Salon A, 14th Floor

S P E A K E RS : Teresa Drew, Deputy Director, STEM Next Opportunity Fund

Salon B, 14th Floor

Kylie Peppler, Ph.D., Professor of Informatics and Education, University of California Irvine

SPEAK ER: Andria Parrott, Ph.D., Program Associate, STEM Next Opportunity Fund

Career Exploration and Workforce Readiness: Supporting the Field

Celebrating Data – Exploring Best Practices for Collecting, Reviewing & Reporting Findings

Salon B, 14th Floor

Salon C, 14th Floor

S P E A K E RS : Melissa Moritz, Director of Policy, STEM Next Opportunity Fund

SPEAK ER: Kristin Lewis-Warner, Senior Consultant of STEM Partnerships, PEAR

Chris Neitzey, Director of State Policy, Afterschool Alliance

But Wait, There’s More! Making the Most of the Other Data You Have for the Moonshot

Stephanie Rodriguez, Ph.D., Workforce and Training Policy Fellow, Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration

Salon C , 14th Floor

S P E A K E RS : Victoria Wegener, Partner, Mainspring Consulting Debbie Zipes, President, Debbie Zipes Consulting

Building Engineering Mindset - Open Source Content, Training and Resources to Support Programs Overlook West, 14th Floor

S P E A K E RS : Kathryn M. Bateman, Ph.D., Youth Engineering Solutions (YES), Program Manager Holly Bluhm, Manager of Programs, Scientific Adventures for Girls Sabrina Gomez, Advisor, STEM Next Opportunity Fund Rob LaSalvia, Partnership Manager, Office of STEM Engagement, NASA

2:15 - 2:30 pm 2:30 - 2:45 pm Salon DEF, 14th Floor

Break Demonstrating Impact: Using Data from Youth to Systems S P E A K E R: Andria Parrott, Ph.D., Program Associate, STEM Next Opportunity Fund

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Data Breakout Sessions Refining and Scaling Moonshot Reach and Engagement

Strategies for Seamless Transitions and Sustainable Learning Ecosystems

From Project to System Building: Connecting Moonshot to Quality Systems

Break

Overlook West, 14th Floor

SPEAK ER: Corey Newhouse, MPP, Founder and Principal, Public Profit

4:00 - 4:10 pm 4:10 - 4:30 pm

Break

6:00 - 8:00 pm

Informal Fun at Ponce City Market

Salon DEF, 14th Floor

675 Ponce De Leon Ave NE, Atlanta

Closing Discussion: Staying on Course

SPEAK ER: Ron Ottinger, Executive Director, STEM Next Opportunity Fund

Join us at Atlanta’s hottest spot for fun! Ponce City Market is a vibrant converted historic Sears building, now a market with a food hall and shops. We’ll have a private space with food and plenty of time to explore. www.poncecitymarket.com

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