The 2015 Network-Wide Meeting was held on June 4-5, 2015 at the Saint Paul RiverCentre and the Science Museum of Minnesota in Saint Paul, Minnesota. The meeting was attended by nearly 300 NISE Network partners from throughout the United States featured: keynote speakers, concurrent sessions, and opportunities for attendees to meet with others in the Network and share their own work.
Attendance at the Network-Wide Meeting was by invitation-only due to space and budgetary limitations.
We are sorry we are unable to invite all NISE Network partners to attend the meeting; we are making digital versions of many slides and handouts available following the event.
Final Program and Attendee Materials
- Program
- Plenary session presentation slides (please see below)
- Concurrent session presentation slides and handouts (uploading in progress)
- Showcase listing
- Attendee list alphabetically by last name
- Attendee list arranged by geographic region and state
- Selected photos from the meeting:
http://nisenet.smugmug.com/ProfessionalMeetings/2015-Network-Wide-Meeting/
photos by Shelly Campbell, Science Museum of Minnesota for NISE Network - Future opportunities discussed at meeting:
- Museums and Community Partnerships outreach kit
- Building with Biology activities and conversations about synthetic biology
- Sustainability in Science Museums kit
- small footprint exhibitions similar to the model described in Nano Exhibition: Creating a Small-Footprint Exhibition with Big Impact
Plenary Session presentations available for download
Please consult the program for plenary speaker biographies.
Plenary: Welcome and New Opportunities
Paul Martin, Science Museum of Minnesota
Larry Bell, Museum of Science, Boston
download PPTX presentation
Plenary: The Future of Nanotechnology Scientists Panel
moderated by Darrell Porcello, UC Berkeley, Lawrence Hall of Science
Eray Aydil, University of Minnesota
Mauro Ferrari, Methodist Hospital Research Institute
Emily Hunt, West Texas A & M University
Plenary: Synthetic Biology Introduction and Opportunities
Larry Bell, Museum of Science, Boston
David Sittenfeld, Museum of Science, Boston
Megan Palmer, Stanford University and UC Berkeley
Plenary:
Remarks from NISE Network's Former NSF Program Officer
Dave Ucko, Museums+more
Plenary: Meeting Closing
Paul Martin, Science Museum of Minnesota
Larry Bell, Museum of Science, Boston
Concurrent Sessions
The June 3-4, 2015 meeting included 28 concurrent sessions. Each session was 1 hour 15 minutes in length.
PDFs of slide presentations will be made available on this page after the meeting.
Concurrent session presentation slides and handouts (uploading in progress)
Showcases
Meeting attendees all had the opportunity to share their own projects and activities during dedicated showcase times. We split showcase presenters into two groups (one group on each day) so that attendees have a chance to see others’ work.
Meeting Goals
- Goal 1: Through networking opportunities, participants will deepen relationships with each other in order to sustain partnerships and explore future collaborations for public engagement in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM).
- Goal 2: Participants will learn about educational products and professional development resources they can use to increase their capacity to sustain public engagement in nano and other current science topics.
- Goal 3: Participants will have opportunities to share their experiences with public engagement in nanoscience, engineering, and technology and be inspired by the experiences of other partners.
- Goal 4: Participants will learn about new current science content and opportunities for collaboration and public engagement, including the synthetic biology project.
Overview Agenda
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Travel Expenses and Logistics
