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UC Davis To Host STEM Ed Conference

By Joshua Bolkan
11/05/14

University of California, Davis will host its annual Conference on Integrated Computing and STEM Education Sunday, November 9 at the UC Davis Conference Center.

The theme for this year, the conference's fourth, is "Igniting Genius: Lighting the Spark for All."

"Organized by the university's Center for Integrated Computing and STEM Education (C-STEM Center), the conference will bring together teachers, researchers, educators, policymakers and industrial partners to share their experiences, best practices and ideas on the future direction of STEM education," according to a news release.

Conference speakers will include:

Karen Shores, administrator of the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Office at the California Department of Education;
Hossein Saadat, vice president for Global Supply Chain, Hewlett-Packard; and
Steve Wright, director and sector navigator, Information and Communications Technologies and Digital Media, California Community College system.

The event will also feature conference breakout sessions and preconference workshops November 7-8. Registration for the show is $60.

For more information, or to register for the conference, visit c-stem.ucdavis.edu.

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Joshua Bolkan is contributing editor for Campus Technology, THE Journal and STEAM Universe. He can be reached at [email protected].

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