October 1st, 2014
On October 18-21, CAISE will join our colleagues at the Association of Science-Technology Centers (ASTC) for their annual conference in Raleigh, North Carolina. This conference brings together about 1,700 diverse professionals from nearly 40 countries who work in science museums and related industries.
If you’ll be at the conference, please come see us Saturday, Oct. 18 and Sunday, Oct. 19 at booth #426 in the Exhibit Hall. Visit the booth to meet CAISE staff, ask questions about InformalScience.org, and find out more about CAISE’s most recent strands of work. We will also be presenting in several sessions:
- Online Infrastructure for the Informal Science Education Field on Sunday, Oct. 19 from 1:00 – 2:15 PM
- Best Practices for Social Media on Sunday, Oct 19 from 2:45 – 4:45 PM
- Tapping the Potential of Museum-University Partnerships on Monday, Oct. 20 from 9:00 – 10:15 AM
- A Grand Challenge: Developing Research Agendas for Informal Science Education on Monday, Oct. 20 from 4:15 – 5:30 PM
Whether you’re in Raleigh or not, make sure to follow the ASTC blog and #ASTC2014 on Twitter to stay up-to-date on the conference happenings. We hope to see you there!