5:00 – 6:30 PM ET

Early registration

Floor 2

5:30 – 6:30 PM ET

Informal office hours with NSF Program Officers Wu He & Chia Shen

7:30 AM ET 

Registration and Light Refreshments

Ballroom DABC

8:30 AM ET 

Welcome and Opening Remarks 

Ballroom DABC

9:15 AM ET 

Keynote and Q&A 

Keynote speaker Megan Bang, Professor of the Learning Sciences and Director of the Center for Native American and Indigenous Research at Northwestern University, will address the ITEST community and answer questions from in-person and remote audiences.

Ballroom DABC

9:45 AM ET 

Orientation to breakout sessions

Ballroom DABC

10:00 AM ET 

Break

10:20 AM ET 

Breakouts: Pillar 1 - Innovative Use of Technology

Various locations

12:00 PM ET 

Lunch

Ballroom DABC

1:00 PM ET 

Breakouts: Pillar 2 - Partnerships for Career and Workforce Preparation

Various locations

2:30 PM ET 

Break

3:00 PM ET 

Breakouts: Pillar 3 - Strategies for Equity

Various locations

4:30 PM ET 

Break and Preparing for Poster and Tech Exhibitions

5:00 PM ET 

Poster Exhibition and Reception

Ballroom DABC and Hallway

7:30 AM ET 

Breakfast and Recap of Day 1 

This morning plenary will reflect on key takeaways from Day 1.

Ballroom DABC

8:15 AM ET 

Keynote and Q&A 

Keynote speaker Jacob Martinez, founder and CEO of Digital NEST, will deliver a keynote address and answer questions from the in-person and remote audiences. 

Ballroom DABC

8:45 AM ET 

Day 2 Overview 

Ballroom DABC

9:00 AM ET 

Share Out: Big Ideas from ITEST Pillars 

Ballroom DABC

10:25 AM ET 

Break

10:40 AM ET 

Birds of a Feather Breakouts

Various locations

11:40 AM ET 

Lunch

12:20 PM ET 

Voices from the Community Panel 

Ballroom DABC

1:30 PM ET 

Break

1:45 PM ET 

Program Presentations 

• Presentations by:
  • Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL)
  • Discovery Research PreK-12 (DRK-12)
  • Computer Science for All (CS for All)
  • Inclusion across the Nation of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented Discoverers in Engineering and Science Initiative (INCLUDES)
  • Experiential Learning for Emerging and Novel Technologies (ExLENT)
  • Data Science Corps (DSC)
  • Racial Equity in STEM Education (EHR Racial Equity)
  • National Institutes of Health Science Education Partnership Award (NIHSEPA) 

Ballroom DABC

2:45 PM ET 

Town Hall 

This Town Hall session will be hosted by a panel of ITEST Program Officers.

Ballroom DABC 

3:15 PM ET 

Next Steps and Adjourn 

Ballroom DABC 

3:30 PM ET 

Informal office hours with NSF POs

Various locations