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STEM Solutions 2015 in San Diego, CA

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: Opening Keynote Welcome with Ray King of Urban League of San Diego County

: Ray King

: Wanda M. Austin, Ph.D. of The Aerospace Corporation

: Timothy P. White, Ph.D. of California State University

: Panel: Making STEM Diversity a National Priority

: Keynote moderator: Leland Melvin

: Michael L. Lomax, Ph.D. of UNCF

: Michael L. Lomax, Ph.D. of UNCF

: Attendees on their way to the Exhibit Hall

: Exhibit Hall Impressions

: Exhibit Hall Impressions

: Exhibit Hall Impressions

: Exhibit Hall Impressions

: Exhibit Hall Impressions

: Exhibit Hall Impressions

: Exhibit Hall Impressions

: Exhibit Hall Impressions

: Exhibit Hall Impressions

: Opening Keynote Part 2: A Conversation with U.S. Secretary of Labor, Thomas E. Perez

: Opening Keynote Part 2: A Conversation with U.S. Secretary of Labor, Thomas E. Perez

: Opening Keynote Audience

: Opening Keynote Audience

: Opening Keynote Audience

: Session 1G: The Power of Partnerships

: Session 1G: Meisha Sherman of Hewlett-Packard

: Session 1G: Patricia Brown of National Academy Foundation

: Session 1G: Audience

: Session 1F: Enlightening Minds – Dianna Cowern, Physics Girl

: Session 1F: Enlightening Minds – Andrea Beaty, Children’s Author

: Session 1F: Audience

: Session 1A: Engaging Parents in Their Children’s STEM Educations

: Session 1A: Audience

: Session 1A: Audience

: Session 1A: Audience

: Session 1A: Arva Rice of New York Urban League

: Session 1A: Tara Chklovski of Iridescent

: Session 1E: Recruiting and Retaining Women and Minorities in Your Workforce

: Session 1E: Audience

: Session 1E: Chad Womack, Ph.D. of UNCF

: Session 1D: HBCU and HSI Advantage

: Session 1D: Audience

: Session 1D: Audience

: Session 1D: Ricardo Romo, Ph.D. of The University of Texas at San Antonio

: Session 2H1: SoCal’s Industry Engagement in STEAM

: Session 2H1: Pedro Villegas of SDGE and Shari Asplund of NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

: Session 2H1: James E. Herr of California Community Foundation and Vanessa Pereda of Boeing

: Session 2H1: Audience

: Session 2H1: Audience

: Session 2H1: Audience

: Session 2H4: Mike Grice of Medtech & Biotech Veterans Program

: Session 2H4: Matt Brogdon of Microsoft and Beth McCormick of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

: Session 2H5: Cybersecurity: STEM Steam Engine – Erik Caldwell of The City of San Diego

: Session 2H5: Gary Hayslip of The City of San Diego

: Session 2H2: Devin Vodicka, Ed.D. of Vista Unified School District

: Session 2H2: Ed Hidalgo of Qualcomm

: Session 2H2: Audience

: Session 2H2: Audience

: Session 2H3: Diverse Scientific Leadership

: Session 2H3: Brooke Pinnix of Ocean Discovery Institute

: Interaction in the Chevron Lounge

: Opening Night Reception in the Exhibit Hall

: Opening Night Reception in the Exhibit Hall

: Opening Night Reception in the Exhibit Hall

: Opening Night Reception in the Exhibit Hall

: Opening Night Reception in the Exhibit Hall

: Opening Night Reception in the Exhibit Hall

: Opening Night Reception in the Exhibit Hall

: Opening Night Reception in the Exhibit Hall

: Opening Night Reception in the Exhibit Hall

: Gary R. Bertoline, Ph.D. of Purdue Polytechnic Institute

: Audience for Dr. Bertoline’s Remarks During the Opening Night Reception

: Day 2 Breakfast Roundtable Discussions

: Day 2 Breakfast Roundtable Discussions

: Day 2 Breakfast Roundtable Discussions

: Day 2 Breakfast Roundtable Discussions

: Day 2 Breakfast Roundtable Discussions

: Day 2 Breakfast Roundtable Discussions

: Day 2 Breakfast Roundtable Discussions

: Day 2 Breakfast Roundtable Discussions

: Day 2 Breakfast Roundtable Discussions

: Day 2 Breakfast Roundtable Discussions

: Day 2 Breakfast Roundtable Discussions

: Day 2 Breakfast Roundtable Discussions

: Tuesday Morning Keynote: STEM Spotlights with Linda Kelkelis, Ph.D. of Techbridge

: Tuesday Morning Keynote: STEM Spotlights with Anna M. Park of Great Minds in STEM

: Tuesday Morning Keynote Panel: STEM Role Models: Lighting the Way to Career Success

: Panelist Stephanie Reeves of Chevron

: Panelist Durrell Hightower of LA Freightliner with Blair Blackwell of Chevron (moderator)

: Panelists Jose Romero-Mariona, Ph.D. and Racquel C. Jemison, Ph.D.

: Tuesday Morning Keynote Panelists

: Tuesday Morning Keynote Audience

: Tuesday Morning Keynote Audience

: Session 3G: OC STEM – Gerald R. Solomon of Samueli Foundation (moderator)

: Session 3G: OC STEM – Panelist Katherine Bihr, Ed.D. of Tiger Woods Foundation

: Sesssion 3G: OC STEM – Panelist Jeff Hittenberger, Ph.D. of Orange County Department of Education

: Session 3G Audience

: Session 3G Audience

: Session 3D: Expert Roundtables

: Session 3D: Expert Roundtables

: Session 3D: Expert Roundtables

: Session 3D: Expert Roundtables

: Session 3A: Opening the Doors: Cultivating College Access and Completion

: Session 3A: Panelist Sandy Husk, Ph.D. of AVID Center

: Session 3A: Christopher Yanov of Reality Changers with Edward Abeyta, Ph.D. of University of California (moderator)

: Session 3A: Panelist Matthew Fasciano of Posse Foundation

: Session 3E1: Executive Workshop Hidden Gems: The Corporate STEM Workforce

: Session 3E1: Panelist Sarah Toulouse of Bayer Corp.

: Session 3E1: Audience

: Session 3E1: Audience

: Session 3E1: Audience

: Session 3E1: Audience

: Session 3E1: Panelist Steve Woodhead of Chevron

: Session 3E2: Panelist Nicole Rigg of Chevron

: Session 4B: Panelist Judith Dimas of Hidalgo Early College High School

: Session 4B: Panelist Cass Conrad of City University of New York

: Session 4A: Focus on Minority Males – Panelist Andre H. Sayles of U.S. Department of Energy

: Session 4A: Panelist J. Luke Wood Ph.D. of San Diego State University

: Session 4A: Panelist John Michael Lee, Jr., Ph.D. of Florida A&M University

: Session 4A: Panelist Jon Guerena of Deloitte Consulting

: Session 4A: Ray King of Urban League of San Diego County (moderator)

: Session 4A: Audience

: Session 4C: Patrick D’Amelio of Washington STEM (moderator)

: Session 4C: Panelists Cynthia Pulkowski, Ed.D of ASSET STEM Education and Thomas M. Smith, Ph.D. of University of California Riverside

: Session 4E: Expert Roundtables

: Session 4E: Expert Roundtables

: Session 4E: Expert Roundtables

: Session 4F: Enlightening Minds – Sheryl Sorby, Ph.D. of Ohio State University

: Chevron Lounge

: Chevron Lounge

: Exhibit Hall Impressions

: Exhibit Hall Impressions

: STEM Solutions Stage: Errika Mallett of gifted Education Foundation

: STEM Solutions Stage: Nino Polizzi of Rocket Science Tutors

: Exhibit Hall Impressions

: Exhibit Hall Impressions

: Exhibit Hall Impressions

: Exhibit Hall Impressions

: 2015 STEM Leadership Hall of Fame Honorees

: 2015 STEM Leadership Hall of Fame Honorees

: Introduction by Charles Peters of Emerson

: Eduardo J. Padron, Ph.D. of Miami Dade College

: Shirley Malcom, Ph.D. of AAAS

: Craig R. Barrett, Ph.D. of Intel Corporation

: Maria Klawe, Ph.D. of Harvey Mudd College

: Riley Bechtel (for Stephen D. Bechtel, Jr.)

: Congresswoman Susan Davis

: Hall of Fame Luncheon Audience

: Hall of Fame Luncheon Audience

: Build-a-Backpack with First Book

: Build-a-Backpack with First Book

: Exhibit Hall Impresssions

: Exhibit Hall Impresssions

: Exhibit Hall Impresssions

: Exhibit Hall Impresssions

: Exhibit Hall Impresssions

: Exhibit Hall Impresssions

: Exhibit Hall Impresssions

: Exhibit Hall Impresssions

: Exhibit Hall Impresssions

: Networking at the Chevron Lounge

: Session 5E: A Ready-Made Employee – Rob Vallentine of The Chemical Company (moderator)

: Session 5E: Panelist Jason Fiori of The Dow Chemical Company

: Session 5E: Panelist Jane Neyer of Dow AgroSciences

: Session 5F: One-on-One w/ Joan C. Collins

: Session 5A: Audrey Goins Brichi of Chevron

: Session 5A: Audrey Goins Brichi of Chevron, Kimberly Wright Cassidy of Bryn Mawr College, Linda Hallman of AAUW

: Session 5B: Finding Common Ground

: Session 5B: Panelist Chris Minnich of Council of Chief State School Officers

: Session 5B: Panelist Peter A’Hearn of Palm Springs Unified School District

: Session 5B: Panelist Okhee Lee, Ph.D. of New York University

: Session 5D: Community Colleges – Panelists Cindy Miles, Ph.D. of Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District and Jerome Parker, Ph.D. of Delaware County Community College

: Session 5D: Chris Roe of California STEM Learning Network (moderator)

: Session 5D: Panelist Jean Hernandez, Ed.D. of Edmonds Community College

: Session 6B: High-Poverty, High-Performing Schools

: Session 6B: Panelist Devin Vodicka, Ed.D. of Vista Unified School District

: Session 6B: Ryan J. Smith of The Education Trust-West

: Session 6B: Audience

: Session 6B: Audience

: Session 6D: Beefing Up Career and Technical Education

: Session 6E: Panelist Daniel Sullivan, Ph.D. of Qualcomm

: Session 6E: Panelist Diana Bilimoria, Ph.D. of Case Western Reserve University

: Session 6E: Panelist Elizabeth Clark of Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company

: Session 6C: Panelist Deborah Stipek, Ph.D. of Stanford Graduate School of Education

: Session 6C: Ray Almgren of National Instruments (moderator)

: Session 6C: Panelist Arthur Levine, Ph.D. of Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation

: Session 6C: Panelist Joan S. Bissell, Ed.D. of California State University

: Session 6A: The Way to Science is Through a Girl’s Heart

: Session 6A: Panelist Linda Kekelis, Ph.D. of Techbridge

: Session 6A: Panelist Courtney Tanenbaum, Ed.D. of American Institutes for Research

: Session 6A: Audience

: Day 3: Breakfast Roundtable Discussions

: Day 3: Breakfast Roundtable Discussions

: Day 3: Breakfast Roundtable Discussions

: Day 3: Breakfast Roundtable Discussions

: Day 3: Breakfast Roundtable Discussions

: Day 3: Breakfast Roundtable Discussions

: Session 7A: One-on-One with Fredi Lajvardi

: Session 7A: Congressman Scott Peters (moderator), 52nd District of California

: Session 7A: Panelist Fredi Lajvardi of Carl Hayden Community High School

: Session 7E: Leading the Way: The K-12-Corporate Connection

: Session 7E: Panelist Sauri Naderi of Qualcomm

: Session 7E: Audience

: Session 7E: Audience

: Session 7E: Audience

: Session 7E: Panelist Sandy Slivka, Ph.D. of Southern California Biotchnology Center

: Session 7D: You Are What You Know: The Move Toward Competency-Based Programs

: Session 7D: Panelist, Gary Bertoline, Ph.D., Purdue University

: Session 7D

: Session 7G: The Power of Partnerships: Supporting Student Achievement in STEM

: Session 7G: Panelist Matthew Randazzo of National Math and Science Initiative

: Session 7G: Panelist Sarah Moynes of Serra High School

: Session 7G: Panelist Camylle Coley of Department of Defense

: Session 7G: Audience

: Session 7F: Enlightening Minds

: Session 7F: Panelists Liisa Bozinovic, Biocom Institute and Jessica Gilmartin, Piazza

: Session 7F: Audience

: Session 8B: Getting an Early Jump on STEM

: Session 8B: Panelist Douglas Clements, Ph.D. of Morgridge College of Education

: Session 8B: Panelist Wanyonyi Kendrick of Northeast Florida Regional STEM2 Hub

: Session 8E: The Job Landscape Today – and Tomorrow: The San Diego View

: Session 8E: Panelist Ed Hidalgo of Qualcomm

: Session 8E: Panelist Peter Callstrom of San Diego Workforce Partnership

: Session 8E: Panelist Brian Edward Alvara, Sr. of US Navy

: Session 8E: Panelist Darryl Albertson, Ph.D. of Cubic Corporation

: Session 8C: The Short-Term Demand for STEM Educators

: Session 8C: Panelists John Ewing, Ph.D., Math for America; Belle Faust, Ph.D., PEBC; Ayeola Kinlaw, 100Kin10

: Session 8C: Panelist Lupita Cortez Alcalá of California Department of Education

: Session 8D: One-on-One with Cynthia Bir, Ph.D., The University of Southern California

: Session 8D: Senator Marty Block, California State (moderator)

: Session 8D: Audience

: Session 8F: Enlightening Minds, Barbara Oakley, Ph.D., Oakland University

: Session 8F: Suveen Mathaudhu, Ph.D., University of California, Riverside

: Session 8F: Audience

: Closing Keynote: Mayor Kevin Faulconer, San Diego City

: Closing Keynote: Mayor Kevin Faulconer, San Diego City

: Closing Keynote: Karen E. Nelson, Ph.D. of J. Craig Venter Institute

: Closing Keynote: Karen E. Nelson, Ph.D. of J. Craig Venter Institute

: Closing Keynote Audience

: Closing Keynote Audience

: Closing Keynote Audience

: Closing Keynote Audience

: Closing Keynote: Panelists

: Closing Keynote: Panelists

: Closing Keynote: Panelists

: Closing Keynote: Barbara McAllister of Diversity in Technology Initiative Intel Corporation

: Closing Keynote: Panelists

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