STEM Education Conference, July 12-15 Vancouver, Canada

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<http://stem2014.educ.ubc.ca/>

STEM Education Conference <http://stem2014.ubc.ca/>

July 12-15, 2014

Vancouver | Canada









*STEM Education and Our Planet ­ Making Connections Across Contexts*



Come join us this July for the *3rd International Conference of STEM in
Education*, registration <http://stem2014.ubc.ca/registration> is open.
This 4-day conference provides an opportunity for local and international
educators and researchers from schools, universities, businesses,
industries and other agencies to share and discuss *innovative practices
and research initiatives* designed to advance STEM education.



The preliminary
program<http://stem2014.ubc.ca/conference-details/program-outline/>
 and list of presentations <http://stem2014.ubc.ca/presentations> for the
STEM 2014 Conference are now available, with over 220 presentations plus
networking events, complimentary entry to sponsor attractions, and an
opportunity to tour some of the world-class facilities at The University of
British Columbia.



*KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:*



*John Hepburn*, Vice President Research and International | Canada

*Opening Address*



*David Clarke*, International Centre for Classroom Research | Australia

*Disciplinary Inclusivity in Educational Research Design: Permeability and
Affordances in STEM Education*



*John Robinson*, Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability
| Canada

*Next Generation Sustainability at UBC*



*Yoshikazu Ogawa*, National Museum of Nature and Science (NMNS), Graduate
School for Science Communication, | Japan

*Communication between the Public and Museums: Development of Lifelong
Learning System to Foster Science Literacy*



*Wolff-Michael Roth*, Applied Cognitive Science | Canada

*STEM Curriculum Through the Eyes of the Learner: The Unseen and therefore
Unforeseen*



*Rina Zazkis*, Mathematics Education Simon Fraser University | Canada

*Imagining Teaching via Scripting Tasks*



*Elizabeth Croft*, Collaborative Advanced Robotics & Intelligent Systems
Laboratory System (CARIS) | Canada

*The Next Generation of Women in STEM: Making Transformative Change*



*Ding Ming Wang*, Graduate Institute of Human Resource Management | Taiwan

*Title ­ to be announced*





*CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS*



·       4-days of leading-edge STEM presentations

·       Networking reception

·       Banquet dinner

·       Exhibitor Area

·       Complimentary entry to sponsor attractions ­ *Museum of
Anthropology, Beaty Biodiversity Museum, Science World, HR MacMillan Space
Centre, Vancouver Aquarium, UBC Botanical & Centre for Plant Research*

·       Tours of the *TRIUMF Facility* (Canadian National Lab for particle
and nuclear physics) and the*Centre for Interactive Research on
Sustainability.*







Learn More & Register Today <http://stem2014.ubc.ca/>!
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