September 14-16, 2005
Wyndham Philadelphia at Franklin Plaza
Philadelphia, PA

Wednesday, September 14, 2005

6:30 - 8:00 p.m.

Registration - Horizons Rooftop Ballroom

6:45 - 8:00 p.m.

Reception (Cash bar, light dinner)

Thursday, September 15, 2005

7:30 - 8:00 a.m.

Registration & Breakfast - Logans 2 meeting room

8:00 - 8:20 a.m.

Welcome and Introductions - Lisa Brown - PA SGC

8:25 - 9:10 a.m.

View from NASA Headquarters - Diane DeTroye
(Downloadable PDF PowerPoint Presentation)

9:15 - 10:00 a.m.

Goddard Education Update - Dillard Menchan - NASA Goddard

[(Downloadable PDF PowerPoint Presentation-
NASA Education Program)]

[(Downloadable PDF PowerPoint Presentation- Education Games)]

10:00 - 10:15 a.m.

Refreshment Break

10:15 - 10:55 a.m.

Robotics Education Programs at Temple University - John Helferty - PA SGC

11:00 - 12:00 p.m.

NASA Academy & Internship Programs -
Dave Rosage - NASA Goddard
(Downloadable PDF PowerPoint Presentation)

12:00 - 1:30 p.m.

Luncheon - Salon 10 meeting room

"The Swift Mission" - Dr. John Nousek, Penn State University

1:45 - 2:10 p.m.

Research & Education Opportunities with Marshall Space Flight Center and Kennedy Space Center-
Mike Freeman, NASA Marshall and
Greg Buckingham, NASA Kennedy
(Downloadable PDF PowerPoint Presentation)

2:15 - 2:45 p.m.

Balloon Payload Program (Workforce Program) - Mary Bowden, MD SGC

2:50 - 3:05 p.m.

Refreshment Break

3:05 - 3:35 p.m.

NASA Academic Year Paid Internship Program - Eric Day and Lauren Walls, District of Columbia SGC
[(Downloadable PDF PowerPoint Presentation by Lauren Walls)]

[(Downloadable PDF PowerPoint Presentation by Eric Lloyd)]

3:40 - 4:20 p.m.

The NASA Explorer School Program -Dillard Menchan, NASA Goddard
(Downloadable PDF PowerPoint Presentation)

4:25 - 5:15 p.m.

NASA Explorer School Showcase: Shaw Middle School Velda Morris, Office of College & Career Awareness, School Distric of Philadelphia, and Janet Hudson, Shaw & Grover Washington Jr. Middle Schools

5:30 p.m.

Dinner on your own

Meet in Wyndham lobby; depart at 7:30pm for optional "Lights of Liberty" tour

Friday, September 16, 2005

7:30 - 8:00 a.m.

Registration & Breakfast - Logans 2 meeting room

8:00 - 8:35 a.m.

Building & Sustaining GLOBE Learning Communities, Charylene Philp, PA SGC

8:40 - 9:10 a.m.

Program Highlights from Virginia Space Grant - Mary Sandy, VA SGC
(Downloadable PDF PowerPoint Presentation)

9:15 - 9:40 a.m.

Organizational & Personal Transformation: A West Virginia Story -
Majid Jaraiedi & Galen Hansen, WV SGC

[(Downloadable PDF PowerPoint Presentation by Majid Jaraiedi)]

[(Downloadable PDF PowerPoint Presentation by Galen Hansen)]

9:45 - 10:15 a.m.

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) NY City Research Initiative: An Innovative Education Program for the Tri State Area (NJ, NY and CT) -
Frank Scalzo, Goddard Institute for Space Studies
(Downloadable PDF PowerPoint Presentation)

10:20 - 10:50 a.m.

Synergy Program Update - Jay Morgan, MD SGC

10:55 - 11:25 p.m.

Action Item Review: Next Meeting Date and Chair

11:30 - 12:00 p.m.

Luncheon - Logans 1 meeting room

Adjourn