The Philadelphia Regional Institute of STEM Educators (PRISE) is hosting the annual STEM Educator Conference in West Philadelphia – on Saint Joseph’s University’s University City Campus (formerly USciences) – this Saturday, Oct. 26. The conference, entitled “Inventing and Affecting the Future through STEM: Working together to create the world we want,” will take place from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and educators, high-school students, college students, and anyone interested in STEM education are welcome to attend.

The Keynote Speaker at this year’s conference is Gere Johnson, Women In Natural Sciences (WINS) alumna, graduate of the School District of Philadelphia and now a Conservation Planner with CT Resource Conservation & Development.

A student panel, The Future of STEM: A Student’s Perspective, will be facilitated by Dominique Thomas, a Philadelphia native and Manager of Social Justice Programs at The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University. She works with WINS, which she is also a proud 2012 Alumna.

Workshops will include: Exploring Science Through the Design Thinking Process, Empowering Black Girls in STEM, Physics Demonstrations and Experiments in Renewable Energy for the K-12 Classroom, Utilizing Urban School Yards for Nature-Based STEM, Motivating Youth Via Promoting Historical Black Math Exemplars, and many more.

Students can arrive between 8:45 and 9:30 a.m. to connect with other students in a meet and greet session. Light breakfast and registration is 9-9:30 a.m. Free lunch will be provided during resource tabling and student poster sharing.

The event will be held at the Science Technology Center (600 South 43rd St).

For more information and to register, click here.