EYH | October 13, 2012 | Call for Presenters
Greetings!
Expanding Your Horizons is a one day conference for middle school girls that allows them to explore career opportunities in mathematics and science. We are currently planning the 2012 Expanding Your Horizons Conference in San Francisco, California. This year’s conference, San Francisco’s 8th year, has been scheduled for Saturday, October 13, 2012 at San Francisco State University (note: the date has changed due to unforeseen scheduling conflicts at SFSU).
We hope that you would be interested in presenting a hands-on workshop for the young women! If you are unavailable for the 2012 conference, please let us know. If you are available…READ ON & THANK YOU!
To get an idea of how we involve young women, you may want to view some activities from previous conferences at the national website www.expandingyourhorizons.org/workshop/ (in the Additional Resources section) or our San Francisco website www.sf-eyh.com. I’ve also attached a file with last year’s workshop descriptions. Each workshop should involve at least one fun-filled, hands-on activity that engages the young women for the vast majority of the time, approximately 70 minutes. Although we cannot provide funding for your workshop supplies, we can offer some materials through the SEPAL Resource Center. A list of available materials can be found at the SEPAL website (http://sepal.sfsu.edu/resources-center.html).
The conference begins around 8:30 AM and lasts until about 2:45 PM. In the morning, we host a dynamic keynote speaker, followed by the opportunity for girls to participate in three hands-on sessions featuring women who use mathematics and/or science in their professional lives. There will be two workshop sessions in the morning and one in the afternoon, with a maximum of 20 girls attending each workshop (because of the nature of the registration process, we cannot tell you exactly how many girls you will have in a workshop ahead of time). You have the option of leading a workshop for one, two, or all three sessions. We would also be honored if presenters could join us for lunch.
We expect to follow a similar schedule as we did for the 2011 conference. The following is a tentative schedule:
8:30 AM – 9:00 AM Registration
9:00 AM – 9:30AM Keynote Speaker
9:45 AM - 10:55 AM Hands-on Workshop I
10:55 AM – 11:10 AM Break, snack provided
11:10 AM – 12:20 PM Hands-on Workshop II
12:20 PM – 1:00 PM Lunch (Provided)
1:00 PM – 2:15 PM Hands-on Workshop III
2:25 PM – 2:45 PM Closing
If you are interested in presenting this year, please complete this online form by August 15th, 2012. We know this is early, but we need to advertise the conference and workshop options to the girls:
http://tinyurl.com/EYH2012
If you are interested, but not quite ready to complete the form, please send an email to Chantilly Apollon at with any questions and/or so that we know to expect your application in the future.
If you know someone else who may be interested, feel free to pass on any information.
