CONFERENCE AT A GLANCE
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17
10:00 am – 7:30 pm
Conference Registration
West Conference Foyer
10:00 am– 7:30 pm
Internet Cafe
West Conference Foyer
1:00 – 5:00 pm
Workshop A: Getting Started
Ticket required
Palladian
1:00 – 4:00 pm
Workshop B: The 411 on Managing Your Grant’s Deliverables, Schedule and Budget
Ticket required
Diplomat
1:00 – 4:30 pm
Workshop C: Recruiting and Retaining Students in Technical Programs – Successful Research Based Strategies
Ticket required
Empire
1:00 – 5:00 pm
Workshop D: Strategies for Effective Project Evaluation
Ticket required
Congressional
3:30 – 6:00 pm
Showcase I Set-up
Exhibit Hall
6:00 – 7:30 pm
Opening Plenary Session
Elizabeth Teles, Lead Program Director, ATE, National Science Foundation, VA
Linda L. Slakey, Director, Division of Undergraduate Education, National Science Foundation, VA
George R. Boggs, President and CEO, American Association of Community Colleges, DC
Keynote Speaker: Clif McFeely, President, North Castle Communications, CT
Regency
"Creating a Brainwave: Unlocking the Power of Marketing for ATE"
ATE programs can attract and enroll more students by using youth marketing strategies that have not only logical, but also emotional appeal. The ATE student pipeline can be addressed through marketing strategies that excite and motivate middle school and high school students in math and science.
7:30 – 10:00 pm
Showcase I and Welcome Reception
Exhibit Hall
10:00 – 10:45 pm
Showcase I Breakdown
Exhibit Hall
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18
7:30 am – 6:00 pm
Conference Registration
West Conference Foyer
7:30 – 8:45 am
Showcase II Set-up
Exhibit Hall
7:30 – 8:45 am
Continental Breakfast
Regency
7:30 – 8:45 am
ATE Student/Alum Recognition Breakfast
By Invitation Only
Hampton
7:30 am – 6:00 pm
Internet Cafe
West Conference Foyer
7:30 am – 6:00 pm
ATE Resource Centers Dissemination Station – Making Your Project Dissemination a Priority
Committee
7:45 – 8:45 am
Breakfast Roundtables
Regency
9:00 – 10:00 am
Moving Up in the Ranks – Building on Technical Skills
Session Open to ATE Students
Congressional
9:00 – 10:15 am
Concurrent Sessions
Session 1: Strategies for Promoting Technology Careers to Students
Palladian
Session 2: Keeping Faculty and Curriculum Current
Diplomat
Session 3: Maximizing and Leveraging the Resources of Technology Centers on Your Campus
Empire
Session 4: Career Pathways, Articulation Agreements, and Lifelong Learning for Technicians
Ambassador
10:15 – 10:30 am
Refreshment Break
10:30 – 11:45 am
Concurrent Sessions
Session 1: Technical Programs – Here to Stay or Too Expensive to Maintain?
Palladian
Session 2: Teaching and Learning in Virtual Worlds
Diplomat
Session 3: Promoting Student Engagement in the Classroom
Empire
Session 4: Getting and Keeping Business and Industry Involved
Ambassador
12:00 – 2:30 pm
Showcase II and Lunch
Exhibit Hall
2:30 – 3:15 pm
Showcase II Breakdown
2:45 – 3:45 pm
Workshops and Discussion Sessions
Workshop: Increasing the Student Pipeline
Embassy
Workshop: An Emerging Career Field – Alternative Energy Technology
Congressional A
Workshop: Promising Practices in Short-Term ATE Professional Development – Research and Reality
Congressional B
Discussion Session: Multiple Perspectives on Developing and Maintaining Faculty Technical Skills
Regency
Discussion Session: Undergraduate Research – Discovering the Role of Community Colleges
Regency
Discussion Session: Business Strategies that Engage Students and Faculty in Advanced Manufacturing Technologies
Empire
Discussion Session: RRBEC Student Interns Investigate Agriculture Biotechnology
Palladian
Discussion Session: ATE Student Voices - Student Engagement from the Student Perspective
Palladian
Workshop: Developing Partnerships to Maximize Your Efforts in Recruiting and Retaining Women Other Target Populations
Ambassador
Discussion Session: Learning Communities for Underprepared Students
Forum
Workshop: The Differentiated Classroom through Universal Design
Diplomat
Discussion Session: Community College Internships and NSF’s Small Business Innovation Research Program
Senate
Discussion Session: Technology and Pedagogy in an Urban Environment
Cabinet
Discussion Session: Techniques for Entrepreneurship in the Tech Classroom
Regency
Discussion Session: Many Paths to the Same End – or Not? A Conversation about Problem-Based, Scenario-Based, and Case-Based Learning
Empire
Workshop: Engaging Employers in Micro- and Nanotechnology Education
Hampton
Discussion Session: Strategies for Serving Life Science Companies
Regency
Workshop: Clusters of Industry vs. Clusters of Knowledge – Assessing Trends and Impacts on ATE Programs
Capitol
Discussion Session: Unraveling “Impact Threads” within a Project Evaluation Process
Council
Discussion Session: Electronic Systems Concept Inventory
Regency
4:00 – 5:00 pm
Workshops and Discussion Sessions
Workshop: Building and Sustaining Geospatial Technology Programs at Community Colleges
Hampton
Discussion Session: Comprehensive Design Education in Support of a Knowledge Based Economy
Council
Discussion Session: Meeting Workforce Needs through Professional Development in the Clean Tech Economy
Palladian
Discussion Session: Enhancing the K-6(8) Pre-service Teacher Education Math and Science Curriculum
Cabinet
Workshop: Professional Development for Community College Faculty – Two Models that Work
Congressional B
Discussion Session: Teaching the New Learner Empowered with Technology
Regency
Workshop: Recruiting and Retaining Students in Advanced Manufacturing Careers Using STEM Activities that Create “Buzz”
Ambassador
Workshop: Building the “High School Pipeline” through Career Pathways to Provide Well-Prepared Students
Congressional A
Discussion Session: Marketing and Promoting Your ATE Programs
Regency
Discussion Session: Virtual Factory—Pipedream or Possibility?
Forum
Workshop: Problem-Based Learning – One Foundation, Two Perspectives
Capitol
Workshop: Technician 2.0
Diplomat
Workshop: CWIS—Open-Source Digital Library Software for Organizing Online Resources
Embassy
Discussion Session: Digital Interactive Simulation and Game Technology
Regency
Discussion Session: IT Workforce Study
Empire
Discussion Session: Using Big-Picture Meetings to Generate Strategic Support
Regency
Discussion Session: ATE Regional Centers as Workforce Intermediaries
Palladian
Discussion Session: Targeted Research for Technicians
Senate
Discussion Session: Effectiveness of Digital Visual Literacy in Computer Literacy Curriculum
Empire
4:30 – 5:15 pm
Student Showcase Session Set-up
Exhibit Hall
5:15 – 6:30 pm
Student Showcase Session and Refreshments
Exhibit Hall
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19
7:30 am –12:00 pm
Conference Registration
West Conference Foyer
7:30 – 8:45 am
Showcase III Set-up
Exhibit Hall
7:30 – 8:45 am
Continental Breakfast
Regency
7:30 – 10:00 am
Internet Cafe
Executive
7:45 – 8:45 am
Breakfast Roundtables
Regency
9:00 – 10:00 am
Plenary Session
Joan Ferrini-Mundy, Director, Division of Research and Learning in Informal Settings
National Science Foundation, VA
Keynote Speaker: Norman L. Augustine, Retired Chairman and CEO, Lockheed Martin Corporation, MD
Regency
"Is America Falling off the Flat Earth?"
Join this discussion on America’s competitiveness in today’s global marketplace. Learn how the American system of higher education, with its network of two-year and four-year colleges and universities, will need to evolve to address the realities of new worldwide markets.
10:00 – 12:30 pm
Showcase III and Lunch
Exhibit Hall
11:00 – 12:30 pm
Student Focus Group and Lunch
By Invitation Only
Diplomat
12:30 – 1:15 pm
Showcase III Breakdown
12:45 – 3:00 pm
ATE Center Directors Meeting
ATE Center Staff Only
Palladian