PANELS
Learn more about our exciting line-up of speakers across these featured panels!
OPENING NIGHT PANEL
Engaged, Empowered Students - Maximizing the invention education opportunity in and out of the classroom
Moderator: Patti Curtis, U.S. Dept of Education
Tuesday, March 26, 6:30pm @ USPTO
Join our opening night celebration, and hear from K-12 educators and students about how invention education influenced their teaching and learning experiences, why they feel invention education is important, and how our InventEd community can work toward reaching all students with invention learning opportunities. Led by Patti Curtis, Senior STEM Advisor at the U.S. Department of Education, this panel will also provide insight into how invention education intersects with federal STEM learning priorities.
Please find the session recording of the opening night panel here!
Liz Colton
STEM Educator
Master Teacher of Invention and Intellectual Property Education, USPTO
Crane Middle School, Arizona
Terri Dove
Science Teacher
PBS Newshour Invention Education Fellow
Prince George's County Public Schools, Maryland
Jonathan Walker
Sophomore Engineering Student
Inventor
Duke University & University of North Carolina
Sophie Zezula
Junior High School Student
Inventor
Ridgefield High School, CT
FEDERAL STEM PANEL
Weaving STEM and Invention Education to Build Future Innovators and Entrepreneurs
Moderator: Eve Boyle, Office of Science and Technology Policy
Thursday, March 28, 8:45am @ Westin Alexandria
Invention education is a tangible expression of hands-on STEM learning, and is foundational to future entrepreneurship and innovation. And laying a strong foundation in STEM and IP education in K-12 supports the development of future innovators and entrepreneurs.
Hear the perspectives of Federal agency representatives on how innovation, entrepreneurship, and intellectual property remain a priority in conversations surrounding STEM education, as we look to find solutions to our nation’s most complex problems. Panelists will explore the ways agencies support convergence education and other STEM strategies to foster innovation, how this might impact future research and partnerships, and what we can do as a community to make intentional connections between STEM and invention education in our classrooms and beyond.
Please find the session recording of the STEM and invention education panel here!
Jolene Jesse
Program Director
National Science Foundation
Emily Kuehn
Deputy Director, STEM
Department of Defense
Holly Miller
Afterschool and Summer Learning Advisor
Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education
Jorge Valdes
Program Advisor on STEM Education and Intellectual Property
United States Patent and Trademark Office
Check out the Change Your Game page for information on the panel featured during our whole group field trip to the Smithsonian