I AM STEM Symposium
I AM STEM Symposium: September 9, 2024
Registering to earn continuing education units or professional development credits will also be an option. More information about that option will be posted soon.
Virtual: $99
This is a friendly conversation/co-learning experience for anyone interested.
Who Should Attend: Faculty, students, industry leaders, organizational leaders and advocates, people who experience disabilities and/or their allies, and anyone interested in thinking about transformational success
The Critical & Creative Design Thinking Program of the University of South Florida, in collaboration with the Fram Chair in Applied Critical Thinking of Rochester Institute of Technology and Ohio State University, is thrilled to announce the inaugural Inclusive Accessibility Movement in STEM (I AM STEM): Transformative Thinking for Action Symposium. This series of gatherings will promote and embed a network aimed at designing, improving, and sharing best practices for Transformative thinking in action for STEM inclusion.
We are excited to offer a very unique symposium format. Attendees will be engaged in collaborative discussions and design sessions after listening to presentations by academic and industry speakers.
We anticipate this symposium to be the first as many. This year’s theme is Sustainability. In future years, themes will evolve to reflect current global challenges.
More details to come as we announce speakers and more!
Registration Opens | 7:30am - 8:00am |
Welcome & Overview of the Day | 8:00am - 8:30am |
Intro: The Mission and Vision of I AM STEM A brief overview of Ableism and Accessibility and a deep dive into how Critical & Creative Design Thinking and Universal Design Learning can help us create innovative solutions in STEM. |
8:30am - 9:15am |
Accessibility Challenges in Early STEM Ecosystems |
9:15am - 10:15am |
Fireside Chat Discussions: Exploring Solutions for Accessibility Impacting Human
Health |
10:30am - 11:30am |
Roundtable Discussion: Interactive Dialogue between Industry and Academia Attendees will have the option to explore the importance of empathy data collection in designing solutions for accessibility. |
11:30am - 12:30pm |
Break for Lunch |
12:30pm - 1:00pm |
Speed Dating Networking Session |
1:00pm - 2:00pm |
Brainstorming Session: Putting Ideas into Action Apply the Critical and Creative Design Thinking process (CCDT) or the Applied Critical Thinking process (ACT) to design I AM STEM early ecosystems that will address:
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2:15pm - 3:15pm |
Closing Session |
4:15 - 5:00pm |
From 8:00am to 10:15am, the symposium will be available as a livestream, where you’ll be welcome to ask questions. From 10:30am onward, attendees will collaborate in facilitated break-out sessions with other attendees. Please note: If you plan to join us virtually, from 8:00am to 10:15am, the symposium will be available as a livestream, where you’ll be welcome to ask questions. From 10:30am onward, virtual attendees will collaborate with other virtual attendees is facilitated break out sessions.