AAUW-OML STEM Conference

Held at Saint Mary’s College Moraga CA  

                OVERVIEW          

Our seventh STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) Conference will be held on March 25, 2023 at Saint Mary’s College in Moraga, CA. We welcome 6th through 8th grade girls who are interested in learning about STEM to participate in three out of fourteen interactive STEM workshops, meet career professional women, hear exciting speakers, and network with like-minded girls.

Simultaneously, parents are invited for a morning session, including the keynote speaker, a student panel, addressing STEM education, the social and academic challenges of high school, Q&A, and a campus tour.

Our ambassadors (high school students) provide leadership, volunteer training, and manage logistics on the day of the event.

2023 STEM CONFERENCE DETAILS:

REGISTRATION is closed   

Location: Saint Mary’s College, Soda Center, Moraga, CA

Date: March 25, 2023.   (Saturday)     Time: 8:30am – 3:30pm

  • The current plans are to have an in-person program. We will follow the Contra Costa County health protocol.
  • Online registration will start on Monday, January 23, 2023. Please check back here to register.
  • The conference is limited to 200 6th to 8th grade girls on a “first come, first serve” basis.
  • To donate, please use the DONATE button found above.  Put “STEM” as priority.CLICK

    CLICK HERE FOR A VIDEO OF PREVIOUS STEM CONFERENCES

2023 HANDS-ON WORKSHOPS: 

  • 3D Modeling with Tinkercad
  • Balloon Car Challenge
  • Be a Bee!
  • Cool Chemistry
  • Designing Robots for Fun and for Good
  • Engineers, Structures and Earthquakes
  • Experiments in Space – Where No One Can Hear You Scream
  • Exploring the Microscopic World
  • FBI Evidence Response Team
  • Ferment, Rehydrate and Reconstitute with Nutrition Science
  • Fun Math Festival
  • Green Plants Make Rubber Tires
  • Heart Matters: The Cardiac and Peripheral Vascular Examination
  • Mars Lander Challenge

OUR KEYNOTE SPEAKER FOR 2023

Danielle Feinberg is currently a Visual Effects Supervisor at Pixar Animation Studios. As she worked her way from an entry level, technical job in February 1997 to Director of Photography – Lighting, one of the top creative positions, she crewed many of Pixar’s feature films including Toy Story 2, Monsters, Inc., Finding Nemo and The Incredibles. Danielle rose to be the Director of Photography for Lighting on Disney Pixar’s Academy Award-winning films WALL-E, Brave and Coco.

Feinberg’s love of combining computers and art began when she was eight
years old, and first programmed a Logo turtle to create images. This eventually led her to a degree in Computer Science from Harvard University. In addition to her Pixar work, she works with teenage girls, encouraging them to pursue code, math and science by demonstrating to them this same magic found by combining art and technology. In 2016, she was able to bring that message to a broader audience with her TED talk that was part of the PBS “Science and Wonder” presentation for TED Talks Live. It was named one of the top TED talks of 2016.

PREVIOUS KEYNOTE SPEAKERS FOR THE STEM CONFERENCE

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Some pictures of prior workshops at Saint Mary’s College