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STEM Summit

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

SUMMIT SCHEDULE 3

WELCOME 4

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS 5-7

FACILITATORS 8

SESSION MATRIX 9

SCHOOL MAPS 10-13

KDSL SUITE OF SERVICES 14

EXHIBITORS AND PARTNERS 15

THANK YOU 16

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CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

29 APRIL 2016 30 APRIL 2016

TIME SESSION TIME SESSION

7:30-8:30am Registration, Exhibitors, Networking Breakfast

8:00-8:45am Registration, Exhibitors, Networking Breakfast

8:30-8:45am Welcome 8:45-9:00am Day 2 Overview,

Student Panel

8:45-9:45am Keynote Speaker 9:05-10:15am Session 5

9:45-10:00am Coffee Break, Exhibitors 10:15-10:45am Coffee Break, Snack,

Exhibitors

10:00-11:10am Session 1 10:50-11:50am Session 6: Genius Hour

11:15-12:25pm Session 2 12:00-12:30pm Closing, Sharing

12:25-1:15pm Lunch, Exhibitors, Student Showcase

1:20-2:30pm Session 3

2:30-2:45pm Coffee Break, Snack,

Exhibitors

2:50-4:00pm Session 4

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Dear MENA STEM Summit Participants, It is our pleasure to welcome you to Dubai and to the MENA STEM Summit! We are delighted that you decided to spend your weekend with us and like-minded colleagues and are certain you will return to your schools inspired. The STEM 2016 Summit will unite science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) educationalists and industry members in the MENA region to advance K-12 STEM education. This Summit will offer lessons learned from programs around the world and develop an action plan to increase quality and innovation in STEM education throughout the region. We sincerely say thank you to the schools, teachers, administrators, partners, ex­hibitors, volunteers and conference team for supporting our mission and making this summit possible! Kevin Simpson and Alison Burrows Managing Directors, KDSL www.knowdoservelearn.org

Welcome

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Kenneth Wesson is a former college and university-level faculty member

and administrator. He delivers keynote addresses on the neuroscience of learning for educational organizations and institutions throughout the United States and overseas. His audiences range from early childhood specialists to college and uni­versity-level educators. His international audiences have included educators and administrative officers from six of the world seven continents. His research is fre­quently published and referenced in Parents Magazine and the journal Brain World.

Wesson regularly addresses educational organizations, counseling associations, school districts and parenting organizations on the subject of “brain-considerate” learning environments. In addition to his speeches on the neuroscience of learning, Wesson speaks on the subjects of early brain development, design and engineering, STEM and STREAM, contextual learning, and curriculum development. Wesson also serves on the advisory board for the Korean Institute of Brain Sci­ence.

In addition to participating in a symposium at the United Nations, Wesson’s recent work has also included delivering addresses to the Summer Institute for the Distinguished Scientist Lecture Series; the American Society for Biochemis­try and Molecular Biology; the National Symposium for Scientists and Engineers; the National Academy of Sciences; the Annual Model Schools conference; the American Society for Microbiology; the Science Education Administrators and Policymakers Institute; the Association of College and University Biologists; the Hampton University School of Pharmacy; the STEM Education Excellence for a 21st Century conference;the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA); Western Regional National Council of Teachers of Mathematics; the International Brain Education Association; STEM Conferences for the states of Tennessee, Texas, Wisconsin, and Virginia; the National Science Research Council; the Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives; the Texas Regional Collaboratives for Science and Mathematics; the Maine Sci­ence and Literacy Conference; The Science Teachers Associations for the states of Kansas, Alaska, Colorado, Virginia, Arizona, Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana, Hawaii, California, Wyoming, and New York; the North Dakota Coun­cil of Educational Leaders; the Northern New Mexico Science Education Consortium; the Alabama Governor’s Summit on Mathematics and Science Education; the California Science Center; the Johnson and Johnson Corporation; the IBM Corporation; the Hawaiian Association for Counselors and Educators in Government; the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (sponsored by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences); the National Alli­ance of Business; Head Start; the Great Teachers’ Seminars; the National Science Foundation’s Systemic Initiatives for Math and Science; the IDATER (International Design and Technology Educational Research and Curriculum Develop­ment) Conference in England, and numerous American colleges and universities.

Keynote Speakers

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Wesson’s latest articles on the brain include: “From STEM to ST2REAM: Reassembling our Disaggregated Curriculum”; “The Impact of the Next Generation Science Standards”; “30 Ways to Improve Your Memory ”; “Brain-Sight: Can Touch Allow Us to ‘See’ Better Than Sight?”; “Neuroplasticity: The Effects of Experience on the Brain”; “Minds, Models and Maps: Visualizing Science”; “The Magic of Human Language Development”; “Drawing and the Brain”; “Learning and Memory: How Do We Remember and Why Do We Often Forget?”; “Emotions and Education: How Children Feel Affects How They Learn”; NSTA Reports: “Brain-considerate Learning”; “Education for the Real World: Six Great Ideas for Par­ents and Teachers”; “Summertime and the Learning Should Be Easy”; “Positive Teaching = Good Education”;“Brain-considerate Strategies for the Home and School”; “From Synapses to Learning—Understanding Brain Processes”; “The Developing Brain”; “Building a Better Brain”; “What Recent Brain Research Tells Us About Learning”; “Neuropsychology and Prejudice”; “A Brief History of Neuroscience”; “Where is God in the Brain?; “Memory and the Brain” and “Early Brain Development and Learning.”

He has been a keynote speaker for many of the leading international educational organizations for American and Inter­national schools, including the Association of International Schools in Africa (AISA), the Association of American Schools in South America (AASSA), the Central and Eastern European Schools Association (CEESA), the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS), East Asia Regional Council of Overseas Schools (EARCOS), the Near East South Asia schools (NESA), along with numerous American educational organizations, school districts, and colleges.

At the 2012 STEM Forum and Expo sponsored by the NSTA, Wesson and NASA astronaut Mary Ellen Weber delivered the keynote addresses. He was/will be a keynote or featured speaker for such diverse groups as the following: the Ha­waii ASCD, International Symposium on Electronic Arts, the Distinguished Educators Series, the North Dakota School Boards Association, the Arkansas Leadership Academy, the Virginia Science Teachers Association, New Mexico Science Teachers Association, Migrant and Seasonal Workers HeadStart Programs, National Brain Awareness Week, and the Montalvo Arts Education Conference. His keynote addresses are frequently grounded in the question, “If It’s Your Job to Develop the Mind, Shouldn’t You Know How the Brain Works?” His Brain-STEM presentations focus on merging brain science and the goals of STEM education.

The NSTA and Shell Oil Company identify 4-6 people annually, who they recognize for making unique contributions to science research and education. Those individuals (the “Shell Science Scholars”) are invited to address the members of the NSTA at their annual conference and are also honored at a special reception. This group includes the 1998 Nobel Prize winner for Physics, the Director of the Human Genome Project and Kenneth Wesson, who was recognized in 2011 for the second time within the past decade – a “first” for Shell Science Scholars. The NSTA is the world’s largest educa­tional organization (scientists, researchers and science educators) with over 53,000 members dedicated to the improve­ment of science education.

Wesson has been profiled in “Who’s Who in Science and Engineering,” “Who’s Who in American Education,” and “Who’s Who in America.”

Keynote Speakers

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Dr. Carolyn Hayes is the president of the National Science Teachers Associ­

ation (NSTA). She began serving her one-year term on June 1, 2015. Dr. Hayes is a retired high school biology teacher from Greenwood, Indiana.

Dr. Hayes brings years of leadership and teaching experience to NSTA through her work as a classroom teacher, college professor, science coordinator, author, and sci­ence consultant. In addition to having taught high school science for nearly 30 years in Indiana, Hayes worked in various positions at several universities since 1976, in­cluding Franklin College, Purdue University, University of Indianapolis, and Indiana University. Hayes also worked at the Central Indiana Educational Service Center as part of the professional development team. She also served as president of the Hoosier Association of Science Teachers, Inc. (HASTI) (1995–1996), was a member of the board of directors for HASTI (1992–1994) and the Science Education Foundation of Indiana, Inc. (2001–2006), and served as secretary of Pi Lambda Theta in 1997.

An NSTA member since 1987, Dr. Hayes has contributed extensively to the association. She served as a district director (2003–2006); chaired the 2012 national conference in Indianapolis, worked on numerous committees, has written arti­cles for The Science Teacher, and has presented several sessions at NSTA national and area conferences.

Hayes’s devotion to science education is also evidenced by her involvement in numerous other professional organiza­tions. In addition to HASTI and NSTA, she is a member of the Indiana Association of Biology Teachers (IABT), Pi Lambda Theta, and is a charter member of the Central Indiana Biology Focus Group. She was also a writer and facilitator of the Center Grove Community Schools Paper Recycling Grant (1999) and was the co-writer and facilitator of the Center Grove Curriculum Development Grant (1993). In 1991, Hayes was selected along with 49 other biology teachers from across the country to participate in the first ever Biology Institute at Princeton University and in 1992, she provided pro­fessional development as a member of the WWF Biology Traveling Team, both of which were sponsored by the Wood­row Wilson National Fellowship Foundation. She also participated as an American Society of Biochemistry and Molecu­lar Biology Fellow in 1995.

During her distinguished career, Dr. Hayes has received a number of honors and awards. Her accomplishments include receiving the STEM Conference Excellence in Science Education Award (2015), the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science Teaching, Secondary Science (2000), HASTI’s Distinguished Service Award (2001), the Radio Shack National Teacher Award (2000), the Golden Apple Award (1997), IABT’s Creativity in Biology Teaching Award (1995), Geography Educators in Indiana’s Science Teaching Award (1988), the National Marine Educators’ Association’s (NMEA) Teaching Excellence Award, and the National Association of Biology Teachers’ Outstanding Biology Teacher Award (1986), just to name a few. Hayes was also a top 10 finalist for the Indiana Teacher of the Year in 1989.

Keynote Speakers

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To learn more about our facilitators please visit:

http://menastemsummit.com/presenters/

Dr. Craig T. Gabler

Melissa Miller

Selwyn van Zeller

Dr. Cory Bennett

Caroline Alliston

Steve Bambury

Jennifer Hogan

Janee Johnson

Karen Langan

Samia Murgab Mohamed Mahil

Dr. Sudha Sunder

Laura Toma

Christine Nasserghodsi

Tracie Hamilton

Rohan Roberts

Marie Ramos

Sharmi Rodgers

Laxmi Chandran

Suzanne Saraya

Dr. Carla Rudder

Paul Casey

Amin Tejpar

Dr. Kandace Williams

Daniel Baker

Kirsten Colombier

Amir Yazdanpanah

Amr AlOtaishan

Rania Dabboussi

Ghaleb Awad

Faci l i tators

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School Maps

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School Maps

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School Maps

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School Maps

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Par tners and Exhibitors

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Thanks for attending!

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MENASTEMSUMMIT@GMAIL.COM

Visit our Wikispaces which will feature STEM resources:

http://www.menastem.wikispaces.com/

Thank you!