Registration Information

Student Registration

March 7 @ the Institute for Advanced Learning and Research, Danville 

Thank you for your interest in attending this year's Summit! Nearly every high school within our eight city and county region is participating! Each school has a designated number of student attendees. Students interested in participating in this year's Summit should contact their school. Students can only be registered through their high school; there is no online registration for students.

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Educator & Community/Industry Leader Registration

Awards Banquet- March 7 @ the Insititute for Advanced Learning & Research, Danville

        Registration for the Awards Banquet (including Leland Melvin's keynote) is an optional add-on to Educator & Community/Industry Leader Day Registration- March 8th.            The add-on cost is $25pp. Registration to the Awards Banquet ONLY can be completed through the SPTC; the cost is $45pp.

Edcuator & Community/Industry Leader Day- March 8 @ the Institute for Advanced Learning and Research, Danville 

There are several registration options built for your individual needs, please select the option that best suits your occupation.

Educators (8:15am-3:30pm*): Join us for a full day of K-12, STEM-H educator workshops (visit our Program page for a listing of workshop topics) along with plenary sessions highlighting the STEM-H programs & initiatives of each school division in Southern Virginia, and networking with regional educators, community, & industry leaders. Come acquire new tools, curriculum, and other resources to utilize in your classroom while earning a certificate for CEUs (must attend the full day's schedule to receive your certificate)! ($25)

Non-profit & Business/Industry Leaders (11:35am-1:50pm): Do you have a vested interest in the future workforce of Southern Virginia being skilled in the areas of Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and/or Health? Would you like to help us build a better pipeline for STEM-H education in our region? Please join us for the plenary sessions of this year's Summit to hear from our regional Superintendents or their designee about the STEM-H initiatives taking place in their school division. Network with regional educators surrounding partnership opportunities.You are welcome to attend additional Educator Workshops should your schedule permit. ($25- nonprofit; $35 business (1) or $60 (2) *Your fee helps subsidize the cost for two educator attendees*)

 

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Are you a STEM-H educator? Join us for a day of professional development and networking at this year's SOVA STEM-H Summit. The schedule includes both plenary and concurrent sessions with an emphasis on hands-on workshops that provide you with easy to implement curriculum ideas you can take back to the classroom.

For a listing of this year's workshops visit the event Program.

We hope to see you at this year's event!

AWARDS

The 2018 SOVA STEM-H Education & Industry Achievement awards:

  • Community Champion for STEM-H Education
  • STEM-H Educator of the Year
  • Innovative STEM-H Program of the Year
  • Elite STEM-H Education & Industry Partnership Award

Will be recognized at a joint awards banquet with the SPTC's Innovation Stars Awards. Leland Melvin will provide the evening's keynote.

Registration can be made to the Awards Banquet alone ($45) or as an add-on ($25) to March 8th's registration.

Sponsors & Exhibitors

This event would be impossible without the generosity & support of our sponsors. Sponsorship donations allow us to offer this wonderful program to our regional students completely free of charge. Please consider showing your support of STEM-H education by becoming a sponsor of the 2018 Summit.

If your organization supports students or educators in STEM-H we hope you'll consider participating in this year's event as an Exhibitor. Exhibitors are welcome to exhibit for one or both days of the Summit and are highly encouraged to present.