Program Highlights
Keynote Address
Dora Palfi, Imagilabs co-founder
Dora Palfi, Imagilabs co-founder
Dr. Sarah Demers, Professor of Physics @ Yale University will deliver the GAINS Conference Keynote address!
Dr. Demers work seeks to understand and expand on our knowledge of the particles and forces that make up the universe! She hunts for signs of new physics through her work on The ATLAS Experiment, at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider an
Dr. Sarah Demers, Professor of Physics @ Yale University will deliver the GAINS Conference Keynote address!
Dr. Demers work seeks to understand and expand on our knowledge of the particles and forces that make up the universe! She hunts for signs of new physics through her work on The ATLAS Experiment, at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider and through the Mu2e Experiment at Fermilab. Do you have questions about the universe? Dr. Demers does too! Hear about her work AND her questions!
Dora Palfi, Imagilabs co-founder
Dora Palfi, Imagilabs co-founder
Dora Palfi, Imagilabs co-founder
Dora Palfi is the co-founder and CEO of imagiLabs, an EdTech gaming company making products that empower girls with the skills, confidence, and community to create with technology. Dora has a bachelor's degree in Neuroscience with a minor in Computer Science from New York University Abu Dhabi and has studied Human Computer Interaction at
Dora Palfi is the co-founder and CEO of imagiLabs, an EdTech gaming company making products that empower girls with the skills, confidence, and community to create with technology. Dora has a bachelor's degree in Neuroscience with a minor in Computer Science from New York University Abu Dhabi and has studied Human Computer Interaction at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, in Stockholm, as part of the European Union’s EIT Digital Master School. Dora has been recognized on the Forbes 30 Under 30 2021 list as one of Europe’s leading social entrepreneurs, serves as a Cartier Women’s Initiative Fellow, and was named as Nordic Women In Tech Gender equality advocate of the year in 2021.
*the first 200 student participants will receive an imagi charm and will program it during this interactive session!
School Registration Instructions
Registration opens January 20th
The GAINS conference is a school-based event for high school girls interested in STEM. Teachers register themselves and up to 15 student participants from their school. Registration is a multi-step process that is initiated by teachers!
Registration & Session Selection Timeline
January 20th: School registration open
February 10th: Final date to submit student names & email information
*registration fee waiver application due
March 9th: Session Selection Open
*information sent to each participant email address
March 18th: Session Selection Closes
*participants who do not select sessions will be added to sessions that have space
STEP 1: School registration
Teachers, please complete the school registration form on behalf of yourself and up to 15 girls from your school. Indicate the number of students you plan to bring to the event. You DO NOT need to know the names and email addresses of attendees at the time of registration. If you know the names and email addresses of your students you may enter them when you register your school. If you do not know which students will attend you can complete the school registration process and then return to the site and add specific student email addresses by March 4th.
STEP 2: Payment Information
Once school registration is complete, an email confirming registration will be generated and emailed to the teacher. Teachers, please print the email and follow the payment instructions. GAINS is able to offer financial aid in the form of fee waivers for students and teachers who qualify. There is a place on the registration form to indicate a request for financial aid. If you select this option we will follow-up with you directly via email.
STEP 3: Session Registration
March 7th - March 11th.
EACH CONFERENCE ATTENDEE (students and teachers) will be sent a unique email link so they can register for their individual sessions during this time period. Attendees who do not select sessions will be assigned sessions.
