2022 Conference Volunteer Information

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The GAINS conference connects girls interested in STEM with peers and role models, gives girls access to information about STEM careers through interactions with STEM professionals and educates girls about STEM-focused research being led by women.

We do this by hosting small-group sessions including, technical talks, virtual STEM tours and a career mixer.  Since the conference is virtual this year we hope to host 250 students and teachers. 

Date: April 7th & 8th

Location: Virtual 

Submit Session Proposal:  CLICK HERE

Deadline to submit: February 18th

Thursday, April 7th 

1:00pm STEM Tour Session 1

2:15 STEM Tour Session 2

*1 hour time commitment

• a virtual walk-through of your work/research space with a small group of students. The goal is to give students a sense of what your work environment is like and for them to hear about the work taking place there.

*We will set up your Zoom meeting and provide students with the proper links.

Friday, April 8th 

9:15am Technical Talk Session 1

10:00am Technical Talk Session 2

*30 minute  - 1 hour time commitment

• small-group breakout session focused on the technical aspect of your work. These sessions are an opportunity for high school girls to hear directly from women working and studying in STEM fields about current work being done by women in STEM. 

10:45am Career Mixer

• 1 hour time commitment
• brief, small group discussions about your STEM career and your path. 
• Every 6-8 minutes students will move to a new Zoom meeting room to meet a new role model.
• We will rotate 6-7 times.
• We provide questions and prompts to get the discussion started!

We will set up your Zoom meeting and provide students with the proper links.

*We will record sessions and make them available for two weeks past the event for students who cannot attend.