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NCSTA’s 41st Annual Professional Development Institute

One Word, STEM. One REALLY Big Integrated Topic

November 11-12, 2010 at the Koury Convention Center, Greensboro, NC



Register for the 2010 Professional Development Institute! PDF Print E-mail
Pre-registration forms for the 2010 Professional Development Institute are now available! The pre-registration deadline is October 25, 2010.  You may
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Exhibitor Invitation PDF Print E-mail
If this is your first time exhibiting at NCSTA, welcome. We think you’ll be happy you did. If you are a returning exhibitor, thank you for your continued support of NCSTA!

 
Download the Commercial Exhibitor Application form and the Non-Profit Exhibitor Application form.  Please return this form with your check made payable to NCSTA  to the address listed on the form. 

Also, we have some great advertising opportunities this year! 
 
Each year we reserve a few presentation time slots to give our commercial exhibitors a chance to present their programs and products to our attendees.  Download our commercial presenter application.
 
Thank you for your support of NCSTA. This is our 41st year providing quality Professional Development to educators throughout North Carolina. We could not do it without you!  If you have any questions, call Kay Swofford 336.379.0603 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

 
Event Schedule PDF Print E-mail
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Registration 5 – 8 pm

Thursday, November 11, 2010
Registration 7 am – 5 pm
Session A 7:30 am – 8:30 am
General Session 8:45 am – 9:45 am
Ribbon Cutting and Vendor Session 9:55 am – 10:30 am
Exhibits open 9:55 am – 5:30 pm
Session B 10:30 am – 11:30 pm
Session C 11:45 pm – 12:45 pm
Session D 1 pm – 2 pm
Session E 2:15 pm – 3:15 pm
General Session 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Awards Ceremony 4:45 pm – 5:45 pm
Meet your District Director 5:45 pm – 6 pm

Friday, November 12, 2010
Registration 7 am – 12 pm
Past President’s Breakfast 7 am – 8 am
Exhibits open 8 am – 12 pm
Session F 8 am – 9 am
General Session 9:15 am – 10:15 am
Session G 10:30 am – 11:30 am
Session H 11:45 am – 12:45 am
Session I 1 pm – 2 pm
Session J 2:15 pm – 3:15 pm
 
Featured Speakers PDF Print E-mail

Jodi PetersonJodi Peterson is Assistant Executive Director for Legislative and Public Affairs for the National Science Teachers Association. She is responsible for monitoring and identifying policy and legislation affecting science education on Capitol Hill, all outreach activities to Congress, and the association’s advocacy initiatives.  She also directs all media relations activities for the NSTA. Jodi also is co-chair of the STEM Education Coalition, a group composed of 1,300 advocates from diverse groups representing all sectors of the STEM workforce. The Coalition advocates for increased federal investments in STEM education and strengthening STEM-related federal programs for educators and students.

George ChristDr. George J. Christ is Professor of Regenerative Medicine and Head of the Program in Cell, Tissue and Organ Physiology at the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine.  He is the former Director and founder of the Institute for Smooth Muscle Biology at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, where he maintains an appointment as a Visiting Professor in the Dept. of Urology.  Dr. Christ is an internationally recognized expert in muscle physiology. He is the Past Chairman of the Division of Systems and Integrative Pharmacology of the American Society of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics  (ASPET), and Past President of the North Carolina Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (NCTERM) group.

Dr. Christ is a co-inventor on more than 23 patents (national and international) that are either issued or pending, related to gene therapy for the treatment of human smooth muscle disorders and tissue engineering technologies. He is a Co-Founder and Directing Member of Ion Channel Innovations, LLC., a development stage biotechnology company pioneering the use of gene therapy for the treatment of human smooth muscle disorders. Ion Channel Innovations, LLC that has completed a Phase I clinical trial for a gene therapy treatment for smooth muscle dysfunction, and also conducted a Phase I clinical trial for bladder overactivity. In addition, he is a co-founder and board member of Creative Bioreactor Design, Inc., another early stage biotechnology company in the expanding field of regenerative medicine/tissue engineering.
 

 
PDI Photos PDF Print E-mail
Photos of past PDI are available in the Photo Gallery (members only).