--(BUSINESS WIRE)--USA Science & Engineering Festival:
WHAT
Sneak
Peek Friday—presented by Chevron—for invited press, students and
military families will be held Friday, April 15, 2016 for the 4th
USA
Science & Engineering Festival Expo,
sponsored by Founding and Presenting Host Lockheed
Martin. Reporters are invited to get a preview of this free,
family-friendly expo which takes over the entire convention center and
allows kids and adults to participate in more than 3,000 hands-on
exhibits, experiments, and incredible
live performances by science celebrities, explorers, astronauts,
athletes, physicists, musicians, inventors, and experts in fields like
cryogenics, bio engineering, genomics, paleontology, and space
exploration. Attendees will be able to test a flight simulator, interact
with robots, experience Mars, meet astronauts, see how the brain works,
analyze their golf swing, and more.
WHEN
April 15, 8:30am-3pm: Media Sneak Peek Day
Highlights:
| 8:30am | Ribbon Cutting with Students, Sponsors, Festival Director (Einstein Stage) | ||||
| 9:15am | Special event with Lockheed Martin Chairman, President and CEO Marillyn Hewson to unveil new virtual reality experiences and technologies, and discuss a new initiative in STEM and deep space exploration (Lockheed Martin Exhibit) | ||||
| 9-3pm |
Exhibits open for press and guests, including Career Pavilion, hosted by Booz Allen Hamilton |
Note: Festival Expo is open to the public April 16-17, 2016 starting at 10am
WHO
- 50,000 science students from area schools
- 3,000 exhibitors
- Several hundred military families
- Hundreds of leading scientists and engineers
WHERE
Walter E. Washington Convention Center
801
Mount Vernon Place NW, Washington, D.C.
Note: Press
registration outside Room 101, near L Street entrance in main building
WHY
Founded by entrepreneur Larry Bock and Lockheed Martin
executives to address the severe shortage in science and tech talent,
the USA
Science & Engineering Festival is the country’s only national
science festival. The Festival was developed to increase public
awareness of the importance of science and to ignite youth’s interest in
pursuing careers in science and engineering by celebrating science in
the same way that Hollywood celebrities, professional athletes and pop
stars are celebrated. In support, the Senate recently passed Resolution
411, sponsored by Sen. Coons (DE) and Sen. Alexander (TN), which
recognizes the Festival and designates the Festival week (April 11-17)
as “National Science & Technology Week.”
CONTACT
To cover Sneak Peek, contact Shawn Flaherty at
703-554-3609.
