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Apr. 25: "Sneak Peek" Day at USA Science & Engineering Festival; Doors Open Day Early for Media, Military Families, and 35,000 Students
--(Business Wire)--
USA Science & Engineering Festival:
WHAT
Sneak
Peek Friday-presented by the "Department of Defense - Celebrating
Diversity in STEM!"-for press, school children and invited military
families will be held Friday, April 25, 2014 for the 3rd USA
Science & Engineering Festival Expo and Book Fair,
hosted by founding and presenting sponsor Lockheed
Martin. Reporters are invited to get a preview of this free,
family-friendly expo and book fair being held April 26-27 that allows
kids and adults to participate in more than 3,000 hands-on activities
and see nearly 150 live performances by science celebrities, explorers,
best-selling authors, and world-renowned experts. Festival attendees
will be able to test a flight simulator, interact with robots, see a 3D
printer, step aboard a spaceship, meet storm chasers, learn to survive a
zombie invasion, and more.
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WHEN
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April 25, 8:30am-3pm: Media Sneak Peek Day Highlights (Bell
Stage):
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8:30am
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Ribbon Cutting/Press Conference
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9:15am
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"National Geographic Kids" announces 9th Guinness World Record title
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10:20am
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, basketball legend and STEM ambassador
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10:30am
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Women's Hackathon, a Microsoft (News - Alert) supported crowdsourcing event taking
place live at the Festival to empower young women in computer science
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Note: Festival Expo is open to the public April 26-27, 2014
from 9am-6pm
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WHO
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Larry Bock, Festival director and founder
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Dr. Ray O. Johnson, Lockheed Martin (News - Alert) chief technology officer, and
Festival co-founder
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35,000 science students from area schools
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Several hundred military families
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Science-related celebrities, including Dirty Job's Mike Rowe and Bill
Nye the Science Guy
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Hundreds of leading scientists and engineers
WHERE
Walter E. Washington Convention Center
801
Mount Vernon Place NW, Washington, D.C.
Note: Press registration
in Salons G/H, located off the main lobby
WHY
Founded by entrepreneur Larry Bock and Lockheed Martin
Chief Technology Officer Dr. Ray O. Johnson 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.
CONTACT
To cover Sneak Peek, contact Shawn Flaherty at
703-554-3609.
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