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APR 7-8: Science Celebrities and Stage Shows Headline the USA Science & Engineering Festival, Nation's Largest Science ExpoXploration Station TV Host and Ocean Explorer Danni Washington will be emceeing and performing at the 5th USA Science & Engineering Festival Expo, presented by Lockheed Martin. Designed to inspire the next generation of inventors, creators and innovators, the Festival is a free, family-friendly expo taking place April 7 and 8 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. that allows kids and adults to participate in thousands of exhibits, experiments, and stage shows. "Our nation's future relies on encouraging more kids to go into STEM careers. By hosting the nation's largest science festival, we are hoping to capture their imaginations by introducing them to STEM innovators and superstars and by engaging them in hands-on projects to illustrate that STEM can really take them anywhere they want to go," said Marc Schulman, Festival Executive Director. The Festival features science celebritie, explorers, astronauts, physicists, inventors, and experts in fields like oceanography, climatology, robotics, medical research, neuroscience, space exploration, artificial intelligence, and more. Stage shows and other participating celebrities include:
The Festival Expo, which takes place at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in DC on April 7 from 10am-6pm and 8th from 10am-4pm, is the grand finale of the Festival's year-long science celebration. Taking over the entire convention center, the Festival Expo features over 3,000 hands-on activities showcasing how STEM Can Take You into the deep blue, into cyberspace, inside the human body, into nature, into outer space and beyond! In all, the Festival expects to draw more than 350,000 people. Founded by serial entrepreneur Larry Bock and Lockheed Martin (News - Alert) executives to address the severe shortage in science and tech talent, the USA Science & Engineering Festival is the nation's largest science festival and was developed to ignite the next generation's interest in pursuing careers in science and engineering. The Festival is free but pre-registration is required. To learn more, visit usasciencefestival.org. View source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180322006292/en/ |