EYH Geneva- An interactive, dynamic day of science for 11-15 year old girls!

EYH Geneva- An interactive, dynamic day of science for 11-15 year old girls!



Date:
14 November 2009

Time:
08.00 AM

Place:
The Geneva International School 62, route de Chêne Genève, --


About the conference

Expanding Your Horizons is an international program for girls like YOU (age 11-15) who come from public and private schools. At the Geneva EYH conference, you will participate in an exciting and fun-filled day of hands-on science, technology, engineering and mathematics activities led by professional women scientists and engineers. You will perform actual science experiments in small groups and talk with women scientists and engineers. Discover how your iPod is built, launch a comet, look at brain MRIs, find the link between cooking and chemistry and more!

Come and find out what types of exciting careers exist in math and science. Meet real "Googlers"--women engineers who work at Google, talk with a doctor from the World Health Organization, ask women physicists from CERN what they studied in school...and discover your passion.

Over 20 organizations will be represented. Dynamic women scientists from a variety of fields (like medicine, biotechnology, engineering, technology, environmental science, public health)will be there to talk with you. You can meet other girls from around Switzerland and France with similar interests. And, at the end of the day you will have the chance to win fabulous prizes--like a notebook computer and a private tour of CERN.

Be a part of history! This is the first EYH conference in Europe. Although there are 90 other EYH conferences throughout the US and Asia, this is Europe's kick-off event and you can be a part of it. Bring a friend and prepare to have a great day.

Don't forget to tell your parents and teachers about EYH too! There's a day-long program of interesting workshops for them as well as for you.

Register now. Places are limited!Find out more about the National Expanding Your Horizons Organization by going to the National EYH Website and watch a video of girls enjoying an EYH event.



Conference location


The Geneva International School 62, route de Chêne Genève, --


Sample student workshops

SAMPLE AGENDA FOR THE DAY:
9:00 - 9:25 Welcome and keynote speaker
9:35 - 10:45 Workshop 1
10:55 -12:05 Workshop 2 (career fair)

LUNCH 12:05 -13:05 (meet girls from other schools)

13:10 - 14:20 Workshop 3

14:30 - 15:30 Evaluation, Prizes, and Closing Speaker

Time Title Leader
09.35 Comment mater la matière ? Physicist
09.35 The physics of your iPod! Physicist
09.35 Super COOL
09.35 Career Fair
09.35 The Magic of Computer Science Computer Engineer
09.35 Build Your Own Rocket Physicist
09.35 Pouquoi le pop-corn fait pop ? Physicist


Sample adult workshops

Parents and teachers are invited to attend one, two or three workshops designed for them, in English or in French, on a variety of topics, such as girls and Cybersecurity, and how we can encourage girls to study math and science.

Parents and teachers are also invited to the Career Fair, where they can talk with over 20 organizations about careers in science and math and what girls need to do to prepare in the 21st century. Meet representatives from CERN, GOOGLE, Cisco, WHO, Novartis, Medtronic,EPFL,P & G, Hewlett Packard, Honeywell, and many more!

Time Title Leader
09.35 Ateliers-Parents (français)
09.35 Parent Workshop - English
10.55 Parent Workshop - English
10.55 Ateliers-Parents (français)
13.10 Ateliers-Parents (français)
13.10 Parent Workshop - English


Keynote speaker

Surprise! To be announced.