HI-TEC to make high impact in the world of technology!

The National Science Foundation's Advanced Technological Education (NSF-ATE) program awards more than $50 million a year to centers and projects that improve technological education through activities such as curriculum development, teacher professional development, and field experiences for faculty and students.

This July in Scottsdale, Arizona, about two dozen NSF-ATE centers will host HI-TEC (High Impact Technology Exchange Conference), a national event where technical educators, counselors, industry professionals, and technicians can go to improve their knowledge and skills in cutting-edge technologies. The HI-TEC program will include workshops and breakout sessions on technology applications in areas such as agriculture, biotechnology, cybersecurity, computer virtualization, digital logic, electronic systems, engineering, GIS and geospatial, information and communication, manufacturing, microsystems, nanotechnology, optics and photonics, telecommunications, and wireless networks, to name a few.

In addition to the main conference on July 21 and 22, the event will provide a day and a half of preconference opportunities on July 19 and 20 for in-depth examination of a broad range of technical concentrations. HI-TEC is the place to be this summer if:

• You work in a high-tech industry or train people who do.
• You want to learn how to receive National Science Foundation funding.
• You want to improve your technical skills.
• You want to learn how to integrate technology with math and science in the classroom.

For more information or to register, please visit www.highimpact-tec.org.