Moderator:

• Kim Slater, Chief of Staff, MIT Media Lab
  Kim, formerly a leader in Commercial and Civil Space Programs at Draper and NASA's Kennedy Space Center, brings her extensive experience in spaceflight systems and STEM education to the MIT Media Lab.

Panelists: 

• Dr. Cody Paige, Director, Space Exploration Initiative, MIT Media Lab
  Cody leads the Media Lab’s Space Exploration Initiative, guiding innovative research from microgravity experiments to lunar missions and fostering interdisciplinary projects that combine science, technology, art, and design.
• Alissa Chavalithumrong, PhD Student, Space Enabled research group, MIT Media Lab
  Alissa focuses on Zero Robotics, a STEM outreach program that empowers middle and high school students to learn programming by commanding autonomous robots aboard the International Space Station. She engages students from diverse backgrounds in hands-on learning experiences, fostering the next generation of space explorers and innovators.
                  Explore Zero Robotics—an educational program that empowers middle and high
                  school students to code and program free-flying robots aboard the International Space Station
                  (ISS). The program engages students in hands-on, collaborative challenges that integrate STEM
                  learning with real-world space applications.

• Rachel Connolly, Research Scientist, MIT Media Lab
  Rachel specializes in leveraging Big Data and data visualization to enhance science education, developing new strategies to integrate digital scientific assets into STEM learning.
                  Explore Earth Nullschool—an interactive platform offering real-time global weather
                  insights with an updated map providing information on wind speed, ocean surface currents,
                  temperatures, anomalies, ocean waves and more.

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