Thank you for expressing interest in serving as a team mentor or ambassador.
STEM/Shift is a national summit focused on building momentum towards STEM business creation leveraging new use applications for NASA's patent portfolio of existing market-ready technologies. This event, in collaboration with NASA and the University of South Florida offers attendees a hands-on immersive experience for college faculty, administrators, staff, workforce, and students from all academic disciplines and departments to learn, network, and celebrate innovation.
Mentors and Ambassadors need to register for the event. This form is specifically to indicate interest in the mentoring and Ambassador opportunities.
Here are descriptions of each role:
1.
Team Mentor: Teams will work through identifying a societal challenge
using the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals framework, and then will be
facilitated through a design thinking sprint, business modeling
exercise, and pitch development for their prototype. Mentors will be
assigned to a team and will help guide them along the various stages of
the event program.
2. Event Ambassador: For those wanting to experience the event but not be on a team. You can help
with setting up the venue, managing attendee logistics, helping with
food distribution, assisting facilitators, and answering general
attendee questions.
