Gifted Youth Activities at the RG

Aug 21, 2024

SFRM’s Regional Gathering is in San Rafael this year, with activities, workshops, and games. For the first time, we’re including special events for gifted youth…with prizes!

Sneak Peek into the 2024 RG

Aug 11, 2024

Get ready for an unforgettable regional gathering, Brilliance by the North Bay in San Rafael, featuring activities like chocolate tasting, trivia, and activities dedicated to gifted youth and their families.

RG 2024 Program

Apr 4, 2024

SFRM RG 2024 PROGRAM More Info  | Register Registration Hours Registration will open at 3pm on Friday and close at 9pm for the evening. It will reopen at 7:20am Saturday morning (in time for coffee in Hospitality and the Early Bird Walk) and close at 11:50am. Everyone registered needs to pick up their name tags by 11:50am in order to get lunch. There will be signage to help people who arrive later in the day to find the registrar to claim their name tags.   The Program The program is for the most part in place but talks and times may still be subject to change. FRIDAY 22, 2024 10:30-12:00pm | Early Birds | Guided Tour Of Frank Lloyd Wright's Marin Civic Center Consider taking the guided tour of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Marin Civic Center, very close to the RG hotel, on Friday from 1030 to 12.  The cost is $12, $7 seniors and students and tickets are available at marincounty.org/depts/cu/tours. 3:00pm | Registration Desk Opens | San Rafael Foyer   3:00pm | Hospitality Opens | Suite 101   3:00pm | Games Room Opens | Sausalito The Game Room is open until Midnight. After Midnight, you can play games in hospitality. Games available include Scrabble, chess, backgammon, Encore, Clue, Yahtzee, Boggle, Blokus, Mensa Connections, Poker, ìSetî, Palabra, Uno, Dominoes, Cribbage, bridge, Parcheesi, and many others. Jigsaw Puzzles There is always have a picture puzzle started. Drop into the game room and add a few pieces. 4:00pm-5:15pm | Program Virtual Reality: it's not Just for Games | Judy Unger | Mill Valley What the heck is this thing called Virtual...

Bios of speakers

Nov 14, 2022

Return to schedule   About the Speakers Keynote Addresses Alex    Pentland  Professor at MIT Saturday Keynote Professor at MIT, co-created of MIT Media Lab,. Member board UN Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data, board advisor OECD, American Bar Association, Grammy Awards, Consumer Reports. One of the most-cited computational scientists in the world, serial entrepreneur whose spin-offs touch a good fraction of humanity.. Dr. Seth Shostak Senior Astronomer, SETI Institute Sunday Keynote Dr. Shostak  has   a degree in radio astronomy and obtained his Ph.D.  in astrophysics at the California Institute of Technology  Currently he is  Senior Astronomer at  SETI Institute. Seth is he host of the SETI Institute’s weekly science radio show, “Big Picture Science.” He is enthusiastic in outreach activities: interesting the public – and especially young people – in science in general, and astrobiology in particular. His numerous publications include: More than 60 research papers in refereed, professional journals Approximately three hundred popular articles published in magazines, newspapers, and the Web, on a wide range of topics. He was editor of two scientific book and contributor to five popular astronomy books. Several commissioned scripts for public relations videos produced for commercial clients and wo scripts for planetarium shows. He’s co-authored a college textbook on astrobiology, Authored three trade books on SETI. His major awards include: Carl Sagan Award for the Popularization of Science Klumpke Roberts Award for Astronomy Popularization Jaap S. Nieuwenhuis Award, from Netherlands Association for Scientific Film and Television Wubbo Ockels Award, for applied science (image processing in the service of computer animation), The Netherlands Best Bay Area Talk Show, BACE cable TV award Speakers Steve...
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