Upcoming Events
Past Events
Our STEM Era - Powered by Girls (Oct 19, 2024)
Our STEM Era was put together by Naperville North HS GEMS (Girls in Engineering, Math and Science), Neuqua Valley HS GIS (Girls in STEM) and Vision 1948, featuring 16 exhibitors including Argonne National Laboratory, Ecolab, Endeavor Health, Fermi National Accelerator Lab, UIUC School of Engineering and more! Naperville Mayor Scott Wehrli was pictured paying a visit to the Vision 1948 table. Watch the event highlights here.
AAUW National STEMEd for Girls (Feb 7, 2024)
STEMEd for Girls is a FREE exciting online program created for high school girls and their parents/guardians. This session’s focus was Technology, provided by Vision 1948, featuring 3 panelists – a university junior majoring in Computer Science/Data Science with an internship in Netflix, a recent Entertainment Engineering graduate working at Walt Disney Imagineering, and a technologist and Nokia Bell Labs fellow. There was also a hands-on session on Artificial Intelligence.
AAUW National STEMEd for Girls Career Exploration (Nov 15, 2023)
Illinois Rep Janet Yang Rohr Townhall (Oct 11, 2023)
A panel hosted by Illinois 41st District Representative Janet Yang Rohr with Vision 1948 leaders and partners. Hear an open discussion on Vision 1948’s mission to bring gender equity back to Tech, its education offerings and other initiatives, its partnership with local schools and AAUW Naperville. You can watch the recording here.
Hollywood Meets Tech to Change the Face (June 23, 2023)
A panel hosted by film producers & Nokia Bell Labs to discuss how Hollywood can bring women back to the tech field to create gender parity. Target audience: Entertainment industry personnel.
Wegner Elementary (West Chicago) High Interest Day (June 2, 2023)
Vision 1948, in collaboration with Nokia’s HISPA and StrongHer Chicagoland, was invited back for a 2nd year to provide a Tech program for Wegner Elementary’s High Interest Day. We presented a mixed media hands-on session on A.I. : introductory videos and a game, AI for Oceans, from Code.org that gave the kids hands on experience to understand how to train A.I., the importance of using sufficient, valid and unbiased data to train A.I. Plus a Google AIY box that had been trained to recognize smiles. Thanks to Anne Lee, Esmerelda Flores, and Rose Martin for bringing the program to Wegner. And Shina Liu for sharing her Google AIY box.
A Night Out with Girls in STEM (April 20, 2023)
Exciting activity for area Jr High and HS girls and parents! Hear about tech career options and advice from young and seasoned professionals. Hands-on A.I. and other STEM demos. This is an in-person event in partnership with Neuqua Valley HS. in Naperville, IL.
Artificial Intelligence: Introduction & Conversation (Feb 21 2023) - AAUW Naperville
What is Artificial Intelligence? How does it work? Learn about these fundamentals and engage in conversations about ethical and responsible A.I. This is a Zoom event.
Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (Sept 2022) at AAUW Illinois Leadership Conference
Interactive Artificial Intelligence game to introduce machine learning to non-technical group, and the importance of quality data and equitable representation to prevent bias decision making by “smart” machines. This is a Zoom event.