Over 100 virtual presenters, including DOE headquarters and six National Laboratories will be at the free virtual SciFest All Access event.
September 8, 2020
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Over 100 virtual presenters, including DOE headquarters (STEM Rising and the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy), the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, the Los Alamos National Laboratory, Idaho National Laboratory, the National Energy Technology Laboratory, and Oak Ridge National Laboratory will be “at” the free virtual SciFest All Access event next week, running September 26 - October 3 at your computer.
“The DOE has been a great partner with us through the many years of live events, bringing energy education and inspiration to our nation’s K-12 students – and we are grateful for the very innovative content that will be on display at SciFest All Access,” said Bob Perrine, Director of National Partnerships at the USA Science Festival. “The USA Science & Engineering Festival is looking forward to having the DOE, and all their amazing partners, participate within SciFest All Access.”
In virtual booths, the Labs and STEM Rising initiative will share videos, live Q&A with STEM professionals and community relations officials at DOE, and activity downloads to learn about STEM innovations and STEM careers.
At the STEM Rising booth, we’ll be talking about our new and improved activities for you to do in your home or at school, like lifting up ice cubes using chemistry (grades 4-8), building your own boat (grades K-5), and building a pizza box solar oven (grades K-12). We’ll also share links to our collegiate-level competitions that have gone virtual, like the National Collegiate Wind Competition, CyberForce Competition™, and Solar Decathlon.
There’s also a STEM Scavenger Hunt at the festival, which many of our Labs are participating in, and the Los Alamos National Laboratory has partnered with the Bradbury Science Museum to create a virtual space as well as provide booth spaces for their community relations and student programs offices.
STEM careers and STEM innovation are the bread and butter of the Energy Department, and virtual opportunities like these help us share our free resources and career opportunities like internships & research positions. Hope to see you online at the Festival and answer any of your questions about our STEM efforts.
AnneMarie Horowitz
AnneMarie Horowitz is the Chief of Staff for the Arctic Energy Office. She joined the Arctic Energy Office in May 2023, and previously served as the Acting Communications Director until September 2023. AnneMarie has been with the Energy Department since 2010, and was previously on the digital team of the Office of Public Affairs, where she managed digital projects and internal employee communications efforts. AnneMarie was the Digital Communications Manager from March 2023 - September 2023 for the Department of Health and Human Affairs' Public Education Campaign, We Can Do This, to share information about the COVID vaccine.
AnneMarie founded two active employee resource groups at the Department of Energy: POWER (Professional Opportunities for Women in Energy Realized) and the Emerging Professionals Group. From 2015 - 2017 she served as the Special Advisor on workforce issues for Deputy Secretary of Energy Dr. Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall. She has also previously worked in the Under Secretary for Management and Performance and the Office of Economic Impact and Diversity.
AnneMarie created the STEM Rising: Women @ Energy series, featuring profiles of women from the agency who work in STEM careers. She was critical to establishing the Equality in Energy Transitions Initiative, a dual-hatted effort of the International Energy Agency and the Clean Energy Ministerial to advance the transition to a clean energy economy by engaging more women in clean energy, and is involved with the U.S. C3E Initiative as an award reviewer and communication. During the Obama Administration she was a DOE designee to the White House Council on Women and Girls. AnneMarie was a U.S. delegate to the APEC Women in the Economy Forum in 2014 in Beijing, China.
AnneMarie has a BA in Political Science from the University of Portland and a Masters of Government from Johns Hopkins University. She resides in Philadelphia.