2018 Synapse Innovation Summit
The 2018 Synapse
Innovation Summit, designed to bring together organizations, innovating ideas
and advanced hi-technologies from a wide range of industries and organizations
to connect regionally-based innovation technology, education, and
entrepreneurial ecosystems throughout Florida, was held at the Amalie Arena in
Tampa, Florida. Created by the nonprofit Synapse, named for the link between
nerve cells in the body, the second annual Innovation Summit included 15 hours
of programs and 10 hours of learning, exploring and celebrating the
possibilities in advanced hi-technology and innovation, to help connect and
establish relationships among those who can contribute to the growth of the
Tampa Bay entrepreneurial ecosystem.
There were 250
exhibitors, more than 60 showcases, 56 breakout sessions, 200 speakers, and
2,500 attendees who flooded into downtown Tampa’s Amalie Arena March 28 and 29.
Highlights included
“spotlight” sessions devoted to Augmented and Virtual Reality, robotics with
the latest on humanoid robots, health and wellness with medical advances that
restored freedom of movement to an amputee, transportation technologies, top
STEM high- technology education programs that are transforming our world and
more. In addition ConnectWise and Synapse have teamed up to provide $50,000
worth of scholarships for college students who attended.
Notable speakers included:
IBM Chief Innovation Officer Bernard Meyerson, Tampa Bay Lightning owner Jeff
Vinil, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and
Acquisition James “Hondo” Geurts, and many others.
Synapse STEM Pavilion
The Florida
Advanced Technological Center-FLATE and at least 20 educational programs and
non-profit organization participated in this great event with booths located in
the Synapse STEM Pavilion. Some of the booths’ participants included Foundation
for Community Drive, Electrathon of Tampa Bay, St. Petersburg College, ARM
Institute, Pasco counties public library, Hillsborough Public Schools.
FLATE Continuous Support with the Tampa Bay STEM Network
Through a strong
network of academic, business, and community partnerships, FLATE continues
supporting the Tampa Bay STEM Network which goal is to provide time, talent, and
treasure to create a well-connected portfolio of experiences that result in the
academic success of and multiple opportunities for citizens of all ages to
explore and enjoy STEM, thus strengthening our talent base and STEM pipeline,
contributing to the vitality of our community.
STEM Ecosystem - Building a Better Tampa Bay
The STEM Ecosystems
Initiative is built on over a decade of research into successful STEM
collaborations, and seeks to nurture and scale effective science, technology,
engineering and math (STEM) learning opportunities for all young people. The 56
communities selected from across the United States compose a national Community
of Practice and have demonstrated cross-sector collaborations to deliver
rigorous, effective preK-16 instruction in STEM learning. These collaborations
happen in schools and beyond the classroom—in afterschool and summer programs,
at home, in science centers, libraries and other places both virtual and
physical. Strong STEM
Learning Ecosystems feature dynamic collaborations among schools, out-of-school
time programs, STEM expert institutions (such as museums, science centers, and
institutions of higher education and STEM professional associations), the
private sector, community-based organizations, youth and families.For more information contact Larry R. Plank (larry.plank@sdh.k12.fl.us), Director, K-12 STEM Education, Hillsborough County Public Schools, Tampa Bay STEM Network.
FLATE Supporting Code.org® Computer Science Fundamentals
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computer science in schools and increasing participation by women and
underrepresented minorities. Every student in every school should have the
opportunity to learn for FREE computer science. Code.org organizes the
annual Hour of Code campaign which has engaged 10% of all students in the
world and provides the leading curriculum for K-12 computer science in the
largest school districts in the United States.
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Courses from Code.org for students in grades K-12 and
professional learning for teacher. Designed to be fun and engaging, Code.org’s
progression of CS Fundamentals courses blend online and "unplugged"
non-computer activities to teach students computational thinking, problem
solving, programming concepts and digital citizenship.
Middle School – Computer Science Discoveries
Broader introduction to computer science topics, appropriate
for 6-10th grade students. The course takes a wide lens on computer science by
covering topics such as programming, physical computing, HTML/CSS, and data.
The course inspires students as they build their own websites, apps, games, and
physical computing devices.
High Scholl - Computer
Science Principles
Designed to prepare students, appropriate for 9-12 grade
students (and teachers) who are new to computer science for the AP CS
Principles exam. The course covers many topics including the Internet, Big Data
and Privacy, and Programming and Algorithms.
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