<span itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/InformAction"><span style="display:none" itemprop="about" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/PostalAddress"><meta itemprop="description" content="Location changed to The Inn@VT, Blacksburg VA 24060"/></span><span itemprop="object" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Event"><div style=""><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="8" border="0" summary="" style="width:100%;font-family:Arial,Sans-serif;border:1px Solid #ccc;border-width:1px 2px 2px 1px;background-color:#fff;"><tr><td><meta itemprop="eventStatus" content="http://schema.org/EventRescheduled"/><h4 style="padding:6px 10px;margin:0 0 4px 0;font-family:Arial,Sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:1.4;border:1px Solid #d9f2db;background:#d9f2db;color:#222;font-weight:bold">This event has been changed.</h4><div style="padding:2px"><span itemprop="publisher" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Organization"><meta itemprop="name" content="Google Calendar"/></span><meta itemprop="eventId/googleCalendar" content="tdhdf3aocpti5am3ogq2n8282c"/><div style="float:right;font-weight:bold;font-size:13px"> <a href="https://www.google.com/calendar/event?action=VIEW&eid=dGRoZGYzYW9jcHRpNWFtM29ncTJuODI4MmMgc3RlbS1hbm5vdW5jZUBsaXN0cy5yYnRjLnRlY2g&tok=NTIjdG1yODdhbzc0N2IwNG0wajhxdnY0dnYya2tAZ3JvdXAuY2FsZW5kYXIuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbTgxNDg1MzM2ZjQwM2QxNmQ1ZmYwYmNiNjkxNGNmZTFjNjk2MTY4NmQ&ctz=America/New_York&hl=en" style="color:#20c;white-space:nowrap" itemprop="url">more details »</a><br></div><h3 style="padding:0 0 6px 0;margin:0;font-family:Arial,Sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:bold;color:#222"><span itemprop="name">RBTC Regional STEM Educator Panel Discussion Breakfast</span></h3><div style="padding-bottom:15px;font-size:13px;color:#222;white-space:pre-wrap!important;white-space:-moz-pre-wrap!important;white-space:-pre-wrap!important;white-space:-o-pre-wrap!important;white-space:pre;word-wrap:break-word"><span>RBTC presents the Regional STEM Educator Panel Discussion Breakfast on Thursday, January 19, 2017 at the The Inn at Virginia Tech and Skelton Conference Center.<p>The importance of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) Education has been widely recognized in public and private education. It has also become a key focus in higher education for technology companies who are looking to the STEM 'pipeline' to hire emerging talent. What is the state of STEM education in the Roanoke-Blacksburg region and how can we continue to grow and deepen the shift towards STEM education as a technology community? <p>Join the RBTC.tech members as we hear from a well-rounded panel of STEM experts who will shed light on the role we all can play in reinforcing this continued STEM shift. <p>Panelists will include:<p>* Mark Levy | Director, Roanoke Valley Governor’s School for Science and Technology<br />* Darrell Little | IT Consultant. Organizer for Roanoke Linux Users Group, and Founder of "Learn to Program, Roanoke!"<br />* Rebecca Phillips, Director, Southwest Virginia Governor’s School (SWVGS) for Mathematics, Science, and Technology<br />* Thomas "Tweeks" Weeks | Longtime Linux Engineer/Architect at Rackspace and instructor for "Let's Code Blacksburg!"<p>* Moderator: Henry Bass, founder and president of Automation Creations<p>Registration includes a full breakfast buffet. <p>Tech & Toast events usually end by 9 am.<p>For more information and to register, visit:<br /><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Ftinyurl.com%2F2017-STEM-TnT&sa=D&usd=2&usg=AFQjCNHtqsjt7ODPzKs61Lt6s2o9nUrSvA" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/2017-STEM-TnT</a>.<p>Cost: RBTC Members - $25.00<br />Non-Members - $48.00<br />Student w/ID - $15.00</p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></span><meta itemprop="description" content="RBTC presents the Regional STEM Educator Panel Discussion Breakfast on Thursday, January 19, 2017 at the The Inn at Virginia Tech and Skelton Conference Center.

The importance of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) Education has been widely recognized in public and private education. It has also become a key focus in higher education for technology companies who are looking to the STEM 'pipeline' to hire emerging talent. What is the state of STEM education in the Roanoke-Blacksburg region and how can we continue to grow and deepen the shift towards STEM education as a technology community? 

Join the RBTC.tech members as we hear from a well-rounded panel of STEM experts who will shed light on the role we all can play in reinforcing this continued STEM shift. 

Panelists will include:

* Mark Levy | Director, Roanoke Valley Governor’s School for Science and Technology
* Darrell Little | IT Consultant. Organizer for Roanoke Linux Users Group, and Founder of "Learn to Program, Roanoke!"
* Rebecca Phillips, Director, Southwest Virginia Governor’s School (SWVGS) for Mathematics, Science, and Technology
* Thomas "Tweeks" Weeks | Longtime Linux Engineer/Architect at Rackspace and instructor for "Let's Code Blacksburg!"

* Moderator: Henry Bass, founder and president of Automation Creations

Registration includes a full breakfast buffet. 

Tech & Toast events usually end by 9 am.

For more information and to register, visit:
http://tinyurl.com/2017-STEM-TnT.

Cost: RBTC Members - $25.00
Non-Members - $48.00
Student w/ID - $15.00"/></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" summary="Event details"><tr><td style="padding:0 1em 10px 0;font-family:Arial,Sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#888;white-space:nowrap" valign="top"><div><i style="font-style:normal">When</i></div></td><td style="padding-bottom:10px;font-family:Arial,Sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#222" valign="top"><time itemprop="startDate" datetime="20170119T121500Z"></time><time itemprop="endDate" datetime="20170119T140000Z"></time>Thu Jan 19, 2017 7:15am – 9am <span style="color:#888">Eastern Time</span></td></tr><tr><td style="padding:0 1em 10px 0;font-family:Arial,Sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#888;white-space:nowrap" valign="top"><div><i style="font-style:normal">Where</i></div></td><td style="padding-bottom:10px;font-family:Arial,Sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#222" valign="top"><strong style="color:#080">Changed: </strong><span itemprop="location" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"><span itemprop="name" class="notranslate">The Inn@VT, Blacksburg VA 24060</span><span dir="ltr"> (<a href="https://maps.google.com/maps?q=The+Inn@VT,+Blacksburg+VA+24060&hl=en" style="color:#20c;white-space:nowrap" target="_blank" itemprop="map">map</a>)</span></span></td></tr><tr><td style="padding:0 1em 10px 0;font-family:Arial,Sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#888;white-space:nowrap" valign="top"><div><i style="font-style:normal">Calendar</i></div></td><td style="padding-bottom:10px;font-family:Arial,Sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#222" valign="top">RBTC STEM Event Announcer</td></tr><tr><td style="padding:0 1em 10px 0;font-family:Arial,Sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#888;white-space:nowrap" valign="top"><div><i style="font-style:normal">Who</i></div></td><td style="padding-bottom:10px;font-family:Arial,Sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#222" valign="top"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td style="padding-right:10px;font-family:Arial,Sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#222"><span style="font-family:Courier New,monospace">&#x2022;</span></td><td style="padding-right:10px;font-family:Arial,Sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#222"><div><div style="margin:0 0 0.3em 0"><span itemprop="attendee" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name" class="notranslate">RBTC STEM Event Announcer</span><meta itemprop="email" content="stem-announce@lists.rbtc.tech"/></span></div></div></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></div><p style="color:#222;font-size:13px;margin:0"><span style="color:#888">Going?   </span><wbr><strong><span itemprop="potentialaction" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/RsvpAction"><meta itemprop="attendance" content="http://schema.org/RsvpAttendance/Yes"/><span itemprop="handler" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/HttpActionHandler"><link itemprop="method" href="http://schema.org/HttpRequestMethod/GET"/><a href="https://www.google.com/calendar/event?action=RESPOND&eid=dGRoZGYzYW9jcHRpNWFtM29ncTJuODI4MmMgc3RlbS1hbm5vdW5jZUBsaXN0cy5yYnRjLnRlY2g&rst=1&tok=NTIjdG1yODdhbzc0N2IwNG0wajhxdnY0dnYya2tAZ3JvdXAuY2FsZW5kYXIuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbTgxNDg1MzM2ZjQwM2QxNmQ1ZmYwYmNiNjkxNGNmZTFjNjk2MTY4NmQ&ctz=America/New_York&hl=en" style="color:#20c;white-space:nowrap" itemprop="url">Yes</a></span></span><span style="margin:0 0.4em;font-weight:normal"> - </span><span itemprop="potentialaction" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/RsvpAction"><meta itemprop="attendance" content="http://schema.org/RsvpAttendance/Maybe"/><span itemprop="handler" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/HttpActionHandler"><link itemprop="method" href="http://schema.org/HttpRequestMethod/GET"/><a href="https://www.google.com/calendar/event?action=RESPOND&eid=dGRoZGYzYW9jcHRpNWFtM29ncTJuODI4MmMgc3RlbS1hbm5vdW5jZUBsaXN0cy5yYnRjLnRlY2g&rst=3&tok=NTIjdG1yODdhbzc0N2IwNG0wajhxdnY0dnYya2tAZ3JvdXAuY2FsZW5kYXIuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbTgxNDg1MzM2ZjQwM2QxNmQ1ZmYwYmNiNjkxNGNmZTFjNjk2MTY4NmQ&ctz=America/New_York&hl=en" style="color:#20c;white-space:nowrap" itemprop="url">Maybe</a></span></span><span style="margin:0 0.4em;font-weight:normal"> - </span><span itemprop="potentialaction" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/RsvpAction"><meta itemprop="attendance" content="http://schema.org/RsvpAttendance/No"/><span itemprop="handler" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/HttpActionHandler"><link itemprop="method" href="http://schema.org/HttpRequestMethod/GET"/><a href="https://www.google.com/calendar/event?action=RESPOND&eid=dGRoZGYzYW9jcHRpNWFtM29ncTJuODI4MmMgc3RlbS1hbm5vdW5jZUBsaXN0cy5yYnRjLnRlY2g&rst=2&tok=NTIjdG1yODdhbzc0N2IwNG0wajhxdnY0dnYya2tAZ3JvdXAuY2FsZW5kYXIuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbTgxNDg1MzM2ZjQwM2QxNmQ1ZmYwYmNiNjkxNGNmZTFjNjk2MTY4NmQ&ctz=America/New_York&hl=en" style="color:#20c;white-space:nowrap" itemprop="url">No</a></span></span></strong>    <wbr><a href="https://www.google.com/calendar/event?action=VIEW&eid=dGRoZGYzYW9jcHRpNWFtM29ncTJuODI4MmMgc3RlbS1hbm5vdW5jZUBsaXN0cy5yYnRjLnRlY2g&tok=NTIjdG1yODdhbzc0N2IwNG0wajhxdnY0dnYya2tAZ3JvdXAuY2FsZW5kYXIuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbTgxNDg1MzM2ZjQwM2QxNm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