APWA.net Event Detail

Date(s):	June 20 - 22, 2012
Location:	Hyatt Regency Embarcadero, San Francisco, California
Cost:	Members: $450.00 Non Members: $475.00
Description:	As part of the 75th anniversary celebration of the Golden Gate Bridge, APWA members are invited to participate in a conference designed to boost the public’s understanding of engineering, science, technology, and mathematics through experiences at out-of-the-classroom venues featuring public works, such as the Golden Gate Bridge. A special APWA member registration and hotel rate is available for the conference, scheduled to take place June 20-22 in San Francisco. The Public Works for Public Learning Conference will include a field trip to the permanent outdoor exhibition being installed at the south end (San Francisco side) of the Golden Gate Bridge, by the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District (GGBHT). The APWA is serving as an advisor to the project. The full exhibition will feature a detailed 1:80 scale model of the bridge over 80 feet long made of stainless steel, which provides a “table of contents” for twenty satellite hands-on exhibits around it. The interim exhibition that will be in place in time for the 75th anniversary celebration will feature many of these exhibits that are designed to inform the public about the history of the bridge, its engineering and construction, and how it is operated and maintained. Along with the Golden Gate Bridge outdoor exhibition, other world-famous civil engineering works and their visitor programs will be featured in presentations at the conference, illustrating how dams and water systems, roads, tunnels, towers, and other kinds of infrastructure can become learning resources for the public. In addition to large scale facilities that are visited by millions of people a year, APWA is facilitating presentations on examples of small-scale, small-budget exhibit projects that local public works agencies have mounted. The international conference and permanent outdoor exhibit is funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation.
Contact Information:	Ms. Reed Helgens 510-665-3469 helgens@curee.org