New Mexico Supercomputing Challenge

Expo and Awards Ceremony Schedule

Here is the (tentative) schedule of events for April 2012:



Wednesday, April 4

  Final reports due

  Students/teachers register to come to the Expo 



Friday, April 6

  Nominations for the Best teacher sponsor sent to Consult



Monday, April 16

  Submissions for the Best Web presentation of a final report due



Wednesday, April 18

  Judges conference call - about half a dozen finalists will be determined.



Sunday, April 22

  Travel to Los Alamos, check in at the hotel

  Relax on your own in the evening



Monday, April 23

  7:00  Breakfast at the hotel

  8:00  The previously announced finalists will give 25 minute

          presentations to Finalist judges between 8:00 and 12:30

          at the University House, next to the Study Center.

        Everyone else will set up their posters and give their

          presentations to Expo judges at pre-assigned half-an-hour

          time slots between 8:30 and 11:30

        These presentations will be in the Library below the Study Center

          of the LANL Research Library

        After their presentations, teams will be able to take tours of

          Los Alamos National Laboratory

  9:00-12:00 Scholarship interviews with Scholarship judges

  11:50 Expo judges caucus

  12:00 Lunch

  12:30 Expo judges announce additional finalists

  1:00-4:00 Expo finalists make 25 minute presentations to Finalist judges

  1:00-5:00 Tours 

            Students and teachers vote for best project, technical poster,

            and logo during the tours.

  5:00-7:00  Reception at the Bradbury Science Museum

  7-9  Dinner (on your own)



Tuesday, April 24

 7:30  Breakfast at the hotel

 8:30  Travel to Awards Ceremony

 9:00-noon  Awards Ceremony in the auditorium of the Church of Christ

12:00  Lunch Reception and media interviews

 1:00  Depart Los Alamos

For questions about the Supercomputing Challenge, a 501(c)3 organization, contact us at: consult @ challenge.nm.org