GEARED UP Mentor Conference: Full Schedule

Welcome to the GEARED UP: Mentor Conference, where innovation meets inspiration!

Join us on May 17, 2025, from 9 am to 4 pm at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, Kossiakoff Center, for a day filled with knowledge-sharing, networking, and empowerment.

We want to hear from you! What topics are most important and critical for you? What topics can you share with the community? Help us program and plan the 2025 conference to be the most impactful yet.

This conference is proudly presented by Aramco America and aims to equip mentors with the tools and insights needed to effectively guide an increasingly diverse generation of students.

3:00pm EDT

Fundraising Unconference: Your Challenges, Solved Together

Saturday May 17, 2025 3:00pm - 3:45pm EDT

11100 Johns Hopkins Road, Laurel, MD, USA

Fundraising is never one-size-fits-all—and that’s exactly why we’re crowdsourcing the solutions. In this Fundraising Unconference, you and your peers will shape the agenda and dive deep into real-world challenges: sustaining teams in rural areas, funding buses, wooing sponsors, or just making that last $500 appear.

Come with a problem, a success story, or just curiosity. This open-format session is all about shared wisdom, collective brainstorming, and leaving with a few new tricks (and friends) in your back pocket.

Moderators

Alex Bryant

Executive Director, FIRST Chesapeake

Alex Bryant is committed to serving his communities. Bryant graduated from the University of Virginia with a degree in Music and a minor in Biology. He currently works for FIRST Chesapeake, an arm of the International FIRST Inspires, a global robotics community preparing young people... Read More →

Saturday May 17, 2025 3:00pm - 3:45pm EDT
Fundraising & Planning Room 11100 Johns Hopkins Road, Laurel, MD, USA

Unconference, Fundraising

Host Organization FIRST Chesapeake

GEARED UP Mentor Conference

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