2023-2024 ONLINE MEETINGS & DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER SERIES
Meetings are virtual to include our global membership. Attendees need to register only once for the entire 2023-2024 series. Sign up as a Parents’ Club member to receive details on meeting registrations: stanfordparentsclub.org/join.html Meetings and membership are free of charge.
Our monthly online General Meetings are an opportunity for you to hear about club activities, campus updates, and Stanford research. Club leaders and various Stanford administrators provide club and campus updates on timely topics of interest. We also host our Distinguished Speaker Series during these meeting where Stanford faculty join the meeting to present their expertise in an area of study/research and innovation.
2023-2024 General Meetings will be from 10 AM – Noon (Pacific) on the second THURSDAY of the month. These meetings start in October and go thru May (no meeting in December or January)
Thursday, October 12, 2023: 10 am – 12 pm (Pacific Time)
10:00-10:05 am Welcome and announcements by Club President, Susan MacKay
10:05-11:00 am
Professor Ronjon Nag Adjunct Professor in Genetics, Stanford School of Medicine; Visiting Fellow, Stanford Center for the Study of Language and Information; President, R42 Group
Snehal Naik, Senior Director of Student Engagement
Student Engagement as we Emerge from the Pandemic Together
Thursday, February 8, 2024 10 am – 11:30 pm (Pacific Time)
10:00-10:05 am Welcome and announcements by Club President, Susan MacKay
10:05 - 11:00 am
Professor Drew Endy Associate Professor of Bioengineering and one of the founders of the field of Synthetic Biology; runs the Endy Lab at the Shriram Center.
Synthetic Biology – from the Arts to Application Professor Endy's bio >>click here
Thursday, March 14, 2024,10 am – 12 pm (Pacific Time)
Please check back in September
Thursday, April 11, 2024,10 am – 12 pm (Pacific Time)
Please check back in September
Thursday, May 9, 2024,10 am – 12 pm (Pacific Time)
10:00-10:05 am Welcome and announcements by Club President, Susan MacKay
10:05-11:00 am
Professor Michael McFaul Director at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, the Ken Olivier and Angela Nomellini Professor of International Studies in the Department of Political Science, and the Peter and Helen Bing Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution.