The North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics has been hosting an annual conference focused on current issues in ethics and leadership since 1998. Hundreds of high school students attend the conference each year with their teachers or other adult chaperones.

The 2011 conference, Leadership: What Ethics Has to Teach Us, will be held on Monday, November 7th at the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics in Durham, North Carolina.

 

The 2011 Keynote address will be given by Dr. Richard Chapman of Auburn University.  Come hear "How Online Games Might Be Good For You and How They Will Reinvent Society"

 

In the first 21 years of life, the average American kid plays 10,000 hours of games online. That's more time than a kid spends attending high school and middle school. By Malcolm Gladwell's "10,000 hour rule", that much practice makes every one of them an expert. But what are they experts at doing? In this talk we look at what real-world skills gamers are mastering. We'll explore how those skills and the gaming paradigm that fosters them can be used for good and for bad purposes in society, and we'll look at the ways change in society due to games is already happening.

 

The 2005 Ethics and Leadership Conference

 

 

Conference Format:

The conference agenda is designed so that schools within a 1 to 2 hour drive of Durham can board activity buses after their students arrive for class and get here in time to register; and they can leave in time to meet a school bus that will take them home.   Students attend the conference, however, from as far away as Madison and Union Counties in the west, and Northampton and Pender Counties in the east. Box lunches can be and purchased in advance for the day of the conference.

 

Breakout sessions are designed to engage the conference participants in discussions that explore the ethical and leadership implications of current issues. Prior to the conference students choose the breakout session topics of interest to them. Reading assignments to prepare students for discussions are provided by session leaders on this website. Session leaders include college faculty, high school and middle school teachers, physicians, attorneys, counselors, and other Triangle Area professionals.

 

Annual Conference for 2011:

The 2011 Ethics and Leadership Conference will be held at the North Carolina School of Science and Math, 1219 Broad Street, Durham on Monday, November 7th. Registration is closed.