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Research Symposium

The annual Harker Research Symposium showcases the discoveries of Harker's young scientists and alumni, honors the work of career scientists and entrepreneurs, and celebrates Silicon Valley's innovative spirit.

Research Symposium

Sat., April 12, 2025 | 8 a.m.-4 p.m. | "AI Trends: The Future is Now"
(Registration opens Thurs., March 27)

The research symposium, held each year in the spring on the upper school campus for the Harker community, includes displays of Harker students' often award-winning projects, talks by alumni involved in research, corporate exhibitors, and industry leaders as keynote speakers.

Watch videos of 2024 keynote talks.

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Symposium Schedule

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Symposium Program Includes

  • Dozens of talks by Synopsys and Regeneron participants
  • Talks and panel discussions by Harker alumni
  • More than 50 poster sessions by middle and upper school students
  • Pre-registered workshops
  • STEM Buddies science activities for young scientists
  • Student panels discussing technical writing, research internships and research competitions
  • Interactive displays by corporate exhibitors

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How You Can Participate

The Harker Research Symposium is for the TK-grade 12 Harker community, but we welcome outside organizations as exhibitors. Come showcase your products! Please see our Corporate Exhibitors section below.

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Keynote Speakers

This year's keynote speakers are Ramesh Raskar, Ph.D., associate professor at the MIT Media Lab and the director of the Camera Culture research group; Yashoda Bhavnani, current head of AI at Box and previously AI product leader at Google Gemini; and Andrew Jin '15, vice president at Commure.

Previous keynotes include: Fei-Fei Li, chief scientist of AI/ML at Google Cloud; Sun Microsystems co-founder Scott McNealy; Salman Khan of Khan Academy; Nobel Laureate David Baltimore; and Jeff Dean, Google's senior fellow on the Google Brain Team.

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Corporate Exhibitors

An exhibit hall provides attendees with a glimpse into the profound impact of scientific research and innovation on our economy and daily lives. Exhibitors in the past have included Autodesk, HP, Microsoft, eBay, IBM, Ericcson, Google/YouTube, Marvell Semiconductor, Nvidia, Tesla and Lockheed Martin's Advanced Technology Center.

We are inviting members of our community and their network partners to participate by hosting a table in the exhibit hall. This is a unique opportunity to directly engage with attendees and raise awareness about your company, and showcase your contributions to science and innovation.

To become an exhibitor, contact one of our parent outreach coordinators: Yang Ye, Zhen Liu or Grace (JinHui) Pan

Thank You to Our 2025 Corporate Exhibitors

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Student Abstracts

The research symposium celebrates the curiosity, scientific thinking and communications skills of Harker students in grades 8-12. Poster sessions and formal talks demonstrate high caliber student research and world-class science and academic programs at Harker.

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About the Research Symposium

Sponsored by Harker's science departments and organized by the upper school's Women in STEM Club (WiSTEM), this annual community event showcases the discoveries of Harker's young scientists and alumni, honors the work of career scientists and entrepreneurs, and celebrates Silicon Valley's innovative spirit.