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+title: Summer Session for STEMM Open Educational Resources and Communities
+tags: BIOME OER communities
+author: Steven Clontz
+comments: true
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+For the past year and chance I've had the privilege to work with BioQUEST's
+[Open Education Ecosystems RCN](https://qubeshub.org/community/groups/oee/),
+an NSF-funded Research Coordination Network aiming to facilitate the adoption and
+adaptation of free and open-source tools in STEMM (Science, Technology, Engineering,
+Mathematics, and Medicine) education.
+
+Coming up this summer is a great virtual opportunity for STEMM faculty to connect and present
+on their work sustaining and strengthening our teaching and learning communities:
+[BIOME 2026, June 23-25](https://qubeshub.org/community/groups/summer2026):
+
+- Keynote speaker to get you ready and excited for the work to come 
+- Informal discussions around keynote topics 
+- Workshops from a broad range of educational projects 
+- Formal, facilitated discussions on poster presentations and works-in-progress 
+
+Of course, I'm posting here at MathTech.org, and you might be clocking that the names
+"BioQUEST" and "BIOME" are both very life-sciences-coded, and you're not wrong!
+But rest assured that while the origins of BIOME are in biology, BIOME 2026 will be
+a great experience for current and future faculty from all STEMM disciplines.
+
+Head [here to submit an abstract](https://qubeshub.org/community/groups/summer2026/present),
+or [here to register](https://qubeshub.org/community/groups/summer2026/register). The fee
+is $1,000 if you have grant funding for professional development, but only $100 if you are
+not funded (and you can reach out if that's a barrier to participation as well).