[ebarker]

Yes, the year MOE went was a very special event.

In October 2010 and February 2012 President Obama had the White House Science Fair. The October event was MUCH larger than the MOE event. The recent February event was MUCH larger than the earlier October event.

At the February very few students got to interact with the President. Most were at some distance. There were about 50 STEM organizations represented with about 100 student attendees. The adults were kept away in the Eisenhower building until the Secret Service / White House staff allowed them to walk over to the White House, and that was after the President had left the event. I don't think the President talked to more than 5 STEM organizations directly.

In my opinion there is a good likelihood of the White House science fair being repeated, but the probability of a team repeating the MOE experience is probably very very low. However it could happen again.

I most enjoyed talking to Aneesh Chopra, CTO of the US. That was a nice part of the trip.