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Meet the Young Female Innovators of the Invention Convention

Discover how local students turn everyday problems into inventions! Join the California Invention Convention to explore creativity, STEM skills, patents, and real-world problem-solving.

November 14th, 10:30 am to Noon at the Aptos Library.

Free Event

Brenda Payne, Executive Director of the California Invention Convention, along with local students who will share how they learned to turn everyday problems into inventions. The students will talk about developing an idea, designing and improving a solution, learning about patents and intellectual property, and presenting their inventions at the California Invention Convention. The statewide program introduces K–12 students to innovation, entrepreneurship and real-world problem solving while helping them build confidence, creativity and STEM skills. More than 70,000 California students participated in the program this year. About Invention Convention 2026 About Invention Convention 2026. Hosted by AAUW Santa Cruz County.

Local students will share how they learned to turn everyday problems into inventions, designed and improved a solution, and presented their inventions at the California Invention Convention.