Daniel Barstow is co-principal investigator for the Student and Scientist Partnership Conference. Mr. Barstow is involved in leadership and curriculum development roles in several SSP projects, including GLOBE, KidSat, and the Mars Education Exploration Program. Mr. Barstow's work has had a special focus on the use of geographic visualizations in education. He is principal investigator for Visualizing Earth and was project director for the First National Conference on the Educational Uses of Geographic Information Systems. He holds a master's degree in education and is the author of the Accu-Weather Forecaster software package. Previously Mr. Barstow was a teacher and administrator in the Hartford public schools and assistant director of the Talcott Mountain Science Center.