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You could call it a true collaboration on promoting science, technology, engineering, and math, also known as STEM. Girls Incorporated, the Albany City School District, and Time Warner Cable, parent company of YNN, teamed up to host the Girls Summit at the College of St. Rose in Albany. It's a full-day forum for girls, focusing on STEM.

"They're right here in the classroom with professionals and leaders in their field and the teachers are also participating in a workshop of their own, so they can enhance their skills and they can take them back to the classroom, so it's a great partnership and a great collaboration," said Girls Inc. President Gail Wilson-Giarratano.

Along with STEM, the focus was also on problem-solving skills, for one, a class focused on robot programming.

"Just being able to program something on the computer and instantly see the robot do exactly what they told the robot to do, not something we programmed it to do, can make the girls feel very successful," said Assistant Dean of Albany College of Computing Information.

Lately there have been concerns with math and science education, with our world student ranking declining nationwide. However, there's also another issue when it comes to STEM, addressing the gender gap.

"For girls it is different. They learn in different ways. We've talked about that before, they experience it in different ways. They're just go to different classes, and hear about all different types of careers that STEM is associated with," said Wilson-Giarratano.

A few examples of these careers - working with Turner Construction on bridge building, or game development with Vicarious Visions. It's all a way of rallying around students for the pursuit of science and engineering, where the future lies. Or, you can just hear it from a student herself.

"I'm looking forward to having fun and learning about other things that I can do and I think it would be good for when I get older so I can have a good career and be successful in life," said Albany Academy student Brenda Graves.

And a program for the future.