Engineering & Humanity Week 2013 - Program and Agenda
April 6-12, 2013
SMU Campus and Fair Park, Dallas, Texas
Click here for detailed information about the seminars and panel discussions
Saturday, April 6 |
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Noon - 5:00 PM Barefoot on the Boulevard - SMU - Presented by SMU Students for a Better Society 4:30 PM - 5:00 PM Special Performance by Emmanuel Jal at Barefoot on the Boulevard
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2:00 PM – 4:00 PM SMU Student Design Competition - Day 1 - SMU
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3:30 PM – 5:00 PM Plastiki Adventure for students K-12 - Fair Park
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6:00 PM – 9:30 PM SMU's Hunt Institute and The ROi Project Present Location: North end of the Esplanade Fountain and Centennial Hall at Fair Park 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Unveiling of The Plastiki and Reception
Visionary Award Presentation: David de Rothschild, the Plastiki's creator and captain will be interviewed Humanitarian Award Presentation: Emmanuel Jal – hear this world-famous hip-hop artist, humanitarian
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Sunday, April 7 |
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11:00 AM – 7:00 PM SMU Student Design Competition – Day 2 - SMU
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7:00 PM – 8:00 PM Dean's Barbeque for Student Design Competition Participants - SMU |
Monday, April 8 |
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9:00 AM - 5:00 PM The Water Tap: A Water Distribution Camp - SMU
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9:00 AM - 11:00 AM SMU Student Design Competition -- Judging
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6:30 PM – 9:00 PM Global Challenges: A view from the trenches from those who've seen/solved them - SMU Location: Vester Hughes Auditorium, Caruth Hall, SMU
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Tuesday, April 9 |
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9:00 AM - 5:00 PM The Water Tap: A Water Distribution Camp - SMU
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Outdoor Exhibit |
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Student Water Bottle Challenge: Water Re-Use and Reduction
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Special Exhibits – inside lobby of Caruth Hall, near The Water Tap
Paintings by students from the SMU Meadows School of the Arts, curated by Professor Barnaby
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| 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM Panel Discussion: A View From The Field: What is it like to work in a humanitarian crisis? - SMU Have you ever wondered what it takes to work in an emergency response situation, for communities suffering as a result of political persecution? These panelists will talk about their personal experiences of working in emergency relief situations. This is your chance to ask questions about what life is really like as an aid worker. Moderator: Dr. Alexander Betts, Director of the Humanitarian Innovation Project, University of Oxford Erik Abild, Norwegian Refugee Council
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4:00 PM - 7:00 PM Panel Discussion: Water and Women: The Ripple Effect - SMU Opening Remarks: Gary Edson, Global Health Fellow, George W. Bush Institute
SMU Moderator: Ben Mann, Director of Global Partnerships, WASH Advocates
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6:30 PM – 7:30 PM Reception for Water and Women panelists and attendees - SMU
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8:00 PM – 9:00 PM Living on One – Conversation and Documentary Film Sneak Peak - SMU
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9:00 PM Overnight for Students
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Wednesday, April 10 |
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9:00 AM - 5:00 PM The Water Tap: A Water Distribution Camp - SMU
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5:00 PM - 6:30 PM Panel Discussion: Refugees and Water - SMU
Moderator: Dr. Alexander Betts, Associate Professor in Refugee and Forced Migration Studies,
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6:45 PM – 9:00 PM Dedication Dinner/Announcement of Student Design Competition Winners - SMU
Enjoy dinner catered by the African Village Restaurant
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Click here to see a complete, detailed agenda (PDF)
Panel and Seminar Information
Panel Discussion - Tuesday, 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
A View From The Field: What is it like to work in a humanitarian crisis?
Have you ever wondered what it takes to work in an emergency response situation, for communities suffering as a result of political persecution? Have previous emergencies like the devastating earthquake that hit Haiti in 2010 made you think about the possibility of working in a humanitarian context? Or are you curious to know how the work you are already doing could be made relevant to working in the challenging environments posed during the aftermath of a crisis? These panelists will talk about their personal experiences of working in emergency relief situations. This is your chance to ask questions about what life is really like as an aid worker.
Location: Vester Hughes Auditorium, Caruth Hall, free and open to the public, but seating limited
Moderator: Louise Bloom, Humanitarian Innovation Project, University of Oxford
Panelists:
Dr. Alexander Betts, Director of the Humanitarian Innovation Project, University of Oxford
Erik Abild, Norwegian Refugee Council
Jean Francois Durieux, former Director of Programming for the UN's Agency for Refugees (UNHCR); senior advisor to the Humanitarian Innovation Project, University of Oxford
Water and Women Panel Discussion - Tuesday, April 9th, 4:30 - 7:30 PM
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Women in the developing world often have the primary responsibility for managing their household's water supply, sanitation (latrines) and hygiene (WASH). Where water is scarce, women and children often walk long distances, sometimes two or three times a day. Research shows that including women in public health projects designed to improve water and sanitation significantly improves long term outcomes. Engaging women creates a ripple effect that advances the health of communities, regions, and countries. Women in the developing world are the key to solve the world's water and sanitation crisis.
The program will begin with the simulcast from Emory, running from 4 – 5:30 p.m., CDT, featuring keynote speaker William Foege, senior fellow in Global Health at the William and Melinda Gates Foundation, and Emeritus Presidential Distinguished Professor of International Health at Emory's Rollins School of Public Health. Foege will join the panel discussion, "Water, Sanitation and Hygiene: Transforming Lives," moderated by Jeff Koplan, vice president for global health at Emory and former director of the Centers for Disease Control under President Bill Clinton. Other panelists include:
Robert Tauxe, deputy director of the CDC's Division of Foodborne, Waterborne and Environmental Diseases
Christine Moe, director of Emory's Center for Global Safe Water
David Addiss, director of the Children Without Worms program at Task Force for Global Health
Lourdes Mindreau - program coordinator of Integrated Water Resources Management at CARE Peru
SMU Portion
Featured speaker at the SMU event will be Gary Edson, global health fellow at the George W. Bush Institute and CEO of the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund until it ceased operations in late 2012. The SMU panel, which will be simulcast to the audience at Emory, will discuss "Water and Women: The Ripple Effect" from 5:30-7 p.m. CDT and will be moderated by Ben Mann, Director of Global Partnerships for WASH Advocates, a nonprofit, nonpartisan advocacy initiative dedicated to solving the global safe drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) challenge. Edson will join the panel, which also will include:
Moderator:
Ben Mann, Global Partnerships Director at WASH Associates
Confirmed Panelists
Vanessa Tobin, Senior Technical Adviser for Water Supply, Sanitation and Water Resources Development for Catholic Relief Services
Katherine Bliss, Senior Associate, Global Health Policy Center, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington DC
Tanvi Nagpal, Faculty at Global Water Program, Johns Hopkins University
Katie Spotz, Adventurer and Safe Water Activist
Refugees and Water - Panel Discussion, Wednesday, 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Emergency water provision for large communities in remote refugee camp locations poses a vast range of challenges. This panel brings together a group of experts from a wide variety of backgrounds to explore how long term, appropriate and scalable solutions be made available to refugees. Find out how ideas from those outside the humanitarian sectors offer innovative and sustainable opportunities.
Location: Vester Hughes Auditorium, Caruth Hall, free and open to the public, but seating limited
Moderator:
Dr. Alexander Betts, Associate Professor in Refugee and Forced Migration Studies, University of Oxford
Participants:
Erik Abild, Norwegian Refugee Council
Dr. Faith Nibbs, Professor of Anthropology, SMU's Dedman College
Robert Johnson, PE, Structural Solutions Studio, LLC; Engineer, 20 Liters
Dr. Andrew Quicksall, Assistant Professor, SMU's Lyle School of Engineering