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2024 Humphrey Professional Enhancement Workshop: Climate Change

Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Professional Enhancement Workshop: Climate Change 2024 Agenda

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Monday, March 25, Day 1: Climate Change: A Challenge for Us All

8:00 AM

Transportation

Van shuttles from OU Inn to Baker Center 
(Please meet in the Lobby at 8:00 AM)

Driver: TBD

8:15-9:15

WELCOME BREAKFAST
Breakfast items and hot beverages will be served

Welcome Remarks and Presidential Greeting

Dr. Gillian Ice: Interim Associate Provost of Global Affairs/ Professor, Social Medicine

Erin Amato: Events Project Manager, Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program, Institute of International Education

Dr. Lori Stewart Gonzalez: President of Ohio University

Baker 240/242

9:15-10:15

SESSION: The Science of Climate Change

Dr. Ryan Fogt, Director, Scalia Lab and Professor, Geography

Baker 240/242

10:15-10:30

SHORT BREAK

 

10:30-12:00

Situating Climate Change: Introductions and Workshop Overview

 

Dr. Geoff Dabelko, Professor, Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Service and Environmental Studies

Baker 240/242

12:00-1:00

LUNCH

Italian Buffet

 

1:00-2:00

SESSION: Climate Change and Health

 

Dr. Michele Morrone, Chair and Professor Environmental Health, College of Health Sciences and Professions

Dr. Zelalem Haile, Associate Professor Epidemiology, Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine

Baker 240/242

2:00-3:00

ACTIVITY: Bafa Bafa Intercultural Communications and Team Building

 

Dr. Gerry Krzic, Director, OPIE/ITD

Baker 240/242

3:00-3:15

SHORT BREAK

 

3:15-5:00

ACTIVITY: Bafa Bafa Intercultural Communications and Team Building, Continued

 

Dr. Gerry Krzic, Director, OPIE/ITD

Baker 240/242

Tuesday, March 26, 2024, Day 2: The Many Faces of Climate Change

8:40 AM

TRANSPORTATION

Van Shuttle from OU Inn to Workshop sessions

Meet Driver in the Lobby of OU Inn at 8:40 AM

Driver: TBD

9:00-10:15

SESSION: Climate and Food

 

Dr. Steve Scanlon, Professor of Sociology

Chris Chmiel, Commission, Athens County and Owner, Integration Acres

Baker 240/242

10:30-11:45

SESSION: Climate Change, Development, and Adaptation

 

Dr. Edna Wangui, Chair and Professor, Geography

Teslima Jallow, Environmental Studies Program

Baker 240/242

11:45-12:30

Lunch
Boxed Sandwich Lunches

 

12:30-1:00

TRANSPORTATION

Van shuttle from Baker Center to OU Inn 
Fellows should change clothing for preparation for Site Visits

 

WEAR COMFORTABLE WALKING SHOES/BOOTS AND 
CASUAL PANTS THAT MAY GET MUDDY

Driver: TBD

1:00-4:30

SITE VISIT: Truetown Watershed and Water Treatment Facility

Watershed site visits, possibly including Truetown, Raccoon Creek, Sunday Creek, Monday Creek

Michelle Shiveley, Director of Project Development, True Pigments

 

WEAR COMFORTABLE WALKING SHOES/ BOOTS AND 
CASUAL PANTS THAT MAY GET MUDDY

16950 Truetown Rd. 

4:30-5:00

TRANSPORTATION

Van shuttle from Site visits to OU Inn

Driver: TBD

Wednesday, March 27, Day 3: From Threat to Opportunity: Communicating Climate Change

8:40 AM

TRANSPORTATION

Meet Drivers in the Lobby of the OU Inn at 8:40 AM

Driver: TBD

9:00-10:00

SESSION: Climate Change and Water

Dr. Natalie Kruse, Director and Professor, Environmental Studies

Baker Center 240/242

10:15-11:30

SESSION: Environmental Entrepreneurship

Faith Knutsen, Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Voinovich School 

 

11:30-12:30

LUNCH
Salad and Wrap Sandwiches Buffet

 

12:30-2:15

ACTIVITY: Building Global Dexterity Skills

 

Dr. Gerry Krzic, Director, OPIE/ITD

Dr. Geoff Dabelko, Professor, Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Service and Environmental Studies

Baker 240/242

2:30-4:30

BREAKOUTS: Climate in Regional Contexts

 

Teslima Jallow, Environmental Studies 

 Azmat Khan, Scripps School of Communications

Felipe Varela Muriel, Communications and Development

Hashim Pashtun, Voinovich School

Collins Kalyebi, International Development Studies

Baker 240/242

4:30-5:30

OPTIONAL: Casual Walking Tour of Athens

 

5:00 

As Needed

TRANSPORTATION

Van shuttle from Baker Center to OU Inn

Driver: TBD

Thursday, March 28, Day 4: Tools for Building Resilience in the Face of Climate Change

8:40 AM

TRANSPORTATION

Meet Driver in the Lobby of the OU Inn at 8:40 AM

Driver: TBD

 

9:00-10:00

SESSION: Climate Change and Security: From Threat to Opportunity

Dr. Geoff Dabelko, Professor, Environmental Studies

Dimitrios Kantemnidis, Managing Director, Lesvos Reception and Identification Center for Refugees, and former Naval Officer, Hellenic Navy (Virtual)

Baker Center 240/242

10:30-11:30

SESSION: Communicating Climate Change

Dr. Amy Chadwick, Barbara Geralds Schoonover Professor of Health Communication, Scripps School of Communications

Azmat Kahn, PhD Student, Scripps School of Communications

Baker Center 240/242

11:30-12:30

LUNCH

Soup and Salad Buffet

 

12:30-2:30

BREAKOUTS: Topical Sessions

Collins Kalyebi, International Development Studies

Nicole Kirchner,Voinovich School

Sam Crowl, Ohio University Office of Sustainability

Steve Patterson, Mayor of the City of Athens

Baker Center 240/242

2:30

PHOTO OP and WALK to Site Visit

Walk to College Green for Photo Opportunity of the Group, continue to Central Classroom

 

3:00-4:00

SITE VISIT: Coal Mining Pollution to Fine Art and Social Enterprise 

Visit Art Studio of John Sabraw, True Pigments utilization

John Sabraw, College of Fine Arts, True Pigments

Central Classroom

4:00

WALK to Baker Center

Walk to return to Baker Center

 

4:30-6:00

RECEPTION: Student Networking Event

 

Light Appetizers provided

Connection opportunity with OHIO students

Baker Center 5th Floor Atrium

6:00 

TRANSPORTATION

Van Shuttle from Baker Center to OU Inn 

Driver: TBD

Friday, March 29, Day 5: Adopting a Waste to Asset Approach in Tackling Climate

 

Transportation

Van Shuttle from OU Inn to Baker Center

Driver: TBD

9:00-10:30

SESSION: Finding Partners in Climate Action

Roundtable on Building Climate Response Partners

Tom Smucker, Professor, Geography

Smart Amaefula, Graduate student, Environmental Studies

Caitlin Corner-Dolloff – US Agency for International Development

Teslima Jallow – Environmental Studies Program

Baker 239

10:30 - 11:30

SESSION: Innovations in Renewable Energy

Luke Sulfridge, Sustainable Ohio Public Energy Council

Sam Crowl, Ohio University Office of Sustainability and President, Athens City Council

Maruf Mohammad, International Development Studies

Baker 239

11:30-12:30

LUNCH

Boxed Sandwich Lunches

 

12:30

TRANSPORTATION

Van Shuttle from Baker Center to The Ridges

Driver: TBD

1:00-2:30

SITE VISIT: Ridges Waste to Biofuels Facility

Dr. Sarah Davis, Associate Professor, Environmental Studies

Jesus Pagan, Associate Professor, Engineering and Technology Management

Ridges 22, 221

3:00-4:00

CLOSING: Reflections, Feedback

Dr. Gillian Ice: Interim Associate Provost of Global Affairs/ Professor, Social Medicine

Dr. Geoff Dabelko, Professor, Environmental Studies

Ridges 21, 105

4:00-5:00

CLOSING: Ceremony

Dr. Gillian Ice: Interim Associate Provost of Global Affairs/ Professor, Social Medicine

Dr. Geoff Dabelko, Professor, Environmental Studies

Ridges 21, 105

Get to know the Humphrey Fellows participating in the Workshop at OHIO

NameProfessional ExperienceHome CountryHumphrey Host Institution
Seungshin SeoTV Reporter Manager, Korea Broadcasting SystemSouth KoreaArizona State University
Javier Amir Hurtado YowRegional Manager at the Office in Colon, Defensoria del Pueblo de la Republica de PanamaPanamaCornell University
Bossombra Nadege Parfaite Kouame Epse KoffiAssistant Professor, Universite Jean Lorougnon GuedeCote d'IvoireCornell University
Francisco Javier Vargas ChevezLegal Advisor, Northwestern Regional Office of the Ministry of Infrastructure and TransportationHondurasMassachusetts Institute of Technology
Pimpimon KaewmaneeLecturer, Mae Jo UniversityThailandMichigan State University
Mpho KeatlholetswePrincipal Natural Resources Officer II, Ministry of Environment and TourismBotswanaUniversity of California, Davis
Kara RoopsinghSenior Heritage Preservation & Research, National Trust of Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad and Tobago University of California, Davis
Oscar HendrixLegal Advisor, Ministry of Infr. and TransportationHonduras University of Minnesota, Humphrey School of Public Affairs