NCAGE Forum Timeline-2009

last modified 2009-10-23 10:21

The conference is open to faculty, students and community members. We would be grateful for your help in publicizing the event and encouraging participation by faculty and students from your institutions. The cost of the program is $25 for faculty and $10 for students and community members. Registration fees can be submitted by check or charged to a credit card by phone (if you want to sponsor a group of faculty and/or students from your institution, we can also invoice you if that’s helpful).

The conference will run from 8:00 am on Thursday morning to 3:00 on Friday afternoon. The tentative program for the conferences is as follows:

Thursday, Nov. 5

8:00 am	Registration
8:30-9:30 am	Welcome: Presentation on perceptions of cultural difference
9:30-11:30 am	Conflict Resolution Simulation (see below)
11:30 am-12:30 pm	Presentation on the Soliya Connect Program
12:30-2:00 pm	Casual lunch followed by keynote speaker, Sheldon Himelfarb
2:15-4:00 pm	Film, Slingshot Hip Hop, with discussion
4:15-5:30 pm	Community event: World chat café
5:45-6:45 pm	Interactive Timeline: Discussion of shared and divergent histories

Friday, Nov. 6

8:30-9:00 am	Registration and continental breakfast
9:00-11:30 am	Film: Forget Bagdad, with discussion
11:45 am-12:30 pm	Lunch
12:45-2:00 pm	Working group discussions on shaping a positive vision for the future
2:00-3:00 pm	Discussion of working group outcomes: where do we go from here?

Conflict Resolution Simulation

The United States Institute of Peace will be running a conflict resolution simulation on Thursday morning. Space for participation in the simulation is limited. Participants are required to register in advance (there is not an additional registration fee), and will be required to read background materials and prepare in advance to participate in the simulation. Places in the simulation will be allocated on a first-come first-served basis.

To register for the conference and simulation, participants should contact Dawn Chandler in the Global Studies office at San José State University (tel. 408-924-2664, email: dchandler@gs.sjsu.edu). Registration checks can be mailed to Global Studies, 210 N. 4^th Street, Suite 301, San José, CA 95112). Dawn can also accept payment by credit card over the phone.

We look forward to seeing you, your colleagues and your students at the conference!