General Overview of the Conference Program (draft as of February 20, 2010)
An expanded version of the program is available as a PDF file: click here for details
WEDNESDAY EVENING (March 10)
- Informal dinner for those whose travel schedule requires that they arrive a day early (open to all - call 207-799-3098 to find out the location)
THURSDAY (March 11)
- Board of Directors Meeting (invitation only)
- Registration Opens (3:00 pm)
- Annual Meeting of the Fulbright Academy (4:00 pm)
- Reception / Opening night Gala Dinner (5:00 - 10:00 pm)
FRIDAY (March 12)
- Science & Research Tours (morning) - Click here for tours information
- Opening Plenary & Panel Presentations & Posters (afternoon)
- Natural Resource ** Government Policy ** Sustainability Education (3 concurrent sessions)
- Energy ** Sustainability Education ** Media (3 concurrent sessions)
- Dinner (on your own)
- Fulbright Academy Film Festival (evening)
SATURDAY (March 13)
- Alumni Leaders Breakfast (invitation only)
- Panel Discussion / Workshop (morning)
- Natural Resource ** Government Policy ** Sustainability Education (3 concurrent sessions)
- Energy ** Sustainability Education (2 concurrent sessions)
- Lunch (on your own)
- Science & Research Tours (afternoon) - Click here for tours information
- Dinner (on your own)
SUNDAY (March 14)
- Coffee with the Board (open to all)
- Sunday Symposiums: (see below for details)
- FAST Entrepreneurs (size is limited - ends at 3:00)
- FAST Global Health Initiative (size is limited - ends around 12:30)
- Sustainable Agriculture - Research tour to Davis (size is limited - ends around 4:30)
- FAST Futures (ends around 12:30)
DETAILS ON THE SUNDAY SEMINARS:
There are four optional seminars for participants on Sunday. Basic outlines for the four seminars are below, and working groups will be expanding these in the months leading up to the conference. In order to assure good discussion among the participants, each seminar will be limited to about 40 people.
(A) FAST Entrepreneurs: Launching the FAST Entrepreneurs Initiative, with an executive training / discussion with Fulbrighters active in business development
Fulbrighters are often innovative individuals, with ideas that can have positive impacts on society. Many are working at entrepreneurial firms, others are active in the growing non-profit sector, and some are frustrated by their inability to change a concept into reality. This day-long training/discussion is for Fulbrighters in business, venture capital, social ventures, business advisory services and entrepreneurial education.
The session is hosted by the Walker Center for Entrepreneurship at the Thunderbird School of Global Management, the Fred Kiesner Center for Entrepreneurship at Loyola Marymount University and the Green MBA Program at the Dominican University of California. It will take place at the David Brower Center in Berkeley, CA. The Brower Center is a vibrant place that inspires, sustains, and brings together people committed to environmental and social action. (www.BrowerCenter.org)
(B) FAST Global Health: Launching the FAST Global Health Initiative
More than 250 Fulbright grants are awarded each year in fields relating to health - public health, medical research, nursing, pharmacology, etc. What are the opportunities for collaboration among these grantees and alumni? The group will develop specific recommendations about how can Fulbrighters have a greater impact on global health issues. For example, FAST organized a workshop in 2008 in Qatar on Nursing Education in the Middle East, which led to policy recommendations to the World Health Organization.
The session is hosted by the American Academy of Nursing's Expert Panel on Global Nursing and Health (and others - to be determined). The location has not been determined.
(C) Sustainable Agriculture: Discussion and tours of Campbell Soup Agricultural Research Center in Davis (CONFIRMED & Accessible) and other sites at the University of California, Davis
Campbell established its Agricultural Research Center in Davis in 1948. It field tests 300-500 tomato varieties each year in search of the perfect fruit to further develop for a future crop. Campbell uses sustainable and cost-saving practices throughout the growing and harvesting process to ensure its products are earth-friendly as well as a value. This is especially important today since people are focused on both eating well and trying to stretch their food budgets. Each year Campbell Soup coordinates with farmers to grow more than 800,000 tons of tomatoes which are used as ingredients for the company's soups, sauces and vegetable-based beverages. By buying tomatoes, Campbell's pumps $70 million to $80 million into the Sacramento Valley, and this has a huge trickle-down effect on the local economy.
The group will also visit research conducted at the University of California-Davis. Davis is about 90 miles from San Francisco. FAST will have a bus that leaves from the hotel at 8:30 am on Sunday morning, returning to the hotel around 5:00 on Sunday afternoon (with a possible stop at the San Francisco Airport-SFO-at around 4:30). This means we will be in Davis from 10 am until 3 pm.
(D) FAST Futures: An open planning session with a multi-disciplinary group of Fulbright scholars about collaborations among Fulbrighters.
In its first five years, FAST carried out conferences and programs from Asia to Africa, South America to Europe. What can FAST do during its second five years to promote political/social change or research collaborations among alumni? This group will be considering the Academy's 2010-12 expansion plans and the needs of our individual and institutional members.
The session is hosted by the Fulbright Academy's Board of Directors (and others - to be determined). It will take place at the Hilton Hotel.
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