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We are happy to announce the upcoming 2018 annual conference’s schedule. Two Preconference Workshops are scheduled for Thursday, November 1st. The cost of attending either workshop is included in the full conference fee. Both workshops are being graciously hosted by Universidad Popular Autónoma del Estado de Puebla (UPAEP). Please note you have to register to attend these workshops.
| Thursday, November 1 | |
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| 8:00am-5:00pm | Registration |
| 8:00am-8:30am | Bus transportation to UPAEP for Workshop attendees from Convention Center |
| 9:00am-4:30pm | Chapter Management Workshop - This day long workshop will focus on alumni chapter management and programming. The afternoon will bring together member board officers of U.S. chapters along with Mexican and other international alumni to exchange ideas and best practices about forming/managing an alumni chapter, programming, promotion and outreach, and building partnerships. Please note this is only for Chapter board members, and is not open to all conference attendees. |
| 9:00am-3:15pm | Fulbright Program Advisers Workshop - In collaboration with COMEXUS-Fulbright and the U.S. State Department Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA), the annual Fulbright Association conference will include a pre-conference workshop for U.S. campus Fulbright Program Advisors (FPA). The full day agenda will include morning visits to local English Teaching Assistant (ETA) placement sites in Puebla where FPAs will interact with current ETA grantees in Mexico. The afternoon will be designed for sharing best practices and will include a panel of Mexican representatives from COMEXUS staff and its Board, Education U.S.A., and local university/organizational sponsors of Fulbright grantees to discuss topics such as selection processes, in-country orientation, health and safety, and preparing for re-entry. Lora Seery, IIE’s Outreach and Recruitment Manager for the U.S. Student Fulbright Program, will co-lead this pre-conference workshop. Please note this is only for Fulbright Program Advisers. Not open to all conference attendees. |
| 4:30pm | Transportation provided to Welcome Reception from Convention Center |
| 5:30pm-8:00pm | Opening Welcome Reception at Museo Internacional del Barroco |
| 7:30pm-8:00pm | Buses depart back to hotels |
| Friday, November 2 | |
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| 7:00am-5:00pm | Registration |
| 8:00am | Poster Sessions set up for whole conference |
| 9:00am-10:30am | Opening Plenary - Welcome, Dance troupe "Ballet Costumbrista de Puebla", Embassy Remarks, and Panel |
| 10:30-11:00am | Coffee break |
| 11:00am-12:15pm | Concurrent Sessions #1 Analco 1: The Present and Future of Social Entrepreneurship in Mexico: Theory and Practice La Pastora 2: The Fulbright Journal: Research, Experiences, Perspectives, and Ideas Auditorio Angelópolis: Diversity/Inclusion: The Social Dimension of Change La Esperanza: One Educational Philosophy, Many Interpretations? Liberal Education, Fulbright, and Vietnam Two Languages; one World: Engaging American Ex-Pats in the host Community |
| 12:15-1:15pm | Lunch on your own |
| 1:30-2:45pm | Concurrent sessions #2 Analco 1: Experience the Fulbright Difference: Travel with Us La Pastora 2: Developing and Maintaining Long-Term Research and Training Collaborations Post-Fulbright Auditorio Angelópolis: Sustainable Development for Climate Change Mitigation, Adaption, and Resilience in Maya Communities in the Yucatan Peninsula La Esperanza: Arts as Agents of Identity and Community |
| 2:45-3:15pm | Coffee break |
| 3:30-5:00pm | Cohen Dance Lecture - Jonathan Hollander |
| 5:15pm | Conference participants return to hotels |
| 6:30-10:00pm | Gala Dinner, Lifetime Achievement and Chapter Awards at the San Pedro Art Museum |
| Saturday, November 3 | |
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| 7:00am-5:00pm | Registration |
| 7:30am-8:00am | Continental Breakfast |
| 8:00am-9:00am | FA Business Meeting |
| 9:00am-10:10am | Poster Presentation Sessions and Networking |
| 10:15am-11:30am | Concurrent Sessions #3 La Violeta 1: Nuestros Manos y Corazones, A Social Justice Response to Natural Disasters La Violeta 2: Dulegil, Ion Dubh and Yum Cha: Travels in Poetic Language La Oriental 1: Human Rights and the Haitian Revolution La Oriental 2: After India: Applying the ETA Experience as Alumni to further International education, Student Development, and Positive Social Change La Esperanza: From Local to Global: The case of Balloon Latam and their work with Latin American communities-Desarrollo desde lo local a lo global: El caso de Balloon Latam y su trabajo con comunidades latinoamericanas. |
| 11:30am-1:00pm | Lunch on own |
| 1:15pm-2:30pm | Concurrent sessions #4 La Violeta 1: Amplifying Latino Voices in Hollywood La Violeta 2: Mobility for Indigenous Youth Through Higher Education & International Programs Improving Women's Socio-Economic Status in Algeria and Costa Rica: Non-Formal Educational Workshops La Oriental 1: Transforming Public Schools in Colombia through Rectores Lideres Transformadores Isolation or Inclusion? Syrian Refugee Students in Turkish Education System La Esperanza: Dance Workshop – Battery Dance Company |
| 2:30pm-3:00pm | Coffee break |
| 3:00pm-4:15pm | Roundtable Discussion Presentations |
| 2:30pm-3:00pm | Coffee break |
| 3:00pm-4:15pm | Roundtable Discussion Presentations |
| 4:15pm-5:30pm | Closing Plenary - TEDxFulbright-style short talks |
| 5:30pm-7:00pm | Closing Networking Reception |
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