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Student Conference on Global Challenges. WATER. February 26, 2010

Student Conference on Global Challenges

Date: Feb 26, 2010
Time: All day conference
Venue: Behrakis Hall Grand Hall , Creese Student’s center, 32nd and Chestnut Street.

Program Schedule

(Schedule times are subject to change)

8:30 a.m.
Registration and Breakfast (Behrakis Hall C)

9:00 a.m.
Welcome (Behrakis Hall A)

9:15 a.m.
Concurrent Sessions
Global Social and Economic Trends (Behrakis Hall A)
Global Health (Behrakis Hall B)

10:45 a.m.
Break

11:00 a.m.
Concurrent Sessions
Global Justice and Human Rights (Behrakis Hall A)
Global Business Trends (Behrakis Hall B)

12:30 p.m.
Lunch (Behrakis Hall C)
Talk by Patricia Meinhardt MD, MPH, MA (Behrakis Hall A )
"Microbial Contamination of Drinking Water: A Global Public Health Crisis"

1:45 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions
Global Science, Technology and Society(Behrakis Hall A)
Global Media (Behrakis Hall B)

3:30 p.m.
Keynote Speaker (Behrakis Hall A)
Maude Barlow
"The Global Water Crisis and the Coming Battle for the Right to Water"

5:00 p.m.
Closing Comments (Behrakis Hall A)
Julie Mostov, Ph.D.
Vice Provost for Global Initiatives, Drexel University

 

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