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| 1:00 PM | Welcome by Co-Chairs, introduction, and opening remarks José D. Fuentes, Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University and Lydia Villa-Komaroff, Ph.D., Intersections SBD Consulting |
| 1:20 PM | Session 1: Current leaders in business |
Djadé I. Soumana, Ph.D., MBA, Account Manager, Cytiva Allyn M. Kaufmann, Ph.D., Innovation and Whitespace Lead, New Product Development R&D for GSK Consumer Healthcare’s US market Jill C. Anderson, MBA, Executive Vice President, Operations, Southern California Edison Moderator: Gabriel P. Lopez, Ph.D., Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Immediate Past Vice-President of Research, University of New Mexico |
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| 2:05 PM | Questions and answers session 1 |
| 2:20 PM | Break |
| 2:35 PM | Session 2: The role of literature, film and music |
Shalini Kantayya, M.F.A., Film Director, Producer, and Creative Director, 7th Empire Media Sharon Bertsch McGrayne, Author Yo-Yo Ma, American Cellist Moderator: Kendall Moore, Ph.D., Professor, Journalism and Film Media, Rhode Island University, Documentary Filmmaker |
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| 3:20 PM | Questions and answers session 2 |
| 3:35 PM | Break |
| 3:45 PM | Session 3: Promising Approaches in Higher Education |
Cynthia Lindquist, Ph.D., President, Cankdeska Cikanna Community College Joseph I. Castro, Ph.D., Chancellor, California State University Kaye Husbands Fealing, Ph.D., Dean, Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts Georgia Institute of Technology Moderator: José D. Fuentes, Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University |
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| 4:30 PM | Questions and answers session 3 |
| 4:45 PM | Break |
| 4:50 PM | Plenary Session: Discussion Moderator: Suzanne Barbour, Ph.D., Dean of the Graduate School and Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| 5:30 PM | Adjourn |