| 2008 CTAUN Conference Teaching and Learning in an Interdependent World Friday, 1 February 2008—United Nations, Conference Room 4 |
| Conference Programme | |
| 10:15 - 10:30am | Opening Speaker Under-Secretary-General Radhika Coomaraswamy, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, U.N. |
| 10:35 - 11:40am | Morning Panel — “Climate Change: Rethinking the World We Share”
1. Prof. Alan Robock, Professor of Climatology, Department of Environmental Sciences and Associate Director, Center for Environmental Prediction, Rutgers University. 2. Ms. Rebecca Pearl, Sustainable Development Program Coordinator, Women’s Environment and Development Organization (WEDO). 3. Dr. Steven Frantz, Sustainability Education Coordinator, The Scarsdale Public Schools. |
| 11:45am – 1:30pm | Lunch and Info Fair |
| 1:35 – 1:45pm | Spotlight Presentation #1 – “Cool Globes” Ms. Yumi Ross |
| 1:45 – 1:55pm | CTAUN Best Practices Award |
| 1:55 – 2:05pm | Spotlight Presentation #2 – “Teach UNICEF” Ms. Marie Bresnahan, Director of Education and Susan Fountain, Consultant, US Fund for UNICEF |
| 2:05 – 2:15pm | Mid-Afternoon Break |
| 2:15 – 2:25pm | Spotlight Presentation #3 Ms. Pamela Chappell, Singer |
| 2:30 - 3:35pm | Afternoon Panel — “Moving Towards Intercultural Understanding”
1. Ms. Shira Danan and Mr. Elias Ibrahim, Representatives, Abraham’s Vision. 2. Dr. Lucille E. Davy, State Education Commissioner, New Jersey. 3. Ms. Jennifer Chidsey Pizzo, Director, Curriculum Development, International Studies Schools Network, Asia Society. |
| 3:40 – 3:50pm | Spotlight Presentation #4 – “The People Speak” – Ms. Victoria Baxter, Executive Director. |
| 3:50 - 4:25pm | Closing Speaker — Dr. Spencer Wells, Genographic Project Director, National Geographic Society |
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