2008 CTAUN Conference
Working With the United Nations to Understand the World We Share
Friday, 18 April 2008—Carter Center, Cyprus Room
Programme
The Carter Center
9:15 - 9:30am Conference Welcome
CTAUN and Atlanta Mayor’s Office

9:30 - 10:10amThe U.N. Call to Educators
Ramu Damodaran, Chief, Civil Society Service, Department of Public Information, United Nations.


10:15 - 11:15amClimate Change Panel
Moderated by Carolyn Donovan, Second Vice-Chair, CTAUN

1. Dr. Judith A. Curry, Chair, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology

2. Priya Sampath, Senior Policy Analyst, Policy and Advocacy, CARE USA, Atlanta, Georgia

3. Taryn Murphy, Program Director, Captain Planet Foundation, Atlanta, Georgia


11:20am – 12:00pm Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)
Presentation by Prof. Jonathan Todres, Georgia State University School of Law and specialist on the CRC


12:00 – 1:00pm Lunch and Conversations


1:00 - 2:00pmIntercultural Understanding Panel
Moderated by Narin Stassis, CTAUN First Vice-Chair

1. Dr. Cedric L. Suzman, Vice-President and Director of Programming, Southern Center for International Studies, Atlanta, Georgia

2. Dr. William R. Cranshaw, Social Studies Program Manager (K-12), Georgia State Department of Education

3. William L. Moon, Principal, International Community School, Decatur, Georgia


2:05 – 2:55pm Interdependence Discussion Groups
Facilitator - Hanna Fowler, CTAUN Atlanta Steering Committee Member


3:00 – 3:45pm US/UN Relations
Presentation by Gillian Sorensen, Senior Adviser, UN Foundation, former U.N. Assistant Secretary-General and national advocate and expert on US/UN relations
3:45 – 5:00pm Networking Reception and/or Self-Guided Tour
of the Jimmy Carter Library and Museum



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