Late registratration is still open!

Late registrants may not receive some handouts, including an EWB notebook.

Water Crisis Solutions and Community Development

September 26-28, 2008
Host: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Agenda

A printable Word document of this agenda and map is available.

All events will take place on the University of Illinois engineering campus. The main venue will be room 151 of Loomis Laboratory, and the reception will be held in 1320 Digital Computing Laboratory.  A campus map can be found here.

Friday, Sept 26, 2008

6:00 – 7:30 PM    Registration, Reception, and Poster Setup

8:00 – 12:00         Explore Champaign-Urbana Events

Saturday, Sept 27, 2008

7:30 – 8:30 AM    Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:30 – 9:00           Welcome and Opening Speakers

-Cathie Leslie, Executive Director, Engineers Without Borders

-Tessa Colbrese, EWB-UIUC Chapter President

9:00 – 9:45         From Strength to Strength: Communities Changing the Course of Their Own Development

-Alison Mathie, Coady International Institute

10:00 – 11:30       Concurrent Sessions 1 - Project Presentations

-Each session will be followed by a panel discussion with the presenters.

11:45 – 12:15       EWB Health and Safety

-George Jamison, Great Lakes Region Technical Advisory Committee

12:15 – 2:15 PM  Lunch with Career Fair and Posters

2:15 – 2:30           How this Workshop is Sustainable

-Tessa Colbrese, EWB-UIUC Chapter President

2:30 – 4:00           Panel – Water Scarcity and Community Involvement in Projects

-Professor Georgiadis, Co-founder of WaterCAMPwS at the University of Illinois

-Paul Berg, Water Treatment, CH2MHill

-Peter Rohloff, Director of Wuqu Kawoq, an NGO in Guatemala

-Steve Gasteyer, Professor of Sociology at Michigan State University

-Bill Bagby, Owner of Tiny Greens Organic Farm in Urbana

4:00 – 4:45           Extended Break with Group Discussions

4:45 – 6:30           Concurrent Workshops

--Water Filtration by WaterCAMPwS

--Leadership by Professor Raymond Price

--Project Quality and Project Process by Tiffany Martindale

--EWB Health and Safety by George Jamison

7:00 – 9:00         Free event - Dinner at The Red Herring

Sunday, Sept 28, 2008

7:30 – 8:30 AM    Continental Breakfast

8:30 – 8:45           Great Lakes Region Update

-Daniel Atkins, Treasurer, EWB Great Lakes

-Tracey Beavers, EWB Chapters Coordinator

8:45 – 9:15           International Water Projects

-Maren Somers, EWB Project Leader at the University of Illinois

9:30 – 10:45         Concurrent Sessions 2 – Be all that EW can B

--Local Projects by EWB-UIUC

--Fundraising and Grantwriting by Colin Lacy and Peter Rohloff

--Participatory Development by Maren Somers and Alison Mathie

Each session will be followed by facilitated discussions in small groups

11:00 – 11:30       Solidarity and Partnership in African Development

-Stan Chu Ilo, Minister, Author, and Founder of Canadian Samaritans for Africa

11:30 – 12:00       Final Words and Awards

12:00 – 1:00 PM  Lunch

1:00 – 3:00           Optional Events - Tour of Tiny Greens Organic Farm, Frisbee and games on the Quad