Conference Program
KCWS 2022 Program – Actionable Knowledge for the Anthropocene
16–18th November 2022 (All times in UTC-4)
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KCWS 2022 is no longer live, but we invite you to see the recording of this incredible event. You can find the links to each of the panels in the program below.
We’d like to share with you a link to the conference evaluation survey (https://tinyurl.com/KCWS2022Eval). Please help us learn about your thoughts on the conference and your ideas on how to improve future conferences by answering the survey.
See you next year! Muchas gracias.
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KCWS 2022 ya no está en vivo, pero le invitamos a ver la grabación de este increíble evento. A continuación, puede encontrar los enlaces a cada uno de los paneles en el programa.
Nos gustaría compartir con usted un enlace a la encuesta de evaluación de la conferencia (https://tinyurl.com/KCWS2022Eval). Ayúdenos a conocer su opinión sobre la conferencia y sus ideas sobre cómo mejorar futuras conferencias respondiendo a la encuesta.
Nos vemos el año que viene. Muchas gracias.
KCWS 2022 Program – Actionable Knowledge – 16th – 18th November 2022 | |
Day 1 – Wed. 16 Nov. – Climate and planetary emergencies | |
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Welcome & Opening Remarks Master of Ceremony & Session Chair: Dr. Eliut Flores Dr. Jorge Santiago Pintor, FACI Dean Plenary: Climate Crises and their Consequences Keynote Speaker: Dr. David Dodman, Director of the Institute for housing and urban development studies, IPCC report author | |
Panel Discussion: Climate Crises: Knowledge in Action Session Chair: Dr. Cathy Garner Panelists: o Prof. Sirkku Juhola: Climate Change Adaptation in Coastal Cities o Immaculata Omojola: CPCC Chapter 20 – Relocation and climate migration o Dr. Beth Caniglia, Editor in Chief, The Solutions Journal: Regenerative Urban Development |
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Breakout session A: Urban challenges for the Anthropocene Session Chair: Dr. Blanca García Panelists: o Mrs. Kemi Ayanda, Office of Economic Development: NEOM, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia o Prof. Güenter Koch: Model Cities o Dr. Cathy Garner: Future Cities: Learning from the Past o Prof. Francisco Javier Carrillo: Stop living in the Holocene! |
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Breakout session B: Sustainability through knowledge-based planning to mitigate climate change challenges Panelists: o Dr. Joseph Mohorčich: Can adding housing slow climate change? Ethical and empirical considerations o Hannes Matt: Identifying general methodological and conceptual conflicts in the field of corporate sustainability management standards. A critical Literature review. o Rafael de Lucena Perini: Knowledge-based planning for industrial cities in transformation: A case study from the city of Detroit, United States (Paper co-authored by: Ana Cristina Fachinelli) | |
Plenaria: Ciudadanía, ¿en causa común o en guerra con el medioambiente? Session Chair: Dr. Ana Cristina Fachinelli Keynote Speaker: Prof. Daniel Orellana | |
Panel: Soluciones científicas para mitigación y adaptación al cambio climático: Impresión de corales 3D como herramienta para la restauración Moderador: Dr. Eliut Flores Panelistas: o Dr. Edwin Hernández, UPRRP, Senior Scientist de Sociedad Ambiente Marino o Samuel E. Suleiman Ramos, Fundador y Director Ejecutivo Sociedad Ambiente Marino |
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Sesión paralela A: Soluciones sociales para la sustentabilidad, bioeconomía y ciudades Moderador: Mayron Dalla Santa, City Living Lab Panelistas: o Dr. Vania Elisabete Schneider, Universidad de Caxias Do Sul o Daniel Chang, Sustainability Knowledge Broker o Rodrigo Sabatini | https://youtu.be/g-9uH-hMyys |
Sesión paralela B: Estrategias para mitigar problemas sociales: COVID-19 y el cambio climático Moderadora: Dra. Blanca García Panelistas: o Omar Díaz Fragoso: Ciencia Abierta y su papel durante la pandemia de COVID-19 (Paper co-authored by: Gabriela María Luisa Riquelme Alcantar, Gibrán Rivera González) o María Catalina Sáenz Higuera: Ciudadanía: Engranaje en las estrategias de mitigación y adaptación al cambio climático | |
KCWS 2022 Program – Actionable Knowledge – 16th – 18th November 2022 | |
Day 2 – Thu. 17 Nov. – Islands turning towards knowledge ventures beyond the tourism economy | |
Session Content and Speakers | Webinar Links |
Welcome & Opening Remarks Plenary: Island-nations taking control of their economy through knowledge and innovation Session Chair: Prof. Güenter Koch Keynote Speaker: James Ellsmoor, Islands Innovation leader |
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Panel Discussion: Building the knowledge economy ecosystem on Islands Session Chair: Dr. Eliut Flores Panelists: o Sylvain Cottong, Economist & Futurist o Héctor Jirau, Director de Operaciones de Parallel18 o Marcos Lichtblau, Superintendent of Science, Technology, and Innovation Florianopolis City Hall |
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Breakout session A: Enabling knowledge sharing and the use of artificial intelligence in knowledge ventures Session Chair: Priscilla Nesello Panelists: o Paulo David Soasti Bareta: El uso de inteligencia artificial en el diseño de productos o Lucía Alejandra Rodríguez Aceves: Enabling Knowledge Sharing Through Relational Capital in a Family Business Context (Paper co-authored by: Bárbara I. Mojarro-Durán, Angel Eustorgio Rivera) o Angel Eustorgio Rivera González: Enabling knowledge sharing through psychological safety in inter-organizational arrangements (Paper co-authored by: Lucía Rodríguez-Aceves, Barbara I. Mojarro-Duran) | |
Breakout session B: Emerging and innovative knowledge-based ventures Session Chair: Rafael de Lucena Perini Panelists: o Luis Rosario-Albert: Digital Equity in Loíza, Puerto Rico. The Puente a Puente Initiative o Dra. Blanca C. García Quíroz: e-Merging Networks for Innovators, Entrepreneurs and Knowmads in Knowledge Islands. (Paper co-authored by: Dr. José Antonio Torres Reyes) | |
Plenaria: Mejores prácticas de organizaciones locales para crecer la economía del conocimiento en mercados pequeños Moderadora: Nataly M. Altagracia Jiménez Conferencia magistral: Andreica Maldonado, Director of Grants Program of the PR Science and Technology Trust: Modelo y Resultados del Fideicomiso Panelistas: o Carlos A. Báez-Pagán, Phd, MBA, RTTP, Technology Manager o Héctor Jirau, PhD, MScFE, Operations & Investments Director, Parallel 18 | |
Panel: Papel del sector educación en el desarrollo del ecosistema de innovación Moderador: Dr. Eliut Flores Panelistas: o Dr. Jordi Maura, Business Development at Molecular Science Research Building (MSRC) / Co-Director at UPR i+c Labs (UPR Business Incubator) o Dr. Jamile Sabatini Marques, Incentives and Innovation Director, ABES – Associação Brasileira das Empresas de Software o Dr. Cíntia Paese Giacomello, Observatorio UCS | |
Sesión Paralela: Turismo científico: desarrollando modelos económicos basados en el conocimiento Moderadora: Nashaly N. Cima de Villa Seda Panelistas: o Michel Bregolin, Professor at UCS, City Living Lab o Ivan Lugo, Executive Director INDUNIV: The Puerto Rico Bioscience Knowledge Economy Model o Rodrigo Trujillo, Pandemics and Tourism | |
KCWS 2022 Program – Actionable Knowledge – 16th – 18th November 2022 | |
Day 3 – Fri. 18 Nov. – Knowledge based urban development and the post-truth society | |
Session Content and Speakers | Webinar Links |
Welcome & Opening Remarks Plenary: The future of knowledge based Urban Development Issues Session Chair: Dr. Cathy Garner Panelists: o Prof. Noboru Konno, Professor, Tama Graduate School of Business Board member of the New Club of Paris o Gareth Presch, World Health Innovation Summit o Dr. Jose Carlos Ramos, World Capital Institute |
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Panel Discussion: Post-truth society and the dissolution of the social fabric Session Chair: Prof. Francisco Javier Carrillo Panelists:
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Breakout session A: Cities in the post-truth age: fakes against facts Session Chair: Prof. Güenter Koch Panelists: o Dr. Markus Kommenda, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, Strategic Partnerships Manager o Anna Katharina Meyer o Hannes Matt o Roland Schatz |
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Breakout session B: The benefits of knowledge-based services and the effects of the digital landscape on society Session Chair: José Ignacio Icaza Panelists: o Suélen Bebber: Knowledge-based public services: a proposition based on transport services (Paper co-authored by: [Ana Cristina Fachinelli]) o Rubén Ramírez-Sánchez: Non-referential Climate Catastrophe: Hyperreal CGI and Representations of Climate Change o Lourdes Lugo-Ortiz: Las alertas periodísticas: micronarrativas relevantes, noticiosas e inexactas] (Paper co-authored by: Israel Rodríguez Sánchez) | |
Plenaria: Distorsiones deliberadas: Estrategias para superar la descomposición social propiciada por la influencia de la post-verdad Moderador: Dr. Eliut Flores Conferencia magistral: Dr. Elidio Latorre, UPR | |
Panel: Perspectivas latinoamericanas de la post-verdad y el deterioro social Moderadora: Prof. Sandra Cristina Riascos Erazo Panelistas: o Prof. Wladimir Alberto Perez Parra, Profesor investigador en la Universidad Politécnica Estatal del Carchi del Ecuador. Politólogo y Doctor en Ciencias Políticas, Universidad de Los Andes, Mérida-Venezuela o Bairon Otalvaro, Docente e investigador del Departamento de Administración y Organizaciones de la Facultad de Ciencias de Administración de la Universidad del Valle o Carlos Petrella |
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Closing Ceremony Dr. Eliut Flores, Acknowledgments Dr. Cathy Garner, English Session Summary Dr. Blanca García, Spanish Sessions Remarks Prof. Francisco Javier Carrillo, Closing Remarks | |