Conference Program
KCWS 2022 Program (Preliminary) – Actionable Knowledge for the Anthropocene
16–18th November 2022 (All times in UTC-4)
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Preliminary KCWS 2022 Program – Actionable Knowledge – 16th – 18th November 2022
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Day 1 – Wed. 16 Nov. – Climate and planetary emergencies | ||
UTC Time | AST – Atlantic Standard Time / Puerto Rico |
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12:00 – 13:00 | 8:00 – 9:00 am | Registration |
Morning Session 13:00 – 14:30 | Morning Session 9:00 – 10:30 am | 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 |
14:30 – 15:30 | 10:30 – 11:30 am | Panel Discussion: Climate Crises: Knowledge in Action
Session Chair: Dr. Cathy Garner
Panelists: Prof. Sirkku Juhola, Climate Change Adaptation in Coastal Cities Immaculata Omojola, CPCC Chapter 20 – Relocation and climate migration Dr. Beth Caniglia, Regenerative Urban Development |
15:30 – 15:45 | 11:30 – 11:45 am | Break |
15:45 – 17:00 | 11:45 – 1:00 pm | Breakout Sessions Q&A and Interactive Discussions
Discussion: City Preparedness for climate change
Session Chair: Dr. Blanca García
Prof. Guenter Koch Prof. Francisco Javier Carrillo Dr. Cathy Garner |
17:00 – 18:00 | 1:00 – 2:00 pm | Lunch Break |
Afternoon Session [Spanish]
18:00 – 19:30 | Afternoon Session [Spanish]
2:00 – 3:30 pm | Plenaria: Ciudadanía, ¿en causa común o en guerra con el medioambiente?
Session Chair: Ana Cristina Fachinelli
Keynote Speaker: Prof. Daniel Orellana |
19:30 – 20:30 | 3:30 – 4:30 pm | Panel: Soluciones científicas para mitigación y adaptación al cambio climático
Moderador: Dr. Eliut Flores
Panelists: Dr. Edwin Hernández, UPRRP Luis Armando Torres, Engine4 (Reemplazo de corales con impresión 3D) |
20:30 – 20:45 | 4:30 – 4:45 pm | Receso |
20:45 – 22:00 | 4:45 – 6:00 pm | Sesiones paralelas: Amazon and other Brazilian biomes
Moderador: PhD Candidate Rafael Perini
Panelistas: Rodrigo Sabatini, Basura 0 Ciudades Brasil Dr. Daniel Chang: Ministerio Ciencia y Tec de Brasil, Innovation, and technological development projects in bioeconomy sustainable value chains Ciudades Brasil Ms. Tiago Fiamenghi – Vivacidade Closing Remarks |
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Day 2 – Thu. 17 Nov. – Islands turning towards knowledge ventures beyond the tourism economy | ||
UTC Time | UTC-4 AST Atlantic Standard Time / Puerto Rico |
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12:00 – 13:00 | 8:00 – 9:00 am | Registration |
Morning Session 13:00 – 14:30 | Morning Session 9:00 – 10:30 am | Welcome & Opening Remarks
Session Chair: Prof. Guenter Koch
Plenary: Island-nations taking control of their economy through knowledge and innovation
Keynote Speaker: James Ellsmoor, Islands Innovation leader |
14:30 – 15:30 | 10:30 – 11:30 am | Panel Discussion: Building the knowledge economy ecosystem on Islands
Session Chair: Dr. Eliut Flores
Panelists: Sebastián Vidal, Chief Innovation Officer, PR Science, Technology & Research Trust Sylvain Cottong, Economic Advisor Marcos Lichtblau, Superintendent of Science, Technology, and Innovation Florianopolis City Hall |
15:30 – 15:45 | 11:30 – 11:45 am | Break |
15:45 – 17:00 | 12:15 – 1:30pm | Breakout Sessions Q&A and Interactive Discussions
Session Chair: Priscilla Nesello David Soasti Omar Díaz Fragoso Lucía Alejandra Rodríguez Aceves Angel Eustorgio Rivera González |
17:00 – 18:00 | 1:30 – 2:00 pm | Lunch Break |
Afternoon Session [Spanish]
18:00 – 19:30 | Afternoon Session [Spanish] 2:00 – 3:30 pm | Plenaria: Lecciones aprendidas de programas gubernamentales y privados 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 |
19:30 – 20:30 | 3:30 – 4:30 pm | Panel: Papel del sector educación en el desarrollo del ecosistema de innovación
Moderador: Dr. Eliut Flores
Panelistas: Dr. Jordi Maura, Business Development at Molecular Science Research Building (MSRC) / Co-Director at UPR i+c Labs (UPR Business Incubator) Dr. Jamile Sabatini Márquez Dr. Glenn Arce, UNSA Dr. Cíntia Paese Giacomello, Observatorio UCS |
20:30 – 20:45 | 4:30 – 4:45 pm | Break |
20:45 – 22:00 | 4:45 – 6:00 pm | Sesiones paralelas
Moderadora: Nashaly N. Cima de Villa Seda
Panelistas: Michel Bregolin, Professor at UCS, City Living Lab Ivan Lugo, INDUNIV Rodrigo Trujillo, Pandemics and Tourism Closing Remarks |
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Day 3 – Fri. 18 Nov. – Knowledge based urban development and the post-truth society | ||
UTC Time | UTC-4 AST Atlantic Standard Time / Puerto Rico |
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12:00 – 13:00 | 8:00 – 9:00 am | Registration |
Morning Session 13:00 – 14:30 | Morning Session 9:00 – 10:30 am | Welcome & Opening Remarks
Session Chair: Dr. Cathy Garner
Plenary: The future of knowledge based Urban Development Issues
Prof. Noburu Kono, New Club of Paris Guest Speaker Gareth Presch, World Health Innovation Summit |
14:30 – 15:30 | 10:30 – 11:30 am | Panel Discussion: Post-truth society and the dissolution of the social fabric
Session Chair: Prof. Francisco Javier Carrillo
Panelist: Prof. Guenter Koch Carlos García, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico Bertrand Guillaume, University of Technology of Troyes, France Velina Petrova, OXFAM |
15:30 – 15:45 | 11:30 – 11:45 am | Break |
15:45 – 17:00 | 11:45 – 1:00 pm | Breakout Sessions
Session Chair: Guenter Koch
Panelist: Helmut Leopold Daniel Dahm [TBC] Roland Schatz [TBC] |
17:00 – 18:00 | 1:00 – 2:00 pm | Lunch Break |
Afternoon Session [Spanish] 18:00 – 19:30 | Afternoon Session [Spanish] 2:00 – 3:30 pm | Plenaria: Estrategias para superar la descomposición social propiciada por la influencia de la post-verdad
Moderadora: PhD Candidate Tatiana Schreiner
Conferencia magistral: Elidio Latorre, UPR |
19:30 – 20:30 | 3:30 – 4:30 pm | Panel: Perspectivas latinoamericanas de la post-verdad y el deterioro social
Moderadora: Prof. Sandra Cristina Riascos Erazo
Panelistas: Prof. Wladimir Alberto Perez Parra, Politólogo y Magíster en Ciencias Politicas, Universidad de Los Andes, Mérida-Venezuela Bairon Otalvaro, Docente e investigador del Departamento de Administración y Organizaciones de la Facultad de Ciencias de Administración de la Universidad del Valle Carlos Petrella |
20:30 – 20:45 | 4:30 – 4:45 pm | Break |
20:45 – 22:00 | 4:45 – 6:00 pm | Closing Ceremony Dr. Eliut Flores, Acknowledgments Dr. Cathy Garner, English Session Summary Dr. Blanca García, Spanish Sessions Remarks Prof. Francisco Javier Carrillo, Closing Remarks |