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2014 Agenda

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8:30 a.m. BREAKFAST
9:30 a.m. INTRODUCTION
Suzanne Epstein, Interim Director,
Bernard L. Schwartz Communication Institute, Baruch College
9:40 a.m. WELCOME & OPENING
David Christy, Provost, Baruch College
9:45 a.m. KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
Danah Boyd, Senior Researcher, Microsoft Research
10:50 a.m. BREAK
11:00 a.m. MORNING ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS START
12:00 p.m. BREAK
12:15 p.m. MORNING ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS RESUME
1:00 p.m. LUNCH
2:00 p.m. INTRODUCTION
Mitchel Wallerstein, President, Baruch College
2:15 p.m. KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
Bernard L. Schwartz, Chairman and CEO, BLS Investments, LLC
3:15 p.m. BREAK
3:30 p.m. WORKSHOP

  • Mikhail Gershovich, Principal and Founder of MG Higher Education Consulting
  • Grant Potter, Instructional Technologist at University of Northern British Columbia
  • Erica Kaufman, Associate Director of the Institute for Writing & Thinking at Bard College
4:45 p.m. CLOSING REMARKS
5:00 p.m. PROGRAM CLOSES
6:00 p.m. COCKTAILS AND DINNER
The Players Club, 16 Gramercy Park South
7:00 p.m. DINNER ADDRESS
Tariq Khan, Founder and CEO, Global Diversity Marketing