Education, Innovation & Trade: Opening Opportunity for All
- Milbank Chapel
- 10/11/2012, 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
EVENT – Panel:
EDUCATION, INNOVATION AND TRADE: OPENING OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL
DATE/TIME: October 11, Thursday, 11:30am – 12:45pm
LOCATION: Milbank Chapel, Teachers College (120th Street, between Amsterdam and Broadway, New York, NY)
[Lunch immediately following in Everett Lounge]
**Featuring
a dance performance by Heritage & Newcomers High School students in
the Black Eyed Peas Adobe Youth Voices Academy**
**Learn about the new
initiative Innovation & Entrepreneurship@Columbia**
SPEAKER(S):
Francisco Sanchez, Undersecretary of Commerce for International Trade and Head of the International Trade Administration
Henry Levin, Teachers College, Columbia University
Stacey Gillett, Office of Innovation, New York City Department of Education
Eric Verhoogen, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
Amit Khandelwal, Columbia Business School
MODERATOR(S):
Jorge Balan, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University Global Centers
Description:
How
can universities, the private sector and government best work together
to harness the power of education, innovation and trade to expand
economic, social and political opportunities around the world? How can
policy makers, researchers and teachers best measure education- and
trade-related contributions to future innovation? How can investment in
education technology increase innovation and achievement by
students of all backgrounds?
More info/RSVP:
For more information and to RSVP:
Students are also invited to meet the Undersecretary for an informal chat before the panel discussion:
SPONSOR(S): Association
of Latin American Students (ALAS) at Teachers College; Coalition of
Latino Scholars (CLS) at Teachers College; Policy Student Network (PSN)
at Teachers College; Teachers College Office of Student Activities and
Programs (OSAP); Teachers College Office of International Affairs (OIA);
Department of Education Policy and Social Analysis (EPSA) at Teachers
College; Institute of Latin American Studies (ILAS); Center for the
Study of Ethnicity and Race (CSER); Latin American Business Association
(LABA) at Columbia Business School; Innovation and Entrepreneurship at
Columbia (IE@Columbia); Urban Arts Partnership and Peapod Adobe Youth
Voices Academy
