Monday March 27:
8:00 – 9:00am | Registration |
9:00 – 10:00am | MIT-Haiti Symposium: Opening, Background & Goals | Michel DeGraff & Vijay Kumar |
10:00 – 12:00pm | MIT-Haiti Initiative: What we achieved & learned along the way | Michel DeGraff & Glenda Stump |
12:00 – 1:30pm | Lunch & Poster Session | Learn about active learning in educational projects |
1:30 – 2:30pm | Presentation: Campus Henry Christophe, Limonade, Université d’État d’Haïti | Audalbert Bien-Aimé |
2:30 – 3:30pm | Presentation: Konbit MIT-Ayiti | Abdias Augustin, Jean Genis Dorvilien, Jimmy Fedna, Etrenne François, Guerda Jean-Guillaume, Adler Thomas |
3:30 – 4:30pm | Presentation: Lekòl Kominotè Matènwa | Chris Low & Abner Sauveur |
4:30pm | Recap & share out | Michel DeGraff |
Tuesday March 28:
8:00 – 9:00am | Registration |
9:00 – 9:15am | Welcome & Recap | Michel DeGraff & Vijay Kumar |
9:15 – 11:00am | Panel: Challenges & successes with the use of local mother tongues | Michel DeGraff (Moderator), Hubert Devonish & Julian Hylton-Chambers (University of the West Indies), Marta Dijkhoff (Alsa Papiamentu & Dijkhoff Learning Unlimited), Chris Low & Abner Sauveur (Lekòl Kominotè Matènwa), Marjoto L. Mathurin (Inivèsite Karayib), Akademisyen Pauris Jean-Baptiste (Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen) |
11:00 – 12:00pm | Discussion: MIT-Haiti Experience | Michel DeGraff & Haynes Miller (Facilitators) |
12:00 – 1:00pm | Lunch—Networking bingo | Meet someone new & get to know your colleagues |
1:00 – 2:00pm | Looking towards future | Michel DeGraff & Vijay Kumar |
2:00 – 3:30pm | Strategy Alignment—Round-Table Work | All participants • Creating communities of interest • Discuss participants’ ideas alongside potential opportunities • Identify ideas that can help plan for the future |
3:30pm | Synthesize & Wrap-up Discussion | All participants |