MIT-Haiti Symposium
Cambridge, MA
March 27-28, 2017
General Schedule

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