Expo Agenda
Registration and light breakfast – Great Hall entrance corridor
Welcome and context for the day - Karen Hanson, Executive Vice President and Provost
Contributing to Solutions: What It Takes to Make a Difference - Panel Discussion
- Larry Berger, Executive Vice President and Chief Technical Officer, Ecolab Inc.
- Dorothy Bridges, Senior Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
- Kate Wolford, President, The McKnight Foundation
- Moderator: Karen Hanson
Relocate to breakout rooms
Grand Challenges Idea Session - facilitated by interdisciplinary team members
- Assuring Clean Water and Sustainable Ecosystems
- Co-developing Research and Engaged Approaches to Transforming Environments – Sarah Hobbie, Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior; Bonnie Keeler, Institute on the Environment; Kelly Meza Prado, Institute on the Environment; Fred Rose, Institute on the Environment
- Innovations at the Nexus of Food, Energy, and Water: Reclaiming Wastewater from Local Food Industries to Produce energy and High-Value Urban Crops – Neil Anderson, Horticulture Science; Paige Novak, Civil, Environmental, & Geo- Engineering; Andrew Petran, Horticulture Science; Mary Rogers, Horticulture Science
- Fostering Just and Equitable Communities
- Wild Rice in Minnesota and the Great Lakes Region: A Flagship for Environmental Preservation and Indigenous Resource Sovereignty – Erik Kojola, Sociology; Amy Myrbo, Earth Sciences; Crystal Ng, Earth Sciences; Cara Santelli, Earth Sciences
- Identifying and Addressing Disparities in the Criminal Justice and Health Care Systems – Latasha Jennings, Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation; Kelly Mitchell, Robina Institute of Criminal Law and Criminal Justice; Rebecca Shlafer, Pediatrics; Tyler Winkleman, Medicine
- Enhancing Individual and Community Capacity for a Changing World
- Shared Leadership Lab: Analyzing Success Factors to Address Complex societal Challenges – Vanessa Laird, Leadership & Management; Elizabeth Sopdie, Center for Integrative Leadership; Kathy Quick, Leadership & Management
- Reducing Early Language Disparities: A Key to Lifelong Academic, Socioeconomic, and Health Success – Lizbeth Finestack, Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences; Scott McConnell, Educational Psychology & Child Psychology; Marianne Elmquist, PhD student in Educational Psychology
- Advancing Health through Tailored Solutions
- Minnesota Precision Medicine Collaborative: Transforming Health and Advancing Equity – Constantin Aliferis, Medicine; Erin McGonagle, Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology; Kingshuk K Sinha, Supply Chain & Operations
- Development of a Clinical Precision Medicine Program in Ovarian Cancer as a Paradigm for 21st-Century Tailored Health Care Solution – Zenas Chang, clinical fellow in Gynecologic Oncology; Whiwon Lee, Fairview Health Services; Andrew Nelson, Laboratory Medicine & Pathology; Boris Winterhoff, Obstetrics, Gynecology & Women’s Health
- Feeding the World Sustainably
- Backyard Phenology: Integrating Citizen Science and Public Art to Build Collective Agency on Climate Change – Nick Jordan, Agronomy & Plant Genetics; Bryan Runck, PhD student in the Geography, Environment, and Society
- Reinventing Year-Round Food Production in Minnesota – John Erwin, Horticultural Science; George Guenthner, masters degree student in Applied Plant Sciences; Greg Schweser, Minnesota Extension Service
Relocate to next breakout room
Grand Challenges Idea Remix Session – facilitated by interdisciplinary team members
- Assuring Clean Water and Sustainable Ecosystems
- Fostering Just and Equitable Communities
- Enhancing Individual and Community Capacity for a Changing World
- Advancing Health through Tailored Solutions
- Feeding the World Sustainably
Break
Luncheon, Great Hall
Viewing the Earth from Space, Navigating Climate Change, and Other Tales from Long Ago: Science + Humanities – Keynote address, Great Hall
- Jeffrey Jerome Cohen, Professor of English and Director, Medieval and Early Modern Studies Institute, George Washington University; incoming Dean of Humanities, Arizona State University; and co-president of the Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment
- Moderator: Douglas Armato, Director, University of Minnesota Press
Break
Enriching Scholarship through Community Partnerships, Great Hall
- Nicholas Jordan, Agronomy & Plant Genetics, and Derric N. Pennington, World Wildlife Fund – Charting a Path for Midwest Agriculture Through Scenario-based Foresight
- Kathleen Culhane-Pera, MD, West Side Community Health Services, St. Paul/Family Medicine and Community Health, and Der Moua, RN, West Side Community Health Services – A Community-based Approach towards Advancing Personalized Medicine in Underserved Populations
- Maria Hanratty, Humphrey School of Public Affairs, and Kirby Pitman, Minnesota Housing – Homework Starts with Home
- Moderator: Kathleen Call, Division of Health Policy & Management, School of Public Health
Compelling Stories: Student Lightning Research Summaries, Great Hall
- Microbiomes in Engineered Ecosystems: Integrative Science to Elucidate Microbiome Roles in Mediating Plant, Soil, Ecosystem, and Human Health – Sarah Castle, post-doctoral scientist in Plant Pathology
- Voicing the Global Immigration Crisis: Documentation and Analysis of Immigrant Stories for Social Change – Jill Fish, PhD candidate in Psychology
- Cracking the Speech Code: A Cross-Linguistic Neurobehavioral Approach to Language Learning in Typical and Atypical Populations – Chieh Kao, PhD student in Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences
- Minnesota Precision Medicine Collaborative: Transforming Health and Advancing Equity – Ellen Meier, post-doctoral fellow in PharmacoNeuroImmunology, Veterinary Medicine and Population Sciences
- Wild Rice in Minnesota and the Great Lakes Region: A Flagship for Environmental Preservation and Indigenous Resource Sovereignty – Patrick O’Hara, masters student in Earth Sciences
- Assuring Clean Water and Sustainable Ecosystems via Improved Agroecological Management – Lambros Tassoulas, masters student in Microbial Engineering
- Co-developing Research and Engaged Approaches to Transforming Environments – Karah VueBenson, undergraduate student in Geography
Afternoon interactions preview
Connecting People & Ideas: Concurrent Interactions, Great Hall
- Connection conversations. Free-form table discussions to explore potential interdisciplinary collaborations and Grand Challenges Research pre-proposal ideas
- Interactive visual displays, Grand Challenges Research Projects, featuring co-principal investigators
- Sustainable Development: Architecture and Planning within the Ecological Footprint of One Planet, Richard Graves, Center for Sustainable Building Research; and Bonnie Keeler, Institute on the Environment
- Human Rights Collaborative and Faculty-Student Human Rights Laboratory to Promote Equitable Civil Society, Barbara Frey, Institute for Global Studies; Fionnuala Ni Aolain, Law School; James Ron, Humphrey School of Public Affairs; and Joachim Savelsberg, Sociology
- Reminders for Readiness: E-Communication to Support Parents in Promoting Early Childhood Development, Akosua Addo, Music; Megan Gunnar, Institute of Child Development; Richard Lee, Psychology; Olihe Okoro, Pharmacy Practice & Pharmaceutical Sciences; Sheila Riggs, Primary Dental Care; and Aaron Sojourner, Work & Organizations
- Toward a Minnesota Model for Brain Health in Youth Sports, Bharathi Jagadeesan, Radiology; Christophe Lenglet, Radiology; Toben Nelson, Epidemiology & Community Health; and Francis Shen, Law School
- Big-Data Transparency in Global Food Supply, Derric Pennington, Institute on the Environment; Anu Ramaswami, Humphrey School of Public Affairs; Shashi Shekhar, Computer Science; and Timothy Smith, Bioproducts & Biosystems Engineering
- Backyard Phenology: Integrating Citizen Science and Public Art to Build Collective Agency on Climate Change, Christine Baeumler, Art; Mae Davenport, Forest Resources; Nicholas Jordan, Agronomy & Plant Genetics; and Rebecca Montgomery, Forest Resources
- Grand Challenges Research Project Posters, featuring graduate and undergraduate students
- Innovations at the Nexus of Food, Energy, and Water: Reclaiming Wastewater from Local Food Industries to Produce Energy and High-Value Urban Crops – Ignasi Riera Vila, masters degree student in Applied Plant Science; and Kuang Zhu, PhD student in Civil, Environmental, and Geo-Engineering
- Are Networks Key to Solving America’s Healthcare Crisis? An Interdisciplinary Proposal at the Intersection of Medicine and Management – Dennie Kim, PhD student in Business Administration
- Protection of Biodiversity and Ecosystems Services through Early Detection of Tree Disease Using Hyperspectral Remote Sensing – Isabella Armour, undergraduate student in Plant and Microbial Biology
- Reinventing Year-Round Food Production in Minnesota – George Guenthner, masters degree student in Applied Plant Sciences
- Development of a Clinical Precision Medicine Program in Ovarian Cancer as a Paradigm for 21st Century Tailored-Health Care Solutions – Zenas Chang, MD, clinical fellow in Gynecologic Oncology; Salman Ikramuddin, Medical student; Zachary Rivers, PharmD, PhD student in Social and Administrative Pharmacy; Locke Uppendahl, clinical fellow in Gynecologic Oncology;
- Keys to Preventing Cancer: Unlocking Barriers to HPV Vaccination in Low-Income Countries – Kimberly Bonner, PhD student in Epidemiology; and Katie Gravagna, undergraduate student in Microbiology; and Daymian Snowden, undergraduate student in Biology, Society, and the Environment
- Climate, Conflict, and Displacement: Shifting Patterns in the Horn of Africa Arid Lands – Jessica Deere, PhD student in Veterinary Medicine
- Assessing Interventions for Justice and Equity – Caitlin Curry, PhD student in Sociology; and Natalia Ordaz Reynoso, PhD student in Applied Economics
- Assuring Clean Water and Sustainable Ecosystems by Developing a Simple, Inexpensive Smart Chip to Detect Water Pollutants – Sydney Grubb, undergraduate student in Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development; and Eric Sankary, junior scientist, Biotechnology Institute
- Sustaining Food Production, Health, and the Environment – Sumil Thakrar, PhD student in Bioproducts & Biosystems Science, Engineering & Management; Mike Clark, PhD candidate in Natural Resources Science and Management; and Shantal Pai, undergraduate student in Plant Science.
- Grand Challenges Research Partner Displays
- Institute for Advanced Study
- Institute on the Environment
- Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Global Change
- Office for Public Engagement
- University Libraries
Reception, with ongoing concurrent interactions
Expo concludes