Concurrent Panel Session #1 (9:30 - 10:45 AM)

Global Climate Justice and Human Rights (Room A), moderated by Kelly Joyce, PhD

Lindsay Morrissey (College of Arts and Sciences)
The Effects of Climate Change on Women in Guatemala
Mahmoud Hallak (College of Engineering)
Drought and Thirst for Freedom
Mridul Awasthi (College of Engineering)
The Issue of South-East Asian Haze
Awurama Agyei (College of Arts and Sciences)
"Galamsey": International Mining Crimes and Their Effects on Human Rights

Global Science and Technology (Room C), moderated by Hugh Johnson

Samantha Buczek (College of Engineering)
Developing Novel Xmene Nanomaterials to Produce Potable Water
Elizabeth Coniglio (College of Engineering)
Electrically Stimulated Catalytic Converter Prototype to Decrease Emissions
Vincent O'Leary (College of Arts and Sciences)
GLOBATO: An Enhanced Global Relief Model at 30 Arc-Seconds Resolution
Ryan Beneduce (College of Engineering)
An Exploration of the Sustainable Biological World

Concurrent Panel Session #2 (11:00 AM - 12:15 PM)

Global Governance, Policy, and Industry Trends (Room A), moderated by Gwen Ottinger, PhD

Caitlin Cooper (College of Arts and Sciences)
Chile Post-Privatization: Implications for Water Governance in the Context of Climate Change
Christina Emsley (LeBow College of Business)
Evidence That Climate Change Disclosure Requirements Are Not Effective
Michael Cheng (Pennoni Honors College)
Global Climate Treaties: A Tale of Two Agreements
Nina Olney, Betel Yemane, Andrew Chan, and Rohan Kalaria (LeBow College of Business)
Blockchain: Disrupting Big Energy
Cassandra Sullivan, AJ Tiglao, Thomas Jones, and Abby Langer (LeBow College of Business)
3 Degrees of Urban Planning

Global to Local Community Solutions (Room C), moderated by Esther Chernak, MD, MPH, FACP

Allie Sasek and Jaspreet Bhullar (Westphal College of Media Arts and Design and Jefferson University)
Local Action for Global Impact
Samantha Stein (Pennoni Honors College)
At the Intersection of Planetary and Community Health: Developing Iteratively-Informed Healthcare strategies to Accommodate a Changing Environment and Mobilize Multi-Level Care
Congmeng Lyu (College of Engineering)
Sensitivity Analysis Using the Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) Adjoint to Study Ground-Level Ozone Pollution Control
Sophia Courtney (College of Arts and Sciences)
The Effects of Poor Water Quality on Spartina Patens
Tilda Yildirim, Nicole Alkhazov, Mohith Ancha, and Michael Markin (LeBow College of Business)
Moral of the Coral: Save It!​

Keynote Address: Jacqueline Patterson, Director of the NAACP Environmental and Climate Justice Program (12:45 - 2:15 PM)

Concurrent Panel Session #3 (2:30 - 3:45 PM)

Global Media, Arts, and Cultures (Room A), moderated by Al Tedesco

Diane A. Davis (College of Engineering)
Radio in order to present the scientific facts and public health concerns of global warming and climate change to a broader audience in order to keep the citizen voters well-informed
Haojun Feng (Westphal College of Media Arts and Design)
The Influence of Media Coverage on Climate Change and Potential Problems
Yaming Luo (Westphal College of Media Arts and Design)
The Role of State Controlled Media in Presenting Climate Change
Danielle Maiale (College of Arts and Sciences)
The Impact of The Competitive Enterprise Institution (CEI) on the Media
Erika L. Rush (LeBow College of Business)
The Forgotten Island: Climate Change and Media Coverage on Puerto Rico
Makoya Rosa Fofana (Westphal College of Media Arts and Design)
Trends in the Insufficient Coverage of Climate Change by Global Media
Charlene Campbell (Westphal College of Media Arts and Design)
The Impact of Social Media Videos on Individual Activism on Climate Change
Charisse Y. Laws and Jaydn T. Stepick (Westphal College of Media Arts and Design)
Storm Surge: How the Media Could Change the Conversation by Covering the Economic Impact

Global Health and Sustainability (Room C), moderated by Shannon Márquez, PhD, MENG

Velton Showell (Dornsife School of Public Health)
Assessing Community Knowledge and Skills on P&G Water Purification Program in Saboba, Northern Ghana
Roxane Javadi (College of Medicine)
Mass Drug Administration for Neglected Tropical Diseases: Benefits Versus Risks for Global Health in the 21st Century​
Mariah Mennano (Dornsife School of Public Health)
The Effects of El Niño on WASH and Health in Lesotho
Ana Ortigoza (Dornsife School of Public Health)
Environmental Sustainability and Population Health in Cities. What can we learn from Latin America?
Claudia Duguay (School of Biomedical Engineering, Science, and Health Systems)
Drop Foot Assistive Device for Flat Foot Squat in Low Income Countries​