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CONCURRENT PANEL SESSION 1
10:45 - 11:45 A.M. Eastern Standard Time

Community Solutions
Moderator: Korin Tantrakul

Michela Graf | College of Arts and Sciences, Drexel University
Climate Gentrification in Miami

Anna Younger, Melody Wu | College of Engineering, Drexel University
Modeling Heat Mitigation Strategies in Hunting Park 

Vaidehi Andhare | Pennoni Honors College, Drexel University
Nature Based Strategies for Cities Combating Climate Change

Neisha Terry Young | School of Education, Drexel University
Disaster Preparedness and Educational Continuity: Planning with Pedagogies that Pivot 

Spencer Kociba, Manon Flamini| College of Engineering, Drexel University
Sustainability And Disaster Resilience Of Community Design In The Caribbean

Global Justice, Security and Sustainability 
Moderator: Hugh Johnson

Vanessa Stoltzfus | LeBow College of Business
Socioeconomic and Racial Disparities: The Great Recession versus Covid-19 Pandemic

Catherine Quinn | College of Arts and Sciences
Climate Variability in South Sudan: How Increasing Temperatures Become Famine

JD Calderone | LeBow College of Business
How COVID-19 Impacted Global Food Security and the Implications on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

Meerat Qaiser Khan | LeBow College of Business
The affects of Western Exploitation on the Development of China and the Indian Subcontinent 

CONCURRENT PANEL SESSION 2
12:00 - 1:00 P.M.

Global Science, Technology and Society
Moderator: Mira Olson, PhD

Alyssa Kemp | College of Engineering
The Effect of Water Quality on the Release of Greenhouse Gases By Natural Watercourses

Luc Blancato | LeBow College of Business
Shipping Reimagined

Niyi Onanuga | College of Medicine
Catastrophic Implications of Marine Pollution

Bridget Finley, Bobby Lesser | LeBow College of Business
How do incorrect recycling methods and disposal of lithium batteries damage the environment and contribute to rising CO2 levels in China?

Emily Daly, Esta Jacob | LeBow College of Business
A Road Trip to Disaster: The Dangerous Potential of Self-Driving Cars

Global Social and Political Trends
Moderator: Diane Sicotte, PhD

Helena Vallés Sánchez | Pompeu Fabra University
The Belt and Road Initiative and the Strike Hard Campaign in Xinjiang

Eréndira León Salvador | Pompeu Fabra University
Going through Dante’s Purgatory: Asylum seekers in Italian bureaucracy

Clayton McNamara | Pennsylvania State University
Sociodemographic factors affecting the likelihood of preparing for natural disaster

Parker Woods, Lauren Saxby | Drexel University, Strathclyde University
From Economic Disaster to Personal Disaster: Examining the Impacts of Recessions on the Psyche and Wellbeing of Young Adults

CONCURRENT PANEL SESSION 3
2:45 - 3:45 P.M.

Global Business and Economic Trends 
Moderator: Tristan Potter, PhD

Gavin Heyn, Jaaziel Cooper | LeBow College of Business
How A Global Economic Crisis Can Affect College Graduates

Levi Smith, Neil Janjikhel | LeBow College of Business
Honeybees are Dying Rapidly, and the Global Economy is at Risk

Meghan O’Meara, Linda Zheng | Westphal College of Media Arts and Design
The Disastrous Trade Impacts of Brexit on the UK and other European Countries

Katherine Boyd | College of Medicine
A Barrier Analysis Evaluating the Obstacles and Perceptions Regarding Handwashing at Critical Times in Chongwe, Zambia

Global Health
Moderator: Leah Schinasi, PhD

Ariel Kamen | College of Nursing and Health Professions
Inflammation: a Global Disaster

Ibraheem Ahmad, Parker Harris | LeBow College of Business
The Disparity in Global Treatment of HIV

Grace Castle | Dornsife School of Public Health
Pandemics, Fake News, and Math

Andrea Eleazar | Dornsife School of Public Health
From Weather to WASH: Differential Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health in the Philippines

Janna-Mare Lue, Leila Nzekele | Dornsife School of Public Health
SHARP4SDG6 - Addressing Lack of Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Infrastructure and Education  in Sekameng, Lesotho