Conference Program

09.00                Registration at the Conference Center UC Davis

Welcome remarks

 9.30 – 9.35          Mr. Fernando O. Mardones, President ChileUCD

9.35 – 9.50          Provost Ralph J. Hexter, Executive Vice Chancellor, UC Davis

9.50 – 9.55          Dr. Jorge Rojas, Program Director, Chile-UC Davis Partnership

Opening discussion panels

10.00 – 10.40     Visions for Agricultural Sustainable Development presented by Prof. Miguel Altieri (UC Berkeley) and Prof. Kate Scow (UC Davis)

10.45 – 11.15     Coffee break

11.20 – 12.00     Public Education presented by Prof. Felipe Salazar (Universidad Diego Portales, Chile) and Prof. Maria Perez (University of Washington)

12.05 – 12.45     Innovation & Entrepreneurship presented by Dr. Juan Santos (HeartVista, Inc., CA), and Prof. Mike Leatherbee (Stanford University)

12.50 – 2.00        Lunch hosted by the Consulate General of Chile in San Francisco

C3 Workshops

2.05 – 3.00         Room A: Sustainable Development (moderated by Nicolas Bambach and Felipe Aburto, UC Davis)

Room B: Education  (moderated by Erin Coghlan and Mayra Feddersen, UC Berkeley)

Room C: Innovation & Entrepreneurship (moderated by Ismael Mena and Gonzalo Valdés, Stanford University)

3.05 – 3.25          Coffee Break

3.30 – 4.00          Workshops cont’d

 

Plenary Session

4.10 – 5.00      Presentation of the C3 statement” for each panel

5.00 – 5.20     Closing address: Dr. Blas Tomic (Director, Fundación Imagen de Chile) – Launch of ChileGlobal.net, a network of Chilean talents abroad contributing to the transition of Chile into a knowledge-based society

5.20 – 5.30      Dr. Juan Ibanez, Director Chile-California Partnership – “Dreaming Chile from California Awards”, and bids for hosting the C3 in 2013.

C3 social

6.30 – 10.00    BBQ at Delta of Venus – Address: 122 B Street, Davis, CA 95616