5th Conference on Child Rights & Sight
October 24, 2015
Yale University, New Haven, CT
Yale University, New Haven, CT
2015 Conference on Child Rights & Sight: Schedule
DCI’s 5th International Conference on Child Rights & Sight was held at Yale University on October 24th, 2015 from 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
| Moderators: | Dr. Mehdi Anwar, Dr. Brian DeBroff |
| 8:00-9:00 | Registration |
| 9:00-9:10 | Welcome (Dr. Brian DeBroff, DCI President) | 9:10-9:15 | DCI Video |
| 9:15-10:25 | Plenary Session |
| Chair: Dr. Brian DeBroff | |
| 9:15-9:25 | H.E. Ambassador Mohammad Ziauddin (Bangladesh) |
| 9:25-9:35 | H.E. Ambassador & Permanent Representative Edita Hrdá (Czech Republic) |
| 9:35-9:45 | H.E. Ambassador & Permanent Representative Dr. Rohan Perera (Sri Lanka) |
| 9:45-10:05 | Nancy A. Donaldson (Director, International Labor Organization) |
| 10:05-10:20 | Gopal Mitra (Program Specialist, UNICEF) |
| 10:20-10:25 | Senator Chris Murphy (Video Message) |
| 10:25–11:20 | Session I: Child Labor & Child Rights |
| Chair: Dr. Nick Lodge | |
| 10:25-10:40 | Dr. Jane Aronson (President & CEO, Worldwide Orphans Foundation) |
| 10:40-10:55 | Dr. Hosne Ara Begum (Executive Director, Thengamara Mohila Sabuj Sangha TMSS) |
| 10:55-11:05 | Tasik Ahmed (Vice President ATN Bangla Television) |
| 11:05–11:10 | M. Hassan Ahamed Chowdhury (Chairman, Debate for Democracy) |
| 11:10-11:20 | Dr. Ehsan Hoque (Executive Director, Distressed Children & Infants International DCI) |
| Video (DCI’s Health for the Underprivileged Program) | |
| 11:20–12:30 | Session II: Leadership & Volunteerism |
| Chair: Dr. Khawaja A. Mamun | |
| 11:20-11:30 | Hansen Clarke (former U.S. Congressman) |
| 11:30-11:45 | Dr. Patricia Ryan-Krause (Associate Professor, Yale University) |
| 11:45-11:55 | Adiba Mobin (Student, University of Texas Austin) |
| 11:55-12:10 | DCI Stony Brook Chapter |
| 12:10-12:30 | Dr. Mathew Kaye (Director) & Volunteers (Sacred Heart University) | Video (DCI’s Orphan Support Program) |
| 12:30–1:30 | Lunch |
| 1:30–3:00 | Session III: Child Rights: Health and Environment |
| Chair: Dr. Lori K. Sudderth | |
| 1:30-1:40 | Senator Richard Blumenthal, Special Guest |
| 1:40-1:55 | Paula Sotnik (Project Director, Institute for Community Inclusion, University of Massachusetts) |
| 1:55-2:05 | Dr. Tess Kulstad (Assistant Professor, Grinnell College) |
| 2:05-2:20 | Dr. Julie Stewart & Dr. Michelle Cole (Associate Professor, Sacred Heart University) |
| 2:20-2:30 | Sonia Okorie (Student, Boston College) |
| 2:30-2:45 | David T. Ives (Executive Director, Albert Schweitzer Institute. Quinnipiac University) |
| 2:45-3:00 | Dr. Azizul Hoque (Cardiologist, Emory University) |
| 3:00–3:30 | Tea/Coffee & Poster Session |
| 3:30–5:10 | Session IV: Child Rights: Education & Development |
| Chair: Dr. Sarah Tasneem Liya | |
| 3:30-3:45 | Dr. Lori K. Sudderth (Professor, Quinnipiac University) | 3:45-4:00 | Dr. Elma Kaiser (Assistant Professor, Stockton University) |
| 4:00-4:10 | Masud Chowdhury (President, Concord Sonic, DCI) |
| 4:10-4:25 | Chris Schweitzer (Director, New Haven/León Sister City Project) |
| 4:25-4:35 | Salma Qadir (Executive Director, Rights & Sight for Children) |
| 4:35-4:50 | Dr. Michele Riondino (Professor, Pontifical Lateran University) |
| 4:50-4:55 | Salman Khan (Founder & CEO, Khan Academy) – Video Message |
| 4:55-5:10 | Ian Burzynski (Development Officer, DCI) |
| 5:10–5:50 | Awards: |
| Chair: Dr. Fahmeed Hyder | |
| 5:50 | Closing Remarks and Vote of Thanks: |
| Dr. Ehsan Hoque (Executive Director, Distressed Children & Infants International) | |
| 6:00 | Evening Reception |
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