Summit Schedule

10:00 - 10:10 – Welcome and Introduction

10:10 - 10:50 – Keynote Speaker, Dr. Stephen Obaro (UNMC)  [Room 1001 A or via Zoom]

10:55 – 11:25 -- Break-out Session #1

Panel A on Health Sciences and Health Systems  [Linder Reading Room or livestream]
o    Elizabeth VanWormer (UNL)
o    Kyle Johnson (UNMC)
o    Concetta DiRusso (UNL)

Panel B on Agriculture, Water, and Food [Room 1001 B or via Zoom]
o    Jesse Starita (NU Water for Food Institute)
o    Jessica Corman (UNL)
o    Sharon Czarnek (UNL)

Panel C on Drought, Climate and the Environment, Infrastructure [Room 1001 C or Zoom]
o    Mohamed Dahab (UNL)
o    Mark Svoboda (UNL)

Panel D on Business, Technology, Social Sciences, International Relations [Room 1001 D or Zoom]
o    Jennifer Harbour (UNO)
o    Jose Andrade (UNL)

Panel E on Humanities, Literature, the Arts and Education, Library [Room 1001 A or Zoom]
o    Ted Hamann (UNL)
o    Lydiah Kiramba (UNL)
o    Patrice Proulx (UNO)
o    Pamela Smith (UNO)

11:30 - 12:00 – Break-out Session #2

Panel A on Health Sciences and Health Systems  [Linder Reading Room or livestream]
o    Michelle Fleig-Palmer (UNK)
o    James Lawler (UNMC)
o    Danstan Bagenda (UNMC)

Panel B on Agriculture, Water, and Food [Room 1001 B or via Zoom]
o    S. Kay Rockwell (UNL Emerita)
o    Patricio Grassini (UNL)
o    Josh Davis (UNL)

Panel C on Drought, Climate and the Environment, Infrastructure [Room 1001 C or Zoom]
o    Mike Hayes (UNL)
o    Risto Rautiainen (UNMC
o    Trenton Franz (UNL)

Panel D on Business, Technology, Social Sciences, International Relations [Room 1001 D or Zoom]
o    Libby Jones (UNL)
o    Frank Tenkorang (UNK)
o    Nikitah Imani (UNO)

12:00 - 1:00 – Informal Lunch [Room 1001 A]

1:15 – 2:00 – Break-out Session #3

Panel A on North Africa  [Linder Reading Room or livestream]
o    Lacey Bodnar (NU Water for Food Institute
o    Ramazan Kilinc (UNO)

Panel B on West Africa  [Room 1001 B or Zoom]
o    Juliette Parnell (UNO)
o    Imafedia Okhamafe (UNO)  
o    Nick Kocmich (UNMC)
o    Amy Rezac (UNMC)

Panel C on East Africa  [Room 1001 C or Zoom]
o    Shimelis Beyene (UNL)  
o    Tsegaye Tadesse (UNL)
o    Drissa Toure (UNMC)

Panel D on Central Africa  [Room 1001 D or Zoom]
o    Paul Williams (UNO)
o    Mary Hallin (UNO)

Panel E on Southern Africa  [Room 1001 A or Zoom]
o    Greg Brown (UNK)  
o    John Carroll (UNL)
o    Jonah Attebery (UNMC)

2:00 - 2:30 – Informal reception and mingling  [Room 1001 A]

2:45 - 3:30 – OPTIONAL Tours of UNMC facilities
(Buffett Cancer Center and Biocontainment unit)