3rd  International Association of Jesuit Engineering Schools (IAJES) Summit

Jesuit Engineering Vision for a Better World

 

INSPIRATION

Wednesday July, 13, 2022


7:30 a.m.

Breakfast (Continental breakfast is offered starting at 7:30AM, July 13th-15th at 245 Beacon Street in front of the Auditorium, Room 107)

8:30 a.m.

Summit Registration and check-in at Boston College (245 Beacon Street registration tables outside of Auditorium 107)

IAJES Executive Committee Meeting (for members only) (245 Beacon Street, 3rd floor engineering classroom 302)

10:30 a.m.

Welcome Coffee (245 Beacon Street, outside auditorium near Tully's cafe)

11:00 a.m. 

Opening of the Summit (245 Beacon Street, Auditorium 107)

Introduction 

(Sunanda Bhattacharya, AVP Design & Innovation Strategies, Office of the Vice Provost for Research)

Welcome Address by BC and IAJES

(Gregory A. Kalscheur, S.J. Dean of the Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences Professor of Law + Olivier du Bourblanc, President IAJES)

11:30 a.m.

IAJES Overview - Presentation of the organization (245 Beacon Street, Auditorium 107)

(Olivier du Bourblanc)

Noon

Presentations by Task Force leaders (245 Beacon Street, Auditorium 107)

1:00 p.m.

Catered Lunch (Murray Room 4th floor, Yawkey Center)

2:15 p.m.

Interactive Participatory Session (Murray Room 4th floor, Yawkey Center)

Re-imagining the Jesuit Engineering Vision for a Better World 

(Facilitator: Glenn Gaudette, John W. Kozarich ’71 Chair of the Department of Engineering Professor & Inaugural Chair)

3:30 p.m.

Boston College Tour (Begins from Murray Room and ends at 245 Beacon)

5:00 p.m.

Poster Session representing the Task Forces outcomes (245 Beacon, 3rd Floor)

(opportunities for  social conversations and networking - will include refreshments)  

6:30 p.m.

Unconferencing: Connections + Networking (245 Beacon, 3rd Floor for refreshments, 3rd Floor and 2nd Floor patio available for networking)

7:30 p.m.

Catered Dinner + Conversations (Murray Room 4th floor, Yawkey Center)

Campus Dining Hall Hours

REFLECTION

Thursday July 14, 2022

 

7:30 a.m.

Breakfast (Continental breakfast is offered starting at 7:30AM, July 13th-15th at 245 Beacon Street in front of the Auditorium, Room 107)

8:30 a.m.

Reflection Session 1- Connecting the dots (245 Beacon, Auditorium 107)

(James Keenan, S.J., Vice Provost for Global Engagement, Canisius Professor; Director of The Jesuit Institute)

9:00 a.m. 

Collaborative Working Session 1 - Building upon Day One’s forward thinking vision in alignment with the IAJES Task Force’s directions (245 Beacon, Auditorium 107)

10:30 a.m.

Coffee Break

11:00 a.m.

Mentorship and the Jesuit Ethos: Initiating an IAJES Program to Catalyze Increased Global Project Collaborations for the Common Good (245 Beacon, Auditorium 107)

12:30 p.m.

Catered Lunch + Speaker - Planet-Centered Design for Global Impact (Murray Room, 4th floor Yawkey Center)

(Prof. Gautam Yadama, Dean of Boston College School of Social Work and Prof. Ali Azeko Salifu, Faculty, Department of Engineering, Boston College: Moderator Prof. Avneet Hira)

2:30 p.m.

The Future is Here: Next Generation of Engineers (245 Beacon, Auditorium 107)

(David Moinina Sengeh, Minister of Basic and Senior Secondary Education and Chief Innovation Officer for the Directorate of Science, Technology and Innovation in Sierra Leone)

4:00 p.m.

Unconference format (on BC Campus) with option for Waterworks Museum. Working Session Findings (Poster Board Walk-around) (245 Beacon Street, outside auditorium near Tully's cafe)

6:30 p.m.

Election of the Board (245 Beacon St, Rooms 102, 125, 125A, and 205)

7:30 p.m.

Dinner + Speaker - Human-Centered Engineering: The Surgibox Journey (Murray Room, 4th floor Yawkey Center)

(Mike Teodorescu, CEO, SurgiBox Inc. Introduced by Sunand Bhattacharya)

Campus Dining Hall Hours

ACTION

Friday July, 15, 2022


7:30 a.m.

Breakfast (Continental breakfast is offered starting at 7:30AM, July 13th-15th at 245 Beacon Street in front of the Auditorium, Room 107)

8:30 a.m.

Reflection Session 2- Connecting the dots (245 Beacon Street, Auditorium 107)

(James Keenan, S.J. Vice Provost for Global Engagement, Canisius Professor; Director of The Jesuit Institute)

9:00 a.m. 

Collaborative Working Session 2 - Action - Exploring Global opportunities and Experiences (245 Beacon Street, Auditorium 107)

10:30 a.m.

Coffee Break

11:00 a.m.

IAJES’s future development (245 Beacon Street, Auditorium 107)

How can we position IAJES as a leading organization in its field?

How can we get people involved in a more concrete way?

Noon

Summit Closing Meeting (245 Beacon Street, Auditorium 107)

(Fr. Joseph Christie, SJ, Chair, IAJU Board, Secretary for Higher Education, Society of Jesus)

1:00 p.m.

Lunch + Conversation

2:30 p.m.

Unconferencing: Connections and Networking (245 Beacon, 1st Floor, 2nd, & 3rd floor patios )

3:30 p.m.

Meeting of the new IAJES Board

Campus Dining Hall Hours

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