Dates: April 12, 2024
Location: Main Auditorium, Tech Square Research Building, Georgia Institute of Technology
The Atlanta Global Studies Symposium is returning this year with the focus on "Languages of Sustainability and the Global South". The 2024 Atlanta Global Studies Symposium will present initiatives that promote global education, language learning, sustainable development, and community engagement. The in-person event welcomes partners, faculty, students, community organizers, K-12 teachers, and the public to connect, to discover the impact of collaboration, and to celebrate the diversity and global vitality of the region.
Panel discussions, keynote, and live performances, with reception to follow.
Schedule
Registration & Check-In – 8:30-9:30
Check-In
Register here and check in at the tables located in the Foyer. Onsite registration is also available.
Breakfast, Coffee, & Networking
Exhibitor Tables
Parallel Sessions 1 - 09:30-12:00
Track 1
Main Auditorium
09:30-10:30 Impacts of Climate Change and Adaptation in the Global South
10:30-11:00 Coffee Roundtables
11:00-12:00 Migration, Community Associations, and Sustainability
Plenary Session
Banquet Hall
12:00-13:00 Networking Lunch
13:00-13:30 Fireside Chat: Leadership in Global Studies
13:30-14:30 AGREC Showcase: Adapting Public Health & Science for Atlanta's Global Communities
14:30-15:00 Coffee Talk: Global Learning Experiences
Parallel Sessions 2 - 15:00-17:30
Track 1
Main Auditorium
15:00-16:00 Language Education and Peacebuilding
16:00-16:30 Afternoon Coffee Roundtables
16:30-17:30 KEYNOTE: Musical Roots and the Language of Sustainability in the Afro Caribbean
Track 2
Banquet Hall
15:30-17:30 RCE Greater Atlanta Lightning Talks on Sustainability Action and Research
Evening Reception
Foyer
17:30-19:00 Sustainability Networking Reception
Join us for an evening reception to continue the conversation and make new connections following the Keynote Performance and the RCE Lightning Talks.
Keynote Address and Performance
David Sánchez - Musical Roots and the Language of Sustainability in the Afro Caribbean
AGSC is excited to announce that GRAMMY® award-winning musician David Sánchez will deliver a keynote lecture and live performance at the Atlanta Global Studies Symposium 2024. Recognized around the world as one of the finest saxophonists of his generation, Sánchez merges jazz syntax with the musical dialects of his native Puerto Rico and other Caribbean sources. Bringing a mix of mainstream jazz with Pan-African influences to audiences around the globe, his original compositions, like the album Carib (2018), are inspired by melodies and rhythms coming from the Afro Puerto Rican and Haitian traditions.
