November 27th - 28th 2018, Inn at Virginia Tech and Skelton Conference Center, Blacksburg, Virginia

ADVANCING THE HUMAN CONDITION SYMPOSIUM

The Advancing the Human Condition symposium engages scholars, academic, and practitioners in transdisciplinary inquiry around the critical questions of our age, with equity premised as the driving force of our deliberations.Register to attend visit www.inclusive.vt.edu/Programs/AHC2018.html

Preliminary ScheduleTuesday, November 2712:30 pm - Universities Responding to Global ChallengesJosé Antonio Guzmán Cruzat, Chancellor of the Universidad de los Andes, Santiago, Chile2:00 pm - Transdisciplinary Research to Augment HumanityAndy Burnett, Know Innovation 3:45 pm - Transdisciplinary Directions for Research Funding5:15 pm - Demonstration: Coastal@VT

Wednesday, November 28th9:00 am - 11:30 am - Topical Inquiries on Global Climate Change, Ethical Econo-mies, Human Well Being, Human Migration, Equitable Infrastructure and Tech for Humanity + Graduate Student Poster Exhibit11:30 am - 1:00 pm - Lunch1:00 pm – 3:30 pm - Topical Inquiries Continured 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm - Speaker: William A. Darity, Samuel DuBois Cook Professor of Public Policy, Duke University5:00 pm - 6:00 pm - Reception, Latham Foyer6:00 pm - 8:00 pm - Closing Reflection: Artists Respond For more information contact: Michele Deramo: 540.231.6877 - deramo@vt.edu, The Advancing the Human Condition Symposium is a project of the Equity and Social Disparity in the Human Condition Strategic Growth Area at Virginia Tech.