INDePth 2012 is a brand new student run and driven conference on sustainable development, being held at the University of Toronto. We focus on four streams: Health Science Innovation, Canadian Aid Policy, Mining, and Agribusiness.
INDePth is unique in that it is largely workshop driven. Though we have three expert panels, the conference aims to ask students from different disciplines, all interested in development, to collaboratively understand what sustainable development looks like. Moreover, we have several unconference portions which allow for free range discussion on development--please come out and bring your ideas and opinions with you!
Finally, a discussion is on development is incomplete with only Canadian participants. As this year's case study is Indonesia, we have invited colleagues from Universitas Gadjah Mada to participate. UGM is the top university in Indonesia and the three students that are coming have done extensive field research on Agribusiness in Indonesia.
If you are a non-U of T student, we encourage your participation! Travel subsidies are available for students from
- McGill
- Carleton
- University of Ottawa
- University of Waterloo
- University of Alberta
- University of British Columbia
and others. Please contact indepthconference@gmail.com for more details.
To register for the conference, please go to
www.indepthconference.eventbrite.com
Registration is FREE.
- The Conference Schedule -
Friday, March 9, 2012
11 AM - 1 PM: Students from Partnering Schools Arrive and Registration is Opened
1 - 3 PM: Panel on Medical Innovations and the Global South
3-4 PM: Specialty Teas and Desserts Served
Saturday, March 10, 2012
9: 00 -9:30 am Breakfast at Hart House Music Room
(Registration for students arriving late)
9:30 – 10 am Introduction & Remarks
Remi Kanji, Co-chair, INDePth Conference
Mimi Liu, Co-chair, INDePth Conference
10 am – 12 pm Panel Discussion 2: The Indonesian Experience
Tania Li, Professor and Canadian Research Chair, Anthropology
Rachel Silvey, Associate Professor, Geography & Planning
Joshua Barker, Associate Professor, Anthropology
William Hurst, Assistant Professor, Political Science
12 – 1 pm Lunch Break
1:15 – 2:15 pm Workshop 1
Problematizing Development Theories, Themes, and Actors
2: 30 – 3: 30 pm Unconference Session
3: 30 – 4: 30 pm Workshop 2: Interrogating Sectors of Development
6: 30 – 9 pm Dinner, Social, Mixer (Location TBC, Self-covered expense for around 20-25 dollars, Optional)
Sunday: March 11, 2012
9:15 – 10 am Breakfast at Hart House Music Room
10 am – 12 pm Panel Discussion 3: Practitioner Perspectives
Suzanne Fish, Engineers Without Borders
Jeff Grass, MSF/ Doctors Without Borders
Michael Beeler, Students for International Development
12 - 1 pm Lunch Break
1: 05– 2: 05 pm Workshop 3: Unpacking Policy Puzzles
2: 10 – 3: 10 pm Unconference Session
3: 15– 4: 15 pm Workshop 4: New Development Paradigms
4: 20 – 4: 40 pm Closing Remarks
For further inquiry contact indepthconference@gmail.com
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