Friday June 26, 2015
9:00 AM
– 4:00 PM
Sponsored by the UAlbany School of Social Welfare and School of Business
Co-Sponsored by SUNY Central, School of Social Welfare at Stony Brook and Schools of Social Work at Buffalo and Binghamton
AGENDA
8:30 am-9:00 am: Registration, Continental Breakfast, Networking
9:00 am-9:30 am: Forum Welcome
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James A. Dias, UAlbany Vice President for Research
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Dean Donald Siegel, UAlbany School of Business
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Sally Crimmins Villela, Assistant Vice Chancellor, Office of Global Affairs, SUNY Systems Administration
9:30am-9:50 am: Setting the Stage for Cross-Disciplinary and Cross-National Conversations
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Dean Katharine Briar-Lawson, UAlbany School of Social Welfare
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Associate Professor Paul Miesing, Founding Director of CAUSE, UAlbany School of Business
9:50 am-10:40 am: Lessons Learned from Economies in Transition
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Vladimir Fokine, Head, Dept. of Social Pedagogy and Social Work, Lev Tolstoy Pedagogical Univ. (Russia)-Invited
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Lic. Mery Botton Estrada, Directoria Ejecutiva, Centro Latinoamericano de Trabajo Social (Peru)
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Mr. Chibao Miaw, Chinese entrepreneur and philanthropist
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Moderator: Associate Professor Blanca Ramos, UAlbany School of Social Welfare
10:40 am-11:00 am: BREAK
11:00 am-11:50 pm: Entrepreneurship Among Low Income Populations
 Associate Professor William Wales, Standish Chair in Entrepreneurship, UAlbany School of Business ‒ “Measuring
Entrepreneurial Orientation”
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Assistant Professor Wonhyung Lee, UAlbany School of Social Welfare ‒ “Immigrants and Their Entrepreneurship”
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Mr. Wil liam Brigham, Director, UAlbany Small Business Development Center ‒ “SEED as an Example”
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Moderator: Adjunct Assistant Professor Angelo Mastrangelo, Binghamton University School of Management
11:50 am-1:30 pm: WORKING LUNCH: Building More Integrated Social and Economic Development: Attending to
Marginalized Populations through Social Welfare and Social Entrepreneurship Programs
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Associate Professor Lani Jones, UAlbany School of Social Welfare
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Mr. Fred Erlich, MSW, MBA, CEO of Living Resources
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Mr. Harris Oberlander, CEO Trinity Institution and Capitol South Campus Center
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Moderator: Dean Frances Brisbane, Stony Brook School of Social Welfare
1:30 pm-2:00 pm: Papers
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Dr. Laura Lewis and Associate Professor Filomena Critelli, UBuffalo School of Social Work
‒ “Globally Networked
Classrooms: The Role Technology Can Play in Supporting CrossCultural Exchange”
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Meera Bhat, Doctoral Student, UAlbany School of Social Welfare ‒ “Action Research with Women-led Microenterprises in the Global South”
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Moderator: Dean Katharine Briar-Lawson, UAlbany School of Social Welfare
2:00 pm-2:15 pm: BREAK
2:15 pm-3:15 pm: Roundtables: Social Entrepreneurship, Cross Disciplinary and Cross National Collaboration
3:15 pm-4:00 pm: Report Out, Wrap Up, Summary Comments: Setting the Stage for More Integrative Strategies and
Approaches
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Professor Lynn Warner, UAlbany School of Social Welfare
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Mr. Gerald Shaye, President of Shaye Global; UAlbany MBA Program