Strategic Plan

Strategic Planning Symposium Agenda

SUNY Global Affairs Symposium
Thursday, March 4, 2010
The State University of New York Global Center
116 East 55th Street, New York, NY
8:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Theme and Focus:  Globalization and New York's Economic Recovery: SUNY's Role? 

 8:30 - 9:00 AM Registration (Coffee and pastries available)
   
 9:00 - 9:20 AM Welcome and Opening Remarks
Dr. Nancy L. Zimpher, Chancellor, The State University of New York
Carl Hayden, Chair of Board of
Trustees (and of Board Advisory Committee on
Strategic Planning)

Dr. Mitch Leventhal, Vice Chancellor for Global Affairs
   
 9:20 - 9:25 AM Introduction of Keynote Speaker
Garrick Utley, President, The Levin Institute
   
 9:25 - 10:00 AM Attraction/Retention of Global Talent and Its Relation to Economic Development
Vivek Wadhwa, Senior Research Associate, Labor and Worklife Program, Harvard Law School and Executive in Residence, Pratt School of Engineering, Duke University
   
10:00 - 10:30 AM Question and Answer with Mr. Wadhwa
Moderator:  Garrick Utley
   
10:30 - 10:45 AM Break
   
10:45 - 11:45 AM Panel Discussion and Audience Discussion
Moderator:  Garrick Utley
Panelists:   Mr. Wadhwa
               Dr. Stephen Dunnett, Vice President for International Education
               University at Buffalo
               Mr. Ellis Rubinstein, President, New York Academy of Sciences
   
11:45 - 12:00 PM Closing Remarks
Chancellor Zimpher

 

 

8:30 - 9:30AM Open Forum (Public) - Bush Hall, 2nd Floor, Library Cafe
   
9:30 - 10:00AM 
Doors Open  [Coffee & pastries available] - Alumni Hall, 2nd Floor
   
10:00 - 10:05AM Opening Remarks
Dr. Candace Vancko, President, SUNY Delhi


10:05 - 10:15AM
 

Overview of the Day
Chancellor Nancy Zimpher

   
10:15 - 10:25AM
The Strategic Planning Process: Progress to Date and Emerging Ideas  
Anthony Knerr, Anthony Knerr & Associates
   
10:25 - 10:30AM 
Introduction of Keynote Speaker
Chancellor Zimpher
   
10:30 - 11:00AM 
Keynote Speaker
Yolanda Moses, Special Assistant to the Chancellor for Excellence & Diversity and Vice Provost for Conflict Resolution, University of California - Riverside
   
11:00 - 11:15AM Student Panel Response
   
11:15 - 11:30AM Q&A with Keynote Speaker and Student Panel
Moderator: Anthony Knerr
   
11:30 - 11:45AM
Break
   
11:45 - 12:45PM 
Small Group Exercise: SUNY's Role in Diversity in the World
   
12:45 - 1:00PM Small Groups Report Out
Moderated by Anthony Knerr
   
1:00 - 1:15PM Response from Keynote Speaker, Panel Members and Dialogue with Audience
Moderated by Anthony Knerr
   
1:15 - 1:25PM
Summary and Wrap Up
Anthony Knerr
   
1:25 - 1:30PM
Thank-You and What's Next
Chancellor Zimpher
Last Update - 3/1/10