Symposium on Indigenous Development

Exploring Issues of Sovereignty, Access to Resources, and Models of Success

December 12 - 13, 2016
8:30 am - 5:00 pm
Patricia Wade Temple Room

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As outside pressures on lands increase, management of natural resource and protection of water resources by indigenous groups around the world has become of paramount importance. Here we provide an opportunity for an indigenous exchange of wisdom and expertise between the leadership from the Ngöbé-Buglé nation, the largest indigenous group in Panama, our community here at Heritage University and the Yakama Nation. Representatives from the USDA and international experts on indigenous development from Canada, Ecuador and Panama will present on developing entrepreneurial, environmental, agricultural and health initiatives.

This two-day event will feature presentations by

Pedro Nola Flores, President of Traditional Government of Ngöbé-Buglé Nation
César Adolfo Salazar Serrano, Cacique Regional de No Kribo
Celestino Gallardo Gallardo, Cacique Regional de Nidrini
Celia Morales Rodriguez, Traditional Authority, Health Issues for Ngöbé-Bugle Nation
Dr. Daviken Studnicki-Gizbert, PhD, McGill, History and Classical Studies
Dr. Andrea Encalada, PhD, Directora del Laboratorio de Ecología Acuática Colegio de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales, COCIBA Universidad San Francisco de Quit

We will have a WebEx link available so you can join the event. There are two links below, one for Monday and one for Tuesday. WebEx will allow online participants to ask questions and interact with the symposium speakers in real time. The WebEx program will need to be installed prior to joining the meeting.

Follow the links below and they will guide you through the process.

To join on Monday:

Symposium on Indigenous Development Day 1
Monday, December 12, 2016
9:15 a.m. | Pacific Standard Time (San Francisco, GMT-08:00) | 8 hrs

Meeting number (access code): 922 056 726
Meeting password: BfsDkrZs

When it's time, click: Join the Meeting

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Join by phone:
+ 1-855-797-9485 US Toll Free
+ 1-415-655-0002 US Toll

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To join on Tuesday:

Symposium on Indigenous Development Day 2
Tuesday, December 13, 2016
8:00 a.m. | Pacific Standard Time (San Francisco, GMT-08:00) | 9 hrs

Meeting number (access code): 920 997 949
Meeting password: JJJvC937

When it's time, click: Join the Meeting