The program is now posted online here.
The agenda is also pasted below. As you will see, Br. Kevin Cawley, Executive Director of Iona's Thomas Berry Forum for Ecological Dialogue and Main Representative for Edmund Rice International at the UN, will be sharing some thoughts about the Pope's Encyclical on the Environment as part of a lunchtime panel.
Please share this information with others who may be interested in attending any or all of the program. There is no fee for faculty and students, and walk-in registration is fine. But it would be helpful if you RSVP ahead of time at this link, especially if staying for lunch and/or reception:
For more information about the symposium, please contact Prof. Manley (
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2015 HAGAN/IONA – CIBER/UCONN Summer Symposium PROGRAM
SUSTAINABILITY in Business, Economics and Education
Saturday, JUNE 20, 2015
CONFERENCE REGISTRATION, CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST, LUNCH & SESSIONS
8:15-9:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast & Registration LaPenta Student Union
8:45-9:00 a.m. WELCOMING REMARKS LaPenta Student Union
Conference Co-Chairs Program Co-Chairs
Vin Calluzzo, Dean John Manley, Professor
Hagan School of Business, Iona College Iona College
Jay Kang, Professor Anand Shetty, Department Chair
San Francisco State University Iona College
9:00-10:30 a.m. SESSION ONE LaPenta Student Union
Session Chair: Anand Shetty, Iona College
Report on Sustainable Water Resource Management Projects in Northern Ghana: A field survey and comparison of local solutions and large-scale, multinational initiatives.
Patrick Nuanah and Peter M LeTourneau (Faculty), Iona College
Loyalty and Commitment: international perspective vis-à-vis Hofstede's cultural dimensions
George DeFeis and Don Grunewald, Iona College
Waste Not: Globalization of Green Marketing and Cross-cultural Consumer Behavior
Fredrica Rudell, Iona College
Hedge Fund Performance: Review and Replication
Kaushal Shah and Vipul K. Bansal, St. John's University
10:30-10:45 a.m. COFFEE BREAK LaPenta Student Union
10:45-12:15 p.m. SESSION TWO LaPenta Student Union
Session Chair: Anand Shetty, Iona College
GM: Got Morals?
Caitlin Zungoli and Christine Cahill (Faculty), St. Thomas Aquinas College
Pedagogy of a Case Study Class and Development of an Ethics Teaching Case Study
Christine Cahill, Esq., St. Thomas Aquinas College
Unsustainable Gender Discrimination: A Cross-Country Comparison Between the United States and Australia
Christine Cahill, and Jeanine Grillo (Student), St. Thomas Aquinas College
Integration of Vegetated Roofs As Part of a Sustainable Environmental Land Use Management Plan at Iona College
Kevin King, Robert Glowacky, Peter Letourneau (Faculty), Iona College
12:15-2:00 p.m. LUNCH LaPenta Student Union
12:45-2:00 p.m. Luncheon Panel: Current Issues in Sustainability
Session Chair: John Cusack
Insights into the Pope's Encyclical on the Environment (June 18, 2015)
Brother Cawley, Berry Forum and Edmund Rice International (United Nations)
Education in China and the United States and its Potential Impact on Sustainability
Lawrence G. Bridwell, Pace University
The Social and Governance Aspects of Sustainability
Dawn Stith, IntegrityWise Consulting
2:00-3:30 p.m. SESSION THREE LaPenta Student Union
Session Chair: Eleni Mariola, Iona College
The economic impacts of climate on complex societies: A paleoclimatologist's view of the 21st century mega-drought in the southwestern US.
Peter M. LeTourneau, Iona College
Excellent Industrial Services: Is Sustainable Innovation the Ultimate Solution?
Pavel Strach,
Ebola: Real World Example for Sustaining Organizational Operations using Crisis Prevention Strategies during a Global Medical Crisis
Mallory Stutts and John Overby (Faculty), The University of TN at Martin
GIS Analysis of Storm Water Flow, Storm Water Capture, and Tier 1 CSOs in the Bronx, NYC
Phoebe Mankiewicz, The Harlem River Working Group: AmeriCorps VISTA, and Stephen Franciosa, Iona College
3:30-3:45 p.m. COFFEE BREAK LaPenta Student Union
3:45-5:15 p.m. SESSION FOUR LaPenta Student Union
Session Chair: Eleni Mariola, Iona College
Sustainability as an Economic and at-large Stakeholder Responsibility
Jay Nathan, St. John's University
Trade Promotion by Local Government &Its Impact on a Town along the Texas-Mexico Border
Pablo Camacho Gutiérrez, Texas A&M International University
European Central Bank (ECB) and the Federal Reserve System (FED) Policies and Objectives towards Unemployment, Growth and Stability
Pellegrino Manfra, Queensborough CC/ City University New York
Statistical Model to Predict Outbound Travel to Europe
Manuel Russon and Vipul Bansal, St. John's University
5:15-6:00 p.m. THANK YOU RECEPTION LaPenta Student Union