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Upcoming Program Guide
American Cultural Webinar: Freedom of Speech
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
16:00 EDT (20:00 UTC)
Live webchat URL: https://conx.state.gov/peru
Description: Join U.S. Embassy Lima and American Cultural Affairs Officer Melissa Schumi Jones for a webchat on Freedom of Expression. This webchat is part of a regular series of English language
 learning programs designed to provide teachers with language and cultural resources for their classrooms. This discussion will focus on the historical framework of Freedom of Speech in the United States and how this concept, plus freedom of the press and Internet freedom, all impact our society today.
Format: This program will be a live video webchat in English. Please click on the URL above to participate.
Best Practices for Disability Access
Thursday, May 16, 2013
07:00 EDT (11:00 UTC)
Live webchat URL: http://conx.adobeconnect.com/disabilities
 Description: Interested in learning about disabilities access? Join us for a live Russian-language webchat that will focus on the Disabilities Access Exchange program, sponsored by the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs (ECA)! We will be connecting international participants in ECA’s disability access empowerment exchange with their peers to discuss what they have been learning during their trips to the United States. One of the exchange participants, Azat Israilov, the Project Manager for the Kelechek-HealthProm Foundation in Kyrgyzstan, will be online and available to answer your questions!
Format: This program will be a live video webchat in Russian. Please click on the URL above to participate.
Study in the USA: Presentation of Northern Arizona University
Monday, May 20, 2013
08:00 EDT (12:00 UTC / 18:00 Astana)
Live webchat URL: https://conx.adobeconnect.com/kazakhstan
 Description: Learn about how you can study in the USA as an international student! Join a live webchat with Jacob Eavis, International Admissions Counselor at Northern Arizona University’s Center for International Education. He will give a presentation and answer your questions online about applying to this school.
Format: This program will be a video webchat in English. Please click on the URL above and enter the room as a ‘Guest’ to participate.
Study in the USA: Presentation of Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Thursday, May 23, 2013
08:00 EDT (12:00 UTC / 18:00 Astana)
Live webchat URL: https://conx.adobeconnect.com/kazakhstan
 Description: Learn about how you can study in the USA as an international student! Join a live webchat with Matt McGann, Director of Admissions at MIT’s Office of Admissions. He will give a presentation and answer your questions online about applying to this school.
Format: This program will be a video webchat in English. Please click on the URL above and enter the room as a ‘Guest’ to participate.
Slovenia and the United States: Approaches to Successful Minority Integration – NEW!
Thursday, May 23, 2013
12:00 EDT (16:00 UTC)
Live webchat URL: http://watchitoo.com/show/wjj-287
 Description: Over 11% of Slovenia’s population is foreign born, and across the 27 EU members, the figure is a close 9.7%. Join U.S. Federal Judge Susan Ritchie Bolton and former Justice Minister of Slovenia Mr. Aleš Zalar, an International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) Gold Star participant, to discuss strategies and approaches to successful minority integration and access to justice. Each speaker will describe challenges and successes of minority integration in the U.S. and Europe, respectively, and explore the experiences of different communities— LGBT, women, ethnic minorities, religious minorities. Judge Bolton and Mr. Zalar, an expert on alternative dispute resolution, will compare and contrast ways in which civil society and government can collaborate to deepen and enhance integration. U.S. Ambassador to Slovenia Joseph Mussomeli will introduce this program, which seeks to draw a European-wide audience.
Format: This program will be a live video webchat in English. Please click on the URL above to participate.
Fab Labs: A Conversation with Neil Gershenfeld – NEW!
Friday, May 24, 2013
03:30 EDT (07:30 UTC)
Live webchat URL: https://conx.state.gov/italy
 Description: MIT’s Neil Gershenfeld is redefining the boundaries between the digital and analog worlds. “The digital revolution is over”, Gershenfeld says. We won. So what comes next? His Center for Bits and Atoms has developed quite a few answers, including Internet 0, a tiny web server that fits into lightbulbs and doorknobs, networking the physical world in previously unimaginable ways.
But Gershenfeld is best known as a pioneer in personal fabrication—small-scale manufacturing enabled by digital technologies, which gives people the tools to build literally anything they can imagine. His famous Fab Lab is immensely popular among students at MIT, who crowd Gershenfeld’s classes. The concept is potentially life-altering in the developing world, where a Fab Lab with just $20,000 worth of laser cutters, milling machines, and soldering irons can transform a community, helping people harness their creativity to build tools, replacement parts, and essential products unavailable in the local market. Join us on Friday, May 24th for a 30-minute webchat, and hear about the digital fabrication revolution with Neil Gershenfeld!
Bio: Neil Gershenfeld is a professor at MIT and the head of MIT’s Center for Bits and Atoms, a sister lab spun out of the popular MIT Media Lab. His research interests are mainly in interdisciplinary studies involving physics and computer science, in such fields as quantum computing, nanotechnology, personal fabrication, and other research areas. His books include, “When Things Start to Think”, “The Nature of Mathematical Modeling”, “The Physics of Information Technology”, and “Fab, The Coming Revolution on Your Desktop – From Personal Computers to Personal Fabrication.” In 2004, Gershenfeld was named to the Scientific American 50. The magazine has also named him Communications Research Leader of the Year.
Format: This program will be a live video webchat in English. Please click on the URL above to participate.
Study in the USA: Presentation of the University of Virginia
Friday, May 24, 2013
08:00 EDT (12:00 UTC / 18:00 Astana)
Live webchat URL: https://conx.adobeconnect.com/kazakhstan
 Description: Learn about how you can study in the USA as an international student! Join a live webchat with Merav Frazier, Assistant Dean of Admission at the University of Virginia. Merav will give a presentation and answer your questions online about applying to this school.
Format: This program will be a video webchat in English. Please click on the URL above and enter the room as a ‘Guest’ to participate.
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