2020 - Mobility & Migration
RE:BORDER 2020
About RE:BORDER 2020
RE:BORDER 2020 is the second annual conference that explores key regional issues and innovative solutions. This year, we will focus on challenges and solutions related to Mobility in the transborder region of California and Baja California. Academic experts, practitioners, students, public policy experts, and community stakeholders will explore how San Diego State University and its regional partners can contribute to innovative solutions in the transborder region through expert presentations, conversations, poster sessions, and artistic experiences.
The virtual conference will offer simultaneous
English and Spanish translation.
Acerca RE:BORDER 2020
RE:BORDER 2020 es la segunda conferencia anual que explora problemas claves regionales y soluciones innovadoras. Este año, nos enfocaremos en los retos y soluciones relacionadas con la movilidad en la región transfronteriza de California y Baja California. Académicos expertos, profesionales, estudiantes y comunidad en general interesada explorarán cómo la Universidad Estatal de San Diego y sus asociados regionales pueden contribuir a soluciones innovadoras para los desafíos relacionados en la región transfronteriza mediante presentaciones de expertos, diálogos, sesión de carteles y exposiciones artísticas.
La conferencial virtual ofrecerá traducción
simultanea en ingles y en español.
Agenda
Se enviarán la agenda que contiene enlaces directos a cada sesión cuando se registre.
8:30 AM
OPENING / WELCOME SESSION
Emcee/Facilitator: Paola Avila, Vice President International Business Affairs, San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce
Moderator: Maria Keckler, Director of Presidential & International Affairs
Communications
Opening Speakers:
- Dr. Adela de la Torre, SDSU President
- Dr. Alberto Hernández Hernández, El COLEF President
- Carlos González Gutiérrez, Consul General of Mexico in San Diego
- Sue Saarnio, Consul General of the United States in Tijuana
CEREMONY
Memorandum of Understanding Ceremony (SDSU / Mexico Secretary of Education)
- Adela de la Torre, SDSU President
- Luciano Concheiro Bórquez,
Subsecretario de Educación Superior - Catalino Zavala Márquez
Secretario de Educación y Director General del Instituto de Servicios
Educativos y Pedagógicos de Baja California - J. Javier González Monroy
Sub-Secretario de Educación Media, Superior y Posgrado, Secretaría de Educación de Baja California.
10:15 AM
Session 1A. PUBLIC HEALTH
Facilitator: Helina Hoyt, School of Nursing at SDSU.
Q&A Moderator: Maybelline Arevalo Lopez, International Affairs, SDSU
Speakers: Michael Gates and Beverly Carlson, School of Nursing at SDSU.
"SDSU-IV Center for Multi-sector, Rural, Border Health Disparities Research and Innovation"
Speakers: Linda Abarbanell, Psychology, SDSU-Imperial Valley, and Elvira Reyes-Hernandez, SDSU-IV MSW Program.
"Cultural Explanatory Models of Cancer Among Individuals Residing Near the US - Mexico Border in the Imperial Valley, CA"
Speakers: Linda Abarbanell, Psychology, SDSU-Imperial Valley; Dario Reyes Gastelum, Psychology major at SDSU-Imperial Valley; Enrique Gomez Bastidas, Escuela de Medicina, Mexicali.
"Cultural Explanatory Models of HIV/AIDS Among HIV+ Individuals in the Mexicali/Imperial Valley Region Participation in an HIV/AIDS Education Program"
Speaker: Silvia Mejia, Estudios de Población en El COLEF.
"Health and social correlates of cognitive aging in Mexican-origin populations"
10:15 AM
Session 1B. EDUCATION
Facilitator: Jan Gustafson-Corea, CEO CABE
Q&A Moderator: Aracely Borjorques
Speakers: William Zahner, Mathematics, SDSU.
Discussion: Ernesto Calleros, Mathematics and Science Education, SDSU and UCSD; Kevin Pelaez, Mathematics and Science Education, SDSU and UCSD; Perla Abeldaño, Dual Language and English Language Learner Education, SDSU; José Antonio Parra,Teacher Education, SDSU; and April Zuniga, Dual Language and English Language Learner Education, SDSU.
"Teaching and Learning Math in the San Diego - Tijuana Region"
Speaker: Sera J. Hernández, Dual Language and English Learner Education, SDSU.
"Los Estudiantes Que Compartimos (K-12)"
Speaker: Daniela Rábago Castro, Universidad Politécnica de Baja California (UPBC).
"Impacto de las TIC-s en el proceso de enseñanza- aprendizaje a distancia"
Speakers: Ana Barbara Mungaray and Maximino Matus, Escuela de Economía, UABC/ Departamento Estudios Sociales, El COLEF.
"Estudiantes binacionales en la región Tijuana-San Diego: ¿Pueden las nuevas tecnologías ayudar a promover su inclusión social?
12:00 PM
Session 2. GOVERNMENT POLICY
Facilitator: Dr. Paul Ganster, Director of Institute for Regional Studies of the Californias at SDSU
Q&A Moderator: Chris Kjonaas, International Affairs, SDSU
Speaker: Estefania Castaeda Prez, Political Science, UCLA.
"Contested Citizenship at the Mexico - US border"
Speakers: David Jancsics (Presenter), David Kanaan (Discussion), School of Public Affairs at SDSU-IV.
"Corruption on the US- Mexico Border: Qualitative Analysis of Official Documents"
Speaker: Tito Alegria, Departamento de Estudios Urbanos, El COLEF.
"Programa Braceros y la Integracion Binacional Dependiente en la Teoria del Crecimiento Urbano de la Frontera de Mexico con EEUU"
Speaker: Roberto Ham-Chande, Departamento de Estudios de Población, El COLEF.
"Prospectivas y escenarios en la frontera MEX-USA"
1:45 PM
Session 3. MIGRATION & DISPLACEMENT
Opening Speaker: Tony Thurmond, State Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Facilitators:
Cristina Alfaro, Associate Vice President for International Affairs, SDSU.
Mtra. Paolina Peña Frias, Coordinadora Enlace Internacional del Professional Skills Develoment Center San Diego State University Imperial Valley
Q&A Moderator: Nora Layva, SDSU and Claremont Graduate Student
Opening Speaker: Tony Thurmond, State Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Speaker: Eduardo Mendoza Cota, Departamento de Estudios Económicos, EL COLEF.
"Migrant organizations’ activism in the trans-border region of Tijuana-San Diego"
Speaker: Nihat Celik, School of Public Affairs, SDSU.
"The Transborder Region as a Hub of Learning Commuter Students at the US- Mexico Border"
Speakers: Lucio Lira, and Lucia Plascencia, APCC,
Mental Health Advocates
"Crimmigration and the Impacts of Mental Health on LGBT+ Refugees Seeking Asylum at the US/Mexico Border"
Speaker: Josefina Perez Espino, Coordinadora Posgrado, Universidad Pedagógica Nacional (UPN).
"Los cambios en la política de asilo de Estados Unidos, una historia desde la ciudad fronteriza de Tijuana"
3:30 PM
Closing Round Table
Facilitator: Cristina Alfaro, Interim Associate Vice President for International Affairs at SDSU
Q&A Moderator: Alexandra Fox, International Affairs SDSU
Speaker: Jerry Sanders, President and CEO of the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce
Speaker: Jerry Sheehan, Vice President and Chief Information Officer, San Diego State University
Speaker: Juan Vargas, Congressman of California’s 51st District
Speaker: Mtro. Enrique Kú González, Coordinador de Movilidad y Cooperación Académica en Educación Superior
9:00 AM
WELCOME SESSION
Opening Speaker and Facilitator: Cristina Alfaro, Associate Vice President for International Affairs, SDSU.
Q&A Moderator: Maybelline Arevalo Lopez, International Affairs, SDSU
Speaker: Hector Ochoa, Provost and Senior Vice President, SDSU.
Speaker: J. Javier González Monroy, Sub-Secretario de Educación Media, Superior y Posgrado, Secretaría de Educación de Baja California.
Speaker: María del Rosio Barajas, Directora Departamento de Estudios Socailes, El COLEF.
10:15 AM
Session 1A. BUSINESS
Facilitator: Mark Ballam, SDSU CAGB
Q&A Moderator: Hector Ochoa Diaz
Speaker: Jose Guadalupe Rodriguez, Escuela de Economía, Universidad de Sonora.
"Mujeres Emprendedoras en Nogales, Hermosillo (Sonora) y Tijuana, Baja California"
Speaker: María de los Angeles Murillo Flores, Coordinadora
del área de Vinculación de la Universidad Politécnica de Baja California (UPBC).
"Emprendimiento Sostenible en la Frontera"
Speaker: José María Ramos, Departamento de Administración Pública, El COLEF.
"Gestión estratégica, innovación social y economías creativas en B.C."
10:15 AM
Session 1B. EDUCATION
Facilitator: Yara Lopez-Lopez, Especialista en Migración Internacional por El COLEF.
Q&A Moderator: Aracely Bojorques
Speaker: Hernan Daniel Magaña Almaguer, Instituto Tecnológico de Mexicali.
"Los retos de la educacion superior tecnologica ante la condicion de frontera y la contingencia sanitaria"
Speakers: Carlos Figueroa Beltran, SDSU. Jose de Jesus A. Monjaraz Sandoval, UABC.
"Transborder Political, Cultural and Environmental Experiences Between UABC and SDSU Students"
Speaker: Andreas Muller, Mexican- German Chamber of Commerce and Industry, CAMEXA.
"Modelo de educación dual"
Speaker: Dr. Sean Hauze, Director of Instructional Technology Services, San Diego State University.
"The Empathy Lens: Breaking Down Barriers through Immersive Learning"
12:00 PM
Session 2A. HOSPITALITY & TOURISM
Facilitator: Vinod Sasidharan, Hospitality and Tourism Management, SDSU.
Q&A Moderator: Karina Araiza, International Affairs, SDSU
Speakers: Ileana Espejel, Ciencias, Universidad, Autónoma de Baja California;
Marisa Reyes-Orta, Facultad de Turismo y Mercadotecnia, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California;
Alejandro Garcia Gastelum, Facultad de Ciencias Marinas, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California.
"Sustainable Wine Tourism in Guadalupe Valley: Issues and Challenges"
Speaker: Axel G. Elias, 20th century and 21st century Historian.
"Gastronacionalismo y Migración: Experiencias de construcción ciudadana en la frontera de México y los Estados Unidos"
Speaker: Nora L. Bringas Rabago, Departamento de Estudios Urbanos y del Medio Ambiente, El COLEF.
"Los imaginarios del turismo extranjero en Playas de Rosarito"
Speaker: Sergio Peña Medina, Departamento de Estudios Urbanos y del Medio Ambiente, El COLEF.
"Movilidad transfronteriza, Planeación y Gobernanza en la Frontera México-Estados Unidos"
12:00 PM
Session 2B. R&D / INNOVATION
Facilitator: Martina Musteen, Charles Hostler Professor of Global Business.
Q&A Moderator: Maybelline Arevalo Lopez, International Affairs, SDSU
Speaker: Luis Vargas, Energías Renovables at Universidad Tecnológica, Tijuana.
"La energia como parte de una estrategia de movilidad urbana sustentable"
Speakers: Enriqueta Salazar Ruiz, Francisco Ibáñez, Tecnológico Nacional de México, Mexicali.
"Innovación, emprendurismo y desarrollo humano para potenciar el desarrollo transfronterizo"
Speaker: Arnoldo Diaz Ramirez, Tecnológico Nacional de México, Mexicali.
"Experiencias y retos en el desarrollo de la ciencia, tecnologia y conectividad ante la movilidad migratoria transfronteriza"
Speaker: Nancy Nicholson, Cross Border Consulting, Center for Advancing Global Business.
1:45 PM
Session 3. MIGRATION & DISPLACEMENT
Facilitator: Norma Iglesias
Q&A Moderator: Chris Kjonaas, International Affairs, SDSU
Speaker: Óscar Peláez Herreros, Economic Studies, COLEF.
"La pobreza de los recién llegados a BC"
Speakers: Jaime Cueva Esquivel, Transborder Intelligence Researcher, and Alberto M. Ochoa.
"Transfronterizos Cultural Capital in California - Baja California Transborder Region"
Speaker: Esperanza Camargo, School of Public Affairs, SDSU; Sherry Ryan.
"Salvadoran Migration"
Speaker: Karen Alvarez Mejía, Urban-Architectural Project Planning, Universidad de Guadalajara.
"A Cara del Refugio y El Arte Como Instrumento de Representación"
Speaker: James Brown, Architect, American Institute of Architects.
"The International Friendship Park—a Community Vision"
3:30 PM
Closing Remarks
Facilitator: Paolina Peña Frias, Coordinadora Enlace Internacional del Professional Skills Develoment Center San Diego State University Imperial Valley.
Q&A Moderator: Alexandra Fox, International Affairs, SDSU.
Speakers: Vanessa Falcon Orta, SDSU/CGU Joint Ph.D. in Education Program; Ivette Lorona, Public Health and Latin American Studies, SDSU; Vanessa Flores, Theatre and Dance, UC San Diego; Luis Chavez Rodriguez, School Based Clinical Counseling Program, USD.
"Fostering the Success of Transfronterizx Students in Postsecondary and Higher Education"
Closing Keynote: Gustavo A De La Fuente, Executive Director, San Diego – Tijuana Smart Border Coalition.
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