Harvard - DRCLAS Brazil Office - David Rockefeller Center for Latin ...

Wednesday, January 18 th – New Orleans & Cambridge
Morning Lecture & Discussion: Comparative Overview of U.S. and Brazil’s
Solutions for Extreme Events. Prof. José Rodolfo Scarati Martins, Assistant
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Poli, Universidade de São
Paulo.
Afternoon &
Evening
Thursday, January 19 th – Cambridge
10:00 – 11:00 am
Lunch and Hotel Check-out.
Participants travel to Cambridge, MA.
Delta Flight 1293/1100
New Orleans, LA – Boston, MA (connection in Atlanta, GA)
Departs: 4:30 pm
Arrives: 10:11 pm
Hotel check-in.
(Brazilian and Harvard students will be paired in double occupancy rooms).
The Inn at Harvard
1201 Massachusetts Avenue
Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA
+1 (617) 491-2222
+1 (617) 520-3711
http://www.hotelsinharvardsquare.com/
Lecture & Discussion: International Research Collaborations in the
Field. Scot Martin, Gordon McKay Professor of Environmental Chemistry,
SEAS, Harvard University.
Location: MD G 125.
11:15 am – 12:30 pm Lecture & Discussion. Urban Planning: Challenges of Mega-cities and
Mega-events. Judith Grant Long, Associate Professor of Urban Planning,
Graduate School of Design (GSD), Harvard University.
Location: GSD Room 508, 48 Quincy, Cambridge, MA.
12:30 – 2:00 pm Lunch.
2:15 – 3:30 pm
3:45 – 5:00 pm
Evening Free.
Friday, January 20 th – Cambridge
Tour of the Graduate School of Design (GSD) led by GSD students.
2 nd Discussion of group research themes for each of the five student
Working Groups. Course faculty will provide information to help students
progress in their thinking on the program.
8:00 – 9:00 am Breakfast and Hotel Check-out.
9:00 – 10:30 am Online course evaluation.
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