Forum Program


Tuesday, June 19, 2012
2:30 – 4:00 pm Optional Tour of Campus, Main Building, University of Notre Dame
3:00 – 4:30 pm Check-in, Inn at Saint Mary’s
5:45 pm

Shuttle to Main Building, University of Notre Dame Campus

6:00 pm Reception and Dinner, Rotunda of the Main Building
Welcoming Remarks
Fr. Timothy Scully, CSCInstitute for Educational Initiatives, University of Notre Dame
Prayer
Archbishop Louis Kébreau

7:45 pm Keynote
Patrick Gaston, President and CEO, Gastal Networks

9:00 pm Eucharist, Keenan-Stanford Chapel
Reflection: "My Hope for Haiti"
Rootchaire Jerome, Student, College Saint Louis de Jeremie, Haiti
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
7:45 am Shuttle to Carole Sandner Hall/Remick Commons
8:00 am

Continental Breakfast in Remick Commons

8:30 - 10:40 am Session One—Investing in Haiti: The Rationale
Introductions and Opening Remarks
Fr. Timothy Scully, CSC
Objectives and Organization of the Forum
Steve Reifenberg, Executive Director, Kellogg Institute for International Studies
Karen Proctor, Principal, Harbour Workshop

9:00 am Reflection Keynote
Carolyn Woo, President and CEO, Catholic Relief Services
Solutions Dialogue
Michael Gay, CEO, GDG Béton et Construction
Patrick Gaston, President and CEO, Gastal Networks
Table Dialogues and Plenary Reflection

10:00 am Haitian Catholic Education Renewal Project - Overview/Study Results
Luke King, Haiti Country Representative, Catholic Relief Services
Stephen Perla, Senior Director, ACE Consulting, University of Notre Dame
TJ D’Agostino, Associate Director, ACE Consulting, University of Notre Dame
Delille Antoine, Executive Director, Episcopal Commission for Catholic Education
Questions and Answers

10:40 - 10:55 am

Break

10:55am - 12:10 pm

Session Two—The Role of Non-Public and Catholic Schools in Haitian Education

10:55 am Reflection
Robert Prouty, Head, Global Partnership for Education
Solutions Dialogue
Kesner Pharel, Economist, President and General Director, Group Croissance S.A.
Robert Prouty, Head, Global Partnership for Education
Table Dialogues and Plenary Reflection
12:10 - 1:15 pm

Networking and Reflection Lunch

1:15 - 2:15 pm

Session Three—Catholic Education: Meeting Haiti’s Deepest Challenges

1:15 pm Reflection
Bishop Chibly Langlois, President, Haitian Conference of Catholic Bishops
Solutions Dialogue
Alix Cantave, Program Officer for Latin America and the Caribbean, W. K. Kellogg Foundation
Nirvah Jan Jacques, Consultant, Faculty of Education, École Normale Supérieure
Rev. Stanley Rouseau, Director, Bureau of Diocesan Education, Diocese of Jacmel
Table Dialogues and Plenary Reflection

2:15 pm Implementation and Next Steps Discussion
Fr. Timothy Scully, CSC
Fr. Michel Eugene, CSC, Provincial Superior, Congregation of Holy Cross, Province of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Haiti

2:30 pm Concluding Prayer and Reflection
Fr. Louis DelFra, CSC
Music: Meghann Kirzeder


Special thanks to forum partners:
Catholic Relief Services, Episcopal Commission for Catholic Education (CEEC), Alliance for Catholic Education, Kellogg Institute for International Studies, Kroc Institute for Peace Studies, Institute for Educational Initiatives