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Policy in Action Symposium: MPA Class of 2023 - Day 3

Policy in Action Symposium: MPA Class of 2023 - Day 3

Friday, May 12, 2023

9:45am – 3:15pm

Joukowksy Forum, Watson Institute, 111 Thayer Street

The MPA Class of 2023 invites you to their Policy in Action Consultancy project presentations from May 10, 2023 - May 12, 2023. The Policy in Action Consultancy project allows MPA students to apply their academic and professional experiences to examine and analyze a real-world, policy-related challenge or problem for a nonprofit, public, or private sector partner organization.

The presentations will all be held at the Joukowsky Forum (111 Thayer Street) and run from 9:45 am until approximately 3:15 pm each day.

If you would like to attend any of the presentations and/or the lunch, please register here.

Full Event Schedule

9:45am - 10:00am Welcome/General Guidelines/Continental

Breakfast 10:00am - 10:30am Presentation 12: World Wide Fund for Nature - Analysis of Priority Countries in WWF’s River Dolphin Conservation Efforts
Saira Amar
Vimbanayi Chowa
Narcis Jafarian
Hamidou Sylla

10:30am - 10:40am Transition Break

10:45am - 11:15am Presentation 13: Amba Farmers Voice - Organic Fertilizer Policy in the Southern Cameroons
Zixuan Li
Yuning Zhang

11:15am - 11:25am Transition Break

11:30am - 12:00pm Presentation 14: Afterschool Alliance - US Youth Mental Health and Afterschool Programs
Frances McPherson
Benjamin Porter
Shaun Whitaker
Chenlei Zhu

12:00pm - 1:30pm Professional Lunch (Agora, 280 Brook Street)

1:30pm - 2:00pm Presentation 15: RIPE - Design of system for participation of farms in private carbon credit markets
Xiao Cheng
Oliwia Krupinska
Jinglong Li
Chanyuan Yu

2:00pm - 2:10pm Transition Break

2:15pm - 2:45pm Presentation 16: Annenberg Institute, Brown University - Landscape Analysis of State High-Impact Tutoring Policies
Shahum Ajmal
Jade Roman
Hannah Rosenstein

2:45pm - 3:15pm Closing Coffee