September 2021
Community Climate Adaptation at Home and Abroad
This first event of the series focused on Community Climate Adaptation. The keynote session included Dr. Franco Montalto and Maria Belen Power in a lively moderated discussion with podcaster and national climate adaptation influencer, Doug Parsons.
October 2021
Oceania: Place, Place-making and Environmental Justice
This event featured a keynote address by poet Craig Santos Perez.
Craig is an indigenous Chamoru (Chamorro) from the Pacific Island of Guåhan (Guam). He is a poet, scholar, editor, publisher, essayist, critic, book reviewer, artist, environmentalist, and political activist.
November 2021
Middle East and North Africa Futures
This event brought together leaders from academia, industry and government to consider multiple social, cultural and environmental challenges the region currently faces, including gender equity, climate change, renewable energy, sustainability and building smart cities.
January 2022
Applications of Generative Justice in sub-Saharan Africa
This session demonstrated the ‘WPI approach’ for engaging the sub-Saharan Africa region in matters of STEM, scientific applications, and technological innovations. Professor Leonard Wantchekon, and Beninese economist, Princeton Professor, and founder of the African School of Economics gave the keynote address and was followed by scholars from around the region who offered additional insights into productive and just collaborations.
February 2022
Fronteras reimaginadas: Reimagining Borders in Latin(x) America
This event explored relations and associations between the Spanish-speaking Caribbean and the United States and highlighted recent innovations in WPI global project program activities in the region.
April 2022
Regional Hubs Discussion and Exploration
This interactive workshop will focus on what an International Hub at WPI might look like and how WPI can use a central European hub to tie other project centers in the region together.