31 Jul 2010, Posted by ilopez
Agenda
Note that the schedule is tentative and subject to change and revision in the coming weeks.
Schedule for Saturday, October 22nd
| 8:00 - 8:30AM | Registration & Breakfast Hoffmann Hall | ||
| 8:30 - 8:45AM | Welcome Remarks and Introductions EWB-PDX, EWB-PSU, and EWB-USA West Coast Region Hoffmann Hall | ||
| 8:45 - 9:30AM | Keynote Speaker State of EWB-USA This year is the 10th anniversary of EWB-USA. Come find out what we do, how we do it, and what we are celebrating as well as a look forward to the next 10 years. Cathy Leslie - Executive Director, EWB-USA Hoffmann Hall | ||
| 9:30 - 9:45AM | Coffee Break Hoffmann Hall | ||
| 9:45 - 11:45AM | Village Earth Sustainability Workshop Community/EWB Dynamics: 10 Principles for Building Trust with Partner Communities David Bartecchi - Executive Director, Village Earth Hoffmann Hall | ||
| 11:45 - 2:00PM | Lunch & Professional Exhibition Hoffmann Hall | ||
| 2:00 - 2:50PM | EWB Program Quality This year's presentation from the EWB-USA Project Management Team will go over the newly established Project Submittal Rating system, which was developed to provide chapters with clearer expectations for their project work. It is the hope that with clearer expectations program quality will improve throughout the organization. Kelly Latham - Project Manager, EWB-USA Hoffmann Hall Presentation | ||
| 3:00 - 3:50PM | Breakout Session I | ||
| Village Economics: Understanding Economic Systems Work in Impoverished Communities This session will explore some of the basic features of how economic systems work in impoverished communities and will explore some of the practical ways your EWB team can maintain efficiency, accountability while building trust with the community. David Bartecchi FAB 40-06 | |||
| When You Can't Drill a Well: The Challenge of Clean Water for Remba Island, Lake Victoria, Kenya Remba Island is a small (35 hectares) densely populated (10,000 people) Island whose economy is totally dependent on the fish caught in the Lake. The inhabitants of Remba Island obtain their drinking and cooking water directly from Lake Victoria, which is highly polluted by E. Coli. They also bathe and wash their clothes in the same lake. The Island is composed of dense volcanic basalt rock, which makes digging latrines and bore holes (wells) extremely difficult and expensive. John Dracup FAB 40-07 | |||
| Solar Photovoltaic and Wind Installations in Peru Dave will speak about his 6 month volunteer trip to Peru through Green Empowerment doing solar installations and becoming familiar with small-scale wind projects. He'll include topics on the basics of solar installation, community management, affects of electricity on the people, and training villagers, all to create a sustainable population that is knowledgeable on how to manage their newfound energy in an efficient manner. Dave Lindoo FAB 40-08 Presentation | |||
| Cultural Anthropology and Development Engineering Infrastructure projects in the developing world are often criticized for not incorporating ethnographic, cultural, and social factors into the design and implementation phases. Engineers and project leads should have a greater understanding of the tools and methods that are used by anthropologists in field enquiry, in order to develop designs that are truly sustainable and integrated into the cultural fabric of the community that will benefit from the project. This session outlines anthropological tools & methods that can be used by engineers in the field, and provide examples for practical application of these tools. Kelsey Edwardsen FAB 40-09 Presentation | |||
| Different Avenues of Development Work and Project Management A former EWB university student tells the story of her non-traditional experiences that led to a variety of community development and project management assignments overseas. After seven years of working overseas, Mindy will discuss what she wished I knew before getting started, as well as what she is glad she didnt know before venturing into this field. Mindy Weimer FAB 10 Presentation | |||
| Water Testing Kits Chemical and biological testing is sometimes a key component of water supply projects, but testing is challenging in developing communities and not always the only approach. Tools for planning for testing, a survey of field worthy methods, resources, and challenges will be discussed. Chris Barr EB Soils Lab Presentation | |||
| Grassroots Mapping These sessions will demonstrate and discuss simple aerial photography mapping with balloons or kites. Aerial photomaps can be very useful for EWB teams for their projects and the communities they work with. Example applications include community planning, land boundary adjudication, agricultural planning, ecological evaluations, document changes in rain forest clearing, etc. We'll cover how to do the mapping, covering what's needed to take the images and use software to stitch them together into a single photomap and georegister the photomap to tie it into Google Earth imagery. Weather permitting, we'll go outside and fly kites or balloons to take pictures and afterwards make and share the map. Pat Coyle EB 102 Presentation | |||
| Solar Water Pumps in Developing Countries How to effectively use solar power to provide clean water for rural villages of Africa. Look at case studies from Ghana and Benin. What lessons we learned for planning, implementing, and sustaining solar pumping projects. Brad Burkhartzmeyer EB-103 Presentation | |||
| 4:00 - 5:00PM | Breakout Session II | ||
| Village Earth Community Mobilization for Collective Action This session will explore some of the strategies for building collective action and participation within communities. David Bartecchi FAB 40-06 | |||
| Erosion Control Problems? A Grassroots Approach: Nepal A landslide in the middle hills of Eastern Nepal destroyed many acres of the community's farmable land and threatened to continue its destructive behavior. Several farmers and a Peace Corps Volunteer banded together to identify and solve this chronic problem using local materials and knowledge. George Fowler FAB 40-07 Presentation | |||
| Micro-Hydro Projects Basic overview of components and feasibility concepts of micro-hydro systems for electrification of remote communities in developing countries. Photos of various projects illustrating context and challenges. Comparison with other renewable energies like solar and wind. Michel Maupoux FAB 40-08 Presentation | |||
| EWB Grant Writing This will be an introduction to grant writing and will include some basic tips about finding grants, writing grants, and following up with donors. Colleen O'Holleran FAB 40-09 Presentation | |||
| Projects for Public Health in Honduras: Expectations and Reality Jay has participated in four service trips to Honduras in the last five years. His will share what he learned while helping build a water system, latrines, showers, and kitchen facilities along side residents of small rural villages in Honduras. What seemed like the perfect opportunity to apply basic engineering and building skills turned out to be so much more. Jay Holtz FAB 10 | |||
| Simplified Detection of E. Coli in Drinking Water & Water Pasteurization Indicator Participants will learn simple, accurate methods of testing drinking water for fecal bacterial contamination using Petrifilm dried film plates and Colilert fluorescent tube assays, and practice interpretation of test results. Participants will also learn to use a Water Pasteurization Indicator (WAPI) to verify the safety of drinking water. Tom Carter EB Soils Lab Presentation | |||
| Lessons from the Bush: How to keep your engineering solution from landing on its head Lessons from the field and how they relate to engineering approaches; the role of community needs, empowerment, the value in collaboration, how to choose which tech is better, or more "appropriate" and sustainable - and the implications of this in your designs and project promotion. Stew Martin | |||
| Confined Masonry Technique and Case Study Application Confined masonry is a building design and construction technique used in many developing nations, including Haiti. After the January, 2010 earthquake, KPFF along with Architects Without Borders (AWB) developed a confined masonry handbook and provided a training program for local masons. This discussion will focus on our experiences in Haiti and general principles of confined masonry design, including a current case study. Josh Richards EB 103 Presentation | |||
| 5:00 - 5:30PM | Meet Your State Representatives University Place | ||
| 5:30 - 8:30PM | CASINO NIGHT University Place |
Schedule for Sunday, October 23rd
| 8:00AM | Breakfast Hoffmann Hall |
| 8:25 - 8:50AM | Awards Ceremony EWB West Coast Region Hoffmann Hall |
| 9:00 - 9:50AM | Breakout Session III |
| EWB-UCB Project Presentation: Arsenic Water Filters This project aims to provide a simple arsenic filtration device for water used for cooking and drinking to rural families located in two regions known as arsenic hot spots in southern Peru, Carancas and Huata. The wells that have been tested in these regions contain arsenic levels well over the 10 parts per billion (ppb) provisional guideline set by the World Health Organization (WHO). This project will directly affect 400 residents and may indirectly affect up to 2,500 because of its potential to serve as a pilot phase of a project that could be replicated in dozens of communities in the region with similar bedrock geology. Jared Dozal FAB 40-06 |
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| EWB-PDX Project Presentation: Haiti Water and Sanitation The Portland Professional chapter has been working in Les Anglais, Haiti, since 2008 and has traveled on 5 trips. The water team has built 2 chlorinators which has provides treated water to a large portion of the community. The most recent trip in July was spent following up on the operation and maintenance of the systems installed and investigating the feasibility of expanding treatment to a larger portion of the population. The sanitation team conducted a design workshop with community members and is preparing to build a pilot latrine on the next trip. The composting latrine design was chosen by community members and will be sourced with local materials. We have an extensive network of contacts in Haiti and have learned many lessons on how to accomplish engineering tasks in a challenging environment. In this session we will describe our project and some of the important lessons we learned along the way that may be helpful to your own water projects. Galvin Clancey FAB 40-07 |
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| EWB Health & Safety The success of your project depends on the security of materials, money and your personnel in an increasingly unsettled global economic and political environment. Learn practical approaches to the prevention and management of robbery, rape, kidnapping and other crimes from professionals who have used these tools in war and peace around the world. Allison Clough FAB 40-08 |
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| EWB Monitoring & Evaluation Whether your team is preparing for your first assessment trip or finishing construction, it is important to have a clear plan for monitoring and evaluating the impact of the implemented project. This presentation will go over the status of the overall EWB-USA Monitoring and Evaluation program and provide specific guidance on how to approach your teams monitoring efforts at all phases of your project. Kelly Latham FAB 40-09 Presentation |
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| Aprovecho Rocket Stove Sam Bentson, from the Aprovecho Research Center, will describe the problem of cook stoves in the developing world, and the momentum it carries. He will show how engineers are needed to develop the appropriate technologies required to solve this problem. Sam Bentson FAB 10 Presentation |
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| Building Successful Partnerships with NGOs Discuss Clean Water Institutes strategies for developing more holistic approaches to integrated water resource management. Bridging gaps in regulatory constructs, institutional silos, and uncoordinated, but well-intentioned, efforts requires a deep commitment to collaboration and civic capacity building to nurture a cultural shift in the way entities work together. This method involves a thoughtful process in developing long-term organizational relationships that begin with identification of overlapping interest and areas, build on incremental successes and promote discovery of mutual approaches. Bruce Roll EB 310 Presentation |
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| Student Chapter Fundraising Forum In a society that thinks it has seen all the ways to do fundraising, most individuals do not think of using everyday modes of communication, such as Facebook, Youtube, college newspapers, and the like. On the other hand, Rory Ross, a student from Walla Walla University, thought outside the box by utilizing an unusual technique to draw peoples interest in aiding his peers in helping his local EWBs mission to build bathrooms in Honduras. Ross will be sharing his experiences to help fellow chapters to be more innovative and creative in their approach when it comes to fundraising. Rory Ross, Bill Woods & James Teeter EB 102 |
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| Professional Chapter Fundraising Forum Fundraising in a professional chapter can be a challenging, yet rewarding experience. For any successful strategy, utilizing your professional resources and volunteer time in the most efficient & creative way is key. This panel will share best practices and fundraising strategies from their respective chapters - Portland Professionals, San Francisco Professionals & Orange County Professionals. There will also be an open discussion to hear about what has and hasn't worked in your experience, within your Chapter. Dan Ramey & Shannon Valenti EB 103 |
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| 9:50 - 10:00AM | Coffee Break |
| 10:00 - 10:50AM | Breakout Session IV |
| EWB-SF/UCB Project Presentation: ATDT Recycled Construction Materials The Appropriate Technology Design Team will work with the community in San Juayua/Juan de Dios, El Salvador to utilize discarded waste products, primarily plastic bottles, for non-structural construction materials. The project aims to design, create, test and deploy a manual recycling system which would convert plastic bottles into pellets to create products through injection molding. The student research team in UC Berkeley is on the way building a pre-prototype for shredding of plastic bottles that is in concept powered by bicycles. Harshil Goel FAB 40-06 Presentation |
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| Demystify the TAC Process for a Successful Application If you are new on the project team or simply need a refresher on how the TAC operates, this presentation gives an overview of what the TAC is about. In addition you can learn about how to submit an application that gets approved on the first go, the most common reasons an application gets rejected and how you can avoid them. Ted Kulongoski, Jr. FAB 40-07 |
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| EWB-PSU Project Presentation: Potable Water in Rural Nicaragua EWB-PSU's work in Huehuete, a village on Nicaragua's Pacific coast, to design and build a complete water source, storage, and distribution system sufficient to meet the community's needs. Focus on the collaboration efforts with local community leaders, residents, and local governments, how the design and build process has evolved over time, and the future of the project based on our most recent assessment trip in September, 2011. Nicole Mathes FAB 40-08 |
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| EWB Project Sustainability In this interactive presentation, we will discuss the principles of sustainability as they relate to our EWB-USA projects. Please bring with you any lessons learned or best practices that you would like to discuss. Kelly Latham FAB 40-09 Presentation |
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| StoveTeam International StoveTeam solves medical and environmental problems by helping start locally owned factories to promote the use of safe, affordable, fuel-efficient stoves in the developing world. Nancy S. Hughes FAB 10 |
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| Effective Communication Interacting with the public and news media can be a challenge. However, you can succeed by effectively communicating with the public and involving them where possible. This is essential to a well managed project, good decision-making, and community cooperation. We'll show you when and how to inform and include stakeholders in a good public process. Tim & Jeanna Hall EB 310 Presentation |
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| Intro to Social Media Strategy for Nonprofits Everyone has heard the term "social media." Whether you have already started using social media for your chapter or are considering it, this session will help you determine which social media strategy is best for your group, as well as how you can get the most out of social media with limited nonprofit resources. Kelly Boering and Kelly Johnson EB 102 |
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| Village Economics: Understanding Economic Systems Work in Impoverished Communities This session will explore some of the basic features of how economic systems work in impoverished communities and will explore some of the practical ways your EWB team can maintain efficiency, accountability while building trust with the community. David Bartecchi EB 103 |
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| 11:00 - 11:50AM | Breakout Session V |
| EWB-UCI Project Presentation: Building a Multidisciplinary Project For the past few years, the UC Irvine Chapter has worked to create a project in Endana, Kenya which would focus on long term capacity building by incorporating other disciplines such as public health and education. We will be sharing our struggles and successes, including an IRB approved health survey used during our assessment trip, and the creation of a student health and sanitation committee at the Endana Secondary School. Melinda Malley FAB 40-06 |
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| Demystify the TAC Process for a Successful Application If you are new on the project team or simply need a refresher on how the TAC operates, this presentation gives an overview of what the TAC is about. In addition you can learn about how to submit an application that gets approved on the first go, the most common reasons an application gets rejected and how you can avoid them. Ted Kulongoski, Jr. FAB 40-07 |
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| Basic Surveying Techniques for Traveling Engineers Basic Leveling - Leveling procedures and Field Notes; Stadia (Distances with a Level); Clinometers and Abneys; Basic Compass and Chaining (staff or pocket compass); Basic Traverse Calculations with a Pocket Calculator; Using a pocket GPS for surveying; Building Layout (right triangles, etc). Leonard Rydell & Tom Szymoniak FAB 40-08 |
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| Professional Chapter Forum An open forum to share ideas and ask questions on how to improve your chapter. Steve Adams, Puja Ruparel, and Cathy Leslie FAB 40-09 |
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| Mud Rocket Stove Learn how to make mud rocket Stoves and use less fuel. We have cooked over 75 pizzas in the oven this summer as well as baking bread, pies, cookies and chicken in it. It uses very little wood and is up to 500°F in 15 minutes and puts out very little smoke. Jon & Flip Anderson FAB 10 Presentation Part 1 Presentation Part 2 |
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| EWB-OC Project Presentation: Sustained Success - Building Bridges in Kenya This presentation will discuss EWB-OC Professionals efforts to erect a footbridge to support the Endana community as well as the successful transition to a second project effort in the community. Daniel Ramey EB 510 Presentation |
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| Student Chapter Forum An open forum to share ideas and ask questions on how to improve your chapter. Chad Norvell and Kelly Latham EB 102 |
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| Village Earth Community Mobilization for Collective Action This session will explore some of the strategies for building collective action and participation within communities. David Bartecchi FAB 40-06 |
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| 12:00PM | Lunch On Your Own |