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A Conference of the Midwest Chapters of
Social Development Organizations
25-26 August 2001
Madison, Wisconsin
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About the conference
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About the participants
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Agenda
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Registration (closed)
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Contact info
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Local arrangements
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Action items
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Minutes
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Photos
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About the conference
Manthan 2001 is an opportunity for the Midwest chapters of organizations like Asha, AID, IDS, Sankalp and Shikshantar to meet, share and discuss how they could benefit from each other. Our specific goals are:
- Identify avenues for collaboration
- Sharing of ideas and best practices
- Personal interaction between volunteers
About the participating organizations
Conference agenda
| 8-9am |
Registration (fee = $10) |
| 9-10:30am |
Intros, Chapter backgrounds
(Moderator: Suryanarayanan Sainath) |
| 10:30am-12:30pm |
Chapter activities & goals,
inter-chapter collaborations & protocols
(Moderator: Vijay Rajamani) |
| 12:30-2pm |
Lunch |
| 2-3pm |
Project coordination & collaboration
(Moderator: Reshma Madhusudhan) |
3-5pm
3-4pm
4-5pm |
Globalization
(Moderators: Subbu Sastry & Vidhi Parthasarathy)
Invited talk: John Peck (UW Greens)
Q & A, Discussion |
| 5-5:30pm |
Chai/Coffee break |
| 5:30-6:30pm |
Networking with other organizations:
how we can interface and collaborate
(Moderator: Sanat Mohanty) |
| 6:30-7:30 |
Open Discussion Forum, please inform the organizers if you wish to give a (brief) talk in this session
(Moderator: Ravikanth Avancha) |
| 7:30pm |
Dinner, discussion, general chaos |
| 8-9am |
Recap of previous day |
| 9-10am |
Issues facing Asha, AID & other organizations
(Moderator: Sanat Mohanty) |
| 10-11am |
Exploring assumptions, roots and ideas of the challenges facing India today. Invited talk by Shilpa Jain of Shikshantar |
| 11am-12pm |
Closing remarks & recommendations, fill out feedback forms, discuss next edition of conference |
| 12pm-2pm |
Lunch |
| 2pm-3pm |
Movie on impact of uranium mining on tribals in Bihar: The Buddha weeps in Jadugoda (dir: Shriprakash) |
| 3pm-whenever |
Open discussion session on Memorial Union Terrace |
Contact info of participating organizations
Local arrangements
- Travel directions: Click here for directions on getting to Madison and UW-Madison campus. Please get in touch with your hosts (see below) for directions to their house or wherever you are meeting them.
- Accomodation: We will pair up each attendee with a host in Madison, see the registration page for the pairing and use the contact information above to get in touch with your host. Please do this ASAP and inform them of when and where you will be arriving. Also, please bring your own sleeping bags since a spare bed is not guaranteed.
- Conference venue: Manthan 2001 is being held in room Old Madison West of Memorial Union, 800 Langdon Street, Madison, WI 53706. Click here for a map of the UW-Madison campus (see above for directions to campus) and click here for information on parking near Memorial Union.
- Food: We will not be providing breakfast/lunch/dinner to attendees but we will be providing tea/coffee/cookies (a $10 registration fee needs to be charged to cover food and venue costs). Memorial Union is in downtown Madison and is close to many restaurants and coffee shops (apart from facilities inside Memorial Union itself), so finding a place to eat will not be a problem.
- Presentations: The conference room has a facility for projecting a computer-based presentation (PowerPoint) but you need to bring your own laptop. An overhead projector can also be arranged if you are bringing transparencies.
The meaning of Manthan
Manthan means churning in Hindi and Sanskrit. Perhaps the most
famous example is the Samudra Manthan of Hindu mythology which produced divine nectar, and
which is commemorated annually at the Kumbh Mela (click here for more information). We hope that the conference will also bring about a churning of minds and ideas to produce fruitful results.
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