Week 1

Saturday, June 18

• 2:00 am: Departure in Chemnitz
• 6:00 pm: delayed departure to the USA
• 10:00 pm: arrival in Atlanta – spending a night on an airport

Sunday, June 19

• 1:00 pm: CUT arrival in El Paso (from Atlanta)
• 6:00 pm: Group BBQ at Dr. Sowards and Dr. Pineda’s house
• Welcome by Dr. Frank G. Pérez, Chair of the Department of Communication

Monday, June 20

• 9:30 am – 10:30 am: Campus tour by Frank Pérez, meet at Cotton Memorial lobby
• 11:00am – 12:00 am: Tour at KTEP radio
• 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm: Discussion with Dr. Sarah Ryan about research in Rwanda
• 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm: Picnic in the Mountains with view over El Paso at night

Tuesday, June 21

• 9:00 am – 10:30 am: Discussion with Dr. Stacey Sowards, “What is Environmental Communication?”
• 10:30 – 11:30 am: Discussion with Dr. Stacey Sowards about Conference on Communication and the Environment: How to Prepare for the Conference?
• 3:00pm – 4:00 pm New Mexico State University – Meeting with Prof. Chuck Kozel and Prof. Anne Hubbell
• Afternoon: Field trip to Old Mesilla in New Mexico including a dinner at a Mexican restaurant and a visit at the Rio Grande

Wednesday, June 22

• 9:00 am – 10:30 am: Discussion with Dr. William L. Hargrove, Dr. Ralph Martinez, Dr. Thomas A. Davis and Dr. Lucy Mar Camacho, Center for Environmental Resource Management
• 11.00 am – 12.00 pm: Interview recording at the UTEP radio station with Louie Saenz,
• 03.00 pm – 04.30 pm: Daniel Chacon and Sasha Pimentel Chacon give a reading of their short stories and poems
• Afternoon: Preparations for research presentations at the Conference on Communication and the Environment
• Evening: Visiting the Hoppy Monk with Frank G. Perez, Daniel and Sasha Pimentel Chacon

Thursday, June 23

• 9:00 am – 10:30 am: Discussion with Dr. Richard Pineda, Department of Communication
• 10:30 am – 12:00 pm: Lecture by Dr. Frank G. Pérez, “Hegemony and Civic Discourse – the debate on Juan de Onate”, Department of Communication
• Afternoon: Visit Wet n’ Wild
• Evening Wits University participants arrive in El Paso

Friday, June 24

• 9:00 – 10:30 am: Lecture by Dr. Gina Núñez Mchiri, “The Political Ecology of Colonias in New Mexico”, DC CM, 204
• 10:30 – 12:00 pm: Lecture by Dr. John Hadjimarcou, “Marketing Practices in the United States”, CM
• Afternoon: Preparations for research presentations at the Conference on Communication and the Environment
• Evening: BBQ at Elida Portillo’s house

Saturday, June 25

• Morning/Afternoon: Field trip to New Mexico, visiting the National Monument “White Sands”
• Evening: Opening Reception for the Conference on Communication and the Environment (COCE)

Week 2

Sunday, June 26

• Morning/Afternoon: Panels at the Conference on Communication and the Environment (COCE)
• 10:30 – 11:40 am: Panel B: Tourism, Border Issues, and Nuclear Controversy
• Do Environmental Issues Play a Role in the Decision for Cross-Border Cooperation? The case of Saxon and Czech SME, Tina Obermeit

Monday, June 27

• Morning: Border Tour for COCE (including visits at Rio Bosque Wetlands Park, Chamizal National Memorial and Asarco industrial facility)
• Afternoon: COCE panels
• Evening: Keynote address and dinner

Tuesday, June 28

• Morning: AAE Summer School Presentations for COCE (see conference schedule)
• 9:00 – 10.10 am Panel B : Global Energy Issues: Possibilities for Environmental and Intercultural Communication
• Chair: Bradley Mendelowitz, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg South Africa
• E-Waste Disposal in International Contexts
• José Argüellez, University of Texas at El Paso
• The Communication and Potentiality of a Common Nuclear Power Policy in Europe
• Kathrin Lena Ramke, Chemnitz University of Technology
• Renewable Energy as a Global Environmental Issue: Possibilities for Global Communication Between Peer Parties
• Markus Pellegrini, Chemnitz University of Technology
• The Green City: A Vision for the Future?
• Kathleen Mueller & Ivan Tchernook, Chemnitz University of Technology
• 10:30-11:40 am Panel B: Organizational Responses to Environmental Problems in International Contexts
• Chair: Tina Obermeit, Chemnitz University of Technology
• The Effectiveness of Intercultural Communication and Differential Emotional Labor Propensities in an Enviornmental Disaster Like the BP Oil Spill
• Bradley Mendelowitz, University of the Witwatersrand
• Hydraulic Fracturing and Environmental Effects: Understanding Public Perception through Cultivation Theory
• Adriana Salas & María del Mar Salazar, University of Texas at El Paso
• Visual Environmental Communication in Germany After the Nuclear Reactor Disaster in Fukushima: A Qualitative Pictorial Analysis of Articles in Online Newspapers
• Anja Weller & Julien Bucher, Chemnitz University of Technology
• Public Expectations about an Organisations Stance in Crisis Communication Based on Perceived Leadership Styles in Water Demand Management: A Case Study from South Africa
• Althea Jansen Moodley, University of the Witwatersrand
• Institutionalization and Communication of Environmental Management in the Automobile Industry: A Case Study of Volkswagen and Ford
• Nicole Enderlein & Betty Landsmann, Technische Universität Chemnitz

Wednesday, June 29

• 10:30 – 12:00 am: New Mexico State University – Discussion with Prof. Peter W. Dorfman on the GLOBE study
• Field trip Truth or Consequences, New Mexico including a visit at the Riverbend Hot Springs

Thursday, June 30

• Evening: Farewell party

Friday, July 1

• 6:00 am: Wits group departs for home
• Free day, shopping at the outlet mall, final preparations for departure

Saturday, July 2

• Depart for home, CUT group departs at 6:20 am