Friday, March 29 8:45am start Welcome Session 1: Sikh Values and Punjab Society in Historical Perspective Presenter: Pashaura Singh, Professor of Sikh and Punjabi Studies, UC Riverside Discussant: Harpreet Singh, Fellow of South Asian Studies, Harvard Divinity School Session 2: Globalization: Migration and Remittances Presenter: Van Dusenbery, Professor of Anthropology, Hamline University Discussant: Supreet Kaur, Assistant Professor of Economics, Columbia University Lunch Session 3: Politics and Society Presenter: Pritam Singh, Professor of Accounting, Finance and Economics, Oxford Brookes University Discussant: Jugdep S. Chima, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Hiram College Session 4: The Economy Presenter: Lakhwinder Singh, Professor of Economics, Punjabi University Discussant: Nirvikar Singh, Professor of Economics and Sarbjit Singh Aurora Chair of Sikh and Punjabi Studies, UC Santa Cruz Dinner Keynote Lecture by Gurinder Mann, Professor of Religious Studies, UC Santa Barbara Saturday, March 30 9:00am start Session 5: Environmental Challenges Presenter: Karam Singh, Punjab State Farmers Commission Discussant: Upmanu Lall, Professor of Engineering, Columbia University Session 6: Culture and Society Presenter: Inderjit Kaur, Musicologist and Sikh and Punjabi Studies Program Advisor, UC Santa Cruz Session 7: Lunch Panel: Future Policy and Civil Society Agenda for Punjab Dr. Narinder Kapany Dr. Ajit Singh