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The meeting brought together researchers from the MIT Media Lab, UFPA's Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism, the Emílio Goeldi Museum of Pará and the City Lab. Rosabelli Coelho, managing director of MIT-Brazil and Amazonia, was one of the organizers of the event.

Volha Charnysh, Ford Career Development Associate Professor of Political Science and member of the Center's Global Diversity Lab, and Richard Nielsen, associate professor of political science and faculty director of the Center's MIT-Arab World program, are among the six faculty members selected as the inaugural SHASS Faculty Fellows. The fellowship will allow selected faculty to focus on their research, build community, and pursue mentorship opportunities.

Kenneth Oye, professor of political science and data systems and society as well as the director of the Center's Program on Emerging Technologies (PoET), was one of the two professors honored as “Committed to Caring” for their mentorship of graduate students.