June 5-6, 2003
The 2003 conference examined the ways in which philanthropy could un-bundle and address the challenges of endemic poverty through the power of micro-finance and leveraging both the private and public sectors.
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PLENARY 1
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT: WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT POVERTY, ITS CAUSES AND ITS CURES
Moderator:
Jane Wales, President and CEO, World Affairs Council
Speakers:
Nancy Birdsall, Founding President, Center for Global Development
Graca Machel, Chairperson, Foundation for Community Development, Mozambique
PLENARY 2
HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
Moderator:
Christopher Chyba, Co-Director, Center for International Security an Cooperation at Stanford
Speakers:
Maya Ajmera, Founder and President, Global Fund for Children
Eric Goosby, M.D., Chief Executive Officer, Pangaea Global AIDS Foundation
Betty H. Makoni, Director, Girl Child Network, Zimbabwe
PLENARY 3
SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY, THE ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT
Moderator:
Susan Bell, Vice President, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and Co-Founder, Global Philanthropy Forum
Speakers:
Lewis Coleman, President, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
Susan Packard Orr, Chairman, David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Martin Fisher, Executive Director, ApproTEC International
PLENARY 4
BUILDING INDIGENOUS INSTITUTIONS
Introduction:
Adele Simmons, Senior Advisor on Philanthropy, World Economic Forum
Speakers:
Professor Muhammad Yunus, Founder and Managing Director, Grameen Bank, Bangladesh
in conversation with
William P. Fuller, President, The Asia Foundation; Trustee, World Affairs Council of Northern California
PLENARY 5
POLITICAL, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC PARTICIPATION
Featured Speaker:
Hernando de Soto, Founder and President, Institute for Liberty and Democracy, Peru
PLENARY 6
CONFLICT AND DEVELOPMENT
Moderator:
Coit D. Blacker, Deputy Director and Senior Fellow, Institute for International Studies, Stanford University
Speakers:
Charles MacCormack, President, Save the Children
Kenneth Roth, Executive Director, Human Rights Watch
Olara Otunnu, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, United Nations
PLENARY 7
PHILANTHROPY AND ADVOCACY
Moderator:
Paul Brest, President, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation,
and Co-Founder, Global Philanthropy Forum
Speaker:
Timothy E. Wirth, President, United Nations Foundation
PLENARY 8
PHILANTHROPY'S POLICY ROLE
Moderator:
Sylvia Mathews, Chief Operating Officer, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Speakers:
Aryeh Neier, President, Soros Foundations and Open Society Institute
Edward W. Scott, Jr., Co-Founder, BEA Systems, Inc.; Chairman and Co-Founder, Center for Global Development
Ellen Laipson, President and CEO, The Henry L. Stimson Center
Introduction:
Peggy Dulany, Chair, Synergos Institute
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