Five Crises Facing the Next President: Cross-Sector Solutions

When the new U.S. President takes office in 2009, he and other world leaders will face a series of crises that governments cannot solve alone:

• Poverty—including new poverty—at home and abroad,
• The climate crisis,
• Access to healthcare,
• Education for a globalized world, and
• Averting state failure in the wake of conflict.

Strategic philanthropy, private enterprise and the civic sector all have a role to play. At the 8th Annual Global Philanthropy Forum Conference in Washington D.C., donors, social investors and emblematic agents of change from around the world will gather to strengthen and build the cross-sector alliances necessary to resolve these interwoven challenges.

While the size and scope of the problems are daunting, the collective potential of the philanthropic public and private sectors to solve them is vast. Innovation and collaboration are the hallmarks of the GPF community, which is ever strategic in its course.

Partial List of Confirmed Speakers:

• Walter Isaacson, ASPEN INSTITUTE
• Julio Frenk, HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
• Jean Case, THE CASE FOUNDATION
• Nachiket Mor, ICICI FOUNDATION FOR INCLUSIVE GROWTH
• Deepa Narayan, THE WORLD BANK
• Peter Buffett, NOVO FOUNDATION
• Wendy Kopp, TEACH FOR AMERICA
• Paul Brest,  THE WILLIAM & FLORA HEWLETT FOUNDATION

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The Global Philanthropy Forum Conference is intended for individuals who have made a significant commitment to philanthropy, and executives from private, public, and corporate foundations. Participation in the conference is by invitation only, and invitations are not transferable.  

Conference admission fees are waived for GPF members. For information on becoming a member of the Global Philanthropy Forum, please visit our membership page or contact Leslie Harlson at lharlson [at] wacsf [dot] org or 415.293.4657.

Registration opens December 3rd, 2008.