Conference Highlights

Human Security, Human Rights and the Shared Responsibility to Protect:
A conversation between elders and emerging leaders

Wednesday, April 9

10:30 AM How to Make the Most of the Global Philanthropy Forum
  • Noosheen Hashemi, Founder and President, The H.A.N.D. Foundation
  • Jonathan Lewis, Founder and CEO, MicroCredit Enterprises
  • Brizio Biondi-Morra, President, Fundación AVINA  
12:00 PM Welcome and Introduction of Keynote Speaker
  • Jane Wales, President and CEO, World Affairs Council and the Global Philanthropy Forum; Vice President, Philanthropy and Society, Aspen Institute
Keynote Speaker
  • Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Chairman, The Elders
12:20 PM Plenary 1: The Conflict Continuum—From Prevention to Resolution to Reconciliation
  • [M] Jane Wales
  • Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Chairman, The Elders
  • Helene D. Gayle, President and CEO, CARE USA
  • Gareth Evans, President and CEO, International Crisis Group
1:15 PM Lunch
  • Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, taped
2:30 PM Break
3:00 PM Breakouts Round 1: Risk Factors
Failing Health Systems
  • [M] Ariel Pablos-Méndez, Managing Director, The Rockefeller Foundation
  • Helene D. Gayle, President and CEO, CARE USA
  • Elaine Gallin, Program Director for Medical Research, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
  • Nadine Goodman, Founder and Advisor, Centro para los adolescents de San Miguel de Allende (CASA)
Trafficking and Modern Day Slavery
  • [M] Randy Newcomb, President, Humanity United
  • Kevin Bales, President, Free the Slaves
  • Somaly Mam,  Founder and President, Somaly Mam Foundation; Founder, Agir Pour les Femmes en Situation Précaire (AFESIP)
  • Maria Cecilia Flores-Oebanda, Founder and President, Visayan Forum Foundation
Managing and Sharing Abundance—Avoiding the “Resource Curse”
  • [M] Carl Pope, Executive Director, Sierra Club
  • Patrick Alley, Director and Co-founder, Global Witness
  • Geoffrey D. Dabelko, Director, Environmental Change and Security Program, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
  • Akwe Amosu, Senior Policy Analyst for Africa, Open Society Institute, D.C.
Hunger, Agriculture and Inequality
  • [M] Kimberly A. Hamilton, Senior Program Officer for Policy and Advocacy, Global Development, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
  • Marc Van Ameringen, Executive Director, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN)
  • Jacqueline Khor, Associate Director, The Rockefeller Foundation
Demographic Stresses—Educating and Employing Boys and Girls
  • [M] Maya Ajmera, Founder and President, The Global Fund for Children
  • Craig Kielburger, Founder, Free the Children
  • Melody Jori, Cama Program Officer, Camfed Association
  • Peggy Dulany, Founder and Chair, Synergos Institute
4:15 PM Break
4:30 PM Breakouts Round 2: Case Studies
Flashpoint: Burma
  • [M] Barnett F. Baron, Executive Vice President, The Asia Foundation
  • Ka Hsaw Wa, Co-founder and Executive Director, EarthRights International
  • David Hoffman, President, Internews Network
  • Jeremy Woodrum, Co-founder and Director, U.S. Campaign for Burma 
Firebreaks: Containing Conflict—Sudan and Chad
  • [M] Shannon Sedgwick Davis, Partner, Bridgeway Foundation
  • Gloria Elaine White-Hammond, Co-founder, My Sister’s Keeper; Co-pastor, Bethel AME Church
  • Matt Simpson, Senior Research Associate/Darfur Project Director, Public International Law and Policy Group
  • Apuk Ayuel, Special Assistant to the Head of Missions, Government of Southern Sudan Mission to the United States
Fragile Successes: Rwanda and Northern Uganda
  • [M] Gayle Smith, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress
  • Jacqueline Murekatete, Founder, Jacqueline’s Human Rights Corner
  • Ben Keesey, Executive Director and CEO, Invisible Children
Predictable “Surprises”: Pakistan and Afghanistan
  • [M] Sara Abbasi, Executive Board Member and Vice President, Developments In Literacy
  • Ashraf Ghani, Chairman, Institute for State Effectiveness; Former Finance Minister of Afghanistan
  • Mary Porter Peschka, Senior Operations Manager, International Finance Corporation
  • Sakena Yacoobi, Executive Director, Afghan Institute of Learning
Next Generation Philanthropy:  Web-Based, Purpose-Driven Social Networking
  • [M] Jason Mogus, CEO, Communicopia Internet
  • Sean Parker, Co-founder and Chairman, Project Agape; Managing Partner, The Founders Fund
  • Sean Blagsvedt, Founder and CEO, Babajob.com
  • Nancy Lublin, CEO and Chief Old Person, Do Something
5:45 PM Break
6:30 PM Reception and Networking
7:30 PM Opening Night Dinner
8:30 PM Plenary 2: Track II Diplomacy—The Case of Iran
  • Introduction: Noosheen Hashemi, Founder and President, The H.A.N.D. Foundation
  • [M] Stephen B. Heintz, President, Rockefeller Brothers Fund
  • Vali Nasr, Professor of International Politics, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University; Adjunct Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations; Senior Fellow, The Belfer Center of the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
  • Jessica T. Mathews, President, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
9:30 PM Close for the Evening


Thursday, April 10

7:30 AM Breakfast Buffet
“At Breakfast With” Tables
9:00AM Plenary 3: Promoting Human Rights
  • [M] Kerry Kennedy, Chair of the Board, Speak Truth to Power
  • Kenneth Roth, Executive Director, Human Rights Watch
  • Klaus Leisinger, President and CEO, Novartis Foundation for Sustainable Development
  • Paul van Zyl, Executive Vice President, International Center for Transitional Justice
  • Sidney Harman, Chairman, Harman International; Founder, Harman Family Foundation
10:30 AM Break
11:00 AM Breakouts Round 3
Maternal and Child Health
    • [M] Musimbi Kanyoro, Director, Population Program, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
    • Adrienne Germain, President, International Women's Health Coalition
    • Bernadette Musundi, Executive Director, Maendeleo Ya Wanawake Organization
    • Sania Nishtar, Founder and President, Heartfile
Early Warning: Listening, Technology and Activism
    • [M] Mitul Shah, Senior Director, Technology Partnerships, United Nations Foundation
    • Mark Smolinski, Director, Predict and Prevent Initiative, Google.org
    • Eric Hersman, Web Strategist, Ushahidi
    • Jan Chipchase, Human Behavioral Researcher, Design Team, Nokia  
Conflict and Small Arms Flow
  • [M] Darian Swig, President, Article 3 Advisors
  • Naila Bolus, Executive Director, Ploughshares Fund
  • Binalakshmi Nepram, Founder and Secretary General, Control Arms Foundation of India; Founder, Manipuri Women Gun Survivor Network
  • Sarah Holewinksi, Executive Director, CIVIC: Campaign for Innocent Victims In Conflict
Banning Recruitment of Child Soldiers
  • [M] Eric Stover, Director, Human Rights Center, University of California Berkeley
  • Kimmie Weeks, Executive Director, Youth Action International
  • Wendy Arenas, Representative, Fundación AVINA Colombia
Next Generation Philanthropy: Advocacy and Results
  • [M] Ian Thorne Simmons
  • Michele Demers, Director of Communications, Humanity United
  • David Devlin-Foltz, Vice President, Policy Programs; Director, Global Interdependence Initiative, Aspen Institute
  • Heather McLeod Grant, Advisor, Center for Social Innovation, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University
  • Michael Madnick, Deputy Director for External Relations, Global Health Policy and Advocacy, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
12:15 PM Break
12:30 PM Lunch
“At Lunch With” Tables
1:45 PM Plenary 4: Women, Children and Conflict
    • [M] Bonnie Jenkins, Program Officer, U.S. Foreign and Security Policy, Ford Foundation
    • Mary Robinson, President, Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative
    • Frank Donaghue, Chief Executive Officer, Physicians for Human Rights
    • Zainab Salbi, Founder and CEO, Women for Women International
      Ann Veneman, Executive Director, UNICEF
3:00 PM Break
3:15 PM Plenary 5: Creating an Economic Space—Entrepreneurship and Social Change
  • [M] Judy Woodruff, Senior Correspondent, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
  • Fazle Hasan Abed, Founder and Chairperson, BRAC
  • Larry Brilliant, Executive Director, Google.org
4:30 PM Meet the Social Entrepreneurs
6:15 PM Break
6:30 PM Musical Performance and Commentary with Video
  • Annie Lennox, Singer, Songwriter and Activist; The SING Campaign
7:00 PM Dinner
8:00 PM Plenary 6: Richard Branson, Chairman, Virgin Group; Founder, The Elders - - In Conversation With Jane Wales
9:00 PM Close for the evening


Friday, April 11

7:30AM Breakfast Buffet
"At Breakfast With" Tables
9:00 AM Plenary 7: Listening, Connecting and Amplifying Voices
  • [M] Brizio Biondi-Morra, President, Fundación AVINA
  • Peter Gabriel, Co-founder, WITNESS; Founder, The Elders
  • Jeff Skoll, Founder and Chairman, Skoll Foundation; Founder and Chairman, Participant Productions
  • Sheryl Sandberg, Chief Operating Officer, Facebook
10:15 AM Break
10:30 AM Breakouts Round 4
Resource Scarcity and Conflict—Preventing Resource Depletion
  • [M] Maureen Blanc, Northern California Chapter Leader, Environmental Entrepreneurs
  • María Teresa Vargas, Founder and Executive Director, Fundación Natura Bolivia
  • Geoffrey D. Dabelko, Director, Environmental Change and Security Program, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
  • Bruce Schlein, Vice President, Environmental Affairs, Citigroup
Building Economies from the Ground Up
  • [M] Bruce McNamer, President and CEO, TechnoServe
  • Smita Singh, Director, Global Development Program, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
  • Sarah Newhall, President and CEO, Pact
  • Bridget Burkhardt, Senior Consultant, ShoreBank International
Mission-Related Investing
  • [M] Douglas Bauer, Senior Vice President,  Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors
  • Richard Fahey, Chief Operating Officer, Skoll Foundation
  • Christa Velasquez, Director of Social Investments, Annie E. Casey Foundation
  • Richard Woo, Chief Executive Officer, The Russell Family Foundation
Next Generation Philanthropy: All in the Family—A Multi-Generational Dialogue
  • [M] Ian Thorne Simmons
  • Ocean Robbins, Founder and Director, YES!
  • John Robbins, Founder, EarthSave International
  • Richard Rockefeller, Chair of the Board, Rockefeller Brothers Fund
  • Clay Rockefeller, Founder, The Steel Yard
11:45 AM Break
12:00 PM Luncheon Remarks
  • Julia Ormond, Founding Chair, FilmAid International; President, Alliance to Stop Slavery and End Trafficking (ASSET)
12:45 PM Plenary 8: Promoting Good Governance
  • [M] Elizabeth Farnsworth, Correspondent, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
  • K.Y. Amoako, President, African Center for Economic Transformation
  • Kumi Naidoo, Secretary General, CIVICUS: The World Alliance for Citizen Participation
  • Ashraf Ghani, Chairman, Institute for State Effectiveness; Former Finance Minister of Afghanistan
1:45 PM Plenary 9: The Responsibility to Protect—Ending Mass Atrocity Crimes
  • [M] Adele Simmons, Vice Chair, Chicago Metropolis 2020; President, Global Philanthropy Partnership
  • Gareth Evans, President and CEO, International Crisis Group
  • Samantha Power, Professor of Practice of Global Leadership and Public Policy, Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Harvard University
3:30 PM Conference adjourns
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