Global Philanthropy Forum

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Wednesday, April 11

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10:00 - 11:00 AM	How to Make the Most of the Global Philanthropy Forum
10:00 - 11:00 AM	Charly Kleissner, Co-Founder, KL Felicitas Foundation Lisa Kleissner, Co-Founder, KL Felicitas Foundation Noosheen Hashemi, Co-Founder and President, The H.A.N.D. Foundation Peter Wheeler, Chairman, IPValue; Trustee, New Philanthropy Capital [United Kingdom] Jan Piercy, Executive Vice President, ShoreBank Corporation
11:15 - 11:45 AM	Welcome and Conference Framework
11:15 - 11:45 AM	Larry Brilliant, Executive Director, Google.org Jane Wales, President and CEO, World Affairs Council and the Global Philanthropy Forum
11:45 - 12:15 PM	Keynote address: The Changing Practice of Philanthropy
11:45 - 12:15 PM	Judith Rodin, President, The Rockefeller Foundation
1:15 - 2:45 PM	Plenary 1: Thinking Differently-Blending the Private and Social Sectors
1:15 - 2:45 PM	[M] Iqbal Paroo, CEO, Omidyar Network Brizio Biondi-Morra, President, Fundacion AVINA Marc Benioff, Chairman and CEO, Salesforce.com Jacqueline Novogratz, Founder and CEO, Acumen Fund Kurt Hoffman, Director, Shell Foundation [United Kingdom]
3:15 - 4:30 PM	Plenary 2: Financing Efforts to Combat Climate Change
3:15 - 4:30 PM	[M] Timothy E. Wirth, President, United Nations Foundation and Better World Fund Patricia Bliss-Guest, Deputy CEO, Global Environment Facility James Cameron, Vice Chair, Climate Change Capital [United Kingdom] Jan-Peter Onstwedder, BP Project Director, The London Accord [United Kingdom] Ira Magaziner, Chairman, Policy Board, HIV/AIDS Initiative, and the Clinton Climate Initiative, The William J. Clinton Foundation
5:00 - 6:15 PM	Breakouts Round 1: Direct Action
	Direct Action: Combating Climate Change
	[M] Walter Reid, Director, Conservation & Science, David & Lucile Packard Foundation Philip LaRocco, Founder and Executive Director, E&Co. Peter Lehner, Executive Director, Natural Resources Defense Council Yan Speranza, Executive Director, Fundacion Moises Bertoni [Paraguay]
	Direct Action: Advancing Global Health
	[M] Jacqueline Khor, Associate Director, Program Venture Investments, The Rockefeller Foundation Gopi Gopalakrishnan, President, Janani [India] Seth Berkley, President and CEO, International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) Johann Koss, President and CEO, Right to Play International [Canada]
	Direct Action: Alleviating Poverty–Financial Services for the Poor
	[M] Jonathan Lewis, Chief Executive Officer, MicroCredit Enterprises William Abrams, President, Trickle Up Janine Firpo, President and Co-Founder, Sevak Solutions Zoilo Jesus M. de la Cruz III, President & CEO, Infoserve, Inc.; Founder, Nationlink Network Corporation [Philippines]
	Direct Action: the Changing Practice of Philanthropy
	[M] Juliette Gimon, Trustee, William & Flora Hewlett Foundation Meg Garlinghouse, Director, Yahoo! for Good Rick Luftglass, Executive Director, The Pfizer Foundation Jean Oelwang, Managing Director, Virgin Unite [United Kingdom]
8:00 - 9:15 PM	Plenary 3: Leveraging Information
8:00 - 9:15 PM	Larry Page, Co-Founder, Google Sergey Brin, Co-Founder, Google Larry Brilliant, Executive Director, Google.org in conversation with Jane Wales

Thursday, April 12

8:30 - 9:45 AM	Plenary 4: Unusual Alliances to Halt Climate Change
8:30 - 9:45 AM	[M] Kenneth Colburn, Senior Consultant, Center for Climate Strategies Billy Parish, Co-Founder and Coordinator, Energy Action Coalition Ernest C. Shea, President, Natural Resource Solutions LLC; Project Coordinator, 25x25 Richard Cizik, Vice President for Governmental Affairs, National Association of Evangelicals Thomas R. Jacob, Government Affairs Manager, Western Region, DuPont Company
10:00 - 11:15 AM	Breakouts Round 2: Investments
	Investments: Combating Climate Change
	[M] Kurt Hoffman, Director, Shell Foundation [United Kingdom] Harish Hande, Managing Director, SELCO-India [India] Mindy Lubber, President, CERES Jonathan Pershing, Program Director, Climate & Energy, World Resources Institute
	Investments: Advancing Global Health
	[M] Joe Cerrell, Director of Advocacy, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Richard Feachem, former Executive Director, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria; Professor of International Health, UC San Francisco Alice Albright, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial & Investment Officer, GAVI Alliance Christopher Elias, President, PATH
	Investments: Alleviating Poverty–Building the SME Sector
	[M] Andrew Kuper, Managing Director, Strategic Partnerships, Ashoka Harold Rosen, Director, Grassroots Business Initiative, International Finance Corporation Staph Leavenworth Bakali, Co-Managing Partner, LeapFrog Investments, LLP Bruce McNamer, President and CEO, Technoserve
	Investments: The Changing Practice of Philanthropy–Program Related Investments
	[M] William Dietel, Chairman and Director, The F.B. Heron Foundation Ed Diener, Counsel, Skoll Foundation Linda Crompton, Managing Director, Recipco Foundation [Canada]; Co-Founder and President, Mindful Networks Group Salvatore LaSpada, Chief Executive, Institute for Philanthropy [United Kingdom]
12:45 - 2:00 PM	Plenary 5: Entrepreneurs in Action
12:45 - 2:00 PM	Jean Case, Co-Founder and CEO, The Case Foundation Steve Case, Chairman and CEO, Revolution; Co-Founder, America Online; Co-Founder and Chairman, The Case Foundation in conversation with Jane Wales
2:15 - 2:50 PM	Keynote Address: Financing Poverty Alleviation
2:15 - 2:50 PM	Introduction: Sheryl Sandberg, Vice President, Global Online Sales and Operations, Google John Danilovich, CEO, Millennium Challenge Corporation
2:50 - 4:00 PM	Plenary 6: Financing Poverty Alleviation–Financial Services for the Poor
2:50 - 4:00 PM	[M] Mary Ellen Iskenderian, President and CEO, Women's World Banking Fola Adeola, Chairman and Founder, FATE Foundation; Co-Founder, Guaranty Trust Bank [Nigeria] Lynn Pikholz, President, ShoreCap Exchange Reemaben Nanavaty, Director, Economic and Rural Development, Self Employed Women's Association (SEWA) [India]
4:30 - 5:45 PM	Plenary 7: Financing Poverty Alleviation–Building Sustainable Economies
4:30 - 5:45 PM	[M] Lael Brainard, Vice President and Director, Global Economy and Development Program, The Brookings Institution Jo' Schwenke, Managing Director, Business Partners Ltd. [South Africa] Ali A. Mufuruki, Chairman and CEO, Infotech Investment Group Ltd. [Tanzania] Alan Patricof, Founder and Managing Director, Greycroft LLC
5:45 - 6:30 PM	Musical Performance
5:45 - 6:30 PM	Angelique Kidjo, Singer & Songwriter; UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador [Benin]; Founder, The Batonga Foundation
6:30 - 8:30 PM	Meet the Social Entrepreneurs
	Welcoming Remarks
	William Drayton, Founder and CEO, Ashoka; Founder and Chair, Youth Venture
	Click Here for Participating Social Entrepreneurs

Friday, April 13

8:30 - 8:50 AM	Keynote Address: Financing Global Health
8:30 - 8:50 AM	Introduction: Larry Brilliant William H. Foege, Fellow, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
8:50 - 10:00 AM	Plenary 8: Financing Global Health
8:50 - 10:00 AM	[M] William H. Foege, Fellow, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Liza Kimbo, Director, Sustainable Healthcare Foundation [Kenya] Peter Piot, Executive Director, UNAIDS Richard Feachem, former Executive Director, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria; Professor of International Health, UC San Francisco Alice Albright, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial & Investment Officer, GAVI Alliance
10:15 - 11:00 AM	Breakouts Round 3: Impact
	Impact: Sustainability–Combating Climate Change
	[M] Hal Harvey, Program Director, Environment, William & Flora Hewlett Foundation Adalberto Verissimo, Senior Researcher, Instituto do Homem e Meio Ambiente da Amazônia [Brazil] Jim Marston, Director, Energy Program, Environmental Defense Kenneth Colburn, Senior Consultant, Center for Climate Strategies
	Impact: Advancing Global Health
	[M] David Heymann, Acting Assistant Director-General for Communicable Diseases, World Health Organization Christopher Earl, President and CEO, BIO Ventures for Global Health Gary Cohen, Co-Executive Director, Health Care Without Harm Andrea Coleman, CEO, Riders for Health [United Kingdom] Amir Dossal, Executive Director, United Nations Fund for International Partnerships, United Nations
	Impact: Alleviating Poverty–Integrated Bottom Line Investments
	[M] Jacqueline Novogratz, Founder and CEO, Acumen Fund Max Aitken, Senior Manager, Small & Medium Enterprise Department, International Finance Corporation R. Mugo Wa Karanja, Treasurer, Uzima Foundation [Kenya] Pamela Hartigan, Managing Director, Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship [Switzerland]
	Impact: Measuring Development Impact
	[M] David Keller, Founder, David and Anita Keller Foundation Steve Wright, Director of Innovation, Salesforce.com Foundation Rachel Glennerster, Executive Director, Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Raj Desai, Visiting Fellow, Wolfensohn Center for Development; Associate Professor of International Development, the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University
12:30 - 1:30 PM	Plenary 9: Mobilizing for Action–Feeding the Mind, Tickling the Funny-bone, Touching the Heart
12:30 - 1:30 PM	[M] Sally Osberg, President and CEO, Skoll Foundation Richard Curtis, Co-Founder and Vice Chair, Comic Relief [United Kingdom] Ben Cohen, Co-Founder, Ben and Jerry's; President, Business Leaders for Sensible Priorities Angélique Kidjo, Singer & Songwriter; UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador [Benin]; Founder, The Batonga Foundation Bobby Shriver, Co-Founder and CEO, Product (Red)
1:30 - 3:30 PM	Keynote address: A Call to Action
1:30 - 3:30 PM	Introduction: Laurene Powell Jobs, Co-Founder and President of the Board, College Track William Jefferson Clinton, former President of the United States
3:30 PM	Conference Adjourns