Global Philanthropy Forum

Past Conferences

Monday, April 3

9:00 - 10:00 AM	Visits to Policy Institutions, Advocacy Organizations, & Foundations
11:00 AM	How to Make the Most of the Global Philanthropy Forum
12:30 PM	Plenary 1: Policy R&D: Informing Policy in the Developed and Developing World
12:30 PM	[M] Ruth Levine , Director of Programs and Senior Fellow, Center for Global Development Jessica T. Mathews, President, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Pedro Sanchez, Director, Tropical Agriculture and Senior Research Scholar, The Earth Institute, Columbia University; Senior Science Advisor, The Millennium Village Project, The Earth Institute, Columbia University, and Andrew S. Natsios, Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy, Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University
3:00 PM	Plenary 2: Instruments for Social Change – Policy, Philanthropy, Private Enterprise & Social Entrepreneurship
3:00 PM	[M] Lael Brainard , Vice President and Director, Global Economy and Development, The Brookings Institution Peter Ackerman, Chairman of the Board, Freedom House Bill Drayton, Founder and CEO, ASHOKA; Founder and Chair, Youth Venture Alan Patricof, Co-Founder, Apax Partners, Inc., and Timothy E. Wirth, President, United Nations Foundation
4:40 PM	Breakouts Round #1:
	Generating Knowledge; Advocating Solutions Track A Advancing Peace and Security: The Role of Civil Society
	[M] Robert Malley, Middle East and North Africa Program Director, International Crisis Group Mark Hanis, Co-Founder and Chief Executive, Genocide Intervention Network Maria Eugenia Carcés-Campagna, Chair, Board of Directors, AlvarAlice Foundation Peter Ackerman, Chairman of the Board, Freedom House
	Social Entrepreneurs Putting Ideas to the Test Track B Taking Responsibility - Monitoring, Evaluation and Enforcement in Developing Countries
	[M] Theresa Fay-Bustillos, Executive Director, Levi Strauss Foundation Miguel Székely, Outgoing Deputy Minister for Planning and Evaluation, Social Development Ministry of Mexico Karen Tse, Founder and CEO, International Bridges to Justice Erin Thorton, Policy Director, DATA (Debt, AIDS, Trade, Africa)
	Building Alliances for Impact Track C Building Alliances for Environmental Sustainability: The Case of Climate Change
	[M] Stephen Heintz, President, Rockefeller Brothers Fund Michael T. Eckhart, President, American Council on Renewable Energy Steve Howard, CEO, The Climate Group Ernest C. Shea, President, Natural Resource Solutions LLC; Ag Energy Working Group Billy Parish, Founder, The Climate Campaign; Co-Founder and Coordinator, the Energy Action Coalition Jim Ball, Executive Director, Evangelical Environmental Network; Publisher, Creation Care Magazine
	Engaging the Next Generation I Track D Women and Girls: The Next Generation of Decision Makers
	[M] Simone Coxe, President, The Pluralism Fund Jewelle Bickford, Senior Managing Director, Rothschild Bank Isobel Coleman, Senior Fellow, U.S. Foreign Policy, The Council on Foreign Relations Indira Jena, Managing Trustee, Nirnaya Women's Fund
	Engaging the Next Generation II Track D Performance Philanthropy: The Next Generation of Donor Services
	[M] Rachel Payne, Manger, Google.org Eric Thurman, CEO, Geneva Global Damian von Stauffenberg, Founder, MicroRate Martin Brookes, Head of Research, New Philanthropy Capital
7:30 PM	Plenary 3: Advancing Peace and Security: Reducing Nuclear Danger
7:30 PM	[Introduction] John P. Morgridge, Chairman of the Board, CISCO Systems, Inc. [M] Deana Arsenian, Director, Higher Education in the Former Soviet Union, Carnegie Corporation of New York Sam Nunn, Co-Chairman and CEO, Nuclear Threat Initiative

Tuesday, April 4

7:30 AM	Sessions on Partnership-Building Across Borders
8:30 AM	A Conversation with Ted Turner
8:30 AM	Chairman, UN Foundation; Co-Chairman, Nuclear Threat Initiative
9:00 AM	Plenary 4: Scaling the Message: Social Entrepreneurs Leveraging the Media
9:00 AM	[M] Susan Robinson King, Vice President of Public Affairs, Carnegie Corporation of New York Sally Osberg, President and CEO, Skoll Foundation Peter Gabriel, Co-Founder, WITNESS John Podesta, President and Chief Executive Officer, Center for American Progress
10:45 AM	Breakouts Round #2:
	Generating Knowledge; Advocating Solutions Track A Modern-Day Think Tanks — Overseas and on Campuses
	[M] Naila Bolus, Executive Director, PloughShares Fund Kate Brandt, President of the Roosevelt Institution, Brown University Erik Berglöf, Chief Economist and Special Advisor to the President, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Michael Swaine, Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
	Social Entrepreneurs Putting Ideas to the Test I Track B Scaling the Solution through Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SME's)
	[M] Peter Wheeler, Trustee, New Philanthropy Capital Sharna Jarvis, Program Manager, Shell Foundation Amitabha Sadangi, CEO, International Development Enterprises India Willie F. Foote, Founding President and Executive Director, Ecologic Finance
	Social Entrepreneurs Putting Ideas to the Test II Track B Pooled Funds for Donors and Investors — The Next Generation of Community Philanthropy
	[M] Juliette Gimon, Board Member, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Olga Alexeeva, Head of Development for International Individual Giving and Family Philanthropy, Charities Aid Foundation Boris Cornejo Castro, Vice President, Esquel Ecuador Foundation Artur Taevere, Director, Estonia Charities Foundation
	Building Alliances for Impact Track C Institutional Responsibility — Building Alliances for Advancing Transparency and Accountability
	Daniel F. Runde, Director, Office of Global Development Alliances, USAID Alan Detheridge, Vice President, Exploration & Production External Affairs, Shell International David de Ferranti, Senior Fellow, United Nations Foundation
	Engaging the Next Generation I Track D Youth and Philanthropy: The Next Generation of Donors and Social Entrepreneurs
	[M] Flora Hewlett, The Flora Family Foundation Ali Raza Khan, Country Coordinator, Pakistan National Youth Service/ YES Network Pakistan Martin Burt, General Manager, Fundación Paraguaya Gilbert Mussumba, Executive Permanent Secretary, Partnership of Scouts of the Great Lakes J.B. Dill, Youth Noise
1:15 PM	Plenary 5: Partnering with International Organizations
1:15 PM	Kemal Dervis, Administrator, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) In conversation with Jane Wales, President and CEO, World Affairs Council of Northern California
2:20 PM	Plenary 6: Harnessing Private Enterprise to Public Policy Goals
2:20 PM	[M] Jan Piercy, Executive Vice President, ShoreBank Corporation Alan Detheridge, Vice President, Exploration & Production External Affairs, Shell International Kurt Hoffman, Director, Shell Foundation, London Ashok Khosla, Chairman, Development Alternatives; Chairman and CEO, Technology and Action for Rural Advancement (TARA)
3:35 PM	Plenary 7: Empowering Citizens to make Informed Choices
3:35 PM	Dave Biggs, Co-Founder, Envision Sustainability Tools
5:00 PM	Informal supper and Meet the Social Entrepreneurs
	Welcoming Remarks:
	Michael Klein, Vice President for Private Sector Development, The World Bank and International Finance Corporation (IFC); Chief Economist, IFC
	Participating Social Entrepreneurs and Grantmakers:
	Victor Alfredo Aguila Sanchez, President, Barro Sin Plomo Aid to Artisans Rodriguo Baggio, Executive Director, Committee for Democracy in Information Technology (CDI) Skoll Foundation Ann Cotton, Executive Director, Camfed Skoll Foundation Ernest Darkoh, Chairman, BroadReach Healthcare Acumen Fund Aleke Dondo, Managing Director, K-Rep Development Agency International Finance Corporation Trevor Field, Founder, PlayPumps International The Case Foundation Jeremy Hockenstein, Chief Executive Officer, Digital Divide DATA Development Market Place, The World Bank Oksana Horbunova, Global Advisory Council Member, Vital Voices Global Partnership The Summit Fund Indira Jena, Managing Trustee, Nirnaya Women's Fund The Global Fund for Women Rajendra Joshi, Managing Trustee, Saath American India Foundation Ron Layton, President, Light Years IP Ashoka: Innovators for the Public Fred Mednick, Founder and President, Teachers Without Borders The Cisco Systems Foundation Molly Melching, Founder and Director, Tostan American Jewish World Service (AJWS) Paul Meyer, Co-Founder and Chairman, Voxiva Acumen Fund Vis Naidoo, Chief Executive Officer, Mindset Network The Liberty Foundation Sylvia Reyes, Executive Director, Fundaion Junto con Los Ninos (Juconi) Global Fund for Children A.H.M. Rezwan, Executive Director, Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha (SSS) Global Fund for Children Jano Rosebiani, Founder and President, Avesta TV and School United States Agency for International Development Lisbeth Shepherd, Co-Founder, Unis-Cité Timberland Nina Smith, Executive Director, Rugmark Skoll Foundation Rhoi Wangila, Founder and Executive Director, The Ark Foundation of Africa Global Fund for Children

Wednesday, April 5

7:30 AM	Sessions on Partnership-building, By Issue
8:30 AM	Plenary 8: Building Alliances for Ending Poverty
8:30 AM	M] David Lane, Director, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Ed Scott, Co-Founder, BEA Systems, Inc.; Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board, Center for Global Development Jamie Drummond, Executive Director, DATA (Debt, AIDS, Trade, Africa) Wyclef Jean, Founder, Yéle Haiti
10:00 AM	Breakouts Round #3:
	Generating Knowledge; Advocating Solutions Track A Human Rights and Tolerance: Advocacy to fight Human Trafficking
	[M] Christine Grumm, President and CEO, Women's Funding Network John R. Miller, Director, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, U.S. Department of State Tina Frundt, Outreach Street Coordinator, Greater DC Trafficking Intervention Program, Polaris Project Oksana Horbunova, Global Advisory Council Member, Vital Voices Global Partnership
	Social Entrepreneurs Putting Ideas to the Test Track B Financing Global Health
	[M] Gargee Ghosh, Senior Program Officer, Global Health Policy and Finance, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Geeta Rao Gupta, President, International Center for Research on Women Alice Albright, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, The Vaccine Fund Amie Batson, Senior Health Specialist, The World Bank
	Building Alliances for Impact Track C Faith, Values, & Policy
	[M] Kathy Bushkin, Executive VP and COO, United Nations Foundation Yonce Shelton, National Coordinator and Policy Director, Call to Renewal Kathryn Wolford, President, Lutheran World Relief Jim Ball, Executive Director, Evangelical Environmental Network; Publisher, Creation Care Magazine
	Engaging the Next Generation Track D Promoting Social Investment: The Next Generation of Financial Services for the Poor
	[M] Shari Berenbach, Executive Director, Calvert Foundation Elizabeth Littlefield, Chief Executive Officer, Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP), World Bank Robert Annibale, Global Director, Citigroup Microfinance Group, London Mary Houghton, President, ShoreBank Corporation Dinos Constantinou, Managing Director, Global Microfinance Group
11:30 AM	[Introduction] Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi - San Francisco, CA - 8th District
	Keynote Address:
	William Jefferson Clinton former President of the United States, William J. Clinton Foundation
12:15 PM	Networking Lunch
	Plenary 9: Roundtable: Philanthropy, Policy, and Politics --Where is the line?
	[M] Stephen Heintz, President, Rockefeller Brothers Fund Sterling Speirn, President and CEO, W.K. Kellogg Foundation Carol S. Larson, President and CEO, David and Lucile Packard Foundation Vartan Gregorian, President, Carnegie Corporation of New York Doug Bereuter, President, The Asia Foundation
2:30 PM	Musical Performance by Wyclef Jean
3:00 PM	Conference Adjourns