Defy Barriers, Effect Change: Access to Health, Food and Water

Sunday, April 18th

5:00 - 8:00 p.m.   Early Registration

6:00 - 8:00 p.m.   Pre-Conference Cocktail Reception and Social Innovation Fair 

                           Lucy Bernholz, Founder and President, Blueprint Research and Design, Inc.

                          Facebook Causes 
                          Catalista 
                          IDEO 
                          The Extraordinaries 
                          Frontline SMS 
                          Link TV's ViewChange.org 
                          Foundation Center 
                          Google 
                          Samasource                        

Monday, April 19th

9:00 a.m.            Registration Opens

10:00 a.m.          Membership Meeting for all Attendees--Report on Members' Visit to Liberia
                 
                          M: Jane Wales, Founding President, Global Philanthropy Forum
                          Natty B. Davis, Minister of State Without Portfolio, Government of Liberia
                          Elliott Donnelley, Founder, White Sand Group
                          Ed Marcum, Director of Investments, Humanity United
                          Yvonne Moore, Executive Director, Daphne Foundation

11:30 a.m.          Welcome remarks and Lunch 
                          In Conversation With

                          M: Jane Wales
                          Louise Arbour, President and CEO, International Crisis Group

1:15 p.m.            Plenary 1: Levers of Change

                          M: Jane Wales
                          Design Thinking, Leveraging Ideas: Tim Brown, CEO, IDEO
                          Leveraging Markets: Matt Bannick, Managing Partner, Omidyar Network
                          Leveraging Technology: Megan Smith, Vice President and General Manager, Google.org
                          Leveraging the Public Sector and Each Other: Carol Larson, President and CEO, The  
                          David and Lucile Packard Foundation

2:30 p.m.            Break

3:00 p.m.            Plenary 2: Effecting Change, Providing Food Security

                          M: John Costello, Co-Founder, President and CEO, CNFA
                          Gebisa Ejeta, Distinguished Professor of Agronomy, Purdue University
                          Robert Zeigler, Director General and CEO, International Rice Research Insitute
                          Soumen Biswas, Executive Director, Profesional Assistance for Development Action

4:15 p.m.            Break

4:30 p.m.            Breakouts Round One

                          Food: Business Solutions to Improving Nutrition

                          M: Katharine Kreis, Program Leader, Nutrition, Global Health Program, Bill & Melinda Gates
                          Foundation
                          Mauricio Adade, President, Human Nutrition and Health, DSM Nutritional Products
                          Chris Elias, Chief Executive Director, PATH                                                               
                          Peter Singer, Director, McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health, University of Toronto

                          Health: Meeting Unmet Needs to Strengthen Health Systems

                          M: Laura Chen, Executive Chair, ZeShan Foundation
                          Kate Sheahan, Emergency Response Team Manager, Medical Emergency Relief International, USA

                          Marko Vujicic, Senior Economist, Human Development Network, The World Bank
                          Samuel So, Professor, Stanford University School of Medicine 
                          Theresa Shaver, President/Executive Director, White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood

                          Water: Safe Drinking Water and Sanitation

                          M: Edmund Cain, Vice President, Grants Program, Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
                          Duncan Wilbur, Private Sector Engagement Advisor, WaterAid
                          Meena Palaniappan, Director, International Water and Communities Initiative, Pacific Institute
                          Ned Breslin, CEO, Water for People

                          Special Session: Opportunities for Impact--Health, Education and Livlihoods in Haiti

 

                          M: Terry Kramer, Regional President, Vodafone Americas
                          Jonathan Reckford, CEO, Habitat for Humanity International
                          Kris Balderston, Deputy Director, Global Partnerships, US State Department 
                          Luis Alberto Moreno, President, Inter-American Development Bank         

5:45 p.m.            Break

6:30 p.m.            Reception and Networking

7:00 p.m.            Opening Night Dinner  

                          Vodafone Wireless Innovation Challenge

                          Terry Kramer, Regional President, Vodafone Americas
                          David Aylward, Executive Director, mHealth Alliance

                          Leadership and Social Change

                          M: David Keller, President, David and Anita Keller Foundation
                          Geeta Rao Gupta, Senior Fellow, Global Development Program, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
                          Jawad Aslam, CEO, Ansaar Management Company

9:00 - 9:20 p.m.  Musical Performance 
                          Vocal Motion Six

Tuesday, April 20th

8:00 a.m.          Breakfast Buffet
                        Member-led Table Talks                       

9:00 a.m.          Plenary 3: Effecting Change, Advancing Global Health

                        M: Sandra Hernández, CEO, San Francisco Community Foundation
                        Jeffrey Sturchio, President and CEO, Global Health Council
                        Theresa Shaver, President/Executive Director, White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood
                        Tom Scott, Deputy Director, Global Health Policy and Advocacy Communications, Bill & Melinda
                        Gates Foundation
 

10:30 a.m.        Break

11:00 a.m.       Breakouts Round Two

                       Food: From Subsistence Farming to Commercial Agriculture

                       M: Dan Runde, Head, Foundation Unit, International Finance Corporation
                       Kenneth Lee, Co-Founder, Lotus Foods
                       John Costello, Co-Founder, President and CEO, CNFA
                       Dinnah Kapiza, Founder and Managing Director, Tisaiwale Trading

                       Health: Nutrition and Hidden Hunger

                       M: Amy Lockwood, Executive Director, Project Healthy Children
                       Omar Dary, Food Fortification Specialist, A2Z Project, USAID
                       Kathy Spahn, President and CEO, Hellen Keller International

                       Enterprise: Franchising--Taking an Enterprise Solution to Scale

                       M: Steve Beck, Co-Founder and CEO, SpringHill Equity Partners
                       Anne Marie Burgoyne, Portfolio Director, Draper Richards Foundation
                       Charles Slaughter, Founder and President, Living Goods
                       Kristin Peterson, Co-Founder and CEO, Inveneo

                       Innovations in Philanthropy: Philanthropy and Social Media--Redefining 
                       Community and Igniting Impact
                      

                       Megan Smith, Vice President and General Manager, Google.org
                       Kari Dunn Saratovsky, Vice President, Social Innovation, The Case Foundation

                       Innovations in Philanthropy: Time is of the Essence--Should Foundations Spend
                       Down Now?
 

                       M: Richard Trollinger, Vice President, College Relations, Centre College
                       Vincent McGee, Senior Advisor, The Atlantic Philanthropies
                       Jeffrey Solomon, President, Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies
                       Lisa Kleissner, Co-founder, KL Felicitas Foundation                   

12:15 p.m.         Break

12:30 p.m.         Lunch

1:15 p.m.           In Conversation With  
       
                        
M: Jane Wales
                         Syed Babar Ali, Chairman, Packages Limited
                         Patrick Awuah Jr., Founder and President, Ashesi University

2:15 p.m.           Plenary 4: Effecting Change, Improving Access to Water

                         M: Margaret Catley-Carlson, Chair, World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on Water
                         Meena Palaniappan, Director, International Water and Communities Initiative, Pacific Institute 
                         Monica Ellis, President and CEO, Global Environment and Technology Foundation
                         Girish Nair, Director, McKinsey and Company 

3:45 p.m.           Break

4:00 p.m.          Plenary 5: Meeting the Challenge--Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation

                        M: Steve Colwell, Executive Director, Sea Change Foundation
                        Hal Harvey, CEO, ClimateWorks Foundation
                        Rosamond Naylor, Director, Program on Food Security and the Environment, Stanford University

5:00 p.m.          Break

6:00 p.m.          Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Reception

7:00 p.m.          Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize Dinner

                        Steven M. Hilton, President and CEO, Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
                        William Foege, Senior Fellow, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; Chairman Emeritus, Global Health 
                        Council

Wednesday, April 21st

8:00 a.m.          Breakfast Buffet
                        Member-led Table Talks

                        Member-led Workshop: For-Profit Investing for Social Impact--A Briefing by the
                        Omidyar Network Team 
 
 

9:00 a.m.          Fishbowl 1: Hybrid Philanthropic Investments Turned into Scalable Social

                        Enterprises--What Questions to Ask?

                        Leaders of for-profit enterprises with social impact will present ideas to a mock-panel of
                        investors who will offer guidance and perspective on each organization's business model
                        and capacity to advance the social good.

                        M: Jacqueline Khor, Managing Director, Imprint Capital Advisors
                       
                        Presenters:
                       
Jawad Aslam, CEO, Ansaar Management Company AMC.pdf  
                        Kirsten Tobey, Co-Founder and COO, Revolution Foods Revolution Foods.pdf                        
                        Anant Kumar, CEO, LifeSpring Hospitals LifeSprings Hospitals.pdf                        
                        
Felipe Vergara, CEO and Founder, Lumni, Inc. Lumni.pdf

                        Review Panelist:
                       
Matt Bannick, Managing Partner, Omidyar Network
                        Stuart Davidson, Managing Partner, Labrador Ventures
                        Gibson Myers, Partner Emeritus, Mayfield Fund

                        Fishbowl 2: Aspen Philanthropy Group: Working Group on Counting What
                        Counts--Measuring Results

                        Nonprofit practitioners and analysts will present brief remarks, followed by a moderated
                        conversation between foundation leaders and experts on the role and value of metrics.

                        M: Jeff Bradach, Co-founder and Managing Partner, The Bridgespan Group

                        Aspen Philanthropy Group Members and Guests from the Foundation Sector:
                       
Paul Brest, President, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
                        Carol Larson, President and CEO, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
                        Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen, Co-Founder/Chair, Stanford Ctr on Philanthropy & Civil Society

                        Expert Advisors:
                       
Elizabeth Boris, Director, Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy, The Urban Institute
                        Jeff Edmondson, Executive Director, Strive
                        Kathleen Enright, President and CEO, Grantmakers for Effective Organizations
                        Marian Godfrey, Senior Director, Culture Initiatives, The Pew Charitable Trusts
                        Roxie Jerde, Senior Vice President, Donor Relations and Education, Greater Kansas City Community
                        Foundation
                        Mark Kramer, Founder and Managing Director, FSG Social Impact Advisors
                        Katherina Rosqueta, Executive Director, Center for High Impact Philanthropy, School of Social Policy
                        and Practice, University of Pennsylvania
                        Bradford Smith, President, Foundation Center
                        Valerie Threlfall, Director, West Coast Office, Center for Effective Philanthropy
                        Brian Trelstad, Chief Investment Officer, Acumen Fund

11:00 a.m.         Break

11:15 a.m.         Breakouts Round 3

                        Food: Food Sustainability--Fisheries and Aquaculture

                        M: Lisa Monzón
                        Cheryl Dahle, Lead Strategist, Oceans Plus                        
                        Meredith Lopuch, Deputy Director, Sustainable Seafood Initiative
                        Casson Trenor, Author, Sustainable Sushi: A Guide to Saving the Oceans One Bite at a Time
                        
                        
Health: Private Sector Engagement to Promote Public Health

                        M: Kevin Starr, Director, The Mulago Foundation
                        Charles Slaughter, Founder and President, Living Goods                         
                        Marty Makinen, Principal and Managing Director, Results for Development Institute
                        David Aylward, Executive Director, mHealth Alliance

                        Water: The Many Challenges of Water Management

                        M: Margaret Catley-Carlson, Chair, World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on Water

                        Frank Rijsberman, Director Program, Google.org
                        Arun Pandhi, Program Manager, Sir Ratan Tata Trust Ratan_Tata.pdf

                        Enterprise: Microfinance--Social Return vs. Financial Returns

                        M: Martin Eakes, CEO, Self-Help
                        Stuart Rutherford, Author of The Poor and Their Money
                        Reeta Roy, President and CEO, MasterCard Foundation

                        Innovations in Philanthropy: Investing for Social and Environmental Impact

                        M: Charly Kleissner, Co-founder, KL Felicitas Foundation
                        Eve Blossom, Founder and CEO, Lulan Artisans
                        Sanjay Bhatnagar, CEO, WaterHealth International
                        Carl Palmer, Principal, Beartooth Capital
                        Vineet Rai, Founder and CEO, Aavishkaar

12:30 p.m.         Break

12:45 p.m.         Lunch

1:30 p.m.           Sustainability and Scale

                         M: Jan Piercy, Executive Vice President, ShoreBank Corporation
                         Stuart Rutherford, Author, The Poor and Their Money
                         Marisa Lago, Assistant Secretary for International Markets and Development, US Department of the 
                         Treasury
                         Brian Trelstad, Chief Investment Officer, Acumen Fund

2:30 p.m.           Conference Adjourns with Vocal Motion 6

4:00 p.m.           Advisory Council/Steering Group Meeting (private)