Live Broadcast: Global Philanthropy Forum Annual Conference
Washington, D.C., April 16-18, 2012
April 13, 2012 | Read Time: 3 minutes
Watch select sessions from the Global Philanthropy Forum’s annual conference in Washington Monday through Wednesday, April 16 to 18. Below is the schedule of sessions that will be streamed live in the video player above.
To see a full agenda and details about the conference, visit the Global Philanthropy Forum’s Web site.
Monday, April 16
11 a.m. U.S. Eastern time
Toward a New Social Contract: New Roles. New Responsibilities.
Jane Wales, chief executive, World Affairs Council and Global Philanthropy Forum, and vice president, The Aspen Institute; Rajiv Shah, administrator, USAID; Peter Robertson, chairman of the board of trustees, World Affairs Council of Northern California
12:45 p.m. U.S. Eastern time
Untethered Journalism: The Role for Independent Media
Kenneth Roth, executive director, Human Rights Watch; Hunter Walk, director of product management, YouTube; Michel Martin, host of National Public Radio’s “Tell Me More”
4 p.m. U.S. Eastern time
Innovation in Philanthropy
Tony Blair, former prime minister, Great Britain and northern Ireland; Jane Wales, chief executive, World Affairs Council and Global Philanthropy Forum, and vice president, The Aspen Institute
7 p.m. U.S. Eastern time
Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize Dinner
Presentation of prize to Richard Blewitt, chief executive, HelpAge International. Special address by Robert Zoellick, president, The World Bank
Tuesday, April 17
9 p.m. U.S. Eastern time
Not Your Parent’s Giving: Leveraging All Sectors for Change
Carol Civita, philanthropist, Victor Civita Foundation; Tony Elumelu, chairman, Heirs Holdings Limited, and founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation; Laurence Lien, member of parliament, Singapore, and chairman of the Lien Foundation; Mark Kramer, managing director, FSG
10 p.m. U.S. Eastern time
A Different Kind of ROI: The Role for Private Capital
Annie Chen, chair, RS Group; Jed Emerson, executive vice president, ImpactAssets; Liesel Pritzker Simmons, vice president and director of program development, IDP Foundation, Inc.; Ron Cordes, co-founder, Cordes Foundation
1:30 p.m. U.S. Eastern time
Social Good: By All (Private) Means Necessary
Elizabeth Littlefield, chief executive, Overseas Private Investment Corporation; Laila Iskandar, chairperson, CID Consulting; Julie T. Katzman, executive vice president, Inter-American Development Bank; Jayant Sinha, partner, Omidyar Network in India; Jane Wales, chief executive, World Affairs Council and Global Philanthropy Forum, and vice president, The Aspen Institute
3 p.m. U.S. Eastern time
From Blueprint to Scale: The Case for Philanthropy in Impact Investing
Jacqueline Novogratz, founder, The Acumen Fund
7:45 p.m. U.S. Eastern time
Vodafone Wireless Innovation Project Winners
June Sugiyama, director, Vodafone Americas Foundation; Patricia Mechael, executive director, mHealth Alliance
8 p.m. U.S. Eastern time
The New Egypt and the Core Responsibilities of Governance
Saad Eddin Ibrahim, founder, Ibn Kaldun Center for Development Studies and Arab Organization for Human Rights; Barbara Lethem Ibrahim, founding director, John D. Gerhart Center for Philanthropy and Civic Engagement; Hossam Bahgat, founder and director, Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights; Jane Wales, chief executive, World Affairs Council and Global Philanthropy Forum, and vice president, The Aspen Institute
9 p.m. U.S. Eastern time
A Talk by Bassem Youssef, Host, “The Bassem Youssef Show”
Wednesday, April 18
9 a.m. U.S. Eastern time
How to Do What We Do—Only Better: The Role for Evidence
Anthony Lake, executive director, UNICEF; Caroline Anstey, managing director, The World Bank; Luis Ubiñas, president, Ford Foundation; Jane Wales, chief executive, World Affairs Council and Global Philanthropy Forum, and vice president, The Aspen Institute
10:45 a.m. U.S. Eastern time
Scaling Solutions in Global Health Delivery
Barbara P. Bush, chief executive, Global Health Corps; William Campbell, senior advisor, JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Neeraj Mistry, managing director, Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases, Sabin Vaccine Institute; Jeff Richardson, vice president of global health access, Abbott Fund
1:30 p.m. U.S. Eastern time
When States Fail to Protect
Cindy McCain, business owner and humanitarian; Randy Newcomb, chief executive, Humanity United
2 p.m. U.S. Eastern time
The Case of Climate Change
Christiana Figueres, executive secretary, UN Framework for Climate Change; Christine Morse, chief executive, Margaret A. Cargill Foundation