Breakfast / Coffee

Room: Wexner Commons

SECON 2023 Kickoff

Welcome remarks from Conference Co-Chairs

Room: Forum

Opening Keynote

Empowering Narratives

Room: Forum

Abi Dare – New York Times Bestselling Author

Simultaneous Sessions – Set I

SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS IN WAR-TORN AREAS AND CONFLICT ZONES

Room: R-304

• Oleksii Prokopenko – Head of Help Ukraine Center USA Fund
• Yasmin Kayali – Co-founder of Basmeh & Zeitooneh
• Demetri Fadel – Chief Strategy Officer of Karam Foundation
• Katya Malakhova – Founder of the Sunflower of Peace Foundation
• Moderator: Julia Lemesh – Harvard Kennedy School

FINANCING AND INVESTING FOR SCALABLE CLIMATE IMPACT

Room: WEX-330

• Dr. Stephen Hammer- Advisor for International Climate Policy and Strategy, Climate Change Group, World Bank Group
• Joanna Messing – Executive Director, Growald Climate Fund
• Prof. John Tobin – Professor of Practice of Corporate Sustainability, Cornell University
• Moderator: Kevin Li – Harvard Kennedy School

LEVERAGING ED-TECH TO MOVE THE NEEDLE

Room: WEX-332

• Anurupa Ganguly – Founder & CEO of Prisms
• Eli Luberoff – CEO of Desmos Studio PBC
• Rahul Kalita – Co-Founder at Tutored by Teachers
• Adam Zalisk – Senior Vice President at Amplify
• Moderator: Nikita Ramanujam – Harvard Business School

DRIVING INNOVATION IN WOMEN’S HEALTH

Room: WEX-436

• Ambreen Molitor – National Director of Innovation, Planned Parenthood
• Sara Kemppainen – Special Projects, Fifty Years
• Maia Gokhale – Program Manager for Payer Partnerships, Mae
• Moderator: Christine Jarjour – Harvard Kennedy School / Harvard Business School

Lunch / Networking

Wexner Commons, Forum, Courtyard, Glass Room next to Cafe, Glass Room next to Airport Lounge

KEEP READING

Simultaneous Sessions – Set II

FIRESIDE CHAT: BUILDING ENTREPRENEURSHIP ECOSYSTEMS THAT FOSTER SOCIAL IMPACT

Room: WEX-436

• Daniel Isenberg – Founding Executive Director of the Babson Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Project
• Dina H. Sherif – Executive Director at Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship at MIT

REIMAGINING SKILLS & ACCESS IN THE WORKFORCE

Room: WEX-330

• Taylor Stockton – FutureFit AI Chief Operating Officer
• Tammy Thieman – Director of Amazon Career Choice
• Dave Wilkin – Founder of 10KC.com
• Moderator: Dr. Angela Jackson – Adjunct Lecturer at Harvard Graduate School of Education

DISCUSSION ON EFFECTIVE TRI-SECTOR COLLABORATION

Room: WEX-332

• Matthew Klein – Chief Program & Impact Officer at the Robin Hood Foundation
• Tiffany Chu – Chief of Staff to Mayor Michelle Wu.
• Mariana Matus – CEO and Cofounder of Biobot Analytics
• Rashmi Khare – Vice President of Impact Advisory at Social Finance
• Moderator: Kamya Jagadish – Harvard Kennedy School / Harvard Business School

YOUTH’S ROLE IN ADDRESSING SOCIETY’S MOST URGENT PROBLEMS

Room: R-304

• Yashveer Singh – Co-founder & Global Director, Ashoka Young Changemakers
• LaShyra Nolen – Founder of We Got Us
• Sashko Horokh – Director at Mriya Inc.
• Moderator: Jennifer Pfister – Harvard Kennedy School

Snacks Break

Room: Wexner Commons, Forum, Courtyard

Simultaneous Sessions – Set III

MEDIA’S ROLE IN SHAPING CLIMATE CHANGE NARRATIVES

Room: WEX-436

• Genevieve Guenther – Founding Director of End Climate Silence
• Ryan Hagen – Founder, Crowdsourcing Sustainability & LinkedIn’s Top Voices on the Green Economy
• Aashish Beergi – Co-Founder and CEO of MASH Project Foundation
• Rachel Taylor – Community Weaver, Crowdsourcing Sustainability
• Philip McKenna – Reporter, Inside Climate News
• Moderator: Priyanka Saha – Harvard Business School / Harvard Kennedy School

OUTCOME-BASED FINANCING IN THE SKILLING & EMPLOYMENT SPACE: OPPORTUNITIES & CHALLENGES

Room: WEX-332

• Mike Silvestri – Director, Impact Investing, Social Finance
• Amy E. Nishman – Senior Vice President of Strategy, JVS
• Nat Ware – Social Impact Economist, Founder & CEO of Forte Global
• Moderator: Brian Trelstad – Senior Lecturer at Harvard Business School, Partner and Board Member at Bridges Fund Management

RECOVER, REFOCUS, REKINDLE: UNDERSTANDING THE BURNOUT EPIDEMIC

Room: WEX-330

• Maria Perez – Co-Founder of Embers
• Moderator: Hiba Khaled – Co-Founder of Embers

Simultaneous Sessions – Set IV

DESIGNING HEALTH EQUITY: FIRESIDE CHAT WITH DAN MILLER

Room: FORUM

• Dan Miller – Founder and CEO of Spora Health
• Moderator: Zeina Mohammed – Reporter at The Boston Globe

Closing Day 1

By Simultaneous event hosts. See you tomorrow!