Breakfast / Coffee

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Room: Wexner Commons

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SECON 2023 Kickoff

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Welcome remarks from Conference Co-Chairs

Room: Forum

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Opening Keynote

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Empowering Narratives

Room: Forum

Abi Dare – New York Times Bestselling Author

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Simultaneous Sessions – Set I

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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
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Lunch / Networking

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

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Simultaneous Sessions – Set II

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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
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Snacks Break

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Room: Wexner Commons, Forum, Courtyard

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Simultaneous Sessions – Set III

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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
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Simultaneous Sessions – Set IV

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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

ALTERNATIVE MODELS TO EQUITABLE HOUSING

Room: WEX-436

  • Kara Murray Badal – Director, Housing Lab at Terner Labs
  • Jesse Kanson-Benanav – Executive Director at Abundant Housing MA
  • Nadine Ngouabe Dlodlo – CEO Women’s Home Preservation LLC
  • Chris Baker – Executive Director, The Other Ones Foundation
  • Moderator: Professor David Wood – Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School

 

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Closing Day 1

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By Simultaneous event hosts. See you tomorrow!

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