Day 1: Saturday, March 4th (Coming Soon: See last year's agenda)
All times in EDT
Welcome from Conference Co-Chairs
Panel Session I
Poverty Alleviation in Developing Markets
- Adrian Merryman (Chief Development and Impact Investment Officer, VisionFund
- Donella Rapier (President and CEO, BRAC USA)
- Greg Munro (Director, Cities Alliance)
- Saskia Bruysten ( Co-Founder and CEO, Yunus Social Business)
- Moderator: Ying Yap (Harvard Business School)
Achieving Global Equity: How do we reduce the Global North/South divide with sustainable means of economic development
- Ami Dalal (Global Lead – Upstream, Disruptive Technologies and Funds, IFC)
- Grace Njunge (Global Chief of Staff, Dalberg Global Development Advisors)
- Natasha Sunderji (Global Health Lead, Accenture Development Partnerships)
- Moderator: Stephanie Joseph (Harvard Business School)
What Should the Role of the Private Sector Be?
- Ezgi Barcenas (Chief Sustainability Officer, AB In-Bev)
- Sir Ronald Cohen (Chairman, The Portland Trust and Bridges Ventures)
- Tariq Fancy (CEO, Rumie Initiative, ex-CIO BlackRock)
- Moderator: Isabella Soehn (Harvard Kennedy School)
Workforce Development: How Do We Connect the World's Youth to Stable & Fulfilling Jobs?
- Mariana Costa Checa (Co-founder and CEO, Laboratoria)
- Mona Mourshed (Founding Global CEO,Generation)
- Sharmi Surianarain (Chief Impact Officer, Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator)
- Moderators: Ava Zhang (Harvard Business School) and Abby Yang (Harvard Kennedy School)
Extreme Wealth Inequality
- Abby Maxman (CEO and President,Oxfam USA)
- Ryan Alam (Senior Vice President of Impact Investing, Citi)
- Yahya Alazrak (Executive Director, Resource Generation)
- Moderator: Charlotte Potter (Harvard Business School)
Keynote Fireside
Climate Change & Sustainability
- Makhtar Diop (Managing Director, International Finance Corporation)
- Sean Kidney (CEO, Climate Bonds Initiative)
- Moderator: Nishant Tiwary (Harvard Kennedy School)
Panel Session II
Fireside Chat: Redesigning the Future with a Circular Economy
- Emily Healy (Finance Initiative Lead, Ellen MacArthur Foundation)
- Sumana Manohar (Co-Portfolio Manager of Circular Economy Strategy & Head of Thematic Research for Fundamental Equities, BlackRock)
- Quyen Tran (Director of Impact Investing & Head of Sustainable Investing Research for Fundamental Equities, BlackRock)
- Moderator: Ashley Reid (Harvard Business School)
Racial Disparities
- Tiffany Eubanks-Saunders (Head of Diverse Segments, Private Bank Business, Bank of America)
- Philip Reeves (Founding Partner, Apis and Heritage Capital Partners)
- Dr. John Jackson (President and CEO, Schott Foundation)
- Mo Cowan (Chief Legal and External Affairs Officer, Devoted Health, Former US Senator)
- Moderator: Mathieu Davis (Harvard Business School)
Agriculture and Food Security
- Betty Kibaara (Director, Rockefeller Foundation)
- Kamran Ahmad (Founder and CEO, Kivu Choice)
- Jim Taylor (Co-Founder and CEO, Proximity Designs)
- Moderator: Sohee Hyung (Harvard Kennedy School)
Lunch Break
Panel Session III
Ableism
- Chris Soukup (CEO, Communication Service for the Deaf – CSD)
- Regina Kline (Founder and CEO, SmartJob LLC)
- Collin Killick (Executive Director, Disability Policy Consortium)
- Moderator: Sheila Xu (Harvard Kennedy School)
Technology - A Double Edged Sword?
- Erik Brynjolfsson (Professor & Director, Stanford Digital Economy Lab)
- Elise Smith (Co-Founder & CEO, Praxis Labs)
- Kimberly Bryant (Founder & CEO, Black Girls Code)
- Moderator: Kelsey Carter (Harvard Business School)
The Future of ESG
- Eric Kane (Head of ESG Research, Americas, Bloomberg Intelligence)
- Todd Arthur Bridges (Partner & Global Head of Sustainable Investing and ESG Research at Arabesque)
- Martin Whittaker (CEO JUST Capital)
- Moderator: Ashley Reid (Harvard Business School)
Stakeholder Capitalism: Myth or Achievable Goal?
- Shiva Rajgopal (Kester and Byrnes Professor of Accounting, Columbia Business School)
- Ethan Rouen (Assistant Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School)
- Moderator: Andrew Wei (Harvard Business School)
Case Workshop
Closing from Conference Co-Chairs
Day 2: Sunday, March 5th (Coming Soon: See last year's agenda)
All times in EDT
Welcome from Conference Co-Chairs
Keynote Panel
- Dr. Ajay Mathur (Director General, International Solar Alliance)
- Ashvin Dayal (Head, Power & Climate, The Rockefeller Foundation)
- Kim Kolt (Founder, Bay Bridge Ventures & For Good Ventures)
- Moderator: Nishant Tiwary (Harvard Kennedy School)
Panel Session IV
Solve Hunger in 5 Weeks
- Ayesha Vera-Yu (Co-founder and CEO, ARK)
- Moderator: Quyen Tran (Director of Impact Investing and Head of Sustainable Investing Research for Fundamental Equities at BlackRock.)
Gender Disparities
- Elaine Martyn (Senior Vice President, Private Donor Group, Fidelity Charitable)
- Dr. Florence Kondylis (Senior Economist, World Bank)
- Dr. Ranjana Kumari (Director, Center for Social Research and Chairwoman, Women Power Connect)
- Moderator: Katelyn Shahbazian (Harvard School of Public Health)
Reimagining Health Equity
- Dr. Anand Shah (Vice President of Social Health at Kaiser Permanente)
- Liz Fowler (Director, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation)
- Tom X Lee (CEO and Founder of Galileo Health and One Medical)
- Moderator: Alejandro Molina (Harvard Business School)
Panel Session V
Education
- Elisa Villanova Beard (CEO, Teach for America)
- Dr. Emily Frank (Physician & Teacher, UCSF/Oakland Unified School District)
- Nick Simmons (Senior Advisor-Secretary of Education, U.S. Department of Education)
- Moderator: Nikita Ramanujam (Harvard Business School)
Scaling Social Enterprises Globally
- Allen Taylor (Managing Director, Endeavor Catalyst)
- Lindsay Blodgett (Senior Director, Rippleworks)
- Natalia Agapitova (Senior Economist, World Bank)
- Moderator: Eni Dervishi (Harvard Business School)
Unlikely Allies: Understanding and Persuading Others to Forge Impactful Coalitions
- Inimai Chettiar (Federal Director, Justice Action Network)
- John Marshall (CEO, Potential Energy Coalition)
- Maurice Jones (CEO, OneTen)
- Steve Deline (Co-Founder, New Conversations Initiative)
- Vanessa Bohns (Assistant Professor, Cornell University)
- Moderator: Zach Komes (Harvard Business School)
Closing from Conference Co-Chairs
Panel Session V
Education
- Elisa Villanova Beard (CEO, Teach for America)
- Dr. Emily Frank (Physician & Teacher, UCSF/Oakland Unified School District)
- Nick Simmons (Senior Advisor-Secretary of Education, U.S. Department of Education)
- Moderator: Nikita Ramanujam (Harvard Business School)
Scaling Social Enterprises Globally
- Allen Taylor (Managing Director, Endeavor Catalyst)
- Lindsay Blodgett (Senior Director, Rippleworks)
- Natalia Agapitova (Senior Economist, World Bank)
- Moderator: Eni Dervishi (Harvard Business School)
Unlikely Allies: Understanding and Persuading Others to Forge Impactful Coalitions
- Inimai Chettiar (Federal Director, Justice Action Network)
- John Marshall (CEO, Potential Energy Coalition)
- Maurice Jones (CEO, OneTen)
- Steve Deline (Co-Founder, New Conversations Initiative)
- Vanessa Bohns (Assistant Professor, Cornell University)
- Moderator: Zach Komes (Harvard Business School)
Panel Session IV
Fireside Chat: ARK – Advancement for Rural Kids
- Ayesha Vera-Yu (Co-founder and CEO, ARK)
- Moderator: Quyen Tran (Director of Impact Investing and Head of Sustainable Investing Research for Fundamental Equities at BlackRock.)
Gender Disparities
- Elaine Martyn (Senior Vice President, Private Donor Group, Fidelity Charitable)
- Dr. Florence Kondylis (Senior Economist, World Bank)
- Dr. Ranjana Kumari (Director, Center for Social Research and Chairwoman, Women Power Connect)
- Moderator: Katelyn Shahbazian (Harvard School of Public Health)
Reimagining Health Equity
- Dr. Anand Shah (Vice President of Social Health at Kaiser Permanente)
- Liz Fowler (Director, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation)
- Tom X Lee (CEO and Founder of Galileo Health and One Medical)
- Moderator: Alejandro Molina (Harvard Business School)
Keynote Panel
- Dr. Ajay Mathur (Director General, International Solar Alliance)
- Ashvin Dayal (Head, Power & Climate, The Rockefeller Foundation)
- Kim Kolt (Founder, Bay Bridge Ventures & For Good Ventures)
- Moderator: Nishant Tiwary (Harvard Kennedy School)