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Sunday, January 16, 2011

Global Health & Innovation Conference 4/16 - 4/17, 2011

GH/Innovate 2011
Global Health & Innovation Conference
Presented by Unite For Sight, 8th Annual Conference
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Saturday, April 16 - Sunday, April 17, 2011
"A Meeting of Minds"--CNN
Unite For Sight's must-attend, thought-leading conference convenes leaders, changemakers, and participants from all fields of global health, international development, and social entrepreneurship.  The conference convenes 2,200 people from all 50 states and from 50 countries.
Register in January to secure the lowest registration rate.  The registration rate increases after January.
Interested in presenting at the conference?
  • Call For Social Enterprise Pitches: Do you have an innovative idea or a new program in development?  Submit your idea for presentation.  Social enterprise pitches are accepted on a rolling application deadline, and the first quality pitches will be accepted for oral presentation.  When the social enterprise pitch spots are filled to capacity, applications will no longer be accepted.  See social enterprise pitch instructions on the conference website.
Confirmed Keynote Speakers
"Pharmaceuticals For Humanity," Victoria Hale, PhD, Founder of Medicines360; Founder and Chair Emeritus, OneWorld Health
Jeffrey Sachs, PhD, Director of Earth Institute at Columbia University; Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development, Professor of Health Policy and Management, Columbia University; Special Advisor to Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon
Sonia Ehrlich Sachs, MD, MPH, Director of Health, Millennium Village Project, Earth Institute at Columbia University
One additional keynote speaker to be announced.
200 Featured Speakers, including these confirmed speakers:
"Evaluation of Traumatic Neurological Injury Care in Ecuador Using the IATSIC/WHO Essential Guidelines for Trauma Care," Michel B. Aboutanos, MD, MPH, Director, International Trauma Systems Development, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center
"How Do You Know When You've Revolutionized An Industry?: Ashoka's Approach to Assessing Impact," Karabi Acharya, ScD, Change Leader, Ashoka
"Workshop - Social Entrepreneurs: Systems Thinking in Action," Karabi Acharya, ScD, Change Leader, Ashoka
"Evaluation of a Public Private Partnership to Improve Mental Health Services in Northern Uganda: Output, Metric, and Outcome Data," Stephen Alderman, MD, Peter C. Alderman Foundation
"Design Education in the Humanitarian Sphere: Designmatters Best Practices," Mariana Amatullo, Vice President, Director, Designmatters Department, Art Center College of Design
"Readying Orphans For Their Community: Models For Taking Orphans Out Of Isolation," Jane Aronson, MD, CEO and Founder of Worldwide Orphans Foundation; Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Cornell Weill Medical College and Columbia University
"Doctors as Storytellers: Using Our Stories For Social Change," Neal Baer, MD, Institute for Photographic Empowerment at USC's Annenberg School of Communications; Executive Producer, Law and Order: Special Victims Unit
"Workshop - New Media For Global Health," Neal Baer, MD, Institute for Photographic Empowerment at USC's Annenberg School of Communications; Executive Producer, Law and Order: Special Victims Unit
"A New Approach to HIV Prevention: Cash Transfers and Risk Reduction Among Adolescent Girls," Sarah Baird, Assistant Professor, George Washington University
"Investing in Adolescent Girls -- The Transition to Adulthood," Wendy Baldwin, Vice President, Poverty, Gender and Youth, Population Council
"High-Impact Social Entrepreneurship" Elmira Bayrasli, Director of Communications, Peace Dividend Trust
"Social Entrepreneurship Workshop," Elmira Bayrasli, Director of Communications, Peace Dividend Trust
"Global Approaches to Global Health: Lessons Learned From The Global HIV Vaccine Enterprise," Alan Bernstein, PhD, Executive Director, Global HIV Vaccine Enterprise
"Mobile Potential: Scaling Health Access," Matthew Berg, ICT Coordinator, Millennium Villages Project
"A Pivotal Moment: Advocating for Big Dreams in Difficult Times," Natasha Bilimoria, President, Friends of the Global Fight
"Enterprise Solutions to Sustainable Social Change," Ron Bills, Chairman & CEO, Envirofit International
"Global Health Innovation Partnerships - Accelerating Access to Medical Technologies in Tanzania," Jeffrey Blander, ScD, President, Bienmoyo Foundation
"Asking The Right Questions: Lessons Learned From The Cuban Health System," Peter Bourne, MA, MD, Visiting Scholar, Oxford University; Vice Chancellor Emeritus, St. George's University; Formerly Special Assistant to the President of the United States for Health Issues; Chair, Medical Education Cooperation with Cuba (MEDICC)
"Workshop - Improving Organizational Performance in Low-Income Settings," Elizabeth Bradley, PhD, Professor of Public Health, Division of Health Policy & Administration; Director, Health Management Program; Director, Global Health Initiatives, Yale School of Public Health
"Doctors With Borders," Michael Brennan, MD, American Academy of Ophthalmology Past President, Alamance Eye Center
"Itinerant Physicians and Shifting Moral Economies: Cuba's International Medical Programs," P. Sean Brotherton, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, Yale University
"Orchestration of the Host Immune Response by Malaria Parasites," Richard Bucala, MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine, Pathology and Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine
"Innovations and Technologies for Resource Constrained Settings: Opportunities and Strategies," Thomas F. Burke, Chief, Division of Global Health and Human Rights, Massachusetts General Hospital; Departments of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics, MGH; Division of General Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Boston; Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School; Associate Professor, KCA University and Victoria Institute for Science and Technology, Kisumu, Kenya
"Storytelling for Action: How Nonprofit Journalism Can Empower Staff, Supporters and Beneficiaries," Roger Burks, Senior Writer, Mercy Corps, Co-Founder, Pictographers
"Maternal Health and Societal Development," Sharon Camp, President and CEO, Guttmacher Institute
"Vision Research Advances and Opportunities in Global Health," Deborah Carper, Deputy Director, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health
"Strategies to Prevent Maternal Mortality in Latin America and the Caribbean," Arachu Castro, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Social Medicine, Program in Infectious Disease and Social Change, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Partners in Health
"Living Goods: A Sustainable System for Improving Child Survival Through Avon-Like Networks of Women Health Promoters," Molly Christiansen, Manager, Health Practices and Business Development, Living Goods
"Meet The Editor: How To Write For Global Health Journals," Jocelyn Clark, Senior Editor, PLoS Medicine
"Reaching The Poorest of the Poor," James Clarke, MD, Ophthalmologist and Medical Director, Crystal Eye Clinic, Ghana; Unite For Sight Partner
"Global Health Education Field Experiences: Learning From Local Healthcare Professionals," James Clarke, MD, Ophthalmologist and Medical Director, Crystal Eye Clinic, Ghana; Unite For Sight Partner
"Randomized Trials in Malaria: Questions, Answers and More Questions," Jessica Cohen, PhD, Assistant Professor of Global Health, Harvard School of Public Health
"The Impact of Impact Investing," Josh Cohen, Managing Partner, City Light Capital
"Proof of Sustainable Eye Care Systems in Africa, The Only Way To V2020," Kate Coleman, BSc, PhD, Consultant Ophthalmologist, Executive Chairman, Right To Sight
"10 Americans: An Inconvenient Truth For Environmental Health," Ken Cook, President, Environmental Working Group
"Telling the Story: Documentary Photography for NGOs," Thatcher Cook, Documentary Photographer, Pictographers
"Accelerating Impact: Incubation and Skill-Building For Social Change," Cindy Cooper, Director, Social Innovation Incubator, School of Business Administration, Portland State University
"Public Health Aspects of Surgical Care," Scott Corlew, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Interplast
"Evolving Best Practices for KAP Surveys," Pierre Cremieux, President, Medical Aid Committee
"Can Business Really Make a Lasting Difference in Communities? The Case for People-Centered Development," Dean Cycon, Founder and CEO, Dean's Beans Organic Coffee Co.
"Outcome Mapping Measures Knowledge and Behavior Changes Due To T. Solium Education," Cate Dewey, Professor of Epidemiology and Health Management; Chair, Department of Population Medicine, University of Guelph
"The Evolution of Development and Urgent Need for a Genetic Jump," Mark Dybul, Distinguished Visiting Scholar and Co-Director of the Global Health Law Program, O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, Georgetown University; Inaugural Global Health Fellow, George W. Bush Institute
"Global Mobile Surveys," Nathan Eagle, CEO, txteagle Inc; Visiting Assistant Professor, MIT Media Lab; Research Assistant Professor, Northeastern Computer Science; Omidyar Fellow, Santa Fe Institute
"Innovation Partnerships in Public Health," Robert Fabricant, Vice President of Creative, Frog Design Inc.
"Enterprise Solutions to Poverty," Michael Fairbanks, co-Founder, SEVEN
"The Demand Side: Social Innovation and Gaps in Global Health," Gene Falk, Co-founder and President, mothers2mothers
"Good Technology, Bad Implementation: Designing Effective Tools For Global Health," Heather Fleming, Catapult Design
"Mobile Technologies for Global Health," Rich Fletcher, PhD, Research Scientist, MIT Media Lab
"Pediatric Vision Screening in Western Hunan Province," Susan Forster, MD, Associate Clinical Professor, Director of Medical Studies, Yale School of Medicine; Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science Chief of Ophthalmology, Yale University Health Services
"Collaborative Development of Open Source Medical Record Systems in Developing Countries: The OpenMRS Experience," Hamish Fraser, MBChB, MRCP, MSc, Director of Informatics and Telemedicine, Partners in Health; Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School; Associate Physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital
"Energy for All: Powering the Millennium Development Goals," Robert Freling, Executive Director, Solar Electric Light Fund
"Tempting Food Links to Global 'Curative' Traps," Martin Gordon, MD, FAAAS, Emeritus Chairman and Lifetime Trustee, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library Board; Prior Clinical Professor of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine
"Fighting Fistula: The Power of Partnerships," Kate Grant, Executive Director, The Fistula Foundation
"Scaling Up Clean Off-Grid Lighting Solutions For Base of Pyramid," Gaurav Gupta, Partner, Dalberg Global Development Consultants
"Barriers to Treatment Uptake in Africa: Glaucoma Experiences From Ghana," Michael Gyasi, MD, Ophthalmologist, North Western Eye Centre, Ghana
"Perspectives From Ghana: Critical Research in Global Health Delivery," Michael Gyasi, MD, Ophthalmologist, North Western Eye Centre, Ghana
"Wireless Adherence Monitoring Technology," Jessica Haberer, MD, MS, Research Scientist, Harvard Institute for Global Health; Assistant in Health Decision Sciences, Massachusetts General Hospital; Instructor, Harvard Medical School
"The Effect of Cooking Stoves on Health: Evidence From A Randomized Experiment in India," Rema Hanna, Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
"A View from a Death in the Morning: Emergent Disease in Kenya's Emerging Democracy," Rebecca Hardin, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology and School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan
"Anthropological and Cultural Perspectives in Global Health Education," Rebecca Hardin, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology and School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan
"Improving Aid for Health and the Critical Role of Ministries of Health," Cecil Haverkamp, Coordinator of Global Health Practice, Harvard University School of Public Health
"The Impact of Surgical Intervention in Nepal: A Case Study of an Integrated Reconstructive Surgery Program," Susan Hayes, President and CEO, Interplast
"Not Everyone Cares: Marketing Your Cause in a Cluttered Marketplace," Scott Henderson, Principal at CauseShift and Campaign Manager of WeCanEndThis.com
"Workshop - Breaking Thru The Clutter: How to Market Your Cause and Attract New Champions," Scott Henderson, Principal at CauseShift and Campaign Manager of WeCanEndThis.com
"Making a Public Health Difference at the Community Level: The Peace Corps Experience," Carrie Hessler-Radelet, Deputy Director, Peace Corps
"Global Health Education: Policies, Practices, and Innovations in Organizations and Systems," Brian Heuser, M.T.S., Ed.D., Assistant Professor of the Practice of International Education Policy, Department of Leadership, Policy and Organizations; Peabody College, Vanderbilt University
"Proceedings From The African Glaucoma Summit," Leon Herndon, MD, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Glaucoma Service, Duke University Eye Center
"Myths and Realities of Starting a Nonprofit," Maurice Segall and Rick Hobish, JD, Pro Bono Partnership, Inc.
"BOPportunities: New Business Models for Prevention," Paul Hudnut, Global Social & Sustainable Enterprise Program, College of Business-Colorado State University; Founder and Director, Envirofit International
"Global Infertility and the Millennial Challenge of Reproductive 'Tourism,'" Marcia Inhorn, MPH, PhD, William K. Lanman Jr. Professor of Anthropology and International Affairs Chair, Council on Middle East Studies
"Free mHealth eHealth Software For Rural Hospitals," Bobby Jefferson, Health IT Project Manager, Futures Group
"Farmers First: Scaling a Permanent and Sustainable End To Hunger," Tony Kalm, Director of Business Development, One Acre Fund
"Global Health Disparities: Closing The Gap Through Good Governance," Enku Kebede-Francis, PhD, MS, MEd, Assistant Professor, Tufts University Medical School
"Making Universal Access to MDR-TB Treatment a Reality: The Path Forward," Salmaan Keshavjee, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School
"Food Industry's Role in Finding Solutions to Global Nutrition Challenges," Mehmood Khan, CEO, Global Nutrition Group, Chief Scientific Officer, PepsiCo
"Ethical Challenges With Short-Term Global Health Research Projects," Kaveh Khoshnood, PhD, Assistant Professor in Public Health Practice, Division of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, Yale School of Public Health
"I of the Needle," Marc Koska, Founder, Safepoint Trust
"Making Sure Your Solution Fits The Social Problem," Marc Koska, Founder, Safepoint Trust
"Ecological Sanitation in Emergencies: Turning Wastes into Resources in Post-Earthquake Haiti," Sasha Kramer, Sustainable Organic Integrated Livelihoods (SOIL)
"The Road To Hell: Good Intentions and Ethics in Global Health & Disaster Response," Gregory Luke Larkin, MD, Professor & Chief, Section of International Emergency Medicine & Global Health, Department of Emergency Medicine, Yale School of Medicine
"How To Create a Social Venture," Moses Lee, Managing Editor, NextBillion.net; Entrepreneurship Academic Program Manager and Lecturer in Social Entrepreneurship, University of Michigan
"How Do You Know What An NGO Is Achieving: Setting The Gold Standard in Vetting," Harry Leibowitz, Founder, World of Children
"New Initiatives to Promote Locally-Driven Solutions," Neal Lesh, Creative Director of Special Projects, Dimagi, Inc.
"Using Social Media and Documentary to Maximize Impact," Jeremy Levine, Producer, Good Fortune; Filmmakers, Transient Pictures
"Film Screening: GOOD Fortune," Jeremy Levine, Producer, Good Fortune; Filmmakers, Transient Pictures
"Dollar Enterprise -- $1 Can Change The World," Kathleen Liang, Professor, University of Vermont
"Zilch: The Power of Zero in Business," Nancy Lublin, CEO, Do Something
"Building Widespread Political Support for Newborn, Child and Maternal Health," Charles MacCormack, President and CEO, Save The Children
"Better Language For Better Health," Bob McKinnon, Founder and President, YELLOWBRICKROAD Communications
"HIV Prevention -- What Progress Toward A Vaccine? And When?" John McGoldrick, JD, Chairman, Zimmer Holdings, Inc., and Special Advisor, International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI)
"Collective Rights to HIV Prevention: Human Rights for the Public's Health," Benjamin Mason Meier, JD, LLM, PhD, Assistant Professor of Global Health Policy, Department of Public Policy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
"The Power of Social Entrepreneurship to Change an Industry," Jeff Mendelsohn, CEO, New Leaf Paper
"Workshop - The Power of Social Entrepreneurship to Change an Industry," Jeff Mendelsohn, CEO, New Leaf Paper
"Health and Microfinance: Leveraging The Strengths of Two Sectors to Alleviate Poverty," Marcia Metcalfe, Director, Microfinance and Health, Freedom From Hunger
"Scale-Up of a Pilot Intervention to Improve Immunization Coverage in Northern Mozambique: Use of Impact Evaluation and Cost Study for Advocacy," Becca Miller, VillageReach
"Rescuing The Bottom Billion Through Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases," Neeraj Mistry, MD, MPH, Managing Director, Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases, Sabin Vaccine Institute
"Blindness Prevention in Developing Nations: A Pictorial Narrative," Nader Moinfar, MD, Magruder Eye Institute and University of Central Florida School of Medicine, Orlando, Florida
"Market-Based Innovations in Healthcare Delivery: A Case Study of LifeSpring Hospitals," Tricia Morente, Head of Strategy and Marketing, LifeSpring Hospitals
"Poor Architecture: New Models of Design Practice and Empowerment Through the Resource Constrained Built Environment," Michael Murphy, Executive Director and Co-Founder, MASS Design Group
"Clean Energy -- A Key to Health and Development," Anne Murray, Senior Development Officer, E+CO
"The Production of MakaPads Sanitary Pads as a Social Economic Enterprise," Moses Musaazi, PhD, Professor and Former Head, Electrical Engineering Department, Makerere University; Founder and Managing Director of Technology for Tomorrow Limited; Developer of Makapads sanitary pads
"Partnerships Abroad: Cheaper, Smarter, Kinder," Steve Nagler, Director of Global Partnership Initiative, Hole in the Wall Camps
"Health and Wealth: Empowering Vulnerable Women in Ethiopia," Gwenelyn O'Donnell-Blake, Senior Technical Officer for Food Security, Project Concern International
"Photonics Based Telemedicine Technologies Toward Smart Global Health Systems," Aydogan Ozcan, PhD, Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering Department, California NanoSystems Institute, UCLA
"Know What I Really Need? Participatory Medical Device Design and Implementation," Kristian R. Olson, MD, MPH, DTM&H, Inpatient Clinical Educator Service, MGH; Program Leader, CIMIT Global Health Initiative; Executive Committee, MGH Center for Global Health; Instructor, Harvard Medical School
"Electronic Medical Records: On Becoming a Digital Doctor," Matthew Paul, MD, Danbury Eye Physicians and Surgeons
"Advocating for the Best Solutions in Global Health & Education, and Getting Results," Ken Patterson, RESULTS Educational Fund, Global Grassroots Manager
"Pharmaceutical CSR - The Shift Towards Shared Value," Kyle Peterson, Managing Director, FSG Social Impact Advisors
"Workshop - Design Global Change," Natacha Poggio, Assistant Professor, University of Hartford
"Empowering Women to Have The Children They Want Safely," Malcolm Potts, MB, BChir, PhD, FRCOG, Bixby Professor, School of Public Health, University of California Berkeley
"Project Firefly: Next-Generation Infant Phototherapy for Developing Countries," Timothy Prestero, CEO, Design That Matters
"Bottom Up Entrepreneurship," Iqbal Quadir, Founder and Director, Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship, MIT
"Health Systems Strengthening in Fragile States - What Do We Know? Examples From MSH Work," Jonathan D. Quick, MD, MPH, President & CEO, Management Sciences for Health
"e-Vouchers and Mobile Payments for Improved Health Outcomes in Zambia," Mike Quinn, CEO, Mobile Transactions
"Leveraging Online Data for Decisions and Impact," Suzanne Rainey, Forum One Communications
"Bioethical Considerations in Surgical Volunteerism," Aron Rose, MD, Associate Clinical Professor, Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
"Microbicides for HIV Prevention: New Science, New Hope," Zeda Rosenberg, CEO, International Partnership for Microbicides
"YOUTH ZONES: A Film and Poetry Initiative on Young People from Conflicts and Natural Disasters," Lisa Russell, MPH, Filmmaker
"Low Cost, Easy To Use, Point of Care Diagnostics For The Developing World," Una Ryan, OBE, PhD, DSc, CEO, Diagnostics For All
"From Taking Lives to Saving Lives: Training Male Health Providers in Family Planning and Reproductive Health in Conflict-Prone Afghanistan," Taraneh Salke, Executive Director, Family Health Alliance
"A Rapid Community-Based Maternal Mortality and Obstetric Fistula Prevention Project," Anders Seim, MD, MPH, Founder, Health & Development International
"Start With Why," Simon Sinek, Sinek Partners, Renowned Leadership Expert and Author of Start With Why
"Maternal and Child Health Care Training and Routine Practices Among Health Care Facilities in Rwanda," Heather Sipsma, Associate Research Scientist, Yale University School of Public Health
"Access to Essential Technologies for Safe Childbirth in Africa and Asia," Jonathan Spector, Pediatrician and Neonatologist, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Harvard School of Public Health
"WE CARE Solar - Bringing Light to Maternal Health Care," Laura Stachel, MD, MPH, UC Berkeley School of Public Health; Co-Founder, WE CARE Solar
"First Do No Harm: Tackling Disrespect and Abuse of Women During Childbirth," Mary Ellen Stanton, USAID Senior Maternal Health Advisor
"Breaking The Cycle of Aid Dependency: Empowering Rural Ugandans With Education and Prevention," Jessie Stone, Director, Soft Power Health
"Empowering Better Care: An Innovative Economic Strengthening Model for OVC Caregivers," Brian Swarts, Technical Advisor Microfinance, Salvation Army World Service Office
"Spurring Innovation to Make Historic Leaps in Development: New Challenges and Opportunities," Wendy Taylor, Senior Advisor, Innovative Finance and Public Private Partnerships, USAID
"Sustainable Development Through Carbon Finance and Social Enterprise: Case Studies in Kenya, Rwanda, and Afghanistan," Evan A. Thomas, PhD, P.E., Executive Vice President, Manna Energy Limited
"Patient Adherence to Glaucoma Medications: Current Concepts," James C. Tsai, MD, Robert R. Young Professor and Chairman, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Yale University School of Medicine; Chief of Ophthalmology, Yale-New Haven Hospital
"Overcoming Barriers to Launching Student-Initiated Health Enterprises," Jill Tucker, Senior Program Officer, Lemelson Foundation
"The Impact of the Soviet Legacy on Russia’s Response to HIV/AIDS," Alexandra Vacroux, Executive Director, Davis Center, Harvard University
"Global HIV Prevention," Sten Vermund, MD, PhD, Director, Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health
"Global Strategies and Innovation to Ensure Drug Safety for Patients," Prashanth Visweswaran, Vice President Corporate Strategy, Drug Safety Alliance
"It's How You Play The Game: Integrating Learning Games For Girls Into Savings Groups of Mothers," Ellen VorderBruegge, Trustee, Reach Global
"Innovations in Professionalizing Humanitarian Assistance," Peter Walker, Rosenberg Professor of Nutrition and Human Security; Director of the Feinstein International Center, Tufts University
"Hearing The Unheard Cry: Strategies to Save Newborn Lives at Scale," Steve Wall, Senior Newborn Health Research Advisor, Save The Children
"Strategies For Rural Clinics: How To Reach More Than 65,000 Rural Patients Per Year," Seth Wanye, MD, PhD, Ophthalmologist, Friends Eye Clinic, Ghana
"From Volume to Value: Paths to Sustaining at Scale," Rebecca Weintraub, Executive Director, Global Health Delivery Project
"WaterCredit: Driving Financial Innovation in Water Supply & Sanitation For The Poor," Gary White, Executive Director and Co-Founder, Water.org
"Design For Inclusion," Jocelyn Wyatt, Social Innovation Lead, IDEO
"Workshop - Design Thinking," Jocelyn Wyatt, Social Innovation Lead, IDEO
"Narrowing The Gap Between Evidence and Action in Global Health," Gavin Yamey, MD, MA, MRCP, Lead, Evidence to Policy Initiative (E2Pi), Global Health Group
"Filter Paper as an Appropriate, Low-Cost Medium for Spectrophotometric Detection of Blood Hemoglobin Concentration," Jasper Yan, Researcher, Beyond Traditional Borders, Rice University
"ECOfashion: An ECOpreneur's Journey to Transform the Global Textile Industry," Marci Zaroff, Founder and CEO, FASE; Founder, Under the Canopy

In addition to the sessions with featured speakers, the conference also includes "Social Enterprise Pitch" Sessions and "Student Leaders in Global Health" Sessions.