2021
Agenda
Session recordings for each session may be found by clicking on the session titles.
Thursday, October 28, 2021
1:30 pm Registration
2:00-2:30 pm Welcome
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Paul Grogan, President and CEO, The Boston Foundation
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2:30-3:30 pm Opening Keynote
Chris Anderson, Curator, TED; Founder, The Audacious Project
Raj Panjabi, Co-founder and CEO, Last Mile Health
3:30-3:45 pm Coffee Break
3:45-5:15 pm Thematic Cluster Discussions - How to Leverage Philanthropy to Address the World’s Biggest Problems
5:30-6:30 pm Welcome Reception
6:30 pm Group Dinners
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Friday, October 29, 2021
8:00 am Registration
8:30-9:00 am Breakfast
"Changing Communities through an Equity and Gender Lens"
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Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, United Nations Under-Secretary-General; Executive Director, UN Women; former Deputy President of South Africa
9:15-10:45 am Workshop Series I
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Giving with Impact: How to Become an Impactful Donor
Jeff Raikes, Raikes Foundation
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Strengthening the Foundations of Democracy and Civil Society
Douglas Rutzen, International Center for Not for Profit Law
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Funding Advocacy on International Issues and How to Do it Effectively
Tom Hart, ONE
Nageeb Sumar, Fidelity Charitable
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Achieving Scale and Sustainable Systems Approaches
Edwin Ou, CEO, Skoll Foundation
Cecilia Conrad, Lever for Change, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation ​​
10:45-11:00 am Coffee Break
11:00 am-12:30 pm Workshop Series II
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How to Strengthen Communities to Prepare and Respond to Disasters
Michael Delaney, Crescendo International
Pierre Noel, Haiti Development Institute
The Heart of Philanthropy
Rob Lehman, Fetzer Institute
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From Philanthropy to Impact Investing, Deploying the Full Spectrum of Financial Tools or Social Good
Ellen Remmer, The Philanthropy Institute
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How to Identify and Support Innovation, Social Entrepreneurs, and Local Leadership
Stephanie Dodson Cornell, Draper Richards Kaplan Institute
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12:30-12:45 pm Transition
12:45-2:00 pm Lunch and Plenary
"Philanthropy's Role in Making Water Safe for All"
Vikki Spruill, President and CEO, New England Aquarium
Gary White, CEO and Co-founder, Water.org​ and WaterEquity
Ridgway White, President, Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
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2:00-2:15 pm Transition
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2:15-3:45 pm Workshop Series III
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Becoming an Impactful Climate Donor and Investor
Solomé Lemma, Thousand Currents
Charlotte Pera, ClimateWorks Foundation
Exploring and Confronting Explicit Bias in Philanthropy
Ruth Rhoads Allen, CDA Collaborative Learning Projects (CDA)
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Effective Tools and Approaches to Evaluate Your Philanthropy
Katie Bunten-Wamuru, Imago Dei Fund
Sayra Pinto, Thousand Currents
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Understanding the Refugee Funding Crisis
Taryn Higashi, Unbound Philanthropy
Negar Tayyar, The Global Whole Being Fund
3:45-4:00 pm Coffee Break
4:00-5:00 pm Closing and Plenary
"The Future of International Philanthropy"
Kumi Naidoo, Amnesty International and Greenpeace
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If you have any questions regarding the agenda, please do not hesitate to contact Connor Nickerson, at info@innovatephilanthropy.org.