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2021

Agenda

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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 â€‹â€‹

       

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

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