You and your colleagues may be interested in attending or presenting at the Global Health & Innovation Conference at Yale. We are currently accepting abstracts for presentation at the conference, and August 31 is the first abstract deadline. We would also appreciate it if you could please forward this announcement to others who may be interested in attending or presenting. The registration rate increases after July 31.Global Health & Innovation Conference 2013
Presented by Unite For Sight, 10th Annual Conference
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Saturday, April 13 - Sunday, April 14, 2013
http://www.uniteforsight.org/conference
"A Meeting of Minds"--CNN
The Global Health & Innovation Conference is the world's largest global health conference and social entrepreneurship conference. This must-attend, thought-leading conference annually convenes 2,200 leaders, changemakers, students, and professionals from all fields of global health, international development, and social entrepreneurship. Register during July to secure the lowest registration rate.Interested in presenting at the conference? Submit an abstract for consideration. The first abstract deadline is August 31.The conference's confirmed speakers to date include:
Keynote Addresses
Jeffrey Sachs, PhD, Director of Earth Institute, 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, Columbia University
More speakers to be announced
Design Thinking Speakers"Weapons of Mass Design: Taking Products to Scale," Robert HJ Miros, CEO, 3rd Stone Design Inc.
Andrew Zolli, Curator, Pop!Tech
More speakers to be announced
Education Initiatives in Global Health Speakers
Elizabeth Bradley, PhD, Professor of Public Health, Division of Health Policy & Administration; Director, Global Health Initiative, Yale University
"The 'New' World Health: Building a Field Across Disciplines and Sectors," Sue Goldie, Director, Harvard Global Health Institute
"Global Health, Education, and Development: Exploring the Critical Linkages," Brian Heuser, Assistant Professor of the Practice of International Education Policy, Peabody College, Vanderbilt University; Affiliated Faculty, Vanderbilt Institute of Global Health (VIGH)
"International Medical Electives: The Critical Importance of Listening to Your Host," Christian Kraeker, MD, FRCPC DTM&H MSc, Department of Internal Medicine, McMaster University
Amy Lockwood, Deputy Director, Center for Innovation in Global Health, Stanford University
"Delight, Dismay, and Determination in Global Health," Eldryd Parry, Founder, Tropical Health and Education TrustMore speakers to be announcedEnvironment, Energy, and Agriculture Speakers
"The Agriculture, Food & Nutrition, and Health Nexus: A New Transdiciplinary Approach to Global Development," Gebisa Ejeta, 2009 World Food Prize Laureate; Science Envoy of President Barack Obama
"Asset-Based Financing for Smallholder Farmers," Tony Kalm, Managing Director, One Acre FundMore speakers to be announcedFilm, Photography, Art & Global Health Speakers
"Using Visual Methods to Investigate Urban Health Disparities," Carolyn Cannuscio, ScD, Core Investigator, VA Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, Philadelphia VA Medical Center; Assistant Professor, Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
"Patient Empowerment: How the Visually Impaired Can Become Better Advocates for Themselves...And for Their Service Providers," Joseph Lovett, Producer/Director, Going Blind
"Designing Social Change Programs: Lessons from the Field," Bob McKinnon, President GALEWiLL Design; Director, the GALEWiLL Center for Opportunity & ProgressMore speakers to be announcedHealthcare Delivery Models and Impact Measurement
Juan-Carlos Alegre, Director, Monitoring and Evaluation, Management Sciences for Health"The Cuban Health System Today," Peter Bourne, Senior Research Fellow, Green Templeton College, University of Oxford; Chair, Medical Education Cooperation with Cuba (MEDICC)
"Middle East 'Doctors With Borders' Ophthalmology Opportunities," Michael Brennan, American Academy of Ophthalmology Past President; Ophthalmologist, Alamance Eye Center
James Clarke, MD, Ophthalmologist and Medical Director, Crystal Eye Clinic, Ghana; Unite For Sight Ghana Medical Director
"Disruptive Innovation in Healthcare/Wellness for the Base of the Pyramid," Al Hammond, Co-Founder and Chairman of Healthpoint Services; Director of Health for All, Ashoka
Ali Lutz, Haiti Special Projects Manager, Partners In Health
Chuck Slaughter, President and Founder, Living GoodsMore speakers to be announcedHealth Policy & Advocacy
"Trading in Global Health: The Politics of Innovation," Tahir Amin, Co-Founder and Director of Intellectual Property, I-MAK
"Is There the Courage to Change the Nation’s Diet?" Kelly Brownell, Professor of Psychology, Epidemiology and Public Health; Director, Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity, Yale UniversityMore speakers to be announcedInfectious Disease Speakers
"Social Entrepreneurship in Health and its Potential Role in HIV/AIDS Treatment for Maternal Newborn Health in East Africa," Georgia Sambunaris, Senior Advisor, Bureau for Economic Growth, Education and the Environment, USAIDMore speakers to be announcedMaternal and Child Health Speakers
"Improving Maternal and Child Health: A Look at Community Level Interventions that Save Lives," Koki Agarwal, Director MCHIP, JHPIEGO"State of the World's Children: A Tragedy in the Making," Jane Aronson, MD, CEO, Founder, Worldwide Orphans Foundation; Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Cornell Weill Medical College and Columbia University
"The Role of Nutritious Products to Combat Stunting as One of the Key Long-Term Strategies," Martin Bloem, Global Coordinator, WFP UNAIDS
"The Global Landscape of Cross-border Reproductive Care: Twenty Key Findings for the New Millennium," Marcia Inhorn, MPH, PhD, William K. Lanman Jr. Professor of Anthropology and International Affairs; Editor, Journal of Middle East Women's Studies, Council on Middle East Studies, Yale University
"Friends of Low-Cost IVF: Empowering Infertile Women Globally," Pasquale Patrizio, Professor of Obestrics and Gynecology, Yale School of Medicine; Director, Yale Fertility CenterMore speakers to be announcedNon-Communicable Diseases Speakers
"Association of Sexual Violence, Human Rights Violations, and Mental Health Outcomes in Liberia, Kenya and the Democratic Republic of Congo," Kirsten Johnson, MD, MPH, Director, Humanitarian Studies Initiative, McGill University; Affiliated Faculty, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Harvard University
"Closing the Cancer Divide: Opportunities for Health System Strengthening," Felicia Knaul, Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School; Director, Harvard Global Equity Initiative
"Innovative Partnership for Vision Research Integration: Leveraging Existing Health and Development Platforms for the Eye Diseases," John Prakash, PhD, MBA, Associate Director, International Programs, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health
"Ensuring Right to Sight by Eliminating Needless Blindness through Public Private Community Participation Model," Sarang Samal, Founder, Kalinga Eye Hospital, NYSASDRI, India; Unite For Sight Partner
"Tropical Dermatology: Role in Global Health," Aisha Sethi, Assistant Professor, Dermatology and Infectious Diseases, Associate Residency Program Director, Section of Dermatology, University of ChicagoMore speakers to be announcedOrganization Management Speakers
"Transforming Health Systems Through Innovation," Rifat Atun, Professor of International Health Management, Imperial College LondonMore speakers to be announcedResearch, Monitoring, and Evaluation Speakers
"Controlled Trials as Program Evaluation: Not Just for Researchers Anymore," Paul Bolton, Associate Scientist, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
"Low Grade Inflammation and Glaucoma," James 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
More speakers to be announced
Philanthropy and Investment Speakers
Natalia Oberti Noguera, Founder and CEO, Pipeline Fellowship"Piloting the 'Health Impact Fund' Idea," Thomas Pogge, Leitner Professor of Philosophy and International Affairs, Yale University
"Impact Investing in Healthcare for Low-Income Communities," Keely Stevenson, CEO, Bamboo Finance USAMore speakers to be announcedSocial Enterprise Speakers
"Transparency as a Brand Culture," Kyle Berner, Creator, Feelgoodz LLC
"Lessons Learned From Doing Social Enterprise Start Ups," Jeffrey Church, Founder, Nika Water
"The Fig Food Movement: From Tikkun Olam to the Whole Foods Shelf," Joel Henry, President and Founder, Fig Food Company, LLC
"Separating Consumer Products From Profit: Using a Non-Profit Model in a For-Profit Industry," Krista Lampe, CORE Foods Chief of Operations and Co-Founder, Ken Lee, Co-founder and Co-owner, Lotus Foods
"Building from the Inside Out: Co-opertives as an Egalitarian, Democratic, Grassroots, Free-Market Development Strategy," Rodney North, The Answer Man - Information for the Public and Media, Equal Exchange CoopFrederick Schilling, Co-Creator, Big Tree Farms
"Improving Our Economy and Our Health with Real Food," Noha Waibsnaider, Founder and CEO, Peeled Snacks
Joe Whinney, Founder and CEO, Theo Chocolate, Inc.
More speakers to be announcedSocial Entrepreneurship Speakers
"From Start-Up to Scale-Up: The Path to Becoming Industry Leaders in Reducing Indoor Air Pollution," Ron Bills, Chairman and CEO, Envirofit International
"Can Good Products Drive Out Bad? Experimental Evidence from Local Markets for Antimalarial Medicine in Uganda," David Yanagizawa-Drott, Assistant Professor of Public Policy, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
"Post Conflict Nations: A Framework for Change in the Era of Total Global Competition - The Case Study of Rwanda," Michael Fairbanks, Fellow, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University
"Collaborative Interdependence: Building Better Partnerships Across Sectors," Ted London, PhD, Senior Research Fellow, William Davidson Institute and Faculty, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan
" The Low Take-up of Welfare Improving Products Among Poor Consumers: Lessons from Randomized Controlled Trials in Bangladesh, India and Malawi," A. Mushfiq Morabak, Associate Professor of Economics, Yale University School of Management
"Design and Policy for Humanitarian Impact," Tim Zak, Associate Teaching Professor; Director, Institute for Social Innovation, H. John Heinz III College, Carnegie Mellon University
More speakers to be announced
Social Media & Marketing Speakers
Charlotte Cole, Senior Vice President, Global Education, Sesame Workshop
"Integrated Impact: Aligning Internal Resources and Engaging External Stakeholders to Make a Difference," Scott Henderson, Managing Director, CauseShift
"Marketing Strategies for Non-Profit and For-Benefit Organizations," Naomi Hirabayashi, Director of Marketing, Do Something
"The Animated Activist," Firdaus Kharas, Chairman, Chocolate Moose Media and Global ShiftMore speakers to be announcedSurgery & Global Health Speakers
"Three Years of Championing the Fight Against Needless Cataract Blindness in Ghana: Experiences and Challenges at Save The Nation's Sight Clinic," Thomas Baah, MD, Ophthalmologist and Director, Save The Nation's Sight Clinic, Ghana
"Evolution of Conceptual Approaches for NGO Intervention," Scott Corlew, ReSurgeMichael Gyasi, Ophthalmologist, North Western Eye Centre, Ghana; Unite For Sight Partner
"Glaucoma Care in West Africa: Challenges and Opportunities," Leon Herndon, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology Duke Glaucoma Service
"Implementation of Surgical Services in Low and Middle Income Countries," Selwyn Rogers, Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School
More speakers to be announced
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