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Black Tie
International:
Foundation for
a Digital UN, Launches at the Social Innovation Summit
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Jay Pozenel, Senior Legal Officer,
United Nations Office of Legal Affairs
Amir Dossal, Chairman, Global Partnerships Forum
Richard Hall, Director, International Relations,
Intel
Zeev Klein, Managing Partner, Landmark Ventures
Dr. Choi Soon-hong, Assistant Secretary General and
Chief Information Technology Officer, United
Nations
Akhtar Badshah, Senior Director, Community
Affairs World Wide, Microsoft
Frank Taneyhill, Senior Officer, OICT, United
Nations
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Foundation for a Digital UN,
Launches at the Social Innovation Summit
Photos by: BlackTieMagazine/GMK
An innovative public private partnership to make the
United Nations tech savvy and responsive to global
challenges through a creative use of state of the art
information and communication technologies.
For more information:
www.digitalun.org |
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Amir Dossal,
Soon-Hong Choi |
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Amir Dossal |
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June Sarpong, Founder,
rowsix.com,Samir
Sambar, Former Assistant Secretary General of the
United Nations and Founder, UN Forum, Amir Dossal,
Tas Dossal
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Frank Taneyhill,
Jacob Bacon |
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Howard W. Buffet |
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June Sopong,
Wendy Diamond, Tas Dossal |
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Karen Newman, Will
Kennedy |
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Mitchell Toomey |
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Jack Wysocki,
Michael O'Connor |
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Bernadette Clavier |
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Lawrence Coben |
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Philip Sharpe,
Akhtar Badshah |
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Hunter Walk, Frank
Taneyhill |
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Amir Dossal, Stanley
Bergman, Akhtar Badshah,
Eddie
Bergman |
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Irene Pritzker, President of the IDP Foundation, Richard Hall |
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Soon-Hong Choi,
Ed Guinan, President of Knowledge Capital corp. |
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Ed Guinan, President of Knowledge
Capital Corp,
Georgia
Guinan |
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Amir Dossal, Aktar
Badshah |
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Lois Backon, Akhtar
Badshah |
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Akhtar
Badshah, Irene Pritzer, Stanley Bergman,
Dr. Seang-Tae Kim,Amir Dossal,
Eddie Bergman,Soon-Hong Choi |
Social Innovation Summit
United Nations, Conference Agenda
We are looking forward to another amazing event
bringing together the top leaders from around the
world for an intense serious of discussions, debates
and networking. Please find below the working
agenda.
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2:00
pm - 2:10 pm |
Welcome & Opening Remarks
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Kimberly B. Davis,
President JPMorgan Chase Foundation
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2:10
pm - 2:50 pm |
The Business Case for Shared Value & Social
Innovation
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Kay Koplovitz, Chairman
Springboard Enterprises
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Alan Hassenfeld,
Chairman of the Executive Committee
Hasbro
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Desh Desphande,
Philanthropist; Chairman and Founder
Sycamore Networks
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Jason Saul, CEO
Mission Measurement
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Moderator: Timothy McClimon,
President American
Express Foundation
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2:50
pm - 3:30 pm |
The Power of Storytelling: Narratives for
Impact
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3:30
pm - 3:45 pm |
Networking/Transition Break |
3:45
pm - 5:15 pm |
Breakout into Interactive Workshop Sessions
Workshop Sessions will accommodate smaller
focused groups of roughly 50-60 for a more
intimate discussion along with themed peer
networking, with tentative topics as follows:
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Education (Chair: PwC)
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Tech for Good (Chair: VMWare)
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Economic Development (Chair: Western Union)
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Social Media (Chair: Waggener Edstrom)
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Healthcare (Chair: Kaiser Permanente)
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Collaboration and Innovation in the UN
System (Chair: Refinery Leadership Partners)
3:40pm Workshop Opening Panel
4:15pm Roundtables Commence
5:00pm Report Backs with Roundtable Moderators |
5:15
pm - 5:30 pm |
Networking/Transition Break |
5:30
pm - 6:10 pm |
Closing Panel: Workshop Reports &
Cross-Sector Insights
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Shannon Schuyler,
Senior Managing Director, Corporate
Responsibility Leader PwC
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Talya Bosch, Senior
Director, Social Ventures Western
Union
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Jennifer Houston,
President, WE Studio D Waggener
Edstrom
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Deepak Puri, Director,
Business Development VMware
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Patrick McNamara,
Senior Consultant Refinery Leadership
Consultants
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Rob Schreiner,
Executive Medical Director, The
Southeast Permanente Medical Group - Kaiser
Permanente
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Moderator: Dalila
Wilson-Scott, CFO, Global
Philanthropy JPMorgan Chase
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6:10
pm - 8:00 pm |
Networking & Cocktail Reception
Summit attendees will be invited to join
cross-themed discussion groups to reflect on
their experiences from the workshop and discover
insights by exploring and debating topics with
their peers. |
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9:00
am - 9:15 am |
Welcome Address
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Ban Ki-moon,
Secretary-General United Nations (by
video)
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introduced by: Soon-Hong
Choi, Assistant
Secretary-General and Chief Information
Technology Officer United Nations
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9:15
am - 9:30 am |
Opening Remarks: How Technology is Disrupting
Philanthropy
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Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen,
Founder and Chairman Stanford
Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society
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9:30
am - 10:00 am |
The Private Sector's Role in Fostering
Excellence in Education
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Peter Bloom, Advisory
Director General Atlantic (Chairman
DonorsChoose.org)
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John Abele, Founder
Boston Scientific Corporation (Chairman
FIRST)
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Robert J. Torres,
Ph.D, Senior Program Officer
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
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Moderator: Shannon Schuyler, Senior
Managing Director, Corporate Responsibility
PwC
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10:00
am - 10:30 am |
Empowering Women & Girls
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Gina Reiss-Wilchins,
Executive Director Girls Up
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Avery Winthrop McCall,
Teen Advisor Girl Up
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Judy Vredenburgh,
President & CEO Girls Inc
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Bianca Louis,
Vice-President, ING-Girls Inc.
Investment Challenge (Teen Advisor)
Girls Inc.
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Moderator: Rhonda Mims,
President ING Foundation
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10:30
am - 10:40 am |
Building a Kinder, Braver World: A
Conversation with The Born This Way Foundation
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Cynthia Germanotta,
Co-Founder and President Born This
Way Foundation
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Moderator: Ross Martin,
Executive Vice President Scratch
(Viacom Media Networks)
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10:40
am - 11:05 am |
Morning Networking & Coffee Break |
11:05
am - 11:35 am |
Innovate4Good: Leadership from the Next
Generation
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Benjamin Stone, Chief
Executive Officer Indego Africa
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Asha Sharma, Co-Founder
The A-List
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Genevieve LEsperance,
Student McGill University
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Johnnie Lovett, Chief
Executive Officer Fresh Connection
Brand
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Moderator: Akhtar Badshah, Senior
Director of Global Community Affairs
Microsoft
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11:35
am - 11:45 am |
Radical Low-Cost Housing for the World
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Bill Gross, Chairman &
CEO Idealab
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11:45
am - 12:15 pm |
Green vs. Green: The Sustainability Debate
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Jeff Seabright, Chief
Environmental Officer Coca-Cola
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James Gowen, Chief
Sustainability Officer Verizon
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Michael Jacobson,
Director, Corporate Responsibility Office
Intel
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Moderator: Jeffrey Hollender, Co-Founder
Seventh Generation
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12:15
pm - 12:35 pm |
Awesome Ain't Easy: Technology as a Cure
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Steve Gleason,
Former NFL Player; Founder Team
Gleason Foundation
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Scott Fujita, NFL
Linebacker Cleveland Browns of
the National Football League
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Moderator: Tiki Barber,
NFL Former Pro Bowl Running Back &
NBC Broadcaster
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12:35
pm - 12:50 pm |
Moral Capitalism
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Jeff Swartz, Former CEO
& President Timberland
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12:50
pm - 2:00 pm |
Group Lunch |
2:00
pm - 2:20 pm |
Big Ideas: Fireside Chat with Craig Venter
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Craig Venter, Chairman
& President J. Craig Venter Institute
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Moderator: Nancy Snyderman,
Chief Medical Editor NBC News
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2:20
pm - 2:50 pm |
Healthcare in the Modern Era: Partnering to
Drive Better, Faster Results
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Dr. Maura O'Neill,
Chief Innovation Officer U.S. Agency
for International Development (USAID)
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Dr. Raymond J. Baxter,
Senior Vice President, Community Benefit,
Research and Health Policy Kaiser
Permanente
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Jeff Richardson, Vice
President, Global Health Access
Abbott Fund
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Moderator: Ellen Lambert,
Executive Vice President The
Merck Company Foundation
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2:50
pm - 3:05 pm |
Achieving Millennium Goal #2 in 18 months
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Nicholas Negroponte,
Founder & Chairman One Laptop Per
Child
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3:05
pm - 3:35 pm |
Corporate Partnerships for Good: The
Humanitarian Cloud
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Dan Matte, EVP of
Marketing & Business Development F5
Networks
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Doug Smith, Vice
President Global Partner Strategy &
Operations VMware
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Aziz Mohamed, Manager
Sustainability and Social Innovation
Initiatives Hewlett-Packard Company
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Chris Van Wagoner,
Chief Global Strategy Officer
Commvault
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Moderator: William Brindley,
Chief Executive Officer NetHope
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3:35
pm - 3:55 pm |
The Foundation for Digital UN
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Soon-Hong Choi,
Assistant Secretary-General and Chief
Information Technology Officer United
Nations
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Akhtar Badshah, Senior
Director of Global Community Affairs
Microsoft
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Zeev Klein, General
Partner Landmark Ventures
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Richard Hall, Director,
Global Strategic Alliances Intel
Corporation
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Moderator: Amir Dossal,
Chairman Global Partnerships
Forum
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3:55
pm - 4:20 pm |
Ice Cream Social |
4:20
pm - 4:40 pm |
Econo-Me
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Tom Shadyac, Director,
Screenwriter, and Producer
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4:40
pm - 5:10 pm |
All Talk and No Action? Conferences and
Conversation in Social Innovation
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Jean-Pierre Rosso,
Chairman World Economic Forum USA
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Bruce Gibney, Founder
F50; Co-founder Founder's
Fund
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June Cohen, Director
TED Media
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Moderator: Peter Hopkins,
President & Co-Founder Big Think
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5:10
pm - 5:25 pm |
"40 Chances"
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Howard W. Buffett,
Executive Director Howard G. Buffett
Foundation
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5:25
pm - 5:55 pm |
Fueling Entrepreneurship & Economic
Development
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Adam Brotman, Chief
Digital Officer Starbucks
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Jonathan Greenblatt,
Director, Office of Social Innovation
White House
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Nick Beim, General
Partner Matrix Partners
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Moderator: Dalila
Wilson-Scott, CFO, Global
Philanthropy JPMorgan Chase
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5:55
pm - 6:15 pm |
Dynamic Philanthropy
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Alicia Keys, Co-Founder
and Global Ambassador Keep a Child
Alive
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Moderator: Marc Pollick,
President The Giving Back Fund
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6:15
pm - 8:00 pm |
Networking & Cocktails + ELEW Performance |
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