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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 L’Esperance,
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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