Co-hosted by
Advance Development for Africa
Foundation,
Digital He@lth Initiative
and the
Global Partnerships Forum
In Cooperation with UN Women, UNAIDS,
The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn &
Child
Health, UNDP, UN Habitat, UN Office for
Partnerships
8.30–9.00
am – Coffee and
Registration
9.00–9.10
am – Opening
Session:
“Connecting
the Dots for Digital Development”
Welcome and Introductory
Remarks:
Mr. Amir A. Dossal,
Chairman, Global Partnerships
Forum, and
Ms. Coumba D. Touré,
Founder and President, Advanced
Development for Africa (ADA) Foundation,
and Forum Chairperson
9.10–9.20
am
–
Mr. Denis O’Brien,
Chairman, Digicel, and Member of
the Broadband
Commission for Digital Development
9.20–10.45 am
– Roundtable Plenary:
“Beyond Rio + 20: Building Sustainable
Business Models for Digital Development”
Panelists:
Ms. Caroline Anstey,
Managing Director,
The World Bank Group
H.R.H. Princess Basmah
bint Saud,
CEO, Inseed
Holdings
Ms. Cherie Blair,
Founder, Cherie
Blair Foundation for Women
Prof. Vinton G. Cerf,
Vice President and Chief Internet
Evangelist,
Google
Ms. Heather Grady,
Vice President Foundation
Initiatives,
The Rockefeller Foundation
Mr. Kevin McGovern,
CEO, The Water
Initiative
Mr. Jay Naidoo,
Chair, GAIN (Global
Initiative for Improved Nutrition)
10.45–11.05 am –
Coffee Break
11.05 am–12.20 pm –
Roundtable Plenary:
“Ensuring Digital Health and Education
for
Every Woman and Every Child”
Panelists:
Mr.
Akhtar Badshah,
Senior Director, Community Worldwide
Affairs,
Microsoft Corporation
Ms. Carol Bellamy,
President,
Global Partnership for
Education
Ms.
Kathryn C. Brown,
Senior Vice President, Public Policy
Development and Corporate
Responsibility,
Verizon Communications
H.E. Joan Clos,
Under Secretary General and
Executive Director,
UN Habitat
Ms. Geena Davis,
Founder,
Geena Davis Institute on
Gender in Media
H.E. Mrs. Jeannette
Kagame,
First Lady of the Republic of Rwanda
Dr. Carole Presern,
Director,
The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn
and Child Health (PMNCH)
Session Moderator
– Mr. Denis Gilhooly,
Executive Director,
Digital He@lth
Initiative,
and Forum
Coordinator
12.20–12.30
pm – Break
12.30–2.30
pm
–
Luncheon
Keynote Address –
Dr. Hamadoun I. Touré,
Secretary General, International
Telecommunication Union
A Conversation on
“Women
and Youth Empowerment”
and
“First Ladies for Smart
Philanthropy”
Moderator
–
Ms. Sade Baderinwa,
ABC News Anchor
Panelists:
H.E.
Madame Sylvia Bongo Ondimba,
First Lady of
the Republic of Gabon
H.E. Madame
Traore Mintou Doucoure,
First Lady of Mali
His Holiness the 12th
Gyalwang Drukpa
H.E. Dr. Christine
Kaseba-Sata,
First Lady of Zambia
H.E. Mrs.
Jeannette Kagame,
First Lady of
the Republic of Rwanda
Ms. Tegla Loroupe,
Founder,
Tegla Loroupe Foundation,
and
UN Ambassador for Sport
H.E. Youssou Ndour,
Minister of Culture and Tourism,
Senegal
H.E. Marieme Faye Sall,
First Lady of Senegal
Ms. Ann M. Starrs,
President,
Family Care International
Ms. Christy
Turlington Burns,
Founder,
Every Mother Counts
2.30–3.00
pm
– Networking Break
3.00–4.30 pm – Parallel Breakout
Sessions 1 & 2
Breakout
Session 1 –
“Connecting the Dots for Rural and
Urban Digital Health Delivery”
Moderator
– Dr. Joanna Rubinstein,
Director, Center for
Global Health and Economic Development
Opening Remarks
–
Dr. Ian Pett,
Chief, Health Systems and Strategic
Planning Programmes,
UNICEF
Panelists:
Dr. Jose Pietro
Aparicio,
President,
Latino Caucus for Public Health and
Representative Millennia 2015
Ms. Becky Chidester,
President,
Wunderman World Health
Dr. Amita Gupta,
Deputy Director,
Johns Hopkins Center for
Clinical Global Health Education
Mr. Yvonne MacPherson,
Executive Director,
BBC Media Action USA
Mr. Tom O’Brien,
Partner,
Fearless Innovation Designed Online (FIDO)
Dr. Yetunde A. Odugbesan,
CEO and Founder,
Yetunde A. Odugbesan
Dr. Robert Pepper,
Senior Managing Director, Global
Advanced Technologies,
Cisco Systems
Ms. Johanna Ralston,
CEO, World
Heart Federation
Dr. Derek Yach,
Vice President Global Health, PepsiCo
Breakout Session 2 –
“Digital Inclusion Empowers Urban Youth
and Education for All”
Moderator
– Mr.
Roland Rich,
Executive Head,
United Nations Democracy
Fund (UNDEF)
Opening Remarks
– Ms. Carolyn S. Miles,
President and CEO, Save the Children
Panelists:
Ms.
Ruma Bose,
Serial Social
Entrepreneur and Author
Ms. Caryn Effron,
Member of the Board,
Games for Change
Ms. Ugoji A. Eze,
President and Founder,
Eng Aja Eze Foundation
Ms. Rachel Gerrol,
Executive Director,
PVBLIC Foundation
Dr.
Khalid Malik,
Director, Human Development Report
Office, UNDP
Ms.
Janna Oberdorf,
Director of Advocacy and Communications,
Women Deliver
Dr. Arletty Pinel,
CEO, Genos
Global, and Co-Founder, Global Women:
South-South Digital Inclusion Initiative
Dr. Shaifali Puri,
Executive Director,
Scientists Without Borders
Mr. Shai Reshef,
Founder,
University of the People
4.30–5.00 pm –
Breakout
Session Summary Reports and
Recommendations from Session Moderators
Moderator
–
Mr. Denis Gilhooly,
Executive
Director, Digital He@lth Initiative,
and Forum
Coordinator
5.00–5.30 pm
–
“Partnership in Action:
Ensuring Children Everywhere are born
HIV-free”
Moderated by
Mr.
Amir A. Dossal,
Chairman, Global Partnerships Forum,
with:
Ms.
Naomi Watts,
UN AIDS International Goodwill Ambassador
Dr. Michel Sidibé,
Executive Director, UN AIDS
Ms. Aishwary Rai Bachchan
, UN
AIDS International Goodwill Ambassador
5.30–5.45 pm –
Ms. Coumba D. Touré,
Founder and President, Advanced
Development for Africa (ADA) Foundation,
and Forum Chairperson, introducing:
“Connecting
the Dots for Digital Development
– Closing Remarks”
–
Prof.
Jeffrey D. Sachs,
Director, The Earth Institute at
Columbia University, and
Special Adviser on the
Millennium Development Goals to the
United Nations Secretary-General
6.00–7.30 pm –
Networking Reception
–
Yale Club of New York City Roof Top
Garden