GH/Innovate 2011
Global Health & Innovation Conference
Presented by Unite For Sight, 8th Annual Conference
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Saturday, April 16 - Sunday, April 17, 2011
http://www.uniteforsight.org/conference
"A Meeting of Minds"--CNN
Unite For Sight's must-attend, thought-leading conference convenes leaders, changemakers, and participants from all fields of global health, international development, and social entrepreneurship. The conference convenes 2,200 people from all 50 states and from 50 countries.
Conference registration is now open. Register during June to secure the lowest registration rate.<http://www.uniteforsight.org/conference> The registration rate increases after June.
Interested in presenting at the conference? We have two types of presentation opportunities.
* Call For Abstracts: Do you have an abstract for oral or poster presentation? Submit your abstract for presentation. The first abstract deadline is August 15, 2010. Complete details are on the conference website.<http://www.uniteforsight.org/conference>
* Call For Social Enterprise Pitches: Do you have an innovative idea or a new program in development? Submit your idea for presentation. Social enterprise pitches are accepted on a rolling application deadline, and the first quality pitches will be accepted for oral presentation. When the social enterprise pitch spots are filled to capacity, applications will no longer be accepted. See social enterprise pitch instructions on the conference website.<http://www.uniteforsight.org/conference>
Confirmed Keynote Speakers
Jeffrey Sachs, PhD, Director of Earth Institute at 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 at Columbia University
More keynote speakers to be announced
200 Featured Speakers, including these confirmed speakers:
"How Do You Know When You've Revolutionized An Industry?: Ashoka's Approach to Assessing Impact," Karabi Acharya, ScD, Change Leader, Ashoka
"Workshop - Social Entrepreneurs: Systems Thinking in Action," Karabi Acharya, ScD, Change Leader, Ashoka
Mariana Amatullo, Vice President, Director, Designmatters Department, Art Center College of Design
"Readying Orphans For Their Community: Models For Taking Orphans Out Of Isolation," Jane Aronson, MD, CEO and Founder of Worldwide Orphans Foundation;Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Cornell Weill Medical College and Columbia University
"Doctors as Storytellers: Using Our Stories For Social Change," Neal Baer, MD, Institute for Photographic Empowerment at USC's Annenberg School of Communications; Executive Producer, Law and Order: Special Victims Unit
"Workshop - New Media For Global Health," Neal Baer, MD, Institute for Photographic Empowerment at USC's Annenberg School of Communications; Executive Producer, Law and Order: Special Victims Unit
"Investing in Adolescent Girls -- The Transition to Adulthood," Wendy Baldwin, Vice President, Poverty, Gender and Youth, Population Council
"Singing for Life: HIV/AIDS, Music, and Health in Uganda," Gregory Barz, PhD, Ethnomusicologist, Blair School of Music, Vanderbilt University
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For the complete list of key note speakers, visit:
http://www.uniteforsight.org/conference
The conference will include more than 200 speakers. More speakers to be announced.
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Jennifer Staple-Clark
mailto:jstaple@uniteforsight.org