The Annual International Development Conference is a student-run event providing a world-class inter-disciplinary forum on global sustainable development for practitioners and academics. In cooperation with the Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard School of Education, Carnegie Mellon University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government hosts the Conference in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Each year the conference attracts over 600 participants from every corner of the world. Serving as a forum to foster dialogue among various stakeholders, including senior level policy makers, academics, and practitioners, the Conference proposes multidisciplinary strategies for economic, sociopolitical, cultural, and institutional changes.

 

Forum Event:
Thursday, April 3rd, 2008, 6PM

A Conversation with
Robert Zoellick,
President, The World Bank

Interviewed by David Ellwood,
Dean, Harvard Kennedy School

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Closing Keynote Panel:
The Future of Foreign Aid: Are New Players Redefining the Game?

Sunday, April 6th, 2008, 1-2:30 PM

Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada,
Former President of Bolivia

Nemat Shafik
Permanent Secretary, DFID

Ad Melkert
Associate Administrator, UNDP
UN Under-Secretary-General


Geoffrey Lamb
Managing Director,
Public Policy, Gates Foundation

Ricardo Hausmann
Moderator


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Social Event:
International Development Night @ MIT
Friday, April 4th, 2008, 6-9 PM,
Social Event at the MIT Museum


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Social Event:
Launch of Empowerment Lab at CID
Sunday, April 6th, 2008, 12-1 PM,


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2007 Conference