The 2009 Harvard International Development Conference is a student-run event providing a world-class interdisciplinary 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 400 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.
 

Opening Keynote I:
Friday, April 3rd, 2009, 4:30-6PM
Taubman 5th Floor, Nye Conference Center

John Wood, Founder,
Room to Read

Bestselling author of Leaving Microsoft to Change the World: An Entrepreneur's Odyssey to Educate the World's Children

Bio

Opening Keynote II:
Saturday, April 4th, 2009, 8:30-9AM
Taubman 5th Floor, Nye Conference Center

Dr. Kyung-Wha Kang,
UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights

Bio

Dinner and Closing Keynote:
Saturday, April 4th, 2009, 5-7PM
Taubman 5th Floor, Nye Conference Center

Dr. Howard Zucker

Former Assistant Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO); and Fellow, Harvard Institute of Politics

Bio


Social Event:
International Development Night @ MIT

Friday, April 3rd, 2009, 6-7:30 PM,
Social Event at the MIT Museum

Details

Online registration for the 2009 IDC Conference will open on Friday, March 13th.

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Sponsored by the Kennedy School of Government, MIT,
Carnegie Mellon University, and the Harvard School of Public Health.

Photographs sponsored by Amy Vitale
2007 Conference