THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 2008
6:00 - 8:00 PM A Conversation with Robert Zoellick, President, The World Bank
  • Interviewed by David Ellwood, Dean, Harvard Kennedy School
FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 2008
6:00 - 9:00 PM International Development Night @ MIT
  • An exciting evening with great food and music, featuring the latest innovations coming out of MIT.
SATURDAY, APRIL 5, 2008
8:00 - 5:00 PM
Registration - JFK Jr. Forum, Littauer Building, First Floor
8:00 - 9:00 AM Coffee
9:00 - 10:30 AM
Panel Session 1
  • Debating Education - Private Foundations in Latin American Education

  • Solving Health Challenges - Chronic Disease in Developing Countries: Impact, Policy and Prevention

  • Solving Health Challenges - Access to Essential Medicine: Policies, Approaches and Challenges

  • Developing Private Sector Solutions - Financing Infrastructure in Developing Economies: What Role for the Private Sector?

  • Assessing other Challenges and Opportunities - Women's Employment in Developing Countries

9:30 - 12:30 PM
Workshop Session 1
  • Workshop I: Selecting Appropriate Microfinance Institution Models (MFIs)

  • Workshop II: Cooperatives: A Democratic Approach to International Community Economic Development

  • Workshop III: Exploring How Film and Media Advance International Development
11:00 - 12:30 PM
Panel Session 2
  • Debating Education - Goals of Education: Which Education, for What, Where and Whom?

  • Debating Education - Innovative Solutions to Bridge the Education Divide through Technology

  • Rethinking Foreign Aid - China’s Investment: Discouraging or Encouraging Development in Africa?

  • Developing Private Sector Solutions - Public Private Partnerships and Development: Hype or Helpful

  • Rebuilding Post-Conflict Societies - Civilian-Military Relations in Non-Permissive Environments

1:00 - 2:30 PM
Networking Lunch
3:00 - 4:30 PM
Panel Session 3
  • Rethinking Foreign Aid - The Promises and Pitfalls of Evaluating International Development Projects

  • Solving Health Challenges - Health and Wealth: What is the Contribution of Health to Economic Development?

  • Rethinking Foreign Aid - Ethics of International Development Aid: Rethinking the Role of Foreign Institutions

  • Developing Private Sector Solutions - Changing the World through Sustainable Entrepreneurship: Perspectives from Funders and Entrepreneurs

  • Assessing other Challenges and Opportunities - Mitigation, Adaptation, or Suffering? Development Strategies in the Face of Climate Change

3:00 - 6:00 PM
Workshop Session 2
  • Workshop IV: Practicalities of Crafting a Performance Budget in a Developing Country Setting

5:00 - 6:30 PM
Panel Session 4
  • Rethinking Foreign Aid -  Reform of the Bretton Woods Institutions: Empowering Developing Countries?

  • Solving Health Challenges - A Healthy Life, the Foundation for a Productive Education

  • Rebuilding Post-Conflict Societies - Developmental Relief: Relief that Empowers Communities’ Future

  • Developing Private Sector Solutions - Investing in Emerging Markets and Impacts on International Development

SUNDAY, APRIL 6, 2008
10:00 - 10:30 AM Coffee
10:00 - 12:00 PM Registration - JFK Jr. Forum, Littauer Building, First Floor
10:30 - 12:00 PM
Panel Session 5
  • Debating Education -  Measuring Educational Outcomes: Where Do We Stand?

  • Rethinking Foreign Aid - The Future of Bilateral Aid - New Models For the 21st Century?

  • Rebuilding Post-Conflict Societies - Integration and Reconciliation in Post-Conflict Societies: Strategy for Development

  • Assessing other Challenges and Opportunities - The Poverty amid Plenty in China

12:00 - 1:00 PM
Lunch & Social Event: Launch of the Empowerment Lab at the Center for International Development

1:00 - 2:30 PM
Closing Keynote Panel

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


Panelists:
  • Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada -  Former President of Bolivia
  • Nemat Shafik -  Director General Country Programmes, Department for International Development (DFID), UK
  • Ad Melkert -  UNDP Associate Administrator
  • Geoffrey Lamb -  Managing Director, Public Policy, Gates Foundation

Moderator:

  • Ricardo Hausmann - Professor of the Practice of Economic Development at the Harvard Kennedy School, Director of the Center for International Development