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GUIDE TO OXFORD
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SHELDONIAN THEATRE
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college at the
for heresy in 1555.
this magnificent building.
in 1645.
University of Oxford.
DAY 1
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15
9:00am–5:00pm
REGISTRATION
9:00–10:00am and 10:00–11:00am
FIRST CONNECTIONS
Founders’ Room, East Wing
9:00–10:30am and 10:30am–12:00pm
WALKING TOURS
From Entrance Hall, East Wing
11:30am–1:00pm
LUNCH
Garden Marquee
11:45am–1:00pm
LUNCH: DELEGATE-LED DISCUSSIONS
An Ecosystems Approach to Scaling Social
Entrepreneurs
Classroom 2, West Wing
Facilitator: Chris Jurgens
Global Megatrends: How Does Latin America Fare?
Seminar 1, West Wing
Facilitator: Natalie Alhonte
The Rising Tide of Entrepreneurship in MENA
Seminar 2, West Wing
Facilitator: Ossama Hassanein
The Future of Social Enterprise, the Future of Impact
Seminar 3, West Wing
Facilitator: Pamela Ryan
Sustainable Sanitation Solutions for Urban Slums
Seminar 4, West Wing
Facilitator: David Auerbach
Using Culture to Change Culture
Seminar 8, West Wing
Facilitator: Mallika Dutt
Mental Health Interventions: Pre- and Post-Disaster
Seminar 9, West Wing
Facilitator: Elaine Miller-Karas
Leveraging New and Old Technologies into Today’s
Education Models
Seminar 10, West Wing
Facilitator: Alexandra Berrio
1:30–2:45pm
SEMINARS
Fighting Poverty, Designing for Happiness
Edmond Safra Lecture Theatre, East Wing
Facilitator: Kevin Starr
The Dark Side of M&E
Rhodes Trust Lecture Theatre, East Wing
Facilitators: Andrea Coleman, Martin Fisher,
Carlos Miranda, Ehren Reed
Cutting Through the Clutter: Leveraging Media to
Get Attention
Lecture Theatre 4, East Wing
Facilitators: Morgan Clendaniel, Jim Fruchterman
Leveraging Time and Talent for Social Impact
Lecture Theatre 5, East Wing
Facilitator: Liz Hamburg
Coping, Thriving, and Soaring
Seminar Room A, East Wing
Facilitator: Barry Kerzin
3:00–4:15pm
SEMINARS
Behavioral Science, Design, and Other Creative Hacks
for Enabling Impact
Edmond Safra Lecture Theatre, East Wing
Facilitator: Mike Rios
Taking Your Donors and Fundraising to the Next Level
Rhodes Trust Lecture Theatre, East Wing
Facilitators: Teresa Guillien, Mark Rhode
Click and Tell: Going Viral in a Digital World
Lecture Theatre 4, East Wing
Facilitators: Rachael Clay, Adam Mordecai
The Future of Work
Lecture Theatre 5, East Wing
Facilitators: David Jones, Ben Knight, Bettina Warburg
Building and Coaching Your Team
Seminar Room A, East Wing
Facilitator: Sylvia Hacaj
5:00–6:30pm
OPENING PLENARY
New Theatre
7:15–9:30pm
DELEGATE DINNERS
University of Oxford Colleges
9:30–11:30pm
AFTER-HOURS PUB NIGHT
The Oxford Retreat
9:30–11:30pm
SUNDANCE INSTITUTE FILM SCREENING
Disruption
New Theatre
DAY 2
THURSDAY, APRIL 16
8:00–10:00am
BREAKFAST AND NETWORKING
Garden Marquee
8:30–9:30am
FIRST CONNECTIONS
Founders’ Room, East Wing
8:30–9:30am
GUIDED MEDITATION
Seminar 7, West Wing
10:00–11:15am
CORE SESSIONS
The Great Paradigm Shift
Nelson Mandela Lecture Theatre, East Wing
Moderator: Michael Green
Speakers: Paul Farmer, Diana Good, Eduarda la Rocque,
Michael Porter
The Resilience Exchange: Accelerating Social Change
Seminar 2, West Wing
Facilitator: Nancy Kete
Every Child in School and Learning Well: A Call to Action
Seminar 3, West Wing
Facilitator: Madhav Chavan
In Search of the Holy Grail: Evaluating for Impact
Seminar 4, West Wing
Facilitator: Fred Hersch
The Path from Innovation to Impact in Global Health
Seminar 8, West Wing
Facilitator: Priya Agrawal
The Promise of Social Entrepreneurship in
Emerging Markets
Seminar 9, West Wing
Facilitator: Randall Kempner
Moving Beyond the “Like” Button
Seminar 10, West Wing
Facilitator: Michael Skoler
1:15–2:30pm
CORE SESSIONS
The Story of Change: Revolution Begins in the Imagination
Edmond Safra Lecture Theatre, East Wing
Moderator: Jess Search
Speakers: Charmian Gooch, Dawn Porter, Carne Ross,
Pamela Yates
Zero Carbon the Climate Justice Way
Nelson Mandela Lecture Theatre, East Wing
Moderator: Ion Yadigaroglu
Speakers: Tasso Azevedo, Jeremy Grantham,
Sir David King, Mary Robinson
Bringing In Big Money: Innovative Financing Meets
Inclusive Business
Rhodes Trust Lecture Theatre, East Wing
Moderator: Robert Annibale
Speakers: Elizabeth Littlefield, Charlotte Oades,
Peter Tufano
When Beliefs Collide: Religion, Geopolitics, and Power
Edmond Safra Lecture Theatre, East Wing
Moderator: Gemma Mortensen
Speakers: Gidon Bromberg, Matthew Lawrence,
Carne Ross, Karen Tse
Down is Not Defeated
Lecture Theatre 4, East Wing
Moderator: Diana Aviv
Speakers: Ned Breslin, Cecilia Flores-Oebanda,
Kennedy Odede, Lola Young
India at the Crossroads
Lecture Theatre 5, East Wing
Moderator: Neera Nundy
Speakers: Rikin Gandhi, Tim Hanstad, Rohini Nilekani
11:30am–1:00pm
LUNCH
Garden Marquee
11:45am–1:00pm
LUNCH: CORE SESSIONS
Beyond Better: How Do We Know We’re Changing the
Status Quo?
Pyramid Room, West Wing
Moderator: Jeff Kehoe
Speakers: Vicky Colbert, Bill Drayton, Roger Martin,
Nandan Nilekani, Sally Osberg
Expect the Unexpected: Building in Plan B
Lecture Theatre 6, West Wing
Moderator: Cara Mertes
Speakers: David Bornstein, Jenny Bowen,
Orlando von Einsiedel
11:45am–1:00pm
LUNCH: DELEGATE-LED DISCUSSIONS
Building Partnerships for Impact at Scale
Classroom 2, West Wing
Facilitator: Bhaskar Chakravorti
Delivering Water’s Promise: Getting People the Water
They Need
Seminar 1, West Wing
Facilitator: Mary Renwick
Never Again? The Ebola Epidemic’s Warning About
Critical Infrastructure Gaps
Rhodes Trust Lecture Theatre, East Wing
Moderator: Rich Besser
Speakers: Anthony Banbury, Paul Farmer, Miatta Gbanya,
Eric Goosby
Global Development: What Should We Focus On and
How Will We Measure Success?
Lecture Theatre 4, East Wing
Moderator: Pamela Hartigan
Speakers: Patrick Awuah, Tomas Anker Christensen,
Michael Green, Bjorn Lomborg, Bunker Roy,
Dorothy Stoneman
Supplier Capacity Development: Moving from Enforcers
to Partners
Lecture Theatre 5, East Wing
Moderator: Dan Rees
Speakers: Aron Cramer, Michael Kobori, Louise Nicholls,
Nina Smith
3:00–4:30pm
NETWORKING ACTIVITIES
Human-Centered Design to Help Solve Youth
Employment: A Session with IDEO.org
Seminar Room A, East Wing
Speakers: Natalie Collins, Steve Cumming,
Sébastien Marot, Jocelyn Wyatt
Finding Your Story and Making it Count: A Session
with Sundance
Pyramid Room, West Wing
Speakers: Tabitha Jackson, Wendy Levy, Anjali Nayar,
Nicole Newnham, Dawn Porter, Cori Shepherd Stern
5:30–7:00pm
SKOLL AWARDS FOR SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP
New Theatre
7:00–9:00pm
SKOLL AWARDS RECEPTION
Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology
DAY 3
FRIDAY, APRIL 17
8:00–10:00am
BREAKFAST AND NETWORKING
Garden Marquee
8:30–9:30am
FIRST CONNECTIONS
Founders’ Room, East Wing
8:30–9:30am
GUIDED MEDITATION
Seminar 7, West Wing
10:00–11:15am
CORE SESSIONS
Unleashing Girls’ Power
Nelson Mandela Lecture Theatre, East Wing
Moderator: Mabel van Oranje
Speakers: Memory Banda, Lucy Lake, Graça Machel,
Rebecca Winthrop
Hot Topics: The Fine Line Between Informing and Shaping
Public Opinion
Edmond Safra Lecture Theatre, East Wing
Moderator: Sandy Herz
Speakers: Sarah Just, Solomon Mugera, Madhulika Sikka,
Ray Suarez
Funding Impact at Scale Through Market Segmentation
Rhodes Trust Lecture Theatre, East Wing
Moderator: Andrew Stern
Speakers: Debbie Aung Din Taylor, Dana Hovig, Sam Parker
Cities: Engines of Transformational Change
Lecture Theatre 4, East Wing
Moderator: Emily Kasriel
Speakers: Ben Barber, Rodrigo Guerrero,
Alessandra Orofino, Sue Riddlestone
How Fast Can Small Grow? The Case for Solar Power
Lecture Theatre 5, East Wing
Moderator: Aimee Christensen
Speakers: Harish Hande, Xavier Helgesen, Danny Kennedy,
Qi Ye, Stuart Rolland, Dipender Saluja
11:30am–1:00pm
LUNCH
Garden Marquee
11:45am–1:00pm
LUNCH: CORE SESSION
What’s So Funny? The Role of Comedy in Social Change
Lecture Theatre 6, West Wing
Moderator: Jess Search
Speakers: Caty Borum Chattoo, Jack Sim, Mechai Viravaidya,
Bassem Youssef
11:45am–1:00pm
LUNCH: DELEGATE-LED DISCUSSIONS
Mobilizing Technical Assistance to Catalyze
Inclusive Markets
Classroom 2, West Wing
Facilitator: Thomas Carroll
Lessons from a Social Entrepreneur
Seminar 1, West Wing
Facilitator: Andrea Coleman
Divesting from Fossil Fuels, Investing in
Healthy Energy
Seminar 2, West Wing
Facilitator: Gary Cohen
Scaling Social Impact: From Exploration to Action
Seminar 3, West Wing
Facilitator: Arbind Singh
Ending the Industrial Exploitation of Tropical Forests
Seminar 4, West Wing
Facilitator: Patrick Alley
Citizen Witnessing: Challenges and Opportunities
Seminar 8, West Wing
Facilitator: Yvette Alberdingk Thijm
Bridging Water and Politics to Achieve Scale
Seminar 9, West Wing
Facilitator: John Oldfield
The Shifting Tide of Human Rights Philanthropy
Seminar 10, West Wing
Facilitator: Darian Swig
1:15–2:30pm
CORE SESSIONS
The Age Before Impossible: Young Voices,
Big Dreams
Nelson Mandela Lecture Theatre, East Wing
Moderator: Kristin Gilliss
Speakers: Noam Angrist , Khalida Brohi,
Pamela Hartigan, Ahsan Jamil, Joseph Opoku,
Misan Rewane, Fred Swaniker, Jimena Vallejos
Food, Farming and the Future: How Can We Feed
a Growing Global Population Responsibly?
Edmond Safra Lecture Theatre, East Wing
Moderator: Debra Dunn
Speakers: Jason Clay, Willy Foote,
Kathleen McLaughlin, Jocelyn Wyatt
Tech Partnerships: Essential Impact Accelerators
Rhodes Trust Lecture Theatre, East Wing
Moderator: Noah Manduke
Speakers: Debbie Aung Din Taylor, Rebecca Moore,
Jason Payne, Carlos Souza, Jr., Joe Speicher,
Jim Taylor, Dan Viederman
Beating the Odds: Lessons Learned from Social
Innovators in Government
Lecture Theatre 4, East Wing
Moderator: Maura O’Neill
Speakers: Diana Good, Mary Robinson, Sabri Saidam
3:30–5:00pm
CLOSING PLENARY
New Theatre