REACHING THE BOTTOM BILLION: IS THERE A TIPPING POINT?
MONDAY, OCTOBER 20
World Meteorological Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
Thank you for participating in the webcast of the 2008 Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize events. Below is a brief agenda.
Please note that all times are approximate and are listed in CEST-Central European Summer Time-time zone.
| 9:00 a.m. | Welcome STEVEN M. HILTON, President and CEO, Conrad N. Hilton Foundation |
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| 9:05 | RALPH BEGLEITER, Moderator | |
| 9:15 | LAURENT MOUTINOT, President of the State Council of the Republic and Canton of Geneva | |
| 9:25 | Symposium Keynote Address HIS EXCELLENCY FORMER PRESIDENT JOACHIM ALBERTO CHISSANO "Aid, Governance and Development" |
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| 9:40 | Q&A | |
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| 10:00 | JAN EGELAND, Director of the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, Oslo and Special Advisor of the UN Secretary-General for Conflict Resolution "A Billion Lives - Report From the Frontlines" |
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| 10:10 | AMBASSADOR JOHN J. DANILOVICH, CEO, Millennium Challenge Corporation "MCC: Changing Development Assistance to Better Reach the Bottom Billion" |
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| 10:20 | Q&A | |
| 11:00 | Break | |
| PANEL TWO | Listen |
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| 11:10 | PAUL COLLIER, Professor of Economics, Oxford University and Director of the Centre for the Study of African Economics. Author of "The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About It" "Connecting firms in the bottom billion to markets" |
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| 11:20 | MICHAEL HOPKINS, CEO and Chairman of MHC International Ltd. "The international dimension of CSR and its impact on the 'bottom billion'" |
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| 11:30 | RICHARD BEHAR, Investigative Journalist "China in Africa: The West's moral and economic default" |
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| 11:40 | Q&A | |
| 12:45 p.m. - 2:15 | LUNCH BREAK (NO AUDIO) | |
| AFTERNOON SESSION | ||
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| 2:15 | JULIUS COLES, President, Africare "An NGO Perspective for Reaching the Bottom Billion" |
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| 2:25 | CATHERINE BERTINI, Senior Fellow in Agricultural Development, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; Professor of Public Administration, Syracuse University; former Executive Director of United Nations World Food Programme "Women and Girls: Real Change for the Bottom Billion" |
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| 2:35 | Q&A | |
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| 3:20 | HELLEN WANGUSA, Anglican Observer at the United Nations "Defining New Strategies for Reaching the Bottom Billion" |
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| 3:30 | PETER HOTEZ, Professor and Chair of the Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Tropical Medicine, George Washington University and President of the Sabin Vaccine Institute "Combating the Neglected Tropical Diseases" |
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| 3:40 | PAMELA HARTIGAN, Founding Partner of Volans Ventures and author of "The Power of Unreasonable People: How Social Entrepreneurs Create Markets That Change the World" "Celebrating Unreasonable People" |
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| 3:50 | Q&A | |
| 4:30 | GENERAL DISCUSSION PANEL | |
| 5:15 | Adjourn |
Bātiment des Forces Motrices, Geneva, Switzerland.
Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize Dinner Ceremony
| 7:30 p.m. | Judy Miller welcomes guests | Watch/Listen |
| 7:33 | Sr. Joyce gives Invocation | |
| 7:35-7:53 | No video | |
| 7:53 | Judy Miller introduces Ambassador Martin Dahinden, Director of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation | |
| 7:55 | Ambassador Martin Dahinden gives remarks | |
| 8:00-9:20 | No video | |
| 9:20-9:30 | Hilton Humanitarian Prize Ceremony commences | |
| 9:30-9:39 | BRAC VIDEO | |
| 9:40-9:50 | Steven Hilton asks Fazle Abed onto the stage and presents the Hilton Humanitarian Prize | |
| 9:50-10:05 | Fazle Abed makes acceptance speech | |
| 10:05 | Judy Miller welcomes Quincy Jones | |
| 10:10-10:30 | Quincy Jones keynote speech | |
| 10:30 | End of events |
