Opportunity for students to present their work!
The Nourish staff would like to invite you all to the 7th Annual Global Health and Innovation Conference presented by Unite For Sight taking place from Saturday, April 17 through Sunday April 18, 2010 at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.
This conference is a great opportunity for students and professionals to convene in one place to discuss global health and international development, public health, medicine, social entrepreneurship, nonprofits, philanthropy, microfinance, human rights, anthropology, health policy, advocacy, public service, environmental health, and education. Last year, the conference drew over 2,200 students and professionals from 55 countries! Two hundred speakers are scheduled, including New York Times Bestselling Author Seth Godin, CEO of Acumen Fund Jacqueline Novogratz, Columbia University Professor Jeffrey Sachs and Health Coordinator of the Millennium Village Project Sonia Sachs. In addition to speakers, CEOs of many influential companies such as Save The Children, Partners in Health and Doctors Without Borders will be holding social innovation sessions.
Do you have an innovative idea or a new program in development? If so, you are encouraged to submit a pitch for presentation at the conference! GH/Innovate 2010 will include special sessions in which selected participants will present their new idea or program-in-development in a 5-minute social enterprise pitch. This will provide participants with an opportunity to formulate and present their idea, collaborate with others interested in their idea, and receive feedback and ideas from other conference participants. Complete details about submitting a social enterprise pitch online at http://www.uniteforsight.org/conference/social-enterprise-pitch.
For more details on the conference, and to register, visit http://www.uniteforsight.org/conference.
Below is a list of a few of the keynote speakers who will attend the Global Health and Innovation Conference.
"Using The Power of Stories and Tribes to Spread Your Messages and Change The World," Seth Godin, MBA, Agent of Change; New York Times Bestselling Author of Tribes: We Need You To Lead Us; Founder, Squidoo.com
Jacqueline Novogratz, MBA, Founder and CEO, Acumen Fund
Jeffrey Sachs, PhD, Director of Earth Institute at Columbia University; Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development, Professor of Health Policy and Management, Columbia University; Special Advisor to Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon
Sonia Ehrlich Sachs, MD, MPH, Health Coordinator, Millennium Village Project
Gene Falk, Co-Founder, Executive Director, mothers2mothers
"Franchising Healthcare in Africa," Scott Hillstrom, Chairman of the Board, CEO and Co-Founder, HealthStore Foundation
"At The Intersection of Money and Meaning," Kevin Jones, Co-Founder, Good Capital
"Creating Viable Enterprises For The Base of the Pyramid," Ted London, PhD, Senior Research Fellow; Director, Base of the Pyramid Initiative, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan
"From Ideas To Action Workshop: Creating Viable Enterprises For The Base of the Pyramid," Ted London, PhD, Senior Research Fellow; Director, Base of the Pyramid Initiative, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan
"Doing More With Less," Nancy Lublin, CEO, Do Something
And many, many more!
A second Miami Venture is Nighttime Nourish, a spinoff from the popular Hunger Lunch. Students involved in the Miami Chapter sold grilled cheese sandwiches in a high traffic area from 10 p.m.-2 a.m. targeting students on the look out for late night snacks. The Chapter partnered with the university’s Residence Hall Association for food donations, making the Venture proceeds pure profit for the Chapter. Miami already has three more Nighttime Nourish late night meals planned and a partnership with Jimmy John’s for sub sandwiches.