by Ryan Hogarth - Events, Trends/Challenges -

MICROFINANCE EVENT: Muhammad Yunus and Bill Clinton will be Keynote Speakers at Second Annual Georgetown Global Forum

Second Annual Global Forum to Examine Development in the Midst of Economic Downturn

April 17, 2009, Grand Hyatt New York, 109 East 42nd Street at Grand Central Terminal, New York, NY

Muhammad Yunus and President Bill Clinton will be Keynote Speakers at the Second Annual Geogetown Global Forum, which will examine development in the midst of the global financial crisis. Muhammad Yunus founded Bangladeshi microfinance institution (MFI), the Grameen Bank in 1976, and won the Nobel Peace Prize in combination with the MFI in 2006. The Forum will bring together leaders from microfinance and other fields for five panel discussions in search of successful strategies for addressing some of the world’s pressing challenges, including poverty, access to education and global health.

The Georgetown Global Forum will be sponsored by Georgetown University and pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly and Company. An event schedule and a list of panelists is provided below. For a more thorough schedule of events and list of panelists, please refer to this link. Online registration for the Forum is closed, however it will be streamed live online via this link. More information on the event can be found at the Georgetown Global Forum homepage.

The schedule is as follows:

7:30 to 8:30 am – Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:30 to 9:00 am – Welcome Remarks

9:15 to 10:30 am – Panel 1: Wall Street Meets Unpaved Streets: The Global Impact of the Financial Crisis

10:30 to 10:45 am – Break

10:45 to 12:00 pm – Panel 2: Doing Well, Doing Good: New Corporate Paradigms

12:00 to 1:30 pm – Lunch and first Keynote Address: Muhammad Yunus

1:30 to 2:45 pm – Panel 3: Essential Building Blocks: The Case for Quality Education for All

2:50 to 4:05 pm – Panel 4: The Faith Factor: The Role of Faith-based Organizations in Global Development

4:05 to 4:15 pm – Break

4:15 to 5:30 pm – Panel 5: In With the New: New Ways for Non-Profits

6:00 to 7:00 pm – Closing Remarks and second Keynote Address: President Bill Clinton

Panelists will include the following:

– José María Aznar, Former President of Spain

– Matthew Bishop, Chief Business Writer and Editor, The Economist

– Congressman Joseph Crowley, U.S. Representative, New York’s 7th District; Member, House Ways and Means Committee

– Mary Erdoes, Chief Executive Officer of Global Wealth Management, JPMorgan

– Andrew Ross Sorkin, Columnist, The New York Times

– Ray Chambers, UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Malaria; Founding Chair, Points of Light Institute

– Chuck Dages, Executive Vice President, Emerging Technology, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group

– Richard Edelman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Daniel J. Edelman, Inc.

– Karen P. Tandy, Senior Vice President, Public Affairs and Communications, Motorola

– Desiree G. Filippone, Director, International Government Affairs, Eli Lilly and Company

– Reverend John Foley, Founder and Executive Chairman, The Cristo Rey Network

– Congressman Rush Holt, U.S. Representative, New Jersey’s 12th District

– Greg Mortenson, Co-Founder and Executive Director, Central Asia Institute

– Dina Habib Powell, Managing Director and Global Head of Corporate Engagement, Goldman Sachs

– Wendy Kopp, Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Teach For America

– Ann Veneman, Executive Director, UNICEF

– Reverend David Beckmann, President and Chief Executive Officer, Bread for the World

– Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, Archbishop Emeritus of Washington, D.C.

– Edward W. Scott, Jr., Founder and Chairman, Center for Interfaith Action on Global Poverty

– Reverend Larry Snyder, President, Catholic Charities USA

– Bill Drayton, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Ashoka

– Jesse Dylan, American film, television, and music video director

– Sam Worthington, President and Chief Executive Officer, InterAction

– Charles MacCormack, President and CEO, Save the Children/US

By Ryan Hogarth, Research Assistant

Additional Resources:

Georgetown Global Forum: Homepage

Georgetown Global Forum: Program

Georgetown Global Forum: Live Feed

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