The Global Health & Innovation Conference embraces and nurtures diverse talents, creativity, curiosity, and collaboration. We dive deep into the complexities, impact, challenges, joys, and lessons learned in global health, innovation, education, and social impact. Join this unique forum where everyone is inspired to dive deep, to have meaningful conversations, and to embrace our collective extraordinary potential for growth and impact.

This year’s event includes hour-long keynote conversations, as well as plenary panel conversations with 4-6 thought leaders in each, and small group interactive workshops. Each session is an in-depth conversation, with no lectures, memorized talks, or PowerPoints. The sessions are not siloed based on discrete topics, but instead the conference is designed as a unique forum and exchange of ideas across disciplines.

Below is the working schedule for April 2024, which is subject to adjustments.

THURSDAY, April 25

All times are Eastern Time.

9:00-9:55am

Keynote Conversation about Responsibly Innovating and Scaling With Jordan Levy

• Jordan Levy, Chief External Relations Officer, Ubuntu Pathways, In Conversation with Jennifer Staple-Clark, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Unite For Sight

10:00-10:55am

We’re More than Molecules: Bringing More Light to Kids’ Learning, Curiosity & Mental Health in Schools and Beyond

• Jerry Pavlon-Blum, Director Of External Affairs and Program Innovation at Robert Louis Stevenson School

• Danny Recio, Co-Founder and Director of Student Life, New Summit Academy

• Hellen Shakele, Lecturer, Zambia Institute of Special Education; Founder, Lumareti School and Center

• Moderated by Jane Aronson, Clinical Assistant Professor Pediatrics, Weill Cornell Medicine; Founder and Former CEO, Worldwide Orphans Foundation; Director, International Pediatric Health Services, PLLC; Director, Global Behavioral Health Network for Children and Young People

11:00-11:55am

Where We Are Now in Global Health

• David Aylward, Senior Advisor, Eugene S. Farley, Jr. Health Policy Center ; Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

• Robert Kalyesubula, Senior Lecturer, Nephrologist and Head of Department of the Physiology, Makerere University

• Lynn Michalopoulos, Director of Global Initiatives, University of Maryland Baltimore; Founder and President of the Board, The Moving Well Project International

• Sten Vermund, Anna M.R. Lauder Professor of Public Health, Yale School of Public Health; Professor of Pediatrics, Yale School of Medicine; President, Global Virus Network

• Seth Wanye, Founder and Ophthalmologist, Friends Eye Clinic, Ghana

• Moderated by Ned Breslin, Author and Founder, Invitation

12:00-12:55pm

The Path from Idea to Field Success

• Shahed Alam, Co-CEO and Co-Founder, Noora Health

• Charlotte Cole, Executive Director, Blue Butterfly Collaborative

• Elizabeth Johansen, Founder, Principal Consultant, Spark Health Design

• Debbie Rogers, CEO, Reach Digital Health

• Tricia Bolender

• Moderated by Paul Ellingstad, Managing Partner, PTI Advisors

1:00-1:55pm

Leadership for Impact

• James Clarke, Ophthalmologist and Medical Director, Crystal Eye Clinic, Ghana; Unite For Sight Ghana Medical Director

• Jonathan Jackson, Chief Executive Officer, Dimagi

• Cleveland Justis, Principal, Potrero Group

• Santa Ono, President, University of Michigan

• Wendy Ostroff, Associate Professor of Cognitive Science and Developmental Psychology, Hutchins School of Liberal Studies, Sonoma State University

• Linda Reinstein, President/CEO and Co-Founder, Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO)

• Moderated by Mark Roithmayr, CEO, Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation

2:00-2:55pm

Unleashing Creativity for Innovation

• Sam Daley-Harris, Founder & Senior Partner, Civic Courage, A Project of RESULTS Educational Fund

• Alexandra Gordon, Chief Marketing and Communications Officer, Acumen

• Laura Herman, Partner, Dalberg

• Firdaus Kharas, Chairman, Chocolate Moose Media and Culture Shift

• Eliza Squibb, Lecturer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• Moderated by Julie Mountcastle, Head of School and Chief Innovator, Slate School

3:00-3:55pm

Authentic Outcomes in Global Health

• Lisa Hirschhorn, Professor, Medical Social Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University; Senior Director, Implementation and Improvement Science, Last Mile Health

• Gene Kwan, Assistant Professor, Boston University School of Medicine; Health and Policy Advisor, Partners In Health

• Alexandra Scott, President, Global Environment & Technology Foundation, and Director of Program Delivery, Project Last Mile

• Kee B. Park, Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, Harvard Medical School

• Moderated by Daniel Palazuelos, Director of Community Health Systems, Partners In Health; Assistant Professor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School

FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 2024

All times are Eastern Time.

9:00-9:55am

Two Interactive Options:

Interactive Forum: Conversation Among Conference Participants

Interact with Exhibitor: University of Bridgeport College of Health Sciences - School of Health Professions

10:00-10:55am

Opportunities for Impact

• Kevin Frick, Professor, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School

• Anatole Manzi, Deputy Medical Officer and Director, Global Learning Collaborative, Partners in Health

• Regan Marsh, Senior Technical Lead, US Public Health Accompaniment Unit, Partners In Health; Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Faculty, Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

• Chris Underhill, Founder, BasicNeeds; Co-Founder, citiesRISE; Co-Founder, Elders Council for Social Entrepreneurs; Member, Global Future Council on Mental Health, World Economic Forum; Founder and Principal, Mentor Services

• Laura Stachel, Co-Founder and Executive Director, We Care Solar

• Moderated by Cal Bruns, CEO and Chief Creative Incubationist, Matchboxology

11:00am-11:55am

Nurturing the Next Generation of Global Health Leaders and Practitioners

• Scott Corlew, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, Harvard Medical School

• Ambrose Katungi Muhwezi, Africa Regional Director, We Care Solar

• Natacha Poggio, Associate Professor of Graphic Design, University of Houston Downtown; Founder and Director, Design Global Change

• Lisa Russell, Emmy-winning Filmmaker + UN/NGO Artist Curator; Founder, Create2030

• Moderated by Jeffrey Blander, Chief Innovation Officer, Office of The Global AIDS Coordinator and Health Diplomacy, U.S. Department of State

12:00pm-12:55pm

Better Together: The Art of Collaboration

• Jeffrey Blander, Chief Innovation Officer, Office of The Global AIDS Coordinator and Health Diplomacy, U.S. Department of State

• Carolyn Fredericks, Assistant Professor of Neurology, Yale School of Medicine

• Rodney North, Cooperative and Social Enterprise Consultant

• Adam Schwartz, Deputy Medical Officer, Americares

• Moderated by Julie Mountcastle, Head of School and Chief Innovator, Slate School

1:00-1:55pm

Eliminating Healthcare Disparities in Global Health

• Adeline Boatin, Assistant Professor in Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Harvard Medical School

• Tracey Li, Senior Data Lead, D Tree

• Esther Njoroge-Muriithi, Chief Growth Officer, Fistula Foundation

• Ash Rogers, Co-CEO, Lwala Community Alliance

• Katherine Semrau, Director, BetterBirth Program, Ariadne Labs; Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Associate Epidemiologist, Division of Global Health Equity, Brigham and Women's Hospital

• Moderated by Jennifer Staple-Clark, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Unite For Sight

2:00-2:55pm

The UnConference: Community-Based Problem Solving Session

• Join other attendees for an UnConference session. Gather together for the first few minutes to discuss your own interests and needs, and then guided by a facilitator, the group will decide on topics for discussion. All participants will share their experiences and knowledge during this community-based problem solving session.