Sir Ken Robinson uses the term the Element to describe the intersection of the things that we are good at and the things that we love to do. At the Global Health & Innovation Conference, we curate an environment where every person is nurtured to grow creatively together, with passion and purpose. “For most people, a primary component of being in their Element is connecting with other people who share their passion and a desire to make the most of themselves through it.”—Sir Ken Robinson

Plenary Speakers

• Chris Addy, Partner, The Bridgespan Group

• 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

• Jeffrey Blander, Chief Investment Officer, Innovative Financing and Sustainable Investing, U.S. Department of State; Chief Innovation Officer, Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator and Health Diplomacy, U.S. Department of State

• Adeline Boatin, Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Health, Harvard Medical School; Co-Director of Global Health, Dept OB/GYN, Mass General Hospital

• Tricia Bolender, Strategy Consultant and Leadership Coach, Tricia Bolender Advisory LLC

• Ned Breslin

• Cal Bruns, CEO and Chief Creative Incubationist, Matchboxology

• Boris Bulayev, CEO and Co-Founder, Educate!

• Corrado Cancedda, Associate Professor, Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania; Director, Botswana University of Pennsylvania Partnership; Strategic Advisor for Academic Partnerships, Center for Global Health, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

• Arachu Castro, Samuel Z. Stone Chair of Public Health in Latin America and Director of the Collaborative Group for Health Equity in Latin America, Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine

• Dixon Chibanda, Founder and CEO, Friendship Bench Zimbabwe; Director, African Mental Health Research Initiative; Associate Professor, Clinical Research Center, University of Zimbabwe; Associate Professor, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

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

• Charlotte Cole, Executive Director, Blue Butterfly Collaborative

• Scott Corlew, Lecturer, Program in Global Health and Social Change, Harvard Medical School

• Sam Daley-Harris, Founder and Principal, Civic Courage, A Program of RESULTS Educational Fund

• Paul Ellingstad, Managing Partner, PTI Advisors

• Bethany Hedt-Gauthier, Assistant Professor, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School

• Brian Heuser, Associate Professor of the Practice of International Education Policy, Peabody College of Vanderbilt University; Affiliated Faculty, Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health

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

• Katja Iversen, Executive Advisor, Goal 17 Partners; Executive Advisor, Women Political Leaders; Former President and CEO, Women Deliver

• Bobby Jefferson, Vice President, Chief Technology Officer, DAI Global Health

• Michelle Joseph, Instructor in Global Health and Social Medicine, Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, Harvard Medical School; Chief Strategy and Health Equity Officer, Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, Harvard Medical School

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

• Kaveh Khoshnood, Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Yale School of Public Health; Faculty Director, InnovateHealth Yale; Program Co-Director, Global Health Ethics Program, Yale Institute for Global Health; Program Director BA-BS/MPH Program in Public Health, Yale University

• Felicia Knaul, Director, Institute for Advanced Study of the Americas, University of Miami; Professor, Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami; Founder and President, Tómatelo a Pecho, A.C.; Senior Economist, Mexican Health Foundation

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

• Marie H. Martin, Associate Director, Education and Training, Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health; Assistant Professor, Health Policy, Vanderbilt School of Medicine

• Kala Mehta, Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco

• Rorisang Mhlaba, Acting School Principal, Ubuntu Pathways

• Julie Mountcastle, Head of School and Grade 1/2 Teacher, Slate School

• Ziyanda Ndyoko, External Relations and Job Skills Training Manager, Ubuntu Pathways

• Santa Ono, President and Vice-Chancellor, University of British Columbia

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

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

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

• Emma Robbins, Executive Director, Navajo Water Project; Founder, The Chapter House

• Ash Rogers, Co-CEO, Lwala Community Alliance

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

• Lisa Russell, Emmy-Winning Filmmaker and Founder, Create2030

• Adam Schwartz, Director, Health Program at BRAC USA

• 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

• Richard Skolnik, Former Director for HNP, South Asia Region at the World Bank; Former Lecturer, Yale University and The George Washington University; Author, Essentials of Global Health/Global Health 101; Instructor, Yale/Coursera - 'Essentials of Global Health'

• Robin Allinson Smalley, Co-Founder and Chief Connector, mothers2mothers International

• Eliza Squibb, Lecturer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• 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

• Sakena Yacoobi, President & Executive Director, Creating Hope International; President & Executive Director, Afghan Institute of Learning