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Announcing the Social Innovation Summit 2016 Agenda!

Social Innovation Summit 2016 will be held on June 7-8 in Washington, DC. We are looking forward to another amazing event bringing together the top leaders from around the world for an intense series of discussions, debates and networking.

Please find our working agenda below!

TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 2016 (Pre-Conference)



INNOVATION SHOWCASE

Tuesday, June 7th @ 10:00am




The Innovation Showcase is a speed-networking platform that
connects 10 Grantmakers with 10 Social Entrepreneurs/NGOs
in a highly-curated 5 minute pitch format.

INTERACTIVE WORKSHOP

Tuesday, June 7th @ 11:00am



This engaging exploration of what sustains us in the midst of
daily chaos includes all the relevant science, theories, and
practices that lead to a lifetime of optimal performance.












DAY ONE: TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 2016


12:30pm - 1:30pm
MAIN CONFERENCE: WELCOME & REGISTRATION
Session 1 | ENGAGE

Session Leader: Yvonne Thomas, Director, Global Programs, Corporate Citizenship & Public Affairs – Microsoft

1:30pm - 1:45pm

 INTRODUCTION BY SESSION LEADER [video]
1:45pm - 1:55pm DISRUPT YOURSELF: FROM JOB -> MISSION -> MEANING [video]
  • Marcus Shingles, Chief Executive Officer – The XPRIZE Foundation
1:55pm - 2:05pm

 THE BIONIC REVOLUTION: MERGING TECHNOLOGY & MEDICINE [video]
  • Chad Bouton, Managing Director – Center for Bioelectronic Medicine
2:05pm - 2:20pm

 EMPOWERING VOTERS IN 2016 [video]
  • Susan Page, Washington Bureau Chief – USA TODAY
  • Peter Cherukuri, President, POLITICO Focus – POLITICO
2:20pm - 2:30pm CHANGE IS IN THE AIR: USING TRAVEL AS A CATALYST FOR SOCIAL INNOVATION [video]
  • Philippe Lacamp, Senior Vice President, Americas – Cathay Pacific
2:30pm - 2:40pm THE RIGHT STUFF IS THE NEVER GIVE UP STUFF [video]
  • Leland Melvin, NASA Astronaut
2:40pm - 2:55pm TRANSITION TO AFTERNOON COFFEE BREAK
2:55pm - 3:45pm NETWORKING & INTERACTIVE BOARDROOM WORKSHOPS
BOARDROOM #1
BUILDING A WINNING CULTURE: TALENT, SKILLS AND MEANING IN THE WORKPLACE
  • Kelli Wells, Executive Director, Education & Skills – GE Foundation
  • Kathleen Boyle Dalen, Chief Talent, Integration & Culture Officer – Kauffman Foundation
  • Elizabeth Lipscomb, Vice President, Partnerships & Social Responsibility – Discovery Education
  • Ellen Lambert, President – PSEG Foundation; Senior Director, Corporate Citizenship & Culture – PSEG
  • Moderator: Jeff Senne, Corporate Responsibility Operations Leader – PwC
 BOARDROOM #2
THE VALUE OF AN EDUCATION: IS COLLEGE FOR ALL?
  • Anthony Carnevale, Director – Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce
  • Kim Cook, Executive Director – National College Access Network
  • Julian Johnson, Executive Vice President – Sponsors for Educational Opportunity
  • Jeff Tollefson, Chief Strategic Growth Officer – Genesys Works
  • Moderator: Jamie Sears, Executive Director, Community Affairs & Corporate Responsibility – UBS
    BOARDROOM #3
    NEXT GENERATION VALUES IN BUSINESS
    • David Arison, Board Member, Arison Investments & The Ted Arison Family Foundation – Arison Group
    • Mike Masserman, Senior Director, Federal & International Government Relations – Lyft
    • Katie Klein, Director, Cycle for Survival – Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
    • Moderator: David Rittberg, Senior Program Officer – Schusterman Foundation
      		 BOARDROOM #4
      GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS: USING DIPLOMACY AND INNOVATION TO DRIVE CHANGE
      • David Wilkinson, Director, Office of Social Innovation & Civic Participation – The White House
      • Jenn Pryce, Chief Executive Officer – Calvert Foundation
      • Anay Shah, Head, International Partnerships – Remitly
      • Moderator: Jim Thompson, Director for Innovation, The Secretary’s Office of Global Partnerships – U.S. Department of State
      3:45pm - 4:00pm TRANSITION BACK TO GENERAL SESSION
      Session 2 | ENCOURAGE

      Session Leader: Rachel Gerrol, Co-Founder – Nexus Global Youth Summit

      4:00pm - 4:10pm

      		 INTRODUCTION BY SESSION LEADER [video]
      4:10pm - 4:30pm TELLING THE COMPLETE AMERICAN STORY [video]
      • Michael Boulware Moore, President & Chief Executive Officer – International African American Museum
      • Michael Smith, Special Assistant to the President & Senior Director of Cabinet Affairs for My Brother's Keeper – The White House
      • Moderator: Rachel Hutchisson, Vice President, Corporate Citizenship & Philanthropy – Blackbaud
      4:30pm - 4:40pm IT WAS NEVER A DRESS [video]
      • Tania Katan, Creator of #ItWasNeverADress; Evangelist – Axosoft
      4:40pm - 5:00pm THE BUSINESS CASE FOR SHARED VALUE & SOCIAL INNOVATION [video]
      • Alan Hassenfeld, Former Chairman & Chief Executive Officer – Hasbro Toys; Chairman – Hassenfeld Family Initiatives
      • Moderator: Amy Stursberg, Executive Director – Blackstone Charitable Foundation
      5:00pm - 5:15pm HEART OF THE GAME [video]
      • Daniel "Rudy" Ruettiger, Notre Dame Football Player, Author, Philanthropist, Founder – Rudy International

      5:15pm - 7:15pm
      NETWORKING & COCKTAIL RECEPTION



      DAY TWO: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 2016


      8:00am - 9:00am
      WELCOME & REGISTRATION
      Session 3 | ECOSYSTEMS

      Session Leader: Ethan Zohn, Winner of Survivor: Africa; Co-Founder – Grassroot Soccer

      9:00am - 9:15am

      		 INTRODUCTION BY SESSION LEADER [video]
      9:15am - 9:35am USING THE POWER OF SPORTS TO INSPIRE SOCIAL CHANGE [video]
      • Mary Davis, Chief Executive Officer – Special Olympics
      • Dustin Plunkett, Special Olympics Global Messenger – Special Olympics
      • Moderator: Kevin Martinez, Vice President, Corporate Citizenship – ESPN
      9:35am - 9:40am SOCIAL ENTREPRENEUR COMPETITION: PITCH #1 [video]
      • Social Entrepreneur Competition Finalist
      9:40am - 9:50am COOKING UP DIPLOMACY: THE POWER OF FOOD [video]
      • Marc Murphy, Restaurateur, Author & Judge on Food Network’s Chopped; Chef – Benchmarc Restaurants
      9:50am - 10:10am INNOVATOR PROFILE: CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY GURU [video]
      • Kathleen McLaughlin, President – Walmart Foundation; Chief Sustainability Officer – Walmart
      • Moderator: Daryl Brewster, Chief Executive Officer – CECP
      10:10am - 10:25am TRANSITION TO MORNING COFFEE BREAK
      10:20am - 11:15am NETWORKING & INTERACTIVE BOARDROOM WORKSHOPS
      BOARDROOM #1
      GENERATION IMPACT: THE SELFIE GENERATION IS SELFLESS, TOO
      • Guylaine Saint Juste, Executive Director, National Capital Region – Year Up
      • John Rutherford Seydel III, Trustee – Turner Foundation
      • Kavita Shukla, Chief Executive Officer – FreshPaper
      • Jenna Arnold, Co-Founder – ORGANIZE
      • Moderator: Tony Tolentino, Vice President – Blackstone Charitable Foundation
      		 BOARDROOM #2
      HARNESSING TECHNOLOGY TO DRIVE SOCIAL IMPACT
      • Samia Melhem, Global Lead, Digital Development – World Bank Group
      • Shawn DuBravac, Chief Economist & Lead Technologist – Consumer Technology Association
      • Wayan Vota, Senior Mobile Advisor, TechLab – FHI 360
      • Corey Marshall, Director, Splunk4Good – Splunk
      • Maria Arancha Díaz-Lladó, Sustainable Innovation Director – Telefonica
      • Moderator: Paul Arnpriester, Manager, Technology Strategy – CDW
      BOARDROOM #3
      CONNECTING MONEY WITH VALUES AT SCALE
      • Ira Perlmuter, Managing Director – T5 Equity Partners
      • Mark Walsh, Head, Investment & Innovation – U.S. Small Business Administration
      • Ami Dalal, Vice President, Social Enterprise Innovation – FINCA 
      • Tina Arreaza, Associate, Investments – Omidyar Network
      • Moderator: James Higa, Executive Director – Philanthropic Ventures Foundation
      		 BOARDROOM #4
      BUILDING EFFECTIVE WOMEN’S ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT STRATEGIES
      • Shamarukh Mohiuddin, Director, Economic Empowerment – US Chamber’s Corporate Citizenship Center
      • Courtney Harvey, Executive Director – Women Moving Millions
      • Ruth DeGolia, Founder & Executive Director – Mercado Global
      • Moderator: Sarah Middleton, Executive Director – PIMCO Foundation
        11:15am - 11:25am TRANSITION BACK TO GENERAL SESSION
        Session 4 | EMBRACE

        Session Leader: Shannon Schuyler, Principal, Chief Purpose Officer and Corporate Responsibility Leader – PwC

        11:25am - 11:30am

        		 INTRODUCTION BY SESSION LEADER [video]
        11:30am - 11:50am CANDID CONVERSATIONS: EXPLORING A TOBACCO COMPANY’S SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY EFFORTS [video]
        • Jennifer Hunter, Senior Vice President, Communications & Corporate Citizenship – Altria
        • Moderator: Shannon Schuyler, Principal, Chief Purpose Officer and Corporate Responsibility Leader – PwC
        11:50am - 12:00pm EMBRACING TECHNOLOGY FOR SOCIAL GOOD [video]
        • Mary Snapp, Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Philanthropies – Microsoft
        12:00pm - 12:05pm SOCIAL ENTREPRENEUR COMPETITION: PITCH #2 [video]
        • Social Entrepreneur Competition Finalist
        12:05pm - 12:20pm GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP [video]
        • Daniel Lubetzky, Chief Executive Officer & Founder – KIND
        • In conversation with: Penny Pritzker, Secretary of Commerce – U.S. Department of Commerce

        12:20pm - 1:50pm
        GROUP LUNCH & NETWORKING
        Session 5 | EMPOWER

        Session Leader: Jeff Joseph, Senior Vice President, Communications and Strategic Relationships – Consumer Technology Association 

        1:50pm - 2:00pm

        		 INTRODUCTION BY SESSION LEADER [video]
        2:00pm - 2:15pm
        		 SCALING FOR SUCCESS: ONE YEAR LATER [video]
        • Susan Neuman, Professor & Chair of Teaching and Learning – New York University
        • Moderator: Icema Gibbs, Head, Corporate Social Responsibility – JetBlue Airways
        2:15pm - 2:25pm WINNING THE WAR ON CYBER BULLYING [video]
        • Lisa Hammitt, Vice President, Cloud Marketplace & SaaS – IBM
        2:25pm - 2:30pm

        		 SOCIAL ENTREPRENEUR COMPETITION: PITCH #3 [video]
        • Social Entrepreneur Competition Finalist
        2:30pm - 2:40pm GIRLS WORLDS APART: BRINGING HOPE, LEARNING AND A BRIGHTER FUTURE TO REFUGEE WOMEN [video]
        • Ambassador Paul Russo, Adjunct Professor – Georgetown University
        • Nate Hurst, Chief Sustainability & Social Impact Officer – HP
        2:40pm - 2:50pm
        		 THE POWER OF A STORY [video]
        • Dhani Jones, TV Host & Philanthropist, Former Linebacker – NFL
        2:50pm - 3:05pm TRANSITION TO AFTERNOON COFFEE BREAK
        3:05pm - 3:55pm NETWORKING & INTERACTIVE BOARDROOM WORKSHOPS
        BOARDROOM #1
        BUILDING ECOSYSTEMS FOR MORE RESILIENT COMMUNITIES
        • Tyler Norris, Vice President, Total Health Partnerships – Kaiser Permanente
        • Rasmia Kirmani-Frye, President, Fund for Public Housing – New York City Housing Authority
        • Mary Kane, CEO and President – Sister Cities International
        • Mike Bellissimo, Enterprise Vice President, Commercial Service Operations – Humana
        • Moderator: Tensie Whelan, Clinical Professor of Business and Society; Director, Center for Sustainable Business – NYU Stern School of Business
        		 BOARDROOM #2
        MOBILE GROWTH AND WOMEN: NEW RISKS AND UNPRECEDENTED OPPORTUNITIES
        • Colin Crowell, Vice President, Global Public Policy & Philanthropy – Twitter
        • Jen Weedon, Threat Detection and Analysis – Facebook
        • Kathleen Reen, Vice President, ICT Policy & Programs – Internews
        • Kay McGowan, Digital Finance Team Lead, Global Development Lab – USAID
        • Moderator: June Sugiyama, Director – Vodafone Americas Foundation
          BOARDROOM #3
          EVOLUTION OF ENVIRONMENTALISM IN THE DIGITAL AGE
          • Stacey Kawakami, Senior Director, Digital Innovation – Sierra Club
          • Dan Gilgoff, Executive Editor, Digital – National Geographic
          • Ian Morrison, Senior Director, Media & External Affairs – World Wildlife Fund
          • Moderator: Michelle Mullineaux, Vice President, Marketing – Blue State Digital
            		BOARDROOM #4
            EDUCATING THE NEXT GENERATION: PARTNERSHIPS FOR INNOVATION AND IMPACT
            • Muhammed Chaudhry, Chief Executive Officer – Silicon Valley Education Foundation
            • Samantha Lasky, Director of Communications, Citizenship & Sustainability – AT&T
            • Sheldon Maye, Strategy Manager – Accenture
            • MacKenzie Moritz, Chief Partnerships Officer & Chief of Staff – Service Year Alliance
            • Moderator: Marisa Bold, Deputy Director, K-12 Education – The Walton Family Foundation
            3:55pm - 4:10pm TRANSITION BACK TO GENERAL SESSION
            Session 6 | EXPLORE

            Session Leader: Mel Ochoa, Chief Operating Officer – Landmark Ventures

            4:10pm - 4:15pm

            		 INTRODUCTION BY SESSION LEADER [video]
            4:15pm - 4:35pm INNOVATOR PROFILE: LESSONS FROM THE BOARDROOM [video]
            • Eric Spiegel, Chief Executive Officer – Siemens USA
            • Moderator: Daryl Brewster, Chief Executive Officer – CECP
            4:35pm - 4:40pm LET GIRLS LEARN [video]
            • Krishanti Vignarajah, Policy Director – The White House, Office of the First Lady
            4:40pm - 4:45pm

            		 A 'SMALL SOMETHING' IS BETTER THAN A 'BIG NOTHING' [video]
            • Sgt. Maj. Sedrick Banks, USA (Ret), CEO of The Genuine Life Institute; Fellowship Program Alumni – Dog Tag Bakery
            4:45pm - 4:50pm WIRELESS AND MOBILE INNOVATION FOR GLOBAL IMPACT AWARDS [video]
            • June Sugiyama, Director – Vodafone Americas Foundation
            4:50pm - 5:05pm CELEBRITY & CAUSE: THE POWER FORWARD – PAYING IT FORWARD [video]
            • Luol Deng, Founder, The Luol Deng Foundation; NBA All Star and Starting Power Forward – Miami Heat 
            • Moderator: Marc Pollick, President & Founder – Giving Back Fund

            5:05pm - 7:00pm
            NETWORKING & COCKTAIL RECEPTION


            *tentatively confirmed