Agenda

• Kristen Dailey, Executive Director, Global Washington

• Ana Mari Cauce, President, University of Washington
• John Kelly, Senior Vice President, Global Public Affairs and Social Impact, Starbucks
• Richard Stearns, President, World Vision U.S.
• Moderator: Akhtar Badshah, Chief Catalyst, Catalytic Innovators Group

• Joanna Bargeron, Vice President, Ashesi University Foundation
• Chris Collins, Executive Director, West African Vocational Schools
• Steven Kussick, Board President, Burkitt’s Lymphoma Fund for Africa
• Ferdouse Oneza, CEO, Spreeha
• Heidi Peterson, Executive Director, Mobility Outreach International
• Cliff Schmidt, Founder & Executive Director, Literacy Bridge
• Curtis Stuesse, Executive Office Manager, Mavuno

How do we collectively make the case for development assistance in the current political environment? What can research and evidence tell us about building support for foreign aid among both individuals and policymakers? Panelists will share insights from their engagement with the Trump Administration and officials in D.C., as well as experience building support for aid from individuals across the political spectrum. We will discuss how organizations, businesses, and advocates can use messages, messengers, and various strategies to build and sustain support for development assistance.

Panelists:

• Christina Bradic, Policy Communications Manager, World Vision U.S.
• John Glenn, Policy Director, U.S. Global Leadership Campaign (USGLC)
• Sara Rogge, Deputy Director, Global Policy & Advocacy, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
• Moderator: Teresa Guillien, Managing Program Director, Resource Media

2017 has been a year of extreme humanitarian crises and natural disasters. From hurricanes in the U.S. and Caribbean, earthquakes in Mexico, and an ongoing refugee crisis around the world, the need for immediate relief and recovery is immense. Several Northwest companies are taking bold measures to respond to these crises and build resiliency for a better future.

Panelists:

• Cameron Birge, Humanitarian Response Manager, Microsoft Philanthropies
• Neal Myrick, Director, Tableau Foundation
• Alicia Vermaele, Senior Manager, Social Impact, Starbucks
• Moderator: Frank Schott, Vice President, Global Programs, NetHope

Recent epidemics, such as Ebola and Zika, have highlighted failures in global health preparedness, which have translated into inadequate and poorly coordinated response efforts. As the threat of far more infectious diseases grows over the next 20 years, lessons learned from these recent failures could avert an even bigger global disaster. The panelists will explore the importance of operational, technical, and partnership obligations under the UN’s International Health Regulations and share their opinions for an ideal global warning and response system.

Panelists:

• Sumi Paranjape, Director, Technology Innovation, Vulcan
• David Pigott, Assistant Professor, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
• Linda Venczel, Project Director, Global Health Security and Immunization, PATH
• Moderator: Erin Stuckey, Program Officer, Malaria, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

With global leadership in foreign assistance under greater pressure, evidence of the impact of international development programs is in high demand. At the same time, collaborative strategies complicate individual organizations’ attempts to measure impact. This panel brings together experts to examine a number of pressing questions. With so many different tools out there, how do we implement the right kind of evaluation and impact measurement to support both internal learning and external demands? Are there industry standards that we all need to meet to show our impact? Should there be? How will traditional approaches to measurement and evaluation (M&E) need to adapt for the age of big data?

Panelists:

• Stephanie Fuerstner Gillis, Senior Advisor, Impact Driven Philanthropy Initiative, Raikes Foundation 
• Niketa Kulkarni, Senior Research & Evaluation Specialist, Landesa
• Moderator: Mary Kay Gugerty, Professor, Evans School of Public Policy and Governance, University of Washington

Market forces and globalization are requiring new types of leadership, partnerships, and innovation across sectors to address pressing global health and development concerns. Corporations have the opportunity to play a unique role, with technology innovations facilitating their entry and participation in global health, workforce development, and financial inclusion markets, among others. This session will break down the barriers facing private companies in engaging in the global development space and emerging cross-sector solutions to more effectively link corporations with relevant global stakeholders. Panelist will explore how to negotiate and establish successful multi-stakeholder partnerships that leverage technology to foster innovation, economic growth, and drive development goals.

Panelists:

• Skye Gilbert, Deputy Director, Digital Health Solutions, PATH
• Carol Wylie, Vice President for Corporate Engagement, World Vision U.S.
• David Yunger, Vice President, Microsoft Business at Pearson
• Moderator: Kirsten Gagnaire, Managing Director, FSG

• Alaa Murabit, Founder, The Voice of Libyan Women
• Presentation of the 2017 Global Hero Award

Eighty percent of the world’s largest donors prioritize making “big bets” ($10M+) to “articulate a powerful social change goal.” But their giving doesn’t always reflect this objective. Only 20% of $10M+ gifts went to social change, 80% went to hospitals, universities, cultural institutions. This panel will explore how we can accelerate big bets to address global development and make progress on the Sustainable Development Goals.

Panelists:

• Lisa Ellis, Chief Operating Officer, Landesa
• Sandra Laney, Senior Advisor, Grand Challenges, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
• Alison Powell, Senior Director, Philanthropy, The Bridgespan Group
• Moderator: Elizabeth Dale, Assistant Professor, Nonprofit Leadership, Seattle University

The European Union will be launching in May 2018 enhanced regulations around data privacy and the use of personal information by organizations with their General Regulation on Data Protection. This will impact nonprofits who operate in Europe, interact with European citizens or handle donations from Europe. How does this new framework impact a nonprofits’ business operations and how should nonprofits not affected look to the new regulations for guidance on how to more responsibly handle the data of their beneficiaries, staff and donors?

Panelists:

• Brendon Lynch, Chief Privacy Officer, Microsoft
• Frank Schott, Vice President, Global Programs, NetHope
• Katherine Spelman, Shareholder, Lane Powell PC
• Moderator: Cameron Birge, Humanitarian Response Manager, Microsoft Philanthropies

As the UN Global Compact’s Blueprint for SDG Leadership indicates, business requires a thriving world in order to function. In this session, we will discuss the origins of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and discover if and how our panelists were involved in the process. The panel will address a broad array of questions including whether or not the SDGs have helped companies increase their commitment to their social impact and development work and how companies are taking a leadership role or changing their role as leaders in the global development context. The SDGs offer a great framing mechanism to both internally and externally define what companies are doing in this arena.

Panelists:

• Katherine Cheng, Head of Global Corporate Citizenship and Community Relations, Expedia
• Steve Lippman, Director, Corporate Responsibility, Microsoft
• Clinton Moloney, Managing Director, Sustainable Business Solutions, PwC
• Moderator: James Bernard, Director, Technology for Development, SSG Advisors

As NGOs continue to evolve their engagement practices, leadership development and capacity building is becoming a critical strategy in creating real and lasting change. Learn how our community is empowering and mentoring the next generation of global health and development leaders in the Global South. What is working and what are the challenges in authentically developing and supporting leaders from the communities we serve.

Panelists:

• Emer Dooley, Vice-Chair, Ashesi University Foundation
• Adaobi Egboka, Executive Programmes Director, Legal Defence and Assistance Project
• Izumi Yamamoto, Director of Learning, iLeap
• Moderator: Dena Morris, President & CEO, Washington Global Health Alliance

• Scott Jackson, CEO, Global Impact

• Harry Bader, Acting Executive Director, U.S. Global Development Lab, USAID
• Bill Hilf, CEO, Vulcan
• Neal Keny-Guyer, CEO, Mercy Corps
• Moderator: Carol Dahl, Executive Director, The Lemelson Foundation

• Kristen Dailey, Executive Director, Global Washington