You and your colleagues may be interested in attending or presenting at the Global Health & Innovation Conference at Yale.  The registration rate increases after January.  For those interested in presenting at the conference, we are currently accepting social enterprise pitches on a rolling deadline.  We would appreciate it if you could please forward this announcement to those who may be interested in attending or presenting.

GH/Innovate 2011
Global Health & Innovation Conference
Presented by Unite For Sight, 8th Annual Conference
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Saturday, April 16 - Sunday, April 17, 2011

http://www.uniteforsight.org/conference

"A Meeting of Minds"--CNN

Unite For Sight's must-attend, thought-leading conference convenes leaders, changemakers, and participants from all fields of global health, international development, and social entrepreneurship.  The conference convenes 2,200 people from all 50 states and from 50 countries.

Register in January to secure the lowest registration rate.<http://www.uniteforsight.org/conference>  The registration rate increases after January.

Interested in presenting at the conference?

  *   Call For Social Enterprise Pitches: Do you have an innovative idea or a new program in development?  Submit your idea for presentation.  Social enterprise pitches are accepted on a rolling application deadline, and the first quality pitches will be accepted for oral presentation.  When the social enterprise pitch spots are filled to capacity, applications will no longer be accepted.  See social enterprise pitch instructions on the conference website.<http://www.uniteforsight.org/conference>

Confirmed Keynote Speakers

"Pharmaceuticals For Humanity," Victoria Hale, PhD, Founder of Medicines360; Founder and Chair Emeritus, OneWorld Health

Jeffrey Sachs, PhD, Director of Earth Institute at Columbia University; Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development, Professor of Health Policy and Management, Columbia University; Special Advisor to Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon

Sonia Ehrlich Sachs, MD, MPH, Director of Health, Millennium Village Project, Earth Institute at Columbia University

One additional keynote speaker to be announced.

200 Featured Speakers, including these confirmed speakers:

"Evaluation of Traumatic Neurological Injury Care in Ecuador Using the IATSIC/WHO Essential Guidelines for Trauma Care," Michel B. Aboutanos, MD, MPH, Director, International Trauma Systems Development, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center

"How Do You Know When You've Revolutionized An Industry?: Ashoka's Approach to Assessing Impact," Karabi Acharya, ScD, Change Leader, Ashoka

"Workshop - Social Entrepreneurs: Systems Thinking in Action," Karabi Acharya, ScD, Change Leader, Ashoka

"Evaluation of a Public Private Partnership to Improve Mental Health Services in Northern Uganda: Output, Metric, and Outcome Data," Stephen Alderman, MD, Peter C. Alderman Foundation

"Design Education in the Humanitarian Sphere: Designmatters Best Practices," Mariana Amatullo, Vice President, Director, Designmatters Department, Art Center College of Design

"Readying Orphans For Their Community: Models For Taking Orphans Out Of Isolation," Jane Aronson, MD, CEO and Founder of Worldwide Orphans Foundation; Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Cornell Weill Medical College and Columbia University

"Doctors as Storytellers: Using Our Stories For Social Change," Neal Baer, MD, Institute for Photographic Empowerment at USC's Annenberg School of Communications; Executive Producer, Law and Order: Special Victims Unit

"Workshop - New Media For Global Health," Neal Baer, MD, Institute for Photographic Empowerment at USC's Annenberg School of Communications; Executive Producer, Law and Order: Special Victims Unit

"A New Approach to HIV Prevention: Cash Transfers and Risk Reduction Among Adolescent Girls," Sarah Baird, Assistant Professor, George Washington University

"Investing in Adolescent Girls -- The Transition to Adulthood," Wendy Baldwin, Vice President, Poverty, Gender and Youth, Population Council

"High-Impact Social Entrepreneurship" Elmira Bayrasli, Policy and Outreach, Endeavor

"Workshop - Social Entrepreneurship," Elmira Bayrasli, Policy and Outreach, Endeavor

"Global Approaches to Global Health: Lessons Learned From The Global HIV Vaccine Enterprise," Alan Bernstein, PhD, Executive Director, Global HIV Vaccine Enterprise

"Mobile Potential: Scaling Health Access," Matthew Berg, ICT Coordinator, Millennium Villages Project

"A Pivotal Moment: Advocating for Big Dreams in Difficult Times," Natasha Bilimoria, President, Friends of the Global Fight

"Enterprise Solutions to Sustainable Social Change," Ron Bills, Chairman & CEO, Envirofit International

"Global Health Innovation Partnerships - Accelerating Access to Medical Technologies in Tanzania," Jeffrey Blander, ScD, President, Bienmoyo Foundation

See the complete list of 200 speakers at http://www.uniteforsight.org/conference

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