Dear Colleagues,



We hope to see you at the 15th annual Global Health & Innovation Conference at Yale<http://www.uniteforsight.org/conference> on April 14-15, 2018! The Global Health & Innovation Conference annually convenes 2,000 professionals and students from all 50 states and from 50 countries, and there are 250 presentations. The conference schedule<https://www.uniteforsight.org/conference/speaker-schedule-2018><http://www.uniteforsight.org/conference><http://www.uniteforsight.org/conference/speaker-schedule-2017> is now finalized, and as a global health enthusiast, we identified these conference sessions below which we think may be of particular interest to you.


While all of the 65 sessions at the conference will likely be of interest to you, these below are specially formulated to provide unique insight about complex topics and global health challenges. You may find details about all 250 presentations and 65 sessions on the conference schedule.<https://www.uniteforsight.org/conference/speaker-schedule-2018>

Cultivating Cultural Competence: How to Develop Respectful Organizations and Partnerships

  *   Jane Aronson, President and CEO, Worldwide Orphans Foundation
  *   James Clarke, Ophthalmologist and Medical Director, Crystal Eye Clinic, Ghana; Unite For Sight Ghana Medical Director
  *   Dean Cycon, Founder and CEO, Dean's Beans Organic Coffee Co.
  *   Jordan Levy, Chief External Relations Officer, Ubuntu Pathways
  *   Marie H. Martin, Assistant Director, Education and Training, Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health; Research Assistant Professor, Department of Health Policy, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
  *   Paul Spiegel, Director, Center for Humanitarian Health; Professor of the Practice, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Insights and Advice in Responsibly Innovating and Sustaining

  *   "How To Pitch Your Social Enterprise Idea: Insights and Advice," Bobby Jefferson, VP, Chief Technology Officer, DAI Global Health
  *   "Would You Really Crowdsource a Rubik’s Cube or the SDG’s? Solving Complex Problems When Juggling Purpose, Competencies, and Demands by All to Participate," Paul Ellingstad, Managing Partner, PTI Advisors
  *   "Putting the Social in Social Enterprises: How to Ensure Your Impact is Real and Lasting," Dean Cycon, Founder and CEO, Dean's Beans Organic Coffee Co.
  *   "Longevity and the NGO," Jane Aronson, President and CEO, Worldwide Orphans Foundation

Lessons Learned in Healthcare Delivery

  *   "Wellbeing: A Systems Approach. Sickcare Falls Far Short," David Aylward, President, COMCARE; Senior Advisor, Global Health and Technology, vitalnessforall
  *   "Why Community Health Workers Fail, and When They Thrive," Daniel Palazuelos, Senior Health and Policy Advisor for Community Health Systems, Partners In Health; Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School
  *   "Sharing Audio Knowledge in Remote Villages: Latest Innovations with UNICEF," Cliff Schmidt, Executive Director, Amplio
  *   "Acceptability of Urine Derived Fertilizers: The Roles of Education and Communication,” Rebecca Hardin, Associate Professor, School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan

The Art of Effective Leadership Panel

  *   Tricia Bolender, Consultant, Results for Development
  *   Sanjiv Chopra, Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
  *   Jordan Levy, Chief External Relations Officer, Ubuntu Pathways
  *   Charles MacCormack, President Emeritus, Save the Children; Executive Chair, Health MDG Alliance
  *   Mark Roithmayr, CEO, Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation

Building a Fulfilling Career in Global Health Panel

  *   Rebecca Hardin, Associate Professor, School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan
  *   Brian Heuser, Assistant Professor of the Practice of International Education Policy, Peabody College of Vanderbilt University; Affiliated Faculty, Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health
  *   James Nardella, Principal, Skoll Foundation
  *   Lindsay Palazuelos, Senior Program Development Officer, Mexico and Peru, Partners In Health
  *   Dan Pawson, Vice President, Global Health Strategies

Storytelling and Communications

  *   "Sesame Street: At the Intersection of Global Health and Girls' Empowerment," Alyson Moskowitz, Project Coordinator, Sesame Workshop
  *   "Jumping for Joy: “Lakou Kajou”--A Haitian Creole-Language Children’s Media Initiative to Promote Healthy Habits," Charlotte Cole, Executive Director, Blue Butterfly Collaborative
  *   "Storytelling in the Age of Data: Harnessing the Power of Both to Motivate Global Health," Jonathan Smith, Lecturer, Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases and Global Health, Yale University School of Public Health
  *   "More than Words: The Role of Communications in Safe Abortion Care," Alexandra Kendall, Vice President, Global Health Strategies

Complete details about the 15th annual Global Health & Innovation Conference, including registration details,<http://www.uniteforsight.org/conference><https://maestro.technolutions.net/uniteforsight/conference> can be seen on the conference website.<http://www.uniteforsight.org/conference>



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