Plenary 6: Financing Poverty Alleviation
[Moderator] Mary Ellen Iskenderian, President and CEO, Women’s World Banking
Fola Adeola, Chairman and Founder, FATE Foundation; Co-Founder, Guaranty Trust Bank [Nigeria]
Laurie Spengler, President, Shorebank International Ltd.
Reemaben Nanavaty, Director, Economic and Rural Development, Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) [India]
Part of the Global Philanthropy Forum 2007, a project of the World Affairs Council of Northern California.
A Visiting Scholar in the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology at Stanford, Berlin is also Project Historian for the Silicon Valley Archives, a division of the Stanford University Department of Special Collections. In this capacity, she is working to find and preserve key papers and artifacts pertaining to the history of Silicon Valley. Her research interests include the history of the semiconductor industry in Silicon Valley and the role of leadership in high-tech business. “Capturing the history of a place that considers self-obsolescence the pinnacle of success is not easy, but it is important,” Berlin says. “In a region so focused on the future, it is essential that we also do not forget…
Plenary 5: Entrepreneurs in Action
Jean Case, Co-Founder and CEO, The Case Foundation
Steve Case, Chairman and CEO, Revolution; Co-Founder, America Online; Co-Founder and Chairman, The Case Foundation
in conversation with Jane Wales, President and CEO, World Affairs Council and the Global Philanthropy Forum
Part of the Global Philanthropy Forum 2007, a project of the World Affairs Council of Northern California.
Nutritionist AmyJo Johnson speaks to Googlers about Health and Protein
Various members of the BayPIGies show off cool things you can do with just a snippet of Python code.
Plenary 2: Financing Efforts to Combat Climate Change
[Moderator] Timothy E. Wirth, President, United Nations Foundation and Better World Fund
Monique Barbut, CEO and Chairperson, Global Environment Facility
James Cameron, Vice Chair, Climate Change Capital [United Kingdom]
Jan-Peter Onstwedder, BP Project Director, The London Accord [United Kingdom]
Ira Magaziner, Chairman, Policy Board, HIV/AIDS Initiative, and the Clinton Climate Initiative, The William J. Clinton Foundation
Join urban anthropologist Eric Lynxwiler on a road trip down historic Wilshire Boulevard as he guides you past landmarks big and small with anecdotes true and fantastical.
This video is part of the Authors@Google series.
Gene B. Sperling is Senior Fellow for Economic Policy and Director of the Center on Universal Education at the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington, D.C.
Gene Sperling was President Clinton’s National Economic Adviser and head of the National Economic Council from 1996-2000. Before joining the Council, he was a Visiting Fellow at the Brookings Institution from 2001-2002. In addition to his work at the Council, Gene also serves as a Contributing editor and columnist for Bloomberg News and a consultant and contributing writer for the television show The West Wing. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the Philadelphia Stock Exchange. Gene is widely considered an expert in economic policy…
Meet the Reuters Digital Vision Fellows from Stanford University and learn about the innovative applications of technology that these entrepreneurs are developing for the social sector in emerging markets.
Interested in how blogging is being used as a literacy tool in Brazil? Ever consider how instant messaging services could be used to facilitate medical treatment in Pakistan? Did you know that people are using cell phones as a platform for commodity price and weather information in India? Ever wonder what web 2.0 services would look like in Kenya, the Philippines or Estonia?