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| FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 2006 | |
| 2:00 – 4:00 PM | Registration |
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| 4:00 – 5:30 PM | Keynote Address I Zackie Achmat, HIV/AIDS Activist in South Africa |
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| 6:00 – 8:00 PM |
Development Innovations Reception @ MIT Museum, refreshments will be served
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| SATURDAY, APRIL 8, 2006 | |
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| 8:45 – 10:30 AM | Registration |
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| 9:15 – 10:15 AM | Keynote Address II Robert Hart, President and Chief Executive Officer of Globeleq |
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| 10:30 – 11:45 PM | Panel Session I • Panel I: Private Public Partnerships in Infrastructure towards Development • Panel II: Trade for Development: Accommodating Developing Countries’ Concerns • Panel III: Improving Access to Modern Energy Services: Lessons Llearned and Future Opportunities • Panel IV: Islam and Human Rights: Implications for Development |
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| 12:00 – 1:00 PM | Lunch |
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| 1:00 – 2:15 PM | Keynote Address III • William Easterly , Economist & Professor at New York University |
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| 2:30 – 3:45 PM | Panel Session II • Panel I: Improving Access to Safe Drinking Water – Role of Public Private Partnership? • Panel II: Strategies to Increase Access and Affordability of Drugs While Protecting Intellectual Property Rights • Panel III: Mexico Vision Towards Sustainable Development • Panel IV: Fair Trade: Turning the Pyramid Upside Down |
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| 4:00 – 5:15 PM | Panel Session III • Panel I: Conflict Resolution through Sharing of Natural Resources: Middle East Negotiations on Water • Panel II: The Professionalization of Humanitarian Aid • Panel III: The Economic and Social Impact of Infectious Disease in Developing Countries |
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| 6:00 – 7:00 PM | Networking – Conversations with Practitioners |
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| SUNDAY, APRIL 9, 2006 | |
| 9:00 – 11:00 AM | Workshop Track I – Social Program Evaluation |
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| 11:00 – 1:00 PM | Workshop Track II – The Economic Corridors Approach |
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| 12:00 – 1:00 PM | Lunch |
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| 1:00 – 2:15 PM | Panel Session I • Panel I: The Four R’s of Post-Conflict: Repatriation, Reintegration, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction • Panel II: Sectors & Strategies: Public, Private and NGO Response to the Health Needs of the Developing World • Panel III: Microfinance and Agricultural Business Development Services |
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| 2:30 – 3:45 PM | Panel Session II • Panel I: Women and Healthcare: Challenges facing Healthcare in Developing Nations • Panel II: Is Giving Land Rights to the Poor in Developing countries “Win-Win”? Do Secure Land Rights Help or Hinder Natural Resource Conservation and Economic Growth? • Panel III: Afghanistan: State-Building |
