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September 21-25 | Digital

2020 Annual SummitAGENDA

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Session ID: 01.03.01

Patron Member Roundtable: Impact First: Organizational Strategies for Prioritizing and Achieving Development Impact

Patron Member Roundtable | U.S. Elections & Civic Engagement September 21, 2020 (Monday) at 08:00 ET Session Length: 60 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: U.S. International Development Finance Corporation Session Description Development finance institutions (DFIs) and impact investors struggle to prioritize developmental impact in the projects they invest in while still achieving sustainable financial returns. This conversation will bring together top public and private sector impact investors and the first Chief Development Officer of the newly-created US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) to explore various topics including: organizational strategies for prioritizing development impact on both the project-level and the portfolio-level; mining for metrics that matter; sharpening impact measurement tools; setting portfolio-wide development goals; and, other strategies for creating organizational accountability and achieving measurable development impact. This session is by invitation only for select All-Access pass holders. Speakers: Status: Accept | Andrew Herscowitz, Chief Development Officer, U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC)

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Welcome to the (digital) 2020 Concordia Annual Summit!

Main Stage | U.S. Elections & Civic Engagement September 21, 2020 (Monday) at 09:00 ET Session Length: 5 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: (None) Session Description Join Summit host Kevin Wenzel, Concordia's Director of Global Programming, and Concordia Co-founder and Chairman Nicholas Logothetis for the official start of the 2020 Concordia Annual Summit. Speakers: Status: Accept | Kevin Wenzel, Director of Global Programming, Concordia Status: Accept | Nicholas Logothetis, Co-Founder & Chairman of the Board, Concordia

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US Elections & Civic Engagement Round Robin

Main Stage | U.S. Elections & Civic Engagement September 21, 2020 (Monday) at 09:05 ET Session Length: 100 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: (None) Session Description To kick off the 2020 Annual Summit, Concordia will host a "Round Robin" conversation focused on multiple topics related to the upcoming U.S. elections and the state of civic engagement across the country. This format is designed to bring together diverse voices that would otherwise be unlikely to speak to each other for a frank and honest discussion about the future of U.S. leadership, democracy, and the economy. This is a not-to-be missed opportunity for the latest insights and analysis of the U.S. political landscape. Topics will include: campaign check-ins, polls, and predictions; election security & integrity; racial justice & the Black Lives Matter movement; the role of media, social media, and fake news; U.S. global leadership; and, campaign finance. Speakers: Status: Accept | Amber McReynolds, CEO, National Vote At Home Institute Status: Accept | Cordell Carter, Executive Director, Socrates Program, Aspen Institute Status: Accept | Dan Porterfield, President and CEO, The Aspen Institute Status: Accept | Jane Harman, President & CEO, Wilson Center Status: Accept | Jeh Johnson, Partner; Former Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP Status: Accept | Lara Trump, Campaign Advisor to the 45th President of the United States Status: Accept | Laura Rosenberger, Director, German Marshall Fund Status: Accept | Matthew Swift, Co-Founder, Chairman & CEO, Concordia Status: Accept | Michael Blake, Vice Chair, Democratic National Committee Status: Accept | Samantha Vinograd, Co-founder and Managing Director, Global Opportunity Advisors Status: Accept | Vivian Schiller, Executive Director, Aspen Digital, Aspen Digital Status: Accept | Yvette Clarke, Representative, NY 9th District, U.S. House of Representatives

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Advancing Inclusion & Representation in Government

Strategic Dialogue | U.S. Elections & Civic Engagement September 21, 2020 (Monday) at 10:45 ET Session Length: 75 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: Women Political Leaders Session Description This Strategic Dialogue will focus on objectives and strategies to increase diversity in national and local representative bodies, further fostering one of society’s most topical conversations. As calls for governments to be more representative of their constituents become louder, it has become clear that meaningful dialogue and strategic policy discussions must be utilized to devise an actionable agenda for improving inclusivity and diverse representation in policy-making positions. With the overwhelming majority of female heads of government taking office within the past two decades, it is clear that much progress has been made, but the importance of governments being adequately representative cannot be understated. Speakers: Status: Accept | Dauda Sesay, Board of Directors Vice-Chair, Refugee Congress Status: Accept | Gabriela Cuevas, President, Inter-Parliamentary Union Status: Accept | Hafsat Abiola, Founder, Kudirat Initiative for Democracy (KIND) Status: Accept | Laura Liswood, Secretary General, Council of women world Leaders Status: Accept | Lois Auta, CEO, Cedar Seed Foundation Status: Accept | Sayu Bhojwani, Founder and President, New American Leaders Status: Accept | Stefanie Brown James, Co-Founder, The Collective

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Next Step Networking: U.S. Elections & Civic Engagement

Next Step Networking | U.S. Elections & Civic Engagement September 21, 2020 (Monday) at 11:00 ET Session Length: 45 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: (None) Session Description Following the U.S. Elections & Civic Engagement programming block, this interactive session will allow attendees to identify or suggest next steps they, others, or Concordia can take. In an intimate, informal setting, attendees will have the opportunity to share their thoughts on the role of cross-sector collaboration in the U.S. elections space. Speakers: Status: Accept | Gabriel Barrientos, Partnership Development Manager, Concordia

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Fresh Takes: U.S. Elections & Civic Engagement

Fresh Takes with Future Leaders | U.S. Elections & Civic Engagement September 21, 2020 (Monday) at 11:00 ET Session Length: 45 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: (None) Session Description Following each block of Mainstage programming will be a 45 minute interactive conversation to get real-time reactions, critiques, and rebuttals from today’s young leaders on how they heard the mainstage sessions. It will provide an opportunity for young people to share their reactions around how world leaders and global organizations are addressing today’s challenges. How does what they heard reflect their reality? Did it challenge a preconceived way of thinking? What might we be missing? Through these discussions we’ll facilitate much-needed intergenerational dialogue that will pave the way for meaningful change. Speakers: Status: Accept | Cameron Vaské, Founder, Editor-in-Chief, Executive Director, The International Scholar Status: Accept | Enoh Ebong, Head of Strategic Partnerships, Center for Advancing the American Dream Status: Accept | Howard Franklin, Managing Partner, Ohio River South Status: Accept | Kahlil Darden, Co-Founder, YBMKQ Status: Accept | Kerry Healey, President, Center for Advancing the American Dream Status: Accept | Michelle Reusche, Political Organizer, Researcher & Community Catalyst, Open Gov Hub Status: Accept | Nsé Ufot, Chief Executive Officer, New Georgia Project Status: Accept | Tyler Fisher, Deputy Director, Unite America

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Economic and Social Returns to Health Investments

Strategic Dialogue | COVID Response & Recovery - Concordia Action Alliance September 21, 2020 (Monday) at 11:45 ET Session Length: 75 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: U.S. Chamber of Commerce Session Description This Strategic Dialogue will comment on the results and recommendations of the Increasing Social and Economic Benefits global report. Increasing rates of chronic disease around the world are having an alarming impact on workforce productivity, global development, and economic opportunity. As such, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Global Initiative on Health and the Economy will host an in-depth discussion to launch its forthcoming report series, Increasing Social and Economic Benefits, elevating the importance of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) on the global health agenda. Panelists will share personal case studies of public-private collaboration in healthcare, and ideas for innovative ways to leverage multi-sectoral partnerships towards NCD reduction. Speakers: Status: Accept | Angela Wasunna, Vice President, Global Policy, Pfizer Inc. Status: Accept | Bruce RASMUSSEN, Director, Victoria Institute of Strategic Economic Studies Status: Accept | Chris Bonnett, Project Director, GE Healthcare Africa Status: Accept | Marcelo Cabrol, Manager, IDB Status: Accept | Susan Capps, Executive Director, Amgen, Inc. Status: Accept | Takuma INAMURA, Director, Healthcare Industries Division, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, JAPAN Status: Accept | Wes Wheeler, President, UPS Healthcare, UPS

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Patron Member Roundtable: Together for Safer Roads Roundtable

Patron Member Roundtable | U.S. Elections & Civic Engagement September 21, 2020 (Monday) at 12:00 ET Session Length: 60 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: Together for Safer Roads Session Description In this roundtable with TSR and other key members, participants will discuss the intersection of mobility, global health, and technology. They will explore how private-sector value chains, social responsibility, liability and innovation are inextricably linked. The discussion will illuminate key stepping stones for equitable, technology-enabled solutions that reduce serious injuries and fatalities on the world's roads. Speakers: Status: Accept | David Braunstein, President, Together for Safer Roads

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Patron Member Roundtable: Tech-Nationalism and Navigating the New Cold War

Patron Member Roundtable | U.S. Elections & Civic Engagement September 21, 2020 (Monday) at 12:00 ET Session Length: 60 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: APCO Worldwide Session Description After a generation of globalization, today the global technology industry is fragmenting. Led by economic dislocation, geopolitical rivalries and national security concerns, governments—led by those in the U.S. and China—are erecting new barriers to foreign participation; using technology to pursue industrial policy; and weaponizing big tech regulation against international rivals. This private roundtable will bring together senior executives from the multinational tech sector to diagnose the challenges, share learnings, and plan for a new era of tech nationalism and the New Cold War. This session is by invitation only for select All-Access pass holders. Speakers: Status: Accept | Brad Staples, Chief Executive Officer, APCO Worldwide

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Community Discussion: Mental Health: The Impact on the Black Community

Community Discussion | U.S. Elections & Civic Engagement September 21, 2020 (Monday) at 12:00 ET Session Length: 60 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: 100 Black Men Session Description The discussion will include two dynamic professionals within the mental health space with a focus on the Black community. The discussion will touch on the taboos, COVID-19 pandemic, racial inequity, and trauma faced by this community. We will have historical context and explore solutions for the future. Dr. Edgar Hobbs, Jr. is a trained cultural psychologist. He is also a mental health counselor, published author, and Therapeutic Health Crisis Intervention Trainer. He holds an M.S.Ed from Long Island University and a Doctorate in Culture and Human Behavior from the California School of Professional Psychology. He received dual licensure in Mental Health Counseling and School Counseling. He has over 20 years of experience in providing mental health counseling. In 2011, he received the Guidance Counelor Recognition Award for his outstanding service to students and families. His membership affiliations are with One Hundred Black Men of New York, Crisps Attucks Lodge, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., American Psychological Association, and NAACP. His goal is to prepare youth, educators, and organizations for the global market. Ednesha Saulsbury, LCSW specializes in getting her clients unstuck in order to clear emotional pathways to growth. She takes tremendous pride in helping them cope with feelings of anxiety, depression, and self-destruction. Ednesha also provides couple's therapy where she helps them communicate and relate to each other in more emotionally responsive ways in order to improve and strengthen their union. She has been featured in the Pulteney Street Survey and Allure magazine. And, is in the process of authoring a book on relationships. Her academic credentials include an MSW from the New York University Silver School of Social Work and a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and Media Studies from Hobart & William Smith Colleges. She also received a certificate from the Center for Modern Psychoanalysis after completing their one-year program. Speakers: Status: Accept | Aldrin Enis, President, One Hundred Black Men, Inc.

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Bob Woodward In Conversation

Main Stage | Keynote Town Hall September 21, 2020 (Monday) at 13:00 ET Session Length: 30 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: (None) Session Description Hear an exclusive interview with Bob Woodward directly after the launch of his recent book. Speakers: Status: Accept | Bob Woodward, Journalist, Washington Post Status: Accept | Frank Luntz, Founder, President, FIL, Inc.

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Foreign Assistance is National Security Main Stage | Keynote Town Hall September 21, 2020 (Monday) at 13:40 ET Session Length: 10 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: USAID Session Description U.S. foreign assistance emerged as an essential tool of national security from World War II and the Marshall Plan. Today, USAID continues this role as outlined in President Trump’s 2017 National Security Strategy, building on the success of U.S. foreign assistance from the Cold War to the world we live in today from fighting a global pandemic to protecting America from malign actors. Speakers: Status: Accept | John Barsa, Acting Administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

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United for Children’s Rights Against Inequality in the Covid-19 Era

Main Stage | COVID Response & Recovery - Concordia Action Alliance September 21, 2020 (Monday) at 13:55 ET Session Length: 5 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: (None) Session Description Concordia Leadership Council member and UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Marianna Vardinoyannis urges the global community to focus on children's rights and equality in creating the best methods of confronting the coronavirus pandemic. Speakers: Status: Accept | Marianna Vardinoyannis, Goodwill Ambassador, UNESCO

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Local Leadership in Combating COVID-19

Main Stage | COVID Response & Recovery - Concordia Action Alliance September 21, 2020 (Monday) at 14:00 ET Session Length: 15 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: Concordia Action Alliance Session Description Join Concordia's CEO, Matthew Swift, for an intimate conversation with Mayor Cassie Franklin of Everett, Washington. Everett was the first city in the US with a case of COVID-19. Hear first-hand the experience of dealing with a developing global pandemic, and the importance of local leadership and community engagement during times of crisis. Speakers: Status: Accept | Cassandra Franklin, Mayor, City of Everett, Washington Status: Accept | Matthew Swift, Co-Founder, Chairman & CEO, Concordia

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Policy & Partnerships: Addressing AMR

Main Stage | COVID Response & Recovery - Concordia Action Alliance September 21, 2020 (Monday) at 14:15 ET Session Length: 15 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: Merck Program Partner: Concordia Action Alliance Session Description For more than 125 years, Merck has been bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world’s most challenging diseases. In this fireside chat with Dr. Gerberding, Chief Patient Officer & Executive Vice President at Merck, we’ll hear about Merck’s efforts to combat rising levels of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and develop vaccines and therapeutics to respond to COVID-19 and future pandemics. Speakers: Status: Accept | Julie Gerberding, Executive Vice President and Chief Patient Officer, Communications, Global Policy, and Population Health, Merck & Co., Inc. Status: Accept | Sally Davies, Master, Trinity College, University of Cambridge

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Innovator Health Spotlight

Main Stage | COVID Response & Recovery - Concordia Action Alliance September 21, 2020 (Monday) at 14:30 ET Session Length: 5 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: Concordia Action Alliance Session Description As part of the newly-formed Concordia Action Alliance, this session will feature a short video presentation highlighting Innovator Health, a program that seeks to improve access to high-quality medical care for rural and underserved populations. The video will be kicked off with opening remarks by David Sanders, Director of Innovate Arkansas at Winrock International. Speakers: Status: Accept | David Sanders, Director, Innovate Arkansas, Winrock International

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Getting Back to the Classroom: The Role of Data Analytics

Main Stage | COVID Response & Recovery - Concordia Action Alliance September 21, 2020 (Monday) at 14:35 ET Session Length: 20 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: SAS Program Partner: Concordia Action Alliance (in text on spot me only) Session Description The quick spread of COVID-19, exacerbated as schools and universities around the world re-open their doors, has highlighted the need for innovative solutions to bolster contact tracing efforts. Contact tracing allows public health officials to track and identify individuals who may have come into contact with an infected person, and has historically been an extremely time- and resource-consuming process. However, advances in data visualization and analytics have allowed companies to collect more comprehensive data from multiple sources and generate more valuable insights, while also empowering policy makers to be more effective decision makers. As many universities adopt a hybrid teaching model to accommodate students requiring in-person access to certain university facilities and lectures, and with the risk for COVID infection on campus remaining present, contract tracing becomes a lifeline for university officials, faculties, and students alike. This panel will explore the role of data analytics and digital privacy rights in helping global universities balance academic obligations and student welfare. Speakers: Status: Accept | Jason Simon, Associate Vice President – Data, Analytics, and Institutional Research, University of North Texas Status: Accept | Shaun Barry, Global Leader - Fraud & Security Intelligence Division, SAS Institute

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21st Century Global Governance: Evolving Multistakeholder Models Main Stage | COVID Response & Recovery - Concordia Action Alliance September 21, 2020 (Monday) at 14:55 ET Session Length: 20 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: Microsoft Program Partner: Concordia Action Alliance (in text on spot me only) Session Description As the global community bands together to respond to COVID, there is a great need for more robust multi-stakeholder models. Organizations such as Microsoft are supporting the work of the UN in advancing global multi-stakeholder action on key technology, environmental, humanitarian, developmental, and security issues, as well as the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This session will explore how these multi-stakeholder models are critical for achieving global solutions, particularly in the face of COVID-19. Speakers: Status: Accept | John Frank, Vice President, UN Affairs, Microsoft Corporation Status: Accept | Nicolas de Rivière, Ambassador to the UN, French Republic Status: Accept | Valentine Rugwabiza, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Republic of Rwanda

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WHO & the Shifting Role of Multilateral Institutions

Main Stage | COVID Response & Recovery - Concordia Action Alliance September 21, 2020 (Monday) at 15:15 ET Session Length: 10 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: Concordia Action Alliance Session Description Join Concordia Leadership Council Member Kevin Rudd to analyze the topic of WHO reform within the current geopolitical context, and explore the importance of using all the tools in the international community's toolbox to meaningfully update multilateral institutions for 21st Century needs. Speakers: Status: Accept | Hanne Dalmut, Senior Director of Partnership Development, Concordia Status: Accept | Kevin Rudd, President, Asia Society Policy Institute

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Investing in a Healthier Tomorrow

Main Stage | COVID Response & Recovery - Concordia Action Alliance September 21, 2020 (Monday) at 15:25 ET Session Length: 20 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: U.S. Chamber of Commerce Session Description Increasing rates of chronic disease around the world are having an alarming impact on workforce productivity, global development, and economic opportunity. As the world combats a global pandemic and other communicable diseases, non-communicable disease (NCD) and chronic health conditions like cardiovascular disease, cancers, diabetes, and respiratory disease are hitting workers in their prime years of productivity. Governments cannot solve the problems of high disease burden without additional resources. The successful management of the NCD crisis requires the adoption of efficient and effective partnerships with the private sector. In collaboration with the the Global Initiative on Health and the Economy at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, this panel will feature a range of global health experts from global health organizations, the private sector, and academia to discuss the intricate relationship between health and the economy—refuting the perception of health as a cost center and discussing how investing in areas such as NCDs supports resiliency and generates social & economic returns. Speakers: Status: Accept | Michelle Williams, Dean of the Faculty, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Status: Accept | Muhammad Ali Pate, Global Director, The World Bank Group Status: Accept | Myron Brilliant, EVP, Head of International Affairs, U.S. Chamber of Commerce

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Business Leadership & Coordination in COVID Response

Main Stage | COVID Response & Recovery - Concordia Action Alliance September 21, 2020 (Monday) at 15:45 ET Session Length: 15 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: Calamos Program Partner: Yahoo! Finance Session Description Moderated by Akiko Fujita, Anchor/Reporter for Yahoo Finance, this session will feature John Koudounis, CEO of Calamos Investments and a Member of the Concordia Leadership Council. Since the pandemic hit, Koudounis has led by example in demonstrating the positive effects that can be realized via corporate citizenship. In response to the pandemic's far-reaching and long-term impact on society's most vulnerable populations, Koudounis founded the Chicago CEO COVID-19 Coalition. By rallying and challenging his peers in the business community, Koudounis has raised more than $1.3 million so far for those in need. Koudounis will share his perspectives on the business community's response to COVID-19 and the ways that business leaders can continue mobilizing, growing, and sustaining support for the most vulnerable in society, with an emphasis on relief and recovery. Speakers: Status: Accept | Akiko Fujita, Anchor/Reporter, Yahoo Finance Status: Accept | John Koudounis, Chief Executive Officer, Calamos Investments

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Partnering for a Cure through Development & Distribution

Strategic Dialogue | COVID Response & Recovery - Concordia Action Alliance September 21, 2020 (Monday) at 15:45 ET Session Length: 75 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: Concordia Action Alliance Session Description This Strategic Dialogue will convene industry and organizational leaders, discussing not only the progress being made in this critical space but also the partnership-based manner in which it has taken place. Called to action by the recent COVID-19 global pandemic and the critical role of partnerships in ensuring an equitable, swift, and coordinated international response, Concordia is launching the Concordia Action Alliance as a dedicated programming and member engagement track to support partnerships addressing natural disaster and pandemic preparedness, response, recovery, and resiliency on a year-round basis. The global response to COVID-19 has demonstrated unprecedented collaboration within and between the public, private, and civil society sectors, as evidenced by the joint efforts to develop, finance, and plan for distribution of a vaccine and therapeutic measures. Speakers: Status: Accept | Arpa Garay, President, Global Pharmaceuticals, Merck & Co., Inc. Status: Accept | Ben Hubbard, Co-Founder and CEO, Parsyl Status: Accept | Dakota Gruener, Executive Director, ID2020 Status: Accept | Gargee Ghosh, President, Global Policy & Advocacy, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Status: Accept | Jake Reder, Cofounder, Director, & Chief Executive Officer, Celdara Medical, LLC Status: Accept | Mark Feinberg, President and CEO, International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) Status: Accept | Michael Nyenhuis, President & CEO, UNICEF USA Status: Accept | Nikolaj Gilbert, President & CEO, PATH Status: Accept | Porter Delaney, Founding Partner, Kyle House Group

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Regional Response & Economic Recovery: Americas

Strategic Dialogue | COVID Response & Recovery - Concordia Action Alliance September 21, 2020 (Monday) at 15:45 ET Session Length: 75 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: (None) Session Description This Strategic Dialogue will elevate voices from different sectors in the region to talk about the most pressing needs during this pandemic and plan next-step policies around economic resilience to help businesses shift their models into the new economic landscape, in which cross-sector partnerships are essential to tackling this social and economic emergency. Due to the current COVID-19 crisis, the economy in Latin America has been severely affected by the long-lasting lockdowns, reduction of trade, and decrease in foreign investment, among other major factors. This crisis will end up being the worst recession in the region’s history and will only exacerbate the issues that existed before the pandemic. Within this context, businesses and entrepreneurs are struggling to continue their operations and remain financially stable. With the near future so uncertain, foreign investment is increasingly risky and the support that entrepreneurs need is more diffuse, forcing them to reinvent themselves and find new channels of engagement with their clients. As unemployment rates are increasing every day and businesses are closing their operations due to financial struggles, a roadmap to pursue an economic recovery is needed more than ever before. Speakers: Status: Accept | Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean Status: Accept | David Smolansky, OAS Secretary General Envoy for Venezuelan Migration and Refugee Crisis, Organization of American States Status: Accept | Francis Suarez, Mayor, City of Miami Status: Accept | Juan Carlos Pinzón, President, ProBogotá; Former Ambassador of Colombia before the United States; Former Minister of Defense of Colombia, ProBogotá Status: Accept | Laura Chinchilla, Vice President, WORLD LEADERSHIP ALLIANCE - CLUB DE MADRID Status: Accept | Luc Lapointe, CEO & Founder, TheBC.lab Status: Accept | Nicolas Uribe Rueda, Executive President, Bogotá Chamber of Commerce

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Status: Accept | Peter David, Deputy General Secretary & Minister of Foreign Affairs, Grenada Status: Accept | Richard Mayfield, Executive Vice President and Regional CEO, Walmart Mexico y Central America, Canada and the U.K. Status: Accept | Rosalía Arteaga Serrano, CEO, Fundación FIDAL

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Next Step Networking: COVID Response & Recovery

Next Step Networking | COVID Response & Recovery - Concordia Action Alliance September 21, 2020 (Monday) at 15:45 ET Session Length: 45 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: (None) Session Description Following the COVID Response & Recovery programming block, this interactive session will allow attendees to identify or suggest next steps they, others, or Concordia can take. In an intimate, informal setting, attendees will have the opportunity to share their thoughts on next steps regarding how to best create partnerships that address ongoing disasters and, specifically, the COVID-19 pandemic. Speakers: Status: Accept | Gabriel Barrientos, Partnership Development Manager, Concordia

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Fresh Takes: COVID Response & Recovery

Fresh Takes with Future Leaders | COVID Response & Recovery - Concordia Action Alliance September 21, 2020 (Monday) at 15:45 ET Session Length: 45 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: (None) Session Description Following each block of Mainstage programming will be a 45 minute interactive conversation to get real-time reactions, critiques, and rebuttals from today’s young leaders on how they heard the mainstage sessions. It will provide an opportunity for young people to share their reactions around how world leaders and global organizations are addressing today’s challenges. How does what they heard reflect their reality? Did it challenge a preconceived way of thinking? What might we be missing? Through these discussions we’ll facilitate much-needed intergenerational dialogue that will pave the way for meaningful change. Speakers: Status: Accept | Caleb Frank, MD/MEd Student, Penn State College of Medicine Status: Accept | Camila Mendoza, Student, Universidad de Lima Status: Accept | Feraye Ozfescioglu, Chief Executive Officer, World Humanitarian Forum Status: Accept | Hanne Dalmut, Senior Director of Partnership Development, Concordia Status: Accept | Kevin Kong, CEO, C1 Expeditions LLC

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Community Discussion: Central America: Poverty, Opportunities and Immigration

Community Discussion | U.S. Elections & Civic Engagement September 21, 2020 (Monday) at 16:00 ET Session Length: 60 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: Republica Session Description The Northern Triangle is navigating tremendous security, economic, and political challenges, with a number of citizens fleeing towards the U.S. Hear from business and community leaders hailing from Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala about what the on-the-ground realities are, and how immigration to the U.S. offers opportunity but also challenges. Speakers: Status: Accept | Camilo Atala, President, Grupo Financiero Ficohsa Status: Accept | Juan José Daboub, Senior Associate, Boston Consulting Group Status: Accept | Roberto Murray, Former President, AGRISAL Status: Accept | Rodrigo Arenas, CEO, República Status: Accept | Thomas Dougherty, President, Cementos Progreso

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Patron Member Roundtable: Talent and Opportunity: How to Find and Support This Generation's "Lost Einsteins"

Patron Member Roundtable | COVID Response & Recovery - Concordia Action Alliance September 21, 2020 (Monday) at 16:00 ET Session Length: 60 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: Schmidt Futures Session Description Humanity benefits when talented people have the opportunity to fully develop and deploy their skills. Yet though talent is evenly distributed across geographies and communities, those opportunities are not. Many of the world’s most talented people are under-utilized for public benefit because three critical failure points: • Discovery: They go undiscovered as youth due to failure to thrive in existing systems or lack of access to talent assessment • Development: They are inefficiently matched to academic and personal opportunities to develop their talent • Direction: Opportunities to apply their talent for the public benefit are limited, hard to find, and come with financial and career trade-offs. This roundtable will bring leaders from across sectors together to discuss how we can better identify and support talent, particularly when it comes from marginalized or overlooked backgrounds. The discussion will connect to the launch of Rise, an initiative of Schmidt Futures and the Rhodes Trust, which aims to build a network of talented young people around the world and support them as they serve others throughout their lives. This session is by invitation only for select All-Access pass holders. Speakers: Status: Accept | James Savage, Senior Manage of Data Science, Schmidt Futures

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Patron Member Roundtable: Building Forward Better: Closer Sector Collaboration to Build a More Resilient Future

Patron Member Roundtable | Global Finance & Trade September 21, 2020 (Monday) at 16:00 ET Session Length: 60 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: Freeport-McMoRan and the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) Session Description The immense and fluid nature of the COVID-19 pandemic has quickly exposed that there is not necessarily a linear path from one phase of response to another nor a clear line between short- and longer-term responses. Further, opportunities for collaboration have never been more important in order to truly build forward better. This roundtable discussion will introduce a just launched “Building Forward Better Framework” developed by the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM), Business Fights Poverty and The Partnering Initiative, in consultation with the Harvard Kennedy School’s Corporate Responsibility Initiative. This Framework for action provides practical tools and resources for use by the mining industry and a range of other sectors to help guide them through the initial stages of the pandemic and to lay the pathway for building forward to a more resilient future post COVID-19. The session will seek to explore the Framework as a practical tool for companies to assess their own activities through the examples, case-studies and resources across three key areas for action – Lives (health and safety), Livelihoods (jobs and income) and Learning (education and skills). Through these lenses, companies can identify practical actions to take across their core business activities, community investment programs and policy engagement, that support community rebuilding and resilience. The Framework was also designed to provide a focal point for discussing collaboration that might scale responses that can best address current and future social and economic challenges. This session is by invitation only for select All-Access pass holders. Speakers:

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Status: Accept | Danielle Martin, Senior Manager, Social and Economic Development, International Council on Mining and Metals Status: Accept | Tracy Bame, Director, Social Responsibility, Freeport-McMoRan

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Global Repercussions in Trade & Manufacturing

Strategic Dialogue | Global Finance & Trade September 22, 2020 (Tuesday) at 08:00 ET Session Length: 60 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: None Program Partner: None Session Description This Strategic Dialogue will convene international experts to discuss the future of the trade & manufacturing space. Global commerce is at an inflection point. The escalating U.S.-China trade tensions, driven by geopolitical strain between the world’s largest economies and a desire to increase U.S. domestic manufacturing, will continue to have a reverberating effect on global markets. The Covid-19 pandemic promises to add further complications to an already uncertain time for major global manufacturers, with physical distancing of particular concern. This session will be taking into account the geopolitical and public health concerns that call for innovation and adaptation. Speakers: Status: Accept | Antony Phillipson, HMTC North America, Department for International Trade Status: Accept | Aubrey Hruby, Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council Status: Accept | Fred Hochberg, Principal, Heyday Status: Accept | French Hill, Congressman, US House of Representatives Status: Accept | Huiyao Wang, Founder and President, Center for China and Globalization(CCG) Status: Accept | Joakim Reiter, Group External Affairs Director, Vodafone Group Status: Accept | Michelle Giuda, Executive Vice President, Geopolitical Strategy & Risk, Weber Shandwick Status: Accept | Nicholas Logothetis, Co-Founder & Chairman of the Board, Concordia

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Leadership in Global Health – Financing the Future

Strategic Dialogue | Global Finance & Trade September 22, 2020 (Tuesday) at 08:00 ET Session Length: 60 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: None Program Partner: The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Session Description This Strategic Dialogue will discuss the innovation agenda in the global fight against HIV, TB, and Malaria alongside COVID-19, and highlight the urgent need for a step change from the international community towards greater resource mobilization and leadership for social good and health security. Speakers: Status: Accept | Carlos Sanvee, Secretary General, World YMCA Status: Accept | Jennifer Lotito, President and COO, (Red) Status: Accept | Michael Froman, Vice Chairman and President, Strategic Growth, Mastercard Status: Accept | Monica Geingos, First Lady of the Republic of Namibia, Office of The President Status: Accept | Peter Lee, Corporate Vice President, Research & Incubation, Microsoft Status: Accept | Peter Matlare, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Absa Group Status: Accept | Peter Sands, Executive Director, The Global Fund to Fight Against AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

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Patron Member Roundtable: New Paradigms and Realignment in the Eastern Mediterranean

Patron Member Roundtable | Global Finance & Trade September 22, 2020 (Tuesday) at 08:00 ET Session Length: 60 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: APCO Worldwide Session Description Energy discoveries; new and emerging alliances; the fragile status of Libya; and evolving roles in regional stability are each helping to redefine the geopolitical fault lines for the Eastern Mediterranean. What does the current crisis in the Eastern Mediterranean mean for future EU-Turkey relations? What role is the US expected to play? How does strengthened cooperation between Greece-Egypt-Cyprus play out? And what will be the impact of new relations between the UAE, Bahrain and Israel? How will France’s increased involvement in East Mediterranean create new regional dynamics? This panel will bring together foreign policy and security experts, business executives, diplomats and political leaders to discuss the current crisis in the region and how de-escalation might lead to opportunity. This session is by invitation only for select All-Access pass holders. Speakers: Status: Accept | Ido Aharoni, Consul General, Albert Einstein Legacy Project

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Speaker Briefing: Building A Community Of Best Practice For WASH Impact To Deliver Health For All

Speaker Briefing | Global Finance & Trade September 22, 2020 (Tuesday) at 08:00 ET Session Length: 60 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: Wellbeing Foundation Africa Session Description As the leading agency on WASH and Maternal and Newborn health in Nigeria, the Wellbeing Foundation Africa (WBFA) leads strong frontline efforts to prevent disease transmission using sustainable methods tailored to the needs of our stakeholders in every community. In partnership with global organizations and initiatives including the World Health Organization and Global Water 2020, the Wellbeing Foundation devises and implements programs to inform our stakeholders on water quality guidelines; including on drinking-water, safe use of water, environmental cleanliness, and safe and effective water management. Now more than ever, our Comprehensive Community Health care approach is fundamental to building resilience to tackle COVID-19. This session is by invitation only for select All-Access pass holders. Speakers: Status: Accept | Toyin Ojora Saraki, Founder-President, The Wellbeing Foundation Africa

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The Power of Social Impact Investments for a Sustainable Future

Main Stage | Global Finance & Trade September 22, 2020 (Tuesday) at 09:00 ET Session Length: 20 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: Global Citizen Forum Session Description When nations open their doors to social impact investment programs, they are not only facilitating growth of their economy and attracting foreign direct investment (FDI), but they are giving their people the opportunity to contribute to building a more prosperous and sustainable future. Consequentially, investors around the world are becoming more and more optimistic about opting for global freedom and access because of the social impact that their investment has both within the community and globally. While the role of foreign direct investment is critical for all developing economies, the need to attract FDI takes on unique importance for smaller countries due to the size and structure of their economies. This session will further explore the dynamics of smaller economies that rely heavily on FDI and tourism for economic growth and how the COVID-19 pandemic signaled a renewed imperative for the international community to explore a wide range of impact investment tools and financing solutions to sustain social impact in these communities, and how their leaders look toward new avenues for socio-economic prosperity. Speakers: Status: Accept | Amina Mohamed, Minister of Sports, Heritage, and Culture, Republic of Kenya Status: Accept | Armand Arton, President, Arton Capital Status: Accept | Nouriel Roubini, Chairman, Roubini Macro Associates LLC Status: Accept | Timothy Harris, Prime Minister, Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis

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Recovering & Rebuilding, Through Digital Infrastructure

Main Stage | Global Finance & Trade September 22, 2020 (Tuesday) at 09:20 ET Session Length: 25 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: Vodafone Program Partner: (None) Session Description COVID-19 has demonstrated the necessity of digital infrastructure to our very lives. This conversation between Vodafone's Group External Affairs Director Joakim Reiter, Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary of the Ministry of ICT, Innovation, and Youth Affairs Joseph Mucheru, and the World Bank’s Director of Digital Development Boutheina Guermazi will focus on financing digital connectivity infrastructure within national and multinational recovery plans, exploring the role of innovative financing and regulatory reform to close the global digital investment gap for good. Speakers: Status: Accept | Boutheina Guermazi, Director Digital Development, Infrastructure Practice Group (GGI), The World Bank Group Status: Accept | Joakim Reiter, Group External Affairs Director, Vodafone Group Status: Accept | Joseph Mucheru, Kenyan Cabinet Secretary in the Ministry of Information and Communications, Former Google Sub-Sahara Africa Lead, Republic of Kenya

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Shaping our Global Future: Digital Cooperation for SDG Impact

Main Stage | Global Finance & Trade September 22, 2020 (Tuesday) at 09:50 ET Session Length: 25 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: The Digital Impact Alliance (DIAL) Session Description The digital development ecosystem has great potential but is not achieving the impact it needs, with fragmented funding, duplication of efforts, and a failure to leverage economies of scale and shared infrastructure across sectors. Governments recognize the benefits of a whole-of-government approach, and technology service providers are clear that sector-agnostic applications can reduce the overall cost and complexity of digital transformation. Digital donors have a key role to play in shaping digital development investments, markets, and innovations. Cooperation among donors, thematic sectors, and the private sector, through the lens of inclusion and justice, is critical. This panel will look at these issues in depth, touching on case studies and examples to bring to life a vision of cooperation for increased impact. Speakers: Status: Accept | Axel Klaphake, Director Economic and Social Development, Digitalisation, GIZ Status: Accept | Cecilia Scharp, Assistant Director General, Sida Status: Accept | Kate Wilson, Chief Executive Officer, Digital Impact Alliance Status: Accept | Liz Clyma, Director, Health Systems, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Status: Accept | Vyjayanti Desai, Practice Manager, World Bank Group

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The Future of Development Finance

Main Stage | Global Finance & Trade September 22, 2020 (Tuesday) at 10:15 ET Session Length: 15 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: U.S. International Development Finance Corporation and Yahoo! Finance Session Description This fireside chat with Adam Boehler, CEO of the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation, and public sector leadership from emerging markets, will dive into the latest trends shaping the global landscape of foreign direct investment. Speakers: Status: Accept | Edward Burrier, Executive Vice President of Strategy, U.S. International Development Finance Corporation Status: Accept | Julia La Roche, Reporter, Yahoo! Finance

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The Role of Finance in Building a More Equitable and Inclusive Society

Strategic Dialogue | Global Finance & Trade September 22, 2020 (Tuesday) at 10:30 ET Session Length: 75 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: Boston Consulting Group (BCG) Program Partner: (None) Session Description This Strategic Dialogue session seeks to explore the role of finance in building a more equitable and inclusive society. Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and Concordia see financial institutions, including banks, investors, and insurers, as uniquely positioned to accelerate progress towards social equity, stand up for diversity and inclusion, and innovate to transform the financial reality of underserved communities—ensuring an inclusive recovery that builds back better. Banks, insurers, and investors alike are facing tremendous pressure in our new reality. Their role in helping shape the recovery, specifically within the lens of diversity, inclusion, and access to opportunities and capital, will be fundamental in the development of the post-pandemic world. This conversation does not just seek to address what is happening now, but how these actors are playing a proactive role in what comes next; and ultimately how their approaches will inspire change. These efforts will not just drive a more inclusive recovery, they will also better ensure long-term strategic competitive advantage. Speakers: Status: Accept | Andrea Jung, President and CEO, Grameen America, Inc. Status: Accept | Gillian Tett, US Editor-at-Large, Chair of the Editorial Board, Financial Times - New York Bureau, Financial Times Status: Accept | Jay Collins, Vice Chairman, Corporate and Investment Banking, Citi Status: Accept | Rich Lesser, CEO, Boston Consulting Group

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A Whole of Society Agenda: Global Cooperation for National Digital Transformation

Strategic Dialogue | Global Finance & Trade September 22, 2020 (Tuesday) at 10:45 ET Session Length: 75 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: The Digital Impact Alliance (DIAL) Session Description This Strategic Dialogue will discuss three topics: the role that digital will play in rebuilding our societies and communities; how we bridge the financing gap; and - How we reform the regulatory and investment environment to make our investments work harder. Governments, businesses and the international community seem to agree on the importance of digital in rebuilding our societies and economies. This means investing in digital education, digital services and digital infrastructure. However, there is a perpetual digital infrastructure investment gap across both Europe and Africa. In its recovery plan, the European Commission has estimated an annual gap of €42bn for digital infrastructure across Europe. And in Africa, to provide high quality affordable internet to everyone by 2030 requires $109 billion in extra investment, according to the UN Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development. Speakers: Status: Accept | Björn Richter, Head, GIZ Sector Programme Development, GIZ Status: Accept | Claudia Juech, CEO, Cloudera Foundation Status: Accept | Didier Nkurikiyimfura, Director of Technology and Innovation, Smart Africa Secretariat Status: Accept | Erik Arnold, CTO, Tech for Social Impact, Microsoft Status: Accept | Katherine Getao, Board Member, ICT Authority of Kenya Status: Accept | Kerstin Jonsson Cissé, Head of Unit, Sida Status: Accept | Laura McDonald, Senior Director, Insights & Impacts, Digital Impact Alliance Status: Accept | Robert Opp, Chief Digital Officer, United Nations Development Programme

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Next Step Networking: Global Finance & Trade

Next Step Networking | Global Finance & Trade September 22, 2020 (Tuesday) at 11:00 ET Session Length: 45 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: (None) Session Description This engaging opportunity is a discussion, open to everyone on the platform, after all primary Main Stage programming. These sessions are intended to allow attendees to identify or suggest next steps they, others, or Concordia can take to advance the given topic. This session will follow the Global Finance & Trade programming block, and will give the audience, in an informal manner, an opportunity to share their thoughts on next step’s regarding the role of international finance and trade in adapting to the new realities. Speakers: Status: Accept | Hanne Dalmut, Senior Director of Partnership Development, Concordia

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Patron Member Roundtable: Changing the Paradigm of Neurorehabilitation & Neurotherapeutics: Unlocking the Potential of Modern Science & Medical Technology

Patron Member Roundtable | Global Finance & Trade September 22, 2020 (Tuesday) at 12:00 ET Session Length: 60 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: (None) Session Description We are on the doorstep of a quantum leap forward in the treatment of brain-based injuries, diseases, and disorders. In fact, the revolution is already well underway. Our understanding has advanced as science continues to connect the dots—even the ones previously unseen—in the human brain and nervous system. The impossible has become possible due to advances in medical imaging, supercomputing, shared knowledge, and the integration of systems permitting faster analysis of medical informatics and literature. Now, many of the tools we already had can be applied in new, different, and exciting ways. How can the use of research-based diagnostic and treatment methodologies designed to address brain and neurological dysfunction or disease in children and adults become the standard for treatment, improving outcomes for patients, and advancing our knowledge of the brain by 50 years in the next 5 years. This session is by invitation only for select All-Access pass holders. Speakers: Status: Accept | Victor Pedro, Chief Innovation Officer, International Institute for the Brain

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Community Discussion: Activating the Power of a Girl

Community Discussion | Equality, Equity & Human Rights September 22, 2020 (Tuesday) at 12:00 ET Session Length: 60 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: Power to Girls Session Description Power to Girls is a leader in women and girls empowerment, support gender equality through targeted activities in underserved communities across Africa. This Community Discussion, featuring 3 inspiring women who've worked with Power to Girls, for a conversation on what's changing -- and what's not -- in the space of gender empowerment and where partnerships can lead to change at the individual, local, and national level. Speakers: Status: Accept | Eyitemi Popo, Founder , Girls Trip Tours

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Barbara Humpton in Conversation

Main Stage | Keynote Town Hall September 22, 2020 (Tuesday) at 13:00 ET Session Length: 20 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: (None) Session Description President and CEO of Siemens USA, Barbara Humpton, shares her perspectives on the latest trends in environmental sustainability, supply chain management, and technological innovation in conversation. Speakers: Status: Accept | Barbara Humpton, President and CEO, Siemens Corporation Status: Accept | Gerard Baker, Editor at Large, The Wall Street Journal, The Wall Street Journal

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David Rubenstein on the Attributes of Successful Leaders

Main Stage | Keynote Town Hall September 22, 2020 (Tuesday) at 13:20 ET Session Length: 20 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: (None) Session Description David Rubenstein will share his insights into politics and the economy. Speakers: Status: Accept | David Rubenstein, Co-Founder & Co-Executive Chairman, The Carlyle Group Status: Accept | Stephanie Ruhle, Senior Business Correspondent, NBC News

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Business Leaders on the Front Lines of Confronting Injustice and Racism

Main Stage | Equality, Equity & Human Rights September 22, 2020 (Tuesday) at 13:40 ET Session Length: 20 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: (None) Session Description Business leaders must confront inequalities and injustices within their own organizations, stand up for all of their employees, and more broadly consider their role in tackling societal injustices. This session will explore the imperative for corporations to address systemic racism and injustice in America and abroad, drawing on the perspectives of corporate leaders who have years of experience in reckoning with these questions Speakers: Status: Accept | Brad Smith, President, Microsoft Corporation Status: Accept | Jim Lowry, Senior Advisor, Boston Consulting Group

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Healthy People, Healthy Markets: Strategic Public Private Partnership Delivering Results

Main Stage | Equality, Equity & Human Rights September 22, 2020 (Tuesday) at 14:00 ET Session Length: 20 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: (None) Session Description When women and girls are empowered with agency, access to resources, information and services, and the ability to participate in charting their own course, there are benefits not only to the woman, but also to her family and society. The economic empowerment of women and girls is a tool for improving overall health and wellbeing and drives financial returns to individuals and communities and promotes more equitable opportunities for all. In the inverse, ensuring women and girls have access to health services further contributes to their ability to fully participate in the economy. Public-private partnerships (PPPs) can be catalysts for promoting the health and well-being of women and girls. Partnerships like Go Further serve as important example of how the strategic coupling of women and adolescent girl’s health with economic empowerment and capacity building has resulted in stronger societies across Africa, according to both economic and health indicators. This panel will discuss the results achieved through Go Further and how the synergistic contributions of multiple stakeholders, including the private sector, government, and the community, drive results and promote sustainable programs. Speakers: Status: Accept | Carmen Villar, Vice President, Social Business Innovation, Merck & Co., Inc. Status: Accept | Deborah Birx, Coordinator of the United States Government Activities to Combat HIV/AIDS and U.S. Special Representative for Global Health Diplomacy, U.S. Dept of State Status: Accept | Holly Kuzmich, Executive Director, George W. Bush Institute Status: Accept | Shannon Hader, Deputy Executive Director, Programme, UNAIDS Status: Accept | Sharon Kapambwe, Assistant Director Cancer Control, Ministry of Health

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The Case for a Gendered Response to COVID-19

Main Stage | Equality, Equity & Human Rights September 22, 2020 (Tuesday) at 14:20 ET Session Length: 25 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: CARE USA, Colgate-Palmolive, PepsiCo Session Description COVID-19 is deeply affecting communities worldwide, while also intensifying existing challenges. COVID-19 and its impacts have amplified social, economic, political, and historical inequalities, both domestically and internationally, especially for communities that already suffered from poverty and discrimination. While COVID-19 affects everyone, it is not equally so. Women and girls face unique challenges, such as the burden of caring for the sick and out-of-school children, higher risk of infection, and susceptibility to the economic impact of COVID-19. Research shows that women themselves are reporting more, deeper, and longer-lasting impacts from COVID-19 than men are, especially around livelihoods, food and access to services. Almost every country and context is reporting rises in gender based violence. Without accounting for the differing experiences of women, and especially women in BIPOC communities in the US, an effective response would not be possible. This pandemic is a global challenge, and our response must include efforts to safeguard vulnerable populations around the world. How do we ensure that women are not forgotten in relief efforts? This plenary will bring together diverse stakeholders, including those from the private sector and the NGO community. We will dig deeper into why we must ensure that decision-making bodies are gender-balanced and inclusive, and steps all actors can take to address the problem. CARE will unveil new research that shows women’s experiences and priorities in their own voices across 40 countries, and their priorities for responding to COVID-19.” Indeed, the intersection of COVID-19 and gender should be considered in every step of response and recovery. Speakers: Status: Accept | Anne-Marie Motte, Vice President, Global Personal Care & Home Care, Colgate-Palmolive Status: Accept | Jenna Daugherty, DVP, Global Citizenship & Sustainability; VP, Abbott Fund, Abbott Status: Accept | Marcos Neto, UNDP SDG Finance Sector Hub Director, UNDP Status: Accept | Michelle Nunn, President and CEO, CARE USA Status: Accept | Tina Bigalke, Global Chief Diversity and Engagement Officer, PepsiCo

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Lightning Interview: The State of Global Education

Main Stage | Equality, Equity & Human Rights September 22, 2020 (Tuesday) at 14:45 ET Session Length: 5 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: (None) Session Description Get the top line challenges and opportunities in global education from Wendy Kopp and Patrick Awuah. Speakers: Status: Accept | Patrick Awuah Jr., President and Founder, Ashesi University Status: Accept | Wendy Kopp, CEO & Co-Founder, Teach for All

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Catalyzing the Change We Need Now

Main Stage | Equality, Equity & Human Rights September 22, 2020 (Tuesday) at 14:50 ET Session Length: 15 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: The Rockefeller Foundation and Yahoo! Finance Session Description The scale of global challenge to drive a more equitable recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic and meet the Sustainable Development Goals over the next decade requires new types of financing and engagement tools. The Rockefeller Foundation, a 107-year old leading global philanthropic institution known for convening unlikely partnerships and sparking innovations for transformative change, wants to build and scale up investment in those tools. From expanding access to reliable, distributive renewable energy for communities across India to addressing drought in California through reforestation, traditional philanthropy and government-issued grants must be joined by other blended private financing sources. Join The Rockefeller Foundation’s President Dr. Rajiv Shah in a special discussion on the opportunities and limitations that global philanthropic institutions face, and for the launch of a new way forward. Speakers: Status: Accept | Andy Serwer, Editor in Chief, Verizon Media/Yahoo Finance Status: Accept | Rajiv Shah, President, The Rockefeller Foundation

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Stronger Collaborations For Better Health And Wellbeing

Main Stage | Equality, Equity & Human Rights September 22, 2020 (Tuesday) at 15:05 ET Session Length: 15 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: Wellbeing Foundation Africa Session Description Collaboration is the new competition. Nowhere is this more evident as well as necessary than in the healthcare and wellbeing community. Innovation and technology have only strengthened collaborations within the healthcare sector given this, it is crucial that key stakeholders continue to build on this momentum to create the collaborative conducive environments. Speakers: Status: Accept | Chinny Ogunro, CEO, WellSpring Health Status: Accept | Toyin Ojora Saraki, Founder-President, The Wellbeing Foundation Africa

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The Long Road to Democracy in South Sudan

Main Stage | Equality, Equity & Human Rights September 22, 2020 (Tuesday) at 15:20 ET Session Length: 10 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: (None) Session Description Hear from human rights advocate Peter Biar Ajak on his recent imprisonment and release from prison and his views on the path forward and toward democracy in South Sudan. Speakers: Status: Accept | Peter Ajak, Founder & Director, Center for Strategic Analysis & Research, Atlantic Council Status: Accept | Walla Elsheikh, Co-Founder & CEO, Birthright AFRICA

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Ensuring Access to Education as a Human Right

Main Stage | Equality, Equity & Human Rights September 22, 2020 (Tuesday) at 15:30 ET Session Length: 15 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: (None) Session Description Increasing access to education around the world comes with a litany of challenges. A bold cause with significant cultural, political and organizational barriers to overcome, there is nobody better prepared to tackle the issue of access to education than John Sexton. As President of New York University from 2002-2015, Sexton masterminded its emergence as the “Global Network University”, with campuses opening in Abu Dhabi and Shanghai, and portal sites in 12 other locations. Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board of Concordia, Nicholas Logothetis, sits down with Mr. Sexton to discuss the pathway to a more fair and equitable society through education. Speakers: Status: Accept | John Sexton, President Emeritus, New York University Status: Accept | Nicholas Logothetis, Co-Founder & Chairman of the Board, Concordia

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Fixing Systems, Financing Solutions

Strategic Dialogue | Equality, Equity & Human Rights September 22, 2020 (Tuesday) at 15:45 ET Session Length: 75 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: (None) Session Description This Strategic Dialogue will explore partnership opportunities that strengthen policy and processes underpinning gender lens investment around the world. Pursuing a gender lens investment strategy to level the investment and capacity gap in female entrepreneurs around the world stands to expand our global GDP by $12 trillion USD whilst also delivering immense social benefit. The dialogue will convene global leaders in the investment space to discuss promising approaches and strategies, the role of investors and policy makers in moving capital, and the opportunities in a post-COVID world to mainstream gender lens investment. It seeks to support and incentivize high impact organizations that perform gender lens investment as well as enhance prioritization towards funding of resiliency mechanisms that support female-led businesses during COVID-19. Speakers: Status: Accept | C.D. Glin, President and CEO, U.S. African Development Foundation Status: Accept | Carmen Correa, COO, Pro Mujer Status: Accept | Charity Wallace, Managing Director, Global Women's Issues and Senior Advisor to the CEO, U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) Status: Accept | Maria Cavalcanti, President and CEO, Pro Mujer Status: Accept | Mary Ellen Iskenderian, President & CEO, Women’s World Banking Status: Accept | Ruth Shaber, President, Tara Health Foundation Status: Accept | Thelma Ekiyor, Managing Partner, SME.NG

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Next Step Networking: Equality, Equity & Human Rights

Next Step Networking | Equality, Equity & Human Rights September 22, 2020 (Tuesday) at 15:45 ET Session Length: 45 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: (None) Session Description This engaging opportunity is a discussion, open to everyone on the platform, after all primary Main Stage programming. These sessions are intended to allow attendees to identify or suggest next steps they, others, or Concordia can take to advance the given topic. This session will follow the Equality, Equity & Human Rights programming block, and will give the audience, in an informal manner, an opportunity to share their thoughts on the next step’s needed to address systemic racism, implicit biases and gender inequality both in the U.S. and abroad. Speakers: Status: Accept | Gabriel Barrientos, Partnership Development Manager, Concordia

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Fresh Takes: Equality, Equity & Human Rights

Fresh Takes with Future Leaders | Equality, Equity & Human Rights September 22, 2020 (Tuesday) at 15:45 ET Session Length: 45 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: (None) Session Description Following each block of Mainstage programming will be a 45 minute interactive conversation to get real-time reactions, critiques, and rebuttals from today’s young leaders on how they heard the mainstage sessions. It will provide an opportunity for young people to share their reactions around how world leaders and global organizations are addressing today’s challenges. How does what they heard reflect their reality? Did it challenge a preconceived way of thinking? What might we be missing? Through these discussions we’ll facilitate much-needed intergenerational dialogue that will pave the way for meaningful change. Speakers: Status: Accept | Feraye Ozfescioglu, Chief Executive Officer, World Humanitarian Forum Status: Accept | Janti Soeripto, President and CEO, Save the Children Status: Accept | Maryam Ahmed, Youth Ambassador, Save the Children International Status: Accept | Teton Saltes, Student Ambassador, Save the Children Action Network

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Designing More Sustainable Financing Approaches Strategic Dialogue | Equality, Equity & Human Rights September 22, 2020 (Tuesday) at 16:00 ET Session Length: 60 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (none) Program Partner: Rockefeller Foundation Session Description Following earlier announcements on the Mainstage, this Strategic Dialogue will convene leaders and strategists at the forefront of shaping the global development financing field for a discussion on new financing tools and opportunities that better support sustainable impact at scale. Hear about the strategic transformations underway and the opportunities for collaboration that they create. Speakers: Status: Accept | Alix Zwane, Chief Executive Officer, Global Innovation Fund Status: Accept | Justin Winters, Co-Founder & Executive Director, One Earth Status: Accept | Kwasi Donkor, Chief Strategy Officer, U.S. African Development Foundation Status: Accept | Maria Santos-Valentin, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, The Rockefeller Foundation Status: Accept | Naina Subberwal Batra, CEO and Chairperson, AVPN Status: Accept | Porter Delaney, Founding Partner, Kyle House Group Status: Accept | Sean Gilbert, Director of Membership, Global Impact Investing Network Status: Accept | Zachary Knight, Co-Founder & CEO, Blue Forest Conservation

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Patron Member Roundtable: Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the Developing World: Exploring Platforms for Lasting Prosperity

Patron Member Roundtable | Equality, Equity & Human Rights September 22, 2020 (Tuesday) at 16:00 ET Session Length: 60 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: Honduras Próspera Session Description Attracting foreign investment in underperforming economies has always been a challenge. Honduras was no exception, but they took action, changing their constitution to allow for the creation of special economic zones with the legal and regulatory autonomy required to attract foreign capital and create jobs for Hondurans. Hear from the Honduran visionaries who pressed for systemic change, as well as from Honduras Prospera, the private sector organizers of the first Honduran ZEDE (Zone of Economic Development and Employment), now underway on the island of Roatan. Join a spirited discussion as platforms for prosperity are proposed, critiqued and re-imagined. Do your part to help shape a new reality for economic revitalization and job creation in the developing world. This session is by invitation only for select All-Access pass holders. Speakers: Status: Accept | Thomas Murcott, Executive Director, Honduras Próspera

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Community Discussion: Recentering Voices: The Importance of New Ideas and New Leaders for the Future of our Democracy

Community Discussion | Equality, Equity & Human Rights September 22, 2020 (Tuesday) at 16:00 ET Session Length: 60 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: New Leaders Council Session Description We know that those closest to the problem are closest to the solution. But for far too long, participation at the highest levels of our democracy have all looked the same. Whether through the lens of gender, race, age or profession, our decision makers have been fairly homogenous. But for our democracy to thrive and for our communities to be able to serve all of their citizens, we need new leadership with unique perspectives, backgrounds, and knowledge sets; leaders who are more representative of the country and our communities. Led by New Leaders Council, the nation’s largest training organization for Millennial cross-sector leaders, this discussion will explore the need for diversity of identity, industry, and issue areas to find long-lasting solutions that improve our communities, our country and the world. Speakers: (None)

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Patron Member Roundtable: The New Normal: (Re)building Healthcare Systems

Patron Member Roundtable | Sports, Arts, & Education: Levers of Growth & Diplomacy September 23, 2020 (Wednesday) at 08:00 ET Session Length: 60 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: Women Political Leaders Session Description The ongoing global pandemic has not only changed our collective economic, social and political systems in permanent ways, but has inadvertently highlighted the defining issue undermining global health infrastructure: inequality. Women represent 70% of the global health workforce, spearheading the fight against COVID-19 on multiple levels and frontlines - yet women make up only only 25% of global health leadership, and 13% of the healthcare sector’s C-suite. In addition to undermining gender parity and equality, the lack of women in these decision-making structures weakens the effectiveness of public health systems, undermines global progress towards UHC, and cheats the global health sector from female talent, ideas and expertise. The role and status of women amid a global pandemic is critical on multiple fronts - as doctors, nurses, caregivers, policymakers, and first responders - women are making crucial initial decisions in COVID-19 response and global health systems, and they must be empowered and protected accordingly. Increasing the number of female leaders, in both politics and healthcare systems/industries, is an essential component of strengthening global health and crisis resilience. If given a seat at the decision-making table, women globally will be a force for not just pandemic response and recovery, but stronger health preparedness, resilience, and coverage in the future. This session is by invitation only for select All-Access pass holders. Speakers: Status: Accept | Toyin Ojora Saraki, Founder-President, The Wellbeing Foundation Africa

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Patron Member Roundtable: Young People as Problem Solvers Not Makers: Youth Leading Global Responses to Covid-19 and Beyond

Patron Member Roundtable | Sports, Arts, & Education: Levers of Growth & Diplomacy September 23, 2020 (Wednesday) at 08:00 ET Session Length: 60 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: World YMCA Session Description It took several months for Covid-19 to be seen as a threat to the physical, emotional and economic wellbeing of young people (traditionally those aged 15-24). 1 in 6 young people globally have become unemployed since the beginning of the pandemic; loneliness and uncertainty have unleashed a wave of mental health issues for young people; nearly 90% of the student population have been affected by school closures. Young people are consistently overlooked: their challenges are easily relegated behind those of the very young and the fully adult; and the ways they meet society’s challenges are largely unseen and unappreciated. As well as playing a key role in Covid response, they are leading global charges to address three great divides fracturing society: the divides between self and climate (they are the loudest campaigners to address climate change); between self and society (they are the loudest campaigners against racial and other forms of injustice and inequality); and between self and self (they are some of the loudest advocates of developing a spiritual nature to inform a societal nature). This roundtable will discuss how to bring young people centre stage in policy-making, and human and financial investment. It will share experience on young people as problem-solvers and as dynamic agents of social change. Its outcomes can inform advocacy and action the world over. In seeking to change attitudes towards young people and empowering them to bring about change for the better, the World YMCA will introduce its own findings, focusing on the good news about young people. Others are invited to follow suit. This session is by invitation only for select All-Access pass holders. Speakers: Status: Accept | DJ Forza, Director of Partnerships & Collaboration, World YMCA

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Community Discussion: Unlocking Sustained Outcomes with a ''People-First Approach" to Development

Community Discussion | Sports, Arts, & Education: Levers of Growth & Diplomacy September 23, 2020 (Wednesday) at 08:00 ET Session Length: 60 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: Teach for All Session Description This discussion will explore the global development community’s need to take bold steps towards adopting a “people-first” approach, in an effort to achieve sustainable outcomes and impact. It also aims to strengthen and expand the group of cross-sector stakeholders (e.g. donors, governments, researchers, and practitioners) exploring this approach and discussing the opportunities, challenges and actions required to live into this new paradigm for development. Your participation in this evolving effort will be invaluable. Speakers: (None)

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Community Discussion: New Digital Business Models and the Application of Open Innovation

Community Discussion | Technology & Workforce Development September 23, 2020 (Wednesday) at 08:00 ET Session Length: 60 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: Cooi Studios Session Description In today’s business world, the disruption experienced by large enterprises is not limited to that caused by a fast-growing start-up or emerging technology. We have seen that a pandemic can be a large enterprise’s biggest disruptor. This discussion will elevate how businesses that will survive disruption and thrive in the digital age will need to fundamentally change the way they identify, develop and launch new business ventures as well as to enhance their strategic toolkit - build, buy, partner, invest or incubate. Speakers: (None)

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Remarks from Minister Mamadou Tangara

Main Stage | Sports, Arts, & Education: Levers of Growth & Diplomacy September 23, 2020 (Wednesday) at 08:55 ET Session Length: 5 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: (None) Session Description (None) Speakers: Status: Accept | Mamadou Tangara, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Gambia

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Saray Khumalo on Perseverance

Main Stage | Sports, Arts, & Education: Levers of Growth & Diplomacy September 23, 2020 (Wednesday) at 09:00 ET Session Length: 10 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: (None) Session Description Start your day off with insights on perseverance and resilience from Saray Khumalo, the first black African woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest. Speakers: Status: Accept | Chris Curtin, Former Marketing Executive, Visa, HP, and Disney Status: Accept | Saray Khumalo, Explorer & Mountaineer

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Samuel Eto'o & Dikembe Mutombo in Conversation

Main Stage | Sports, Arts, & Education: Levers of Growth & Diplomacy September 23, 2020 (Wednesday) at 09:10 ET Session Length: 15 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: (None) Session Description Join these two sports legends for an intimate fireside chat on their careers, their work supporting their communities, and their drive to bring change to the world. Speakers: Status: Accept | Dikembe Mutombo, Chairman and President, Dikembe Mutombo Foundation Status: Accept | Samuel Eto'o Fils, Founder, Samuel Eto'o Foundation

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The Power of a Smile

Main Stage | Sports, Arts, & Education: Levers of Growth & Diplomacy September 23, 2020 (Wednesday) at 09:25 ET Session Length: 15 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: Smile Train Session Description In some regions around the world, there is a lack of education regarding cleft lip and palate, which has led to a stigmatisation around those who are born with the condition. In response to this global issue, Smile Train has built and grown a sustainable model for cleft care, changing the lives of over 1.5 million cleft patients in more than 90 countries and providing training, funding and resources to local doctors and medical professionals in over 85 developing countries to strengthen health systems within their communities. Hear from Smile Train CEO & President, Susuannah Schaeffer, on Smile Train's "teach a man to fish" philosophy and how its sustainable approach and model has endured in the face of a global pandemic. Susannah will also be joined by 2 Smile Train ambassadors: Kenyan Drake, Running Back for the Arizona Cardinals, and Cheslie Krystie, Miss USA 2019, to share how the organization's impact and mission has inspired them and how they're helping to create smiles all over the globe. Speakers: Status: Accept | Cheslie Kryst, Miss USA 2019 & Correspondent, ExtraTV Status: Accept | Kenyan Drake, Running Back, Arizona Cardinals, National Football League Status: Accept | Susannah Schaefer, President and CEO, Smile Train

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Herbie Hancock & Irina Bokova In Conversation

Main Stage | Sports, Arts, & Education: Levers of Growth & Diplomacy September 23, 2020 (Wednesday) at 09:40 ET Session Length: 20 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: (None) Session Description Join music legend Herbie Hancock and champion of the arts Irinia Bokova for an enthralling conversation on creativity, arts diplomacy, and what might come next in the creative industry. Speakers: Status: Accept | Herbie Hancock, Chairman Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz, Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz Status: Accept | Irina Bokova, Former Director General of UNESCO

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New Approaches to Supporting Vulnerable Children during a Pandemic

Main Stage | Sports, Arts, & Education: Levers of Growth & Diplomacy September 23, 2020 (Wednesday) at 10:00 ET Session Length: 5 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: (None) Session Description Last year, Concordia attendees met Basma – a new Muppet from Ahlan Simsim, the local adaptation of Sesame Street for children across the Middle East – for the very first time. Now, one year later, watch Basma come to life onscreen in Ahlan Simsim and hear how Sesame Workshop has created comfort and normalcy for children experiencing extreme disruption. Speakers: Status: Accept | Sherrie Westin, President, Social Impact & Philanthropy, Sesame Workshop

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Coming Together in a Post-COVID World: The Power of Technology in Refugee Education

Main Stage | Sports, Arts, & Education: Levers of Growth & Diplomacy September 23, 2020 (Wednesday) at 10:05 ET Session Length: 25 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: UNHCR, Microsoft, Vodafone Foundation & Foreign Policy Session Description The COVID-19 pandemic has greatly underscored the importance of technology and connectivity in today’s world but has also revealed the disparities in access to those benefits, and the damaging impact those disparities can have in the area of education. COVID-19 has exposed the fault lines which will need to be addressed if SDG4 (Quality Education) is to be realized. This session will explore how COVID-19 has affected the delivery of programmes aimed at ensuring access to education for displaced children and youth, the role of private sector partnerships focused on connected education, and what lessons can be drawn from the pandemic to inform future responses in the area of education. It will highlight the obstacles facing refugees in their attempts to access quality education and how those have been exacerbated by the pandemic and the resulting socio-economic impact, and explore the crucial role of the private sector in helping overcome those challenges to ensure displaced youth can continue to learn and benefit from advances in technology and connectivity. The session will also showcase how potential corporate partners can mobilize support from financial investment through to sustainable investments in infrastructure, connectivity, hardware, training and digital job creation. Representing different but complementary voices on these matters, session speakers will show how and why forcibly displaced persons must be supported in their education journey so that they can develop their skills and contribute their potential in the post-COVID world. Now is the time to scale up those efforts – not only to fix the damage wrought by the coronavirus on education worldwide, but also to have a real and lasting positive impact on the lives of millions of vulnerable children and youth in displaced communities around the world. Speakers:

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Status: Accept | Allison Carlson, Managing Director, FP Analytics Status: Accept | Kate Behncken, Vice President and Lead of Microsoft Philanthropies, Microsoft Corporation Status: Accept | Kelly T. Clements, Deputy High Commissioner, UNHCR Status: Accept | Patricia Ithau, Regional Director East Africa, Stanford Seed Stanford Institute for Innovation in Developing Economies - Seed

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Beyond Competition: Athletes as Champions of Social Change

Main Stage | Sports, Arts, & Education: Levers of Growth & Diplomacy September 23, 2020 (Wednesday) at 10:30 ET Session Length: 25 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: Laureus Sport for Good Session Description Over the last two decades, Laureus Sport for Good, a global organization that uses sport to end violence, discrimination and disadvantage in young people’s lives, has impacted the lives of six million children and young people. Its first Patron, Nelson Mandela, made his famous speech in May 2000, affirming sport’s power to change the world. From that day, President Mandela’s powerful vision has become the philosophy of Laureus Sport for Good and the driving force behind its work. Laureus Chief Executive Adam Fraser will be joined by Missy Franklin, Michael Johnson, and Chris Paul for a discussion on their long-term support of Laureus and the social causes to which they have passionately committed as activists and humanitarians. Speakers: Status: Accept | Adam Fraser, CEO, Laureus Sport For Good Status: Accept | Chris Paul, Point Guard, Oklahoma City Thunder, National Basketball Association (NBA) Status: Accept | Michael Johnson, Olympic Sprinter & Founder, Michael Johnson Performance Status: Accept | Missy Franklin Johnson, Five-Time Olympic Gold Medalist (Retired), United States

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Practicalities of Partnership Building

Strategic Dialogue | Sports, Arts, & Education: Levers of Growth & Diplomacy September 23, 2020 (Wednesday) at 10:45 ET Session Length: 75 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: P3 Impact Award, University of Virginia Darden School, and the U.S. Department of State Office of Global Partnerships Session Description This Strategic Dialogue is the public presentation and final evaluation of the five 2020 P3 Impact Award Finalists, and connects trends and partnering best practices to tangible global partnerships delivering impact around the world. The P3 Impact Award was created by Concordia, the University of Virginia Darden School Institute for Business in Society, and the U.S. Department of State’s Office of Global Partnerships to recognize and honor leading public-private partnerships (P3s) that improve communities and the world. Speakers: Status: Accept | Abraham Leno, Executive Director, Eastern Congo Initiative Status: Accept | Christopher Schwabe, President & CEO, Medical Care Development Inc. (MCD) Status: Accept | Constance Tzioumis, Director for Partnerships, U.S. Department of State's Office of Global Partnerships Status: Accept | Dan Vermeer, Professor, Duke University Status: Accept | Hanne Dalmut, Senior Director of Partnership Development, Concordia Status: Accept | Joanne Sonenshine, Founder & CEO, Connective Impact Status: Accept | Katherine Neebe, Chief Sustainability Officer, VP National Engagement & Strategy, President of the Duke Energy Foundation, Duke Energy Status: Accept | Mary Margaret Frank, Senior Associate Dean, University of Virginia - Darden School of Business Status: Accept | Oksana Movchan, Deputy Head, National Health Service of Ukraine Status: Accept | Paloma Adams Allen, President and CEO, Inter-American Foundation Status: Accept | Patrick Emery, Vice President, Asia & Ethiopia, SightLife Status: Accept | Sherrie Westin, President, Social Impact & Philanthropy, Sesame Workshop

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Supporting Children in the Middle East

Main Stage | Sports, Arts, & Education: Levers of Growth & Diplomacy September 23, 2020 (Wednesday) at 10:55 ET Session Length: 5 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: (None) Session Description Remarks from Concordia Leadership Council Member HRH Prince Abdulaziz Bin Talal Al Saud on efforts to support vulnerable children in the Middle East and around the world. Speakers: Status: Accept | Prince Abdulaziz Bin Talal Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud, Chairman, Arab Council for Childhood & Development

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Next Step Networking: Sports, Arts & Education

Next Step Networking | Sports, Arts, & Education: Levers of Growth & Diplomacy September 23, 2020 (Wednesday) at 11:00 ET Session Length: 45 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: (None) Session Description This engaging opportunity is a discussion, open to everyone on the platform, after all primary Main Stage programming. These sessions are intended to allow attendees to identify or suggest next steps they, others, or Concordia can take to advance the given topic. This session will follow the Sports, Arts & Education programming block, and will give the audience, in an informal manner, an opportunity to share their thoughts on the next step’s needed to utilize sports, arts and education to build back stronger following the new reality. Speakers: Status: Accept | Matthew Swift, Co-Founder, Chairman & CEO, Concordia

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Fresh Takes: Sports, Arts & Education

Fresh Takes with Future Leaders | Sports, Arts, & Education: Levers of Growth & Diplomacy September 23, 2020 (Wednesday) at 11:00 ET Session Length: 45 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: (None) Session Description Following each block of Mainstage programming will be a 45 minute interactive conversation to get real-time reactions, critiques, and rebuttals from today’s young leaders on how they heard the mainstage sessions. It will provide an opportunity for young people to share their reactions around how world leaders and global organizations are addressing today’s challenges. How does what they heard reflect their reality? Did it challenge a preconceived way of thinking? What might we be missing? Through these discussions we’ll facilitate much-needed intergenerational dialogue that will pave the way for meaningful change. Speakers: Status: Accept | Elvis Nshimba, Community Impact Coach, Malaika

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Speaker Briefing: In Conversation: Shalev Hulio and Cherie Blair CBE QC on Human Rights and Balancing Competing Interests in the Surveillance Sector

Speaker Briefing | Sports, Arts, & Education: Levers of Growth & Diplomacy September 23, 2020 (Wednesday) at 11:00 ET Session Length: 60 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: Omnia Strategy LLP Session Description NSO Group CEO Shalev Hulio and Omnia Strategy Chair Cherie Blair CBE QC lead a discussion on the tension between potentially competing interests: state activities and technologies that protect human dignity through counter-terrorism and other major crimes, and individual rights to privacy and free expression. Technologies allow states and state agencies to engage in a wide range of surveillance activities intended for the public good, including thwarting acts of terrorism and other significant crimes, as well as supporting public health. Yet those same technologies can be abused and invade privacy rights, inhibit freedom of expression, and target human rights defenders, journalists, and others. The dialogue will explore these dilemmas, and consider the standards and best practices that help navigate these competing interests in a manner respectful of human rights. This session is by invitation only for select All-Access pass holders. Speakers: Status: Accept | Cherie Blair, Co-Founder and Chair, Omnia Strategy LLP Status: Accept | Shalev Hulio, Co-founder & CEO of NSO Group, NSO Group

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Patron Member Roundtable: Navigating Global Supply Chain Challenges in the New Dynamic: Opportunities for Innovation in Cross-Border Partnership and Collaboration

Patron Member Roundtable | Sports, Arts, & Education: Levers of Growth & Diplomacy September 23, 2020 (Wednesday) at 12:00 ET Session Length: 60 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: Dentons Session Description The economic, public health, and logistics impacts of COVID-19 have placed a tremendous strain on the global supply chain. The corresponding historic challenges for the government, business, and nonprofit sectors have given rise to a new dynamic in which innovative cross-border partnership and collaboration is required to foster supply chain resilience and usher in a new era of international trade and supply chain management best practices and protocols. Join representatives from host Dentons, the world’s largest law firm, along with leading subject matter experts from the public and private sectors, for a roundtable discussion and analysis of global supply chain challenges during the pandemic, and the corresponding opportunities presented for governments, businesses, and nonprofits to partner in navigating this new dynamic. This session is by invitation only for select All-Access pass holders. Speakers: Status: Accept | Jeffrey Haidet, Chairman, Dentons US, Dentons

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Speaker Briefing: In Conversation with Patrick Awuah & Wendy Kopp: The Effects of COVID-19 on International Learning

Speaker Briefing | Sports, Arts, & Education: Levers of Growth & Diplomacy September 23, 2020 (Wednesday) at 12:00 ET Session Length: 30 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: Ashesi University Session Description COVID-19 has transformed global learning and uprooted international students around the world. This conversation with Patrick Awuah, Founder and President of Ashesi University and Wendy Kopp, CEO & Co-Founder of Teach for All, will bring together interested parties to discuss the way forward for international learning and exchange along with best practices for staying mission-focused while navigating impacts to travel, logistics and finances in the aftermath of an interruption like COVID. This session is by invitation only for select All-Access pass holders. Speakers: Status: Accept | Patrick Awuah Jr., President and Founder, Ashesi University Status: Accept | Wendy Kopp, CEO & Co-Founder, Teach for All

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Community Discussion: Technology Innovation for Health Security and Pandemics

Community Discussion | Technology & Workforce Development September 23, 2020 (Wednesday) at 12:00 ET Session Length: 45 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: MIT Solve Session Description Join MIT Solve and its Health, Security, and Pandemics Challenge leadership group for a discussion on key opportunities for tech innovation to build a more robust & inclusive global public health infrastructure, and address current and future pandemics. Speakers: (None)

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Can the 2022 World Cup Unify a Post Covid-19 World?

Main Stage | Keynote Town Hall September 23, 2020 (Wednesday) at 13:00 ET Session Length: 20 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: (None) Session Description Over 1.1 billion people watched the World Cup 2018, making it truly the world's sport. Hear from World Cup 2022 officials about the challenges it navigates with regard to COVID-19, and how Qatar is working through social challenges that have marred its bid to host. Speakers: Status: Accept | Hassan Al Thawadi, Chairman, 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar Status: Accept | Ian Bremmer, President, Eurasia Group & GZERO Media

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P3 Impact Award Winner Announcement

Main Stage | Keynote Town Hall September 23, 2020 (Wednesday) at 13:20 ET Session Length: 10 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: P3 Impact Award, University of Virginia Darden School, and the U.S. Department of State Office of Global Partnerships Session Description The P3 Impact Award was created by Concordia, the University of Virginia Darden School Institute for Business in Society, and the U.S. Department of State’s Office of Global Partnerships to recognize and honor leading public-private partnerships (P3s) that improve communities and the world. This Mainstage Award Ceremony announces the 2020 P3 Impact Award Winner, based on the outcomes of the earlier Strategic Dialogue. Speakers: Status: Accept | Thomas Debass, Managing Director, U.S. Department of State's Office of Global Partnerships

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Secretary Brouillette in Conversation

Main Stage | Keynote Town Hall September 23, 2020 (Wednesday) at 13:30 ET Session Length: 20 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: (None) Session Description Hear from United States Secretary of Energy, Dan Brouillette, as he highlights the American energy industry amidst the current state of affairs. Speakers: Status: Accept | Dan Brouillette, Secretary of Energy, U.S. Department of Energy Status: Accept | David Westin, Anchor, Bloomberg

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Secretary Chao: The Transportation Workforce of Tomorrow

Main Stage | Technology & Workforce Development September 23, 2020 (Wednesday) at 14:00 ET Session Length: 15 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: (None) Session Description Join Secretary Chao to explore the future of the transportation workforce. Speakers: Status: Accept | Elaine Chao, Secretary, U.S. Department of Transportation Status: Accept | Matthew Swift, Co-Founder, Chairman & CEO, Concordia

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How Technology Can Feed the World

Main Stage | Technology & Workforce Development September 23, 2020 (Wednesday) at 14:15 ET Session Length: 20 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: (None) Session Description As the digital landscape changes and expands, technology is quickly becoming the great equalizer opening up markets and opportunities in the most remote corners of the world. As food insecurity rises during the COVID-19 pandemic, widely available digital tools -- including mobile phones that are already in the pockets of many, and more emergent technologies like artificial intelligence and machine learning -- are reshaping how small-holder farmers throughout the world can produce more and ensure their own futures and a more stable, prosperous world." Speakers: Status: Accept | Bonnie Glick, Deputy Administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Status: Accept | Liz Schrayer, President & CEO, U.S. Global Leadership Coalition Status: Accept | Safra Catz, CEO, Oracle

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New Perspectives on Digital Banking

Main Stage | Technology & Workforce Development September 23, 2020 (Wednesday) at 14:35 ET Session Length: 5 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: (None) Session Description Join this session to hear from Barclays’ CEO of Consumer Banking and Payments, Ashok Vaswani, who will highlight how technology is playing a crucial role in the execution of plans for the Group's consumer banking, private banking and payments businesses across Asia, UK, Europe and the US. Speakers: Status: Accept | Ashok Vaswani, CEO, Global Consumer & Payments, Barclays Status: Accept | Nicholas Logothetis, Co-Founder & Chairman of the Board, Concordia

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Technology Innovations in Safer Roads

Main Stage | Technology & Workforce Development September 23, 2020 (Wednesday) at 14:40 ET Session Length: 20 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: (None) Session Description The COVID-19 pandemic has greatly underscored the importance of technology and connectivity in today’s world, to include how people and products travel across cities and countries. Vision Zero -- the elimination of traffic fatalities and severe injuries while increasing safe, healthy, equitable mobility for all -- is only achievable through aligning policy and innovation. Moderated by Together for Safer Roads Executive Director David Braunstein, this discussion will explore how companies like Marsh, ABInbev, and UPS see digital innovation transforming road safety. Speakers: Status: Accept | David Braunstein, President, Together for Safer Roads Status: Accept | Eduardo Martinez, President / Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer, UPS Foundation / UPS Status: Accept | Erick Gustafson, Chief Public Affairs Officer, Marsh & McLennan Companies Status: Accept | John Blood, Chief Legal and Corporate Affairs Officer & Corporate Secretary, Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev)

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Knowledge Equity in a Digital World

Main Stage | Technology & Workforce Development September 23, 2020 (Wednesday) at 15:00 ET Session Length: 5 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: (None) Session Description Knowledge is power. But, in a world without digital equity, simply making the information available is not enough to catalyze global social and economic mobility. This lightning interview with Janeen Uzzell, Chief Operating Officer of the Wikimedia Foundation, will discuss how the internet has transformed global access to information but how more must be done to deliver on its promise. Speakers: Status: Accept | Janeen Uzzell, Chief Operating Officer, Wikimedia Foundation Status: Accept | Kevin Wenzel, Director of Global Programming, Concordia

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Ensuring Digital Equity

Main Stage | Technology & Workforce Development September 23, 2020 (Wednesday) at 15:05 ET Session Length: 25 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: Visa Program Partner: Yahoo! Finance (remove from SM/Stage Graphics) Session Description In a digital age where our lives and business are conducted online, digital equity is essential for a fair and inclusive society, particularly as we rebuild from the global pandemic. Digital equity is the assurance that all individuals and small and micro businesses (SMBs) can participate in and receive full benefits from digital platforms. This includes connections, availability of appropriate services, and the ability to understand and know how to use and drive technology and its outcomes to solve problems and achieve goals. Digital platforms are impacting individuals, businesses and economies with great promise, but with great peril to those who fail to employ that technology to capture their benefits. SMBs in particular, need to change and adapt their business to survive and grow, or risk being left behind. If this happens, inequality among and within countries will continue to grow, and there is evidence that just as digital technology advances economic growth exponentially, inequality gap growth is also accelerated when distribution of technology is uneven. We do not live in a digitally equitable world. Existing social and economic inequalities mean digital exclusion of individuals, small businesses and communities. Speakers: Status: Accept | Demetrios Marantis, Senior Vice President, Global Government Engagement, Visa Inc. Status: Accept | Julie Hyman, Anchor, Yahoo Finance Status: Accept | Mark Isakowitz, VP, Government Affairs and Public Policy, US & Canada, Google

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President Duque & Ian Bremmer In Conversation

Main Stage | Technology & Workforce Development September 23, 2020 (Wednesday) at 15:30 ET Session Length: 20 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: NTN24 Session Description President Duque and Ian Bremmer talk all things tech, economy, geopolitics, and the outlook in Colombia and the region. Speakers: Status: Accept | Ian Bremmer, President, Eurasia Group & GZERO Media Status: Accept | Iván Duque Márquez, President, Republic of Colombia

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Inclusive Workforce Development Strategic Dialogue | Technology & Workforce Development September 23, 2020 (Wednesday) at 15:45 ET Session Length: 75 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: (None) Session Description This Strategic Dialogue will bring together both experts in workforce inclusivity and prominent advocates to discuss the approaches taken by businesses, governments and the third sector to create a more diverse, open global workforce. The global workforce is undergoing an inclusivity revolution. As advocates call for equal representation of genders and sexual orientations in leadership positions, share best techniques for widening talent pipelines, and fight to close the wage gap, the United States is joining other nations in working through an important racial justice conversation. There is room for progress with regard to diversity, inclusion, and representation in every geography and across every industry & sector. Speakers: Status: Accept | Angela Jackson, Partner, New Profit Status: Accept | Archana Subramanian, SVP & COO, AMER Verticals Sales, Salesforce Status: Accept | Haifa Jamal Al-Lail, Deputy Chair, Future of Work and Education Taskforce, B20 Saudi Arabia Status: Accept | Joseph Kenner, President & CEO, Greyston Status: Accept | Kathryn Dovey, Executive Director, Open for Business Status: Accept | Nicole Monson, Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel, The Estee Lauder Companies Status: Accept | Sara Moss, Vice Chairman, Executive Vice President, and General Counsel, The Estee Lauder Companies Status: Accept | Shelley Zalis, CEO, The Female Quotient Status: Accept | Stephenie Foster, Co-Founder, Smash Strategies LLC

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Leveraging Data to Hedge Geopolitical Risk

Strategic Dialogue | Technology & Workforce Development September 23, 2020 (Wednesday) at 15:45 ET Session Length: 75 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: Foreign Press Correspondents Session Description This Strategic Dialogue will convene experts in converting geopolitical insights into business strategy, with a focus on the value that data brings to these complex boardroom decisions. Widespread access to geopolitically relevant data insights promises to create a more efficient global marketplace, allowing businesses to design global strategies in the most informed manner, with the added potential of creating an opportunity for a sector of risk-averse investors to more safely channel capital to underserved markets. Yet data must still be analysed and integrated into decision making based on qualitative judgements and human-centric expertise. Speakers: Status: Accept | Aubrey Hruby, Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council Status: Accept | Courtney Rickert McCaffrey, Geostrategic Business Group Deputy Insights Leader, EY Status: Accept | Justin Spelhaug, Vice President, Microsoft Status: Accept | Neil Brown, Managing Director, KKR Global Institute and KKR Infrastructure, KKR Status: Accept | Steve Bennett, Director of SAS Global Public and Financial Services Sectors, SAS Institute Status: Accept | Thanos Dimadis, President, The Association of Foreign Press Correspondents (AFC-USA)

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Next Step Networking: Technology & Workforce Development

Next Step Networking | Technology & Workforce Development September 23, 2020 (Wednesday) at 15:45 ET Session Length: 45 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: (None) Session Description This engaging opportunity is a discussion, open to everyone on the platform, after all primary Main Stage programming. These sessions are intended to allow attendees to identify or suggest next steps they, others, or Concordia can take to advance the given topic. This session will follow the Technology & Workforce Development programming block, and will give the audience, in an informal manner, an opportunity to share their thoughts on the importance of technology and connectivity in today’s world. Speakers: Status: Accept | Gabriel Barrientos, Partnership Development Manager, Concordia

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Fresh Takes: Technology & Workforce Development

Fresh Takes with Future Leaders | Technology & Workforce Development September 23, 2020 (Wednesday) at 15:45 ET Session Length: 45 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: (None) Session Description Following each block of Mainstage programming will be a 45 minute interactive conversation to get real-time reactions, critiques, and rebuttals from today’s young leaders on how they heard the mainstage sessions. It will provide an opportunity for young people to share their reactions around how world leaders and global organizations are addressing today’s challenges. How does what they heard reflect their reality? Did it challenge a preconceived way of thinking? What might we be missing? Through these discussions we’ll facilitate much-needed intergenerational dialogue that will pave the way for meaningful change. Speakers: Status: Accept | Cody Merrill, CEO, Socialwyze Status: Accept | Oscar Wang, CEO, College Together Status: Accept | Travis Moore, Founder and Executive Director, TechCongress

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Patron Member Roundtable: Health Care Disparities of COVID-19: Collaborating for Change

Patron Member Roundtable | Technology & Workforce Development September 23, 2020 (Wednesday) at 16:00 ET Session Length: 60 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: International Medical Corps Session Description COVID-19 has disproportionately affected people of color, bringing to light long standing health disparities that have now resulted in higher infection and mortality rates in the United States. In this Roundtable, leaders from across public and private sectors will come together to discuss the root causes of these disparities and how cross-sector collaboration can begin to create change and address this crisis. This session is by invitation only for select All-Access pass holders. Speakers: Status: Accept | Sylvia Bartley, Senior Global Director, Medtronic Foundation

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Patron Member Roundtable: Are You Prepared? Anticipating Election Outcome Impacts Now

Patron Member Roundtable | Food Systems & Security September 24, 2020 (Thursday) at 08:00 ET Session Length: 60 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: Poligage Session Description The changes brought by the U.S. elections in November, whatever their outcomes, will once again force companies and organizations to examine their policy agendas and determine alignment – or lack thereof – with those of elected leaders. The time to begin assessing these scenarios is now, not on November 4. Poligage will host a roundtable discussion featuring government affairs advocacy experts who will offer insights on how to build actionable election outcome advocacy scenarios, as well key issues that are expected to be present on the U.S. policy agenda in 2021. Participants will also be welcome to raise challenges they may be facing or anticipating with their government engagement strategies for discussion. This session is by invitation only for select All-Access pass holders. Speakers: Status: Accept | Christine Davies, Founder and CEO, Poligage

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Patron Member Roundtable: Pathways and Potholes for Business on the Road to Decarbonization

Patron Member Roundtable | Food Systems & Security September 24, 2020 (Thursday) at 08:00 ET Session Length: 60 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: APCO Worldwide Session Description As the economic and social effects of climate change mount, businesses and investors of all types and geographies are being challenged to join the movement toward building a low-carbon future. Despite huge advances and unprecedented mobilization and collaboration, roadblocks continue to hinder corporate progress. This roundtable will bring together Chief Financial Officers, Chief Investment Officers, and Chief Sustainability Officers from across industries to share learnings, review successes and discuss the ongoing challenges of balancing growth with the decarbonization targets needed to limit global warming to below 2°C by 2050. This session is by invitation only for select All-Access pass holders. Speakers: Status: Accept | Anna Tunkel, Head of Global Strategic Initiatives & Partnerships, APCO Worldwide

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Community Discussion: Job Creation Through Collaborative Entrepreneurship in Africa Community Discussion | Food Systems & Security September 24, 2020 (Thursday) at 08:00 ET Session Length: 60 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: YOCEL Session Description Description to come. Speakers: Status: Accept | Hanne Dalmut, Senior Director of Partnership Development, Concordia

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Regional Response & Economic Recovery: Africa

Strategic Dialogue | COVID Response & Recovery - Concordia Action Alliance September 24, 2020 (Thursday) at 08:00 ET Session Length: 60 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: Rwanda Development Board Session Description This Strategic Dialogue will discuss what opportunities exist for international and regional investment into African economies and the importance of getting this moment right. COVID-19 has disrupted economies worldwide, but the potential loss of this past decade’s gains across Africa would have a devastating impact on not only national and regional economies but the global recovery as a whole. Africa is expected to experience a contraction in economic growth resulting in output losses between $37 and $79 billion. Growth will weaken substantially in the two fastest growing areas (the West African Economic and Monetary Union and the East African Community) due to weak external demand and disruptions to supply chains and domestic production caused by COVID-19, and Africa’s three largest economies -- Nigeria, South Africa, and Angola -- are being hit by persistently weak growth and investment. An abundance of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and micro-SMEs, as well as a pervasive informal economy and full economies hinged to global tourism, further complicate the economic recovery and employment outlook. Speakers: Status: Accept | Alain Ebobissé, CEO, Africa50 Status: Accept | Andrew Young, Deputy to the Commander for Civil-Military Engagement, U.S. Africa Command, DoD/DoS Status: Accept | Clare Akamanzi, CEO, Rwanda Development Board Status: Accept | James Mwangi, Managing Director, CEO, Equity Group Holdings PLC Status: Accept | José Ulisses Correia e Silva, Prime Minister, Republic of Cape Verde Status: Accept | Kate Wilson, Chief Executive Officer, Digital Impact Alliance Status: Accept | Monica Geingos, First Lady of the Republic of Namibia, Office of The President Status: Accept | Olusegun Obasanjo, Former President, Federal Republic of Nigeria Status: Accept | Tsitsi Masiyiwa, Founder and Co-Chair, Higherlife Foundation Status: Accept | Vivian Onano, Youth Advisor, Global Education Monitoring Report, UNESCO

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The Hunger Pandemic

Main Stage | Food Systems & Security September 24, 2020 (Thursday) at 09:00 ET Session Length: 5 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: (None) Session Description The frontline in the battle against COVID-19 is shifting across the globe, changing the face of hunger and pushing millions to the brink of starvation. The UN World Food Programme estimates that by the end of the year, the number of people suffering acute hunger could be as many as 270 million. David Beasley, Executive Director of WFP, will share the latest data and forecasts related to the impact of the COVID-19 on food systems and food security, and how strong public-private partnerships can help contain a global crisis. Speakers: Status: Accept | David Beasley, Executive Director, United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)

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Not Just A Trend: Farm to Table Building a Better Food System

Main Stage | Food Systems & Security September 24, 2020 (Thursday) at 09:05 ET Session Length: 20 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: (None) Session Description According to the FAO, agricultural demand in 2050 for food, feed, and biofuel will be nearly 50% greater than it was in 2012. Furthermore, agricultural productivity faces limitations due to climate change, urbanization, availability of natural resources, and more. Consumer trends have also been shifting, with increased consumer awareness of health and environmental considerations. In response to these challenges, the farm to table model has grown in popularity. Under this model, restaurants source ingredients from local farmers which allows fresher produce to be used, cuts down on transportation costs, and supports the local economy. Join Chef Dan Barber, co-owner of Michelin-starred farm to table restaurants Blue Hill and Blue Hill at Stone Barns, and Nigerian Farmer Mosunmola Umoru, Founder and CEO of Honeysuckles PTL Ventures, in this session to further explore how both the farm and table are adjusting to meet food system challenges head on. Speakers: Status: Accept | Dan Barber, Chef & Co-owner, Blue Hill Restaurant Status: Accept | Mosunmola Umoru, Founder & CEO, Farmshoppe™

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Innovation to Tackle Food Waste

Main Stage | Food Systems & Security September 24, 2020 (Thursday) at 09:25 ET Session Length: 20 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: (None) Session Description Chef Sam Kass and agripreneur and investor Justin Kamine have big visions -- and concrete solutions -- for solving food waste in the next 10 years. Hear from these two leaders about the impact this would have on our health, environment, economy, and food security. Speakers: Status: Accept | Justin Kamine, Co-Founder, KDC Ag Status: Accept | Sam Kass, Founder, Trove

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Climate & Consumption Trends Driving Sustainability in Ag Value Chains

Main Stage | Food Systems & Security September 24, 2020 (Thursday) at 09:45 ET Session Length: 20 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: (None) Session Description Climate and consumption trends are pushing food production systems to develop more sustainable farming techniques. Hear from a panel of industry and agriculture experts about what changes they see on the horizon, and how they're positioning themselves now through partnerships to meet the challenges of today and tomorrow. Speakers: Status: Accept | Danielle Nierenberg, President, Food Tank Status: Accept | Laurence Ruffieux, Director Operations Sustainability, Philip Morris International Status: Accept | Matthias Berninger, Public Affairs, Science & Sustainability, Bayer Corporation Status: Accept | William Sparks, Senior Advisor - Ventures, Innovations, Partnerships, Winrock International

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Remarks from Minister Sibusiso Moyo

Main Stage | Food Systems & Security September 24, 2020 (Thursday) at 10:05 ET Session Length: 5 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: (None) Session Description (None) Speakers: Status: Accept | Sibusiso Moyo, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Republic of Zimbabwe

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Respect the Farmers: Addressing Inequalities in our Food System

Main Stage | Food Systems & Security September 24, 2020 (Thursday) at 10:10 ET Session Length: 20 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: (None) Session Description There are millions of farmworkers who put themselves at risk by continuing to pick, pack and plant the fruits and vegetables that families across America are depending on more than ever amid the continuing COVID-19 crisis. We have all learned that their work is critical, yet they earn poverty wages, work under substandard conditions, and face a myriad of health and other issues due to living/employment conditions. Leading Latina experts and advocates will come together to discuss gender equity & the stability of the global food supply chain in light of the pandemic. Migrant women, who comprise nearly 1 million of the nation’s 2.5 million farmworkers, have experienced additional immense stress due to lack of childcare, limited employment and the threat of increased exploitation and violence against them with limited access to culturally and linguistically accessible services. This must-see panel including President & CEO of Justice for Migrant Women Mónica Ramírez, chef and television host Ingrid Hoffmann, and author and MSNBC anchor Alicia Menendez, will examine how migrant women workers across the food chain have been impacted plus the powerful, critical response. Speakers: Status: Accept | Alicia Menendez, MSNBC Host and Author, MSNBC Status: Accept | Ingrid Hoffmann, Host, Food Network Status: Accept | Mónica Ramírez, Founder, Justice for Migrant Women

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Juan Guaidó: Updates from Venezuela

Main Stage | Food Systems & Security September 24, 2020 (Thursday) at 10:30 ET Session Length: 15 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: NTN24 Session Description Join Juan Guiadó to hear the latest on the political situation, humanitarian crisis, and effects of COVID in Venezuela. Speakers: Status: Accept | Jason Calderon, News Director, NTN24 Status: Accept | Juan Guaidó, Interim President, Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

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Fixing Our Food & Nutrition Systems

Strategic Dialogue | Food Systems & Security September 24, 2020 (Thursday) at 10:45 ET Session Length: 75 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: (None) Session Description This Strategic Dialogue will bring together public, private, and civil society experts to discuss the role of partnerships in creating a more equitable, resilient, and nutritious food system, and present tangible next steps that support the design, development, and financing of such a system. COVID-19 has laid bare and exacerbated inefficiencies in the international food system, demonstrating gaps in production and distribution that are resulting in global hunger and malnutrition at unprecedented levels. Our food system consists of 570 million farms, meaning solutions start locally. However, global systems have immense influence on what is produced and how it reaches consumers. Speakers: Status: Accept | Christine Daugherty, Vice President of Sustainable Agriculture & Responsible Sourcing, PepsiCo Status: Accept | Ertharin Cousin, CEO & Founder, Food Systems for the Future Status: Accept | Heiko Schipper, President Bayer Consumer Health, Bayer AG Status: Accept | Julie Gehrki, Vice President, Walmart.Org, Walmart Status: Accept | Kelly Craft, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, USUN Status: Accept | Kim Cernak, Managing Director, Eleanor Crook Foundation Status: Accept | Michelle Nunn, President and CEO, CARE USA Status: Accept | Nate Mook, CEO, World Central Kitchen Status: Accept | Samir Ibrahim, CEO and Co-Founder, SunCulture

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Next Step Networking: Food Systems & Security

Next Step Networking | Food Systems & Security September 24, 2020 (Thursday) at 11:00 ET Session Length: 45 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: (None) Session Description This engaging opportunity is a discussion, open to everyone on the platform, after all primary Main Stage programming. These sessions are intended to allow attendees to identify or suggest next steps they, others, or Concordia can take to advance the given topic. This session will follow the Food Systems & Security programming block, and will give the audience, in an informal manner, an opportunity to share their thoughts on how partnerships can be created to address food accessibility going forward. Speakers: Status: Accept | Gabriel Barrientos, Partnership Development Manager, Concordia

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Fresh Takes: Food Systems & Security

Fresh Takes with Future Leaders | Food Systems & Security September 24, 2020 (Thursday) at 11:00 ET Session Length: 45 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: (None) Session Description Following each block of Mainstage programming will be a 45 minute interactive conversation to get real-time reactions, critiques, and rebuttals from today’s young leaders on how they heard the mainstage sessions. It will provide an opportunity for young people to share their reactions around how world leaders and global organizations are addressing today’s challenges. How does what they heard reflect their reality? Did it challenge a preconceived way of thinking? What might we be missing? Through these discussions we’ll facilitate much-needed intergenerational dialogue that will pave the way for meaningful change. Speakers: Status: Accept | María Juliana Ruiz, First Lady of the Republic of Colombia, Presidency of Colombia

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Speaker Briefing: In Conversation with Fabien Cousteau and Marisa Drew: Why Investing in the Blue Economy Matters

Speaker Briefing | Food Systems & Security September 24, 2020 (Thursday) at 11:00 ET Session Length: 60 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: Fabien Cousteau Ocean Learning Center Session Description The ocean holds the key to global wellbeing, with outsized impact on our health, food security, and climate conservation goals. Join famed aquanaut and ocean conservationist Fabien Cousteau and Credit Suisse's Chief Sustainability Officer Marisa Drew for an off-the-record conversation regarding why the blue economy must be prioritized by companies, investors, and governments alike. Learn more about Fabien Cousteau's PROTEUS™ and the Ocean Engagement Fund that Credit Suisse launched this September ahead of Fabien's flashpoint later in the day, and enjoy an off the record conversation about what urgently needs to be done. This session is by invitation only for select All-Access pass holders. Speakers: Status: Accept | Fabien Cousteau, Aquanaut, Oceanographic Explorer, Environmental Advocate and Founder of Fabien Cousteau Ocean Learning Center, The Fabien Cousteau Ocean Learning Center Status: Accept | Marisa Drew, Chief Sustainability Officer & Global Head Sustainability Strategy, Advisory and Finance, Credit Suisse

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Community Discussion: Birthright Africa

Community Discussion | Food Systems & Security September 24, 2020 (Thursday) at 12:00 ET Session Length: 60 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: Birthright Africa Session Description Your roots matter. Join Birthright Africa for a conversation on the importance of social and educational equity around learning your history, and their model to teach and support travel to Africa for people of African descent. Speakers: Status: Accept | Diallo Shabazz, Managing Director, Braven Solutions

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Supply Chains, Human Rights & Businesses

Strategic Dialogue | Environmental Sustainability & Supply Chains September 24, 2020 (Thursday) at 12:00 ET Session Length: 75 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: Rubicon Session Description This Strategic Dialogue will discuss how global businesses are continuing to prioritize the elimination of labor violations and other human rights abuses from supply chains. Already a hyper-complex issue for companies with a multi-tiered supply chain and global operations, COVID-19 has further complicated a company's ability to meaningfully inspect and verify its supply chain. This session will explore how companies are increasingly prioritizing this matter in an ever changing environment and relying on creative partnerships to support SDG 8's goal of decent work for all. Speakers: Status: Accept | Anbinh Phan, Director, Walmart Status: Accept | Anna Kletsidou, Manager of Social Sustainability, Philip Morris International Status: Accept | Cherie Blair, Co-Founder and Chair, Omnia Strategy LLP Status: Accept | Genevieve Taft-Vazquez, Global Director, The Coca-Cola Company Status: Accept | Ian Spaulding, Chief Executive Officer, ELEVATE Status: Accept | Lisa Manley, Vice President, Mars Status: Accept | Sara Enright, Director of Sustainability Collaborations, BSR (Business for Social Responsibility) Status: Accept | Steven Brunn, Sr Director, Private Sector Partnerships, Winrock International

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Patron Member Roundtable: Saving Childhood in Agricultural Value Chains

Patron Member Roundtable | Environmental Sustainability & Supply Chains September 24, 2020 (Thursday) at 12:00 ET Session Length: 60 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: Save the Children Federation, Inc Session Description When looked through the lens of a smallholder farming family, food security is a double edged issue. Many of the crops that are in high global demand from consumers are produced by some of the most impoverished and marginalized farming communities on the planet. From coffee to cocoa, as well as tea, palm, vanilla and more – the farm to table journey often begins in a setting without basic education and healthcare. Poor farming families grapple with high rates of malnutrition and child labor, as well as gender disparities and opaque access to markets. Our collective effort to save childhood in the value chain demands new approaches, rapid learning, and an honest discussion about how to move forward in new ways. We must do this to ensure the protection of millions of children who are impacted by and living within the global food value chain. This session is by invitation only for select All-Access pass holders. Speakers: Status: Accept | Perry Yeatman, Head, Corporate Partnerships, Save the Children Federation, Inc

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UN75: What the World Wants

Main Stage | Keynote Town Hall September 24, 2020 (Thursday) at 12:30 ET Session Length: 30 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: (None) Session Description In 2020, the United Nations turned 75 and launched its most ambitious effort to crowdsource priorities and solutions to global challenges – from COVID-19 to the climate crisis. To date, over one million people from all countries have taken part, sharing their hopes and fears for the future. This session will see UN Under-Secretary-General Fabrizio Hochschild ask leading voices from policymaking, civil society and business what they make of the results, and how best to take them forward as we seek to build back better from the pandemic and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. Speakers: Status: Accept | Akosua Agyepong, Co-Founder & Project Manager, The Pearl Safe Haven Status: Accept | Fabrizio Hochschild, Special Adviser to the Secretary-General, United Nations Status: Accept | Filippo Grandi, High Commissioner for Refugees, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency Status: Accept | Maria Fernanda Espinosa Garcés, President of the 73rd Session of the UN General Assembly, United Nations General Assembly Status: Accept | Nick Read, Group Chief Executive Officer, Vodafone Group Status: Accept | Patrick Gaspard, President, Open Society Foundations

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A Systems Approach to Building Global Equality

Main Stage | Keynote Town Hall September 24, 2020 (Thursday) at 13:00 ET Session Length: 20 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: Walmart Program Partner: (None) Session Description Global income inequality is on the rise, in all regions and affecting all persons. According to the UNDP, under "business as usual", the global wealth share of the top 1 percent will reach 39 percent by 2050, leaving 99 percent of the population accessing under two thirds of the world's dollars. Multinational corporations are a key player in building sustainable systems to economically elevate those living at the base of the pyramid. This Town Hall Fireside Chat with Judith McKenna, President & CEO of Walmart International, will discuss the role Walmart is playing in Latin America through its value chain and formalization of its ecosystem to help achieve Sustainable Development Goal #10 (“reduce inequality within and among countries”), and how Walmart’s omnichannel model provides greater access and opportunities globally. Speakers: Status: Accept | Gillian Tett, US Editor-at-Large, Chair of the Editorial Board, Financial Times - New York Bureau, Financial Times Status: Accept | Judith McKenna, President & CEO, Walmart International

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A New Approach to Conservation

Main Stage | Environmental Sustainability & Supply Chains September 24, 2020 (Thursday) at 13:30 ET Session Length: 20 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: Space for Giants; The Independent Session Description The average African bush elephant lives 70 years, which means these gentle beasts have seen the world change around them. Space for Giants’ mission is to protect Africa’s elephants and their habitats, the great wildlife landscapes that Africa's remaining elephants need to survive and thrive, while demonstrating the ecological and economic value both can bring. Learn how science-driven conservation investment initiatives, pioneering technology, and legal action can protect and preserve this ecological system. Speakers: Status: Accept | Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, Chief Executive Officer, Conservation Through Public Health Status: Accept | Lee White, Minister of Environment, Gabonese Republic Status: Accept | Max Graham, CEO & Founder, Space for Giants Status: Accept | William Hague, Lord, House of Lords

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The Promise of our Ocean: What’s in Store for our Ocean Planet?

Main Stage | Environmental Sustainability & Supply Chains September 24, 2020 (Thursday) at 13:50 ET Session Length: 15 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: The Fabien Cousteau Ocean Learning Center & The Independent Session Description The ocean, our life-support system, is changing faster than almost any other part of the planet. What’s in store for our planet and the ocean as these changes continue to play out? How will ocean exploration and discovery redefine our ability to better understand, predict, and prevent these changes? What is needed to address humanity’s most critical concerns in medicinal discoveries, food sustainability, and the impact of climate change? Fabien Cousteau, an aquanaut and pioneer of ocean exploration and research, will share his thoughts and vision on what is vital for the future of humanity and our ocean planet. Speakers: Status: Accept | Fabien Cousteau, Aquanaut, Oceanographic Explorer, Environmental Advocate and Founder of Fabien Cousteau Ocean Learning Center, The Fabien Cousteau Ocean Learning Center Status: Accept | Oliver Poole, Executive Editor, The Independent and the Evening Standard (ESI Media)

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BP’s Big Pivot: Can the Company Really Get to Net Zero and Help the World Get There Too?

Main Stage | Environmental Sustainability & Supply Chains September 24, 2020 (Thursday) at 14:05 ET Session Length: 15 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: (None) Session Description Join bp CEO Bernard Looney and Time Magazine correspondent Justin Worland for a conversation on bp’s new strategy, climate and a defining decade for both. In August bp announced it would pivot from an International Oil Company to an Integrated Energy Company - kickstarting a decade of delivery towards its net zero ambition. Justin, author of 2020 Is Our Last, Best Chance to Save the Planet, and Bernard will discuss the coming decade and the changes necessary to drive real change in the world’s energy systems. Speakers: Status: Accept | Bernard Looney, CEO, BP Status: Accept | Justin Worland, Correspondent, TIME Magazine

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Leading Industry Transformation with Purpose

Main Stage | Environmental Sustainability & Supply Chains September 24, 2020 (Thursday) at 14:20 ET Session Length: 5 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: (None) Session Description Flashpoint remarks with PMI Chief Executive Officer André Calantzopoulos on how sustainability and lifestyle trends are driving positive industry disruption, and how PMI is using technology to transform the company from within. Speakers: Status: Accept | André Calantzopoulos, Chief Executive Officer, Philip Morris International

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From Wildfires to Pipelines: EPA Administrator Wheeler in Conversation

Main Stage | Environmental Sustainability & Supply Chains September 24, 2020 (Thursday) at 14:25 ET Session Length: 15 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: Yahoo! Finance Session Description 2020 started with the world watching in horror at the widespread fires in Australia. Now, the United States' west coast is battling its own burning. Hear from EPA Administrator Scott Wheeler about how U.S. policy is developing to address catastrophic climate disasters at home and in line with the international community as the world reckons with potentially irreversible damage at scale. Speakers: Status: Accept | Alexis Christoforous, News Anchor, Yahoo Finance Status: Accept | Andrew Wheeler, Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

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Nuclear Energy! The Best of Times, the Worst of Times

Main Stage | Environmental Sustainability & Supply Chains September 24, 2020 (Thursday) at 14:40 ET Session Length: 25 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: EarthX Session Description A deep dive into the current state of Nuclear power. Is Nuclear the Clean Energy of the future? If so how do we get there fast… Speakers: Status: Accept | Armond Cohen, Executive Director, Clean Air Task Force Status: Accept | Maria Korsnick, President & CEO, Nuclear Energy Institute Status: Accept | Suzanne Jaworowski, Consultant, International Atomic Energy Agency

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Speaker Briefing: ESG Policies and Goal Setting in Today's Pandemic Speaker Briefing | Environmental Sustainability & Supply Chains September 24, 2020 (Thursday) at 15:00 ET Session Length: 60 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: (None) Session Description This year we're pleased to be hosting Mr. David Rachelson, Chief Sustainability Officer, Rubicon. Rubicon is the leading provider of cutting-edge waste and recycling solutions for businesses and governments worldwide. David Rachelson will be leading a conversation on how companies can incorporate ESG principles into their business model resiliency planning. Throughout the conversion Mr. Rachelson will offer common ground for the group to examine the industry standards, management frameworks, reporting methods, and stakeholder engagement central to successful ESG strategies. This discussion will also ask participants to review their current one, five, and ten year sustainability goals while looking through the lens of the on-going pandemic and associated challenges. Speakers: Status: Accept | David Rachelson, Chief Sustainability Officer, Rubicon

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Leveraging the Private Sector for Global Progress

Main Stage | Environmental Sustainability & Supply Chains September 24, 2020 (Thursday) at 15:05 ET Session Length: 20 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: Walmart Program Partner: (None) Session Description The private sector is increasingly seeing the positive economic and social returns that strong ESG metrics can yield towards the bottom line. This fireside chat between Kathleen McLaughlin, President of the Walmart Foundation and Executive Vice President & Chief Sustainability Officer of Walmart, and George Serafeim, Charles M. Williams Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School, will discuss trends in corporate purpose and the tactical steps that leading companies are taking to fully integrate ESG reporting into their business strategy. Interviewed by Credit Suisse’s Chief Sustainability Officer & Global Head of Sustainability Strategy, Advisory and Finance Marisa Drew, the conversation will highlight how companies can develop a shared value approach and the importance of priorities, goals and targets. It will also explore whether enough is being done to achieve the 2030 Agenda laid forth by the Sustainable Development Goals, and what more industry leaders can do to create seachange across the sector. Speakers: Status: Accept | George Serafeim, Charles M. Williams Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School Status: Accept | Kathleen McLaughlin, Executive Vice President, Chief Sustainability Officer and President WM Foundation, Walmart Status: Accept | Marisa Drew, Chief Sustainability Officer & Global Head Sustainability Strategy, Advisory and Finance, Credit Suisse

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Resiliency is the New Normal: How Cities Survive Times of Crisis

Main Stage | Environmental Sustainability & Supply Chains September 24, 2020 (Thursday) at 15:25 ET Session Length: 15 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: Octavian Report Session Description A road is crumbling, traffic patterns get worse, emergency vehicles can not get through. When disaster strikes, how resilient will your city be? Maintaining resiliency is a challenge for any functioning city, but the impact of the novel coronavirus has only exacerbated these challenges. More importantly, the coronavirus has revealed how vulnerable cities are and how resilient they need to become. It is now clear that the coronavirus is a watershed moment. It is a moment to embrace new technology that will help maintain critical infrastructure and keep cities resilient. Join Michael Allegretti, Chief Strategy Officer, Rubicon and Richard Hurowitz, CEO, The Octavian Report as they discuss our cities' resiliency planning amidst the impacts of the coronavirus. Speakers: Status: Accept | Michael Allegretti, Chief Strategy Officer, Rubicon Status: Accept | Richard Hurowitz, CEO, Octavian

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Next Step Networking: Environmental Sustainability & Supply Chains

Next Step Networking | Environmental Sustainability & Supply Chains September 24, 2020 (Thursday) at 15:30 ET Session Length: 30 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: Rubicon Program Partner: (None) Session Description This engaging opportunity is a discussion, open to everyone on the platform, after all primary Main Stage programming. These sessions are intended to allow attendees to identify or suggest next steps they, others, or Concordia can take to advance the given topic. This session will follow the Environmental Sustainability & Supply Chains programming block, and will give the audience, in an informal manner, an opportunity to share their thoughts on how cross-sector partnerships can help combat the ongoing environmental challenges we face. Speakers: Status: Accept | Gabriel Barrientos, Partnership Development Manager, Concordia

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Fresh Takes: Environmental Sustainability & Supply Chains

Fresh Takes with Future Leaders | Environmental Sustainability & Supply Chains September 24, 2020 (Thursday) at 15:30 ET Session Length: 30 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: Rubicon Session Description (None) Speakers: (None)

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10th Anniversary Celebration - Welcome

Main Stage | 10th Anniversary Celebration September 24, 2020 (Thursday) at 16:00 ET Session Length: 15 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: (None) Session Description Welcome to Concordia's 10th Anniversary Celebration! Speakers: Status: Accept | Kevin Wenzel, Director of Global Programming, Concordia Status: Accept | Matthew Swift, Co-Founder, Chairman & CEO, Concordia Status: Accept | Nicholas Logothetis, Co-Founder & Chairman of the Board, Concordia Status: Accept | Noëlla Coursaris Musunka, Founder & CEO, Malaika Status: Accept | Toyin Ojora Saraki, Founder-President, The Wellbeing Foundation Africa

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Special Performance

Main Stage | 10th Anniversary Celebration September 24, 2020 (Thursday) at 16:15 ET Session Length: 5 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: (None) Session Description Special musical performance by Tuelo. Speakers: Status: Accept | Tuelo Minah, Musician

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Christiana Figueres Leadership Council Award Presentation

Main Stage | 10th Anniversary Celebration September 24, 2020 (Thursday) at 16:20 ET Session Length: 10 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: (None) Session Description Concordia is proud to present the 2020 Leadership Award for the Nonprofit Sector to Christiana Figueres, the former Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), for her remarkable work to forge cross-sector partnerships between governments, corporations, activists, and NGOs to fight the climate crisis. The Concordia Leadership Award recognizes global leaders within the public, private, and nonprofit sectors who inspire others through their ability to turn vision into impact. Recipients of the award possess a commitment to catalyzing positive social and economic change while promoting effective public-private collaboration to create a more prosperous and sustainable future. Speakers: Status: Accept | Anita McBride, Executive in Residence, American University Status: Accept | Christiana Figueres, Founding Partner, Global Optimism Status: Accept | Laura Chinchilla, Vice President, WORLD LEADERSHIP ALLIANCE - CLUB DE MADRID

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Doug McMillon Leadership Council Award Presentation

Main Stage | 10th Anniversary Celebration September 24, 2020 (Thursday) at 16:30 ET Session Length: 10 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: (None) Session Description Concordia is proud to present the 2020 Leadership Award for the Private Sector to Doug McMillon, the President and CEO of Walmart. Since assuming the role of CEO in 2014, Mr. McMillon has vastly expanded Walmart’s commitment and capacity to drive social impact. Under his leadership, Walmart launched Project Gigaton to combat climate change and work with suppliers to avoid 1 billion metric tons of emissions worldwide. The Concordia Leadership Award recognizes global leaders within the public, private, and nonprofit sectors who have made pioneering contributions and inspired others through their ability to turn vision into social impact. Recipients of this award possess a commitment to catalyzing positive social and economic change, while promoting effective public-private collaboration to create a more prosperous and sustainable future. Speakers: Status: Accept | Doug McMillon, President & CEO, Walmart Status: Accept | John Negroponte, Vice Chairman, McLarty Associates

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António Guterres Leadership Council Award Presentation

Main Stage | 10th Anniversary Celebration September 24, 2020 (Thursday) at 16:40 ET Session Length: 10 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: (None) Session Description Concordia is proud to present the 2020 Leadership Award for the Public Sector to António Guterres, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, for his tireless efforts to amplify the voices of those displaced by war and violence, and his determination to rally global leaders to tackle the vast inequalities laid bare by the pandemic. The Concordia Leadership Award seeks to recognize individuals who share a commitment to positive social and economic change, while promoting effective public-private collaboration to create a more prosperous, equal, and sustainable future. Recipients of the award possess a commitment to catalyzing positive social and economic change, while promoting effective public-private collaboration to create a more prosperous and sustainable future. Speakers: Status: Accept | António Guterres, Secretary General, United Nations Status: Accept | Paula Dobriansky, Former Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs; Senior Fellow, Harvard University Belfer Center for Science & International Affairs

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Patron Member Roundtable: Digitalizing Government: Providing Rapid Stimulus to a Global Economy Slowed by COVID-19

Patron Member Roundtable | Converting Conversations to Action September 25, 2020 (Friday) at 08:00 ET Session Length: 60 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: Walmart International Session Description Digitalizing government by moving paper-based processes online enables businesses to operate with transparency and efficiency. For example, businesses and ‘shovel-ready’ planned investments can face months or years of delays before the necessary licenses and permits can be obtained, construction can break ground, and businesses can open their doors. Such delays represent lost employment, a brake on growth, invite corruption, and diminish a country’s economic competitiveness. With COVID-19 many in-person, paper-based government processes have ground to a halt. Governments that have digitalized are sustaining services as remote work dominates, protecting workers, and enabling businesses to operate. Governments slow to digitalize risk their economies falling further behind. This meeting will bring together high-level thought leaders and experts from the public and private sectors, along with voices from academia and international organizations, to discuss the hurdles and brainstorm the break-through strategies needed to accelerate digitalizing governments so economies can recover digitalized and stronger than before. This session is by invitation only for select All-Access pass holders. Speakers: Status: Accept | Daniel Trujillo, Global Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer, Walmart Stores, Inc

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Next Step Networking: Taking Equity and Equality From Idea to Innovation - A Collaborative Change Process Next Step Networking | Converting Conversations to Action September 25, 2020 (Friday) at 09:00 ET Session Length: 75 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: Conveners.org Session Description Avoid the most common pitfalls and misconceptions that keep great inspirations and partnerships from flourishing into true collective action. Learn how to apply a simple yet powerful Idea to Innovation Framework to: • Move your complex JEDI collaborations forward • Jumpstart new ideas and opportunities sparked at Concordia Summit Join our friends at Conveners.org and your Equity & Equality peers for this interactive workshop. Gain hands-on experience using some of the action-based tools, tips and templates that have fostered success in dozens of collaborations to date. The Conveners.org Idea to Innovation Reference Guide will also be provided to all participants. ACCESS WORKSHOP HERE (ZOOM link). Speakers: Status: Accept | SaraJoy Pond, Co-Founder, Executive Director, Head of Impact, Conveners.org

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Community Discussion: Supporting SMEs in LDCs during COVID

Community Discussion | Converting Conversations to Action September 25, 2020 (Friday) at 10:30 ET Session Length: 75 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: United Nations Capital Development Fund, the International Chamber of Commerce, Global Alliance PME Session Description In the wake of COVID-19, Concordia, the United Nations Capital Development Fund, the International Chamber of Commerce, Business Africa, Global Alliance PME, and Columbia University-Program of Quantitative Methods in Social Sciences partnered on a comprehensive survey of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) operating in all 47 Least Developed Countries (LDCs). Believing that we cannot design global or national economic recovery policies for what we haven't measured, and knowing that this specific subgroup of companies is most at risk to the economic devastation that COVID-19 presents, this survey sought to fill knowledge and understanding gaps and support financial policy and structural reform moving forward. Join us for the official release of survey results and a set of breakout group discussions exploring implications and next steps. Speakers: (None)

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Next Step Networking: Taking Global Food Systems From Idea to Innovation - A Collaborative Change Process

Next Step Networking | Converting Conversations to Action September 25, 2020 (Friday) at 10:30 ET Session Length: 75 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: Conveners.org Session Description Avoid the most common pitfalls and misconceptions that keep great inspirations and partnerships from flourishing into true collective action. Learn how to apply a simple yet powerful Idea to Innovation Framework to: • Cultivate your food systems initiatives, from accelerating accessibility to supporting next-gen farmers • Seed new ideas and opportunities sparked at Concordia Summit Join our friends at Conveners.org and your Global Food Systems peers for this interactive workshop. Gain hands-on experience using some of the action-based tools, tips and templates that have fostered success in dozens of collaborations to date. The Conveners.org Idea to Innovation Reference Guide will also be provided to all participants To attend please click on this Zoom Link: TO BE PROVIDED. Speakers: Status: Accept | SaraJoy Pond, Co-Founder, Executive Director, Head of Impact, Conveners.org

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Next Step Networking: Black Crown Media Business Day

Next Step Networking | Converting Conversations to Action September 25, 2020 (Friday) at 11:00 ET Session Length: 120 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: Black Crown Media Session Description Coming on the heels of the Small Business Administrations’ National Small Business Week (Sept 22-24), this Next Step Networking program, in partnership with Black Crown Media, is designed to support BIPOC business owners and entrepreneurs as they navigate typical hurdles and steps to owning and operating a successful business. BIPOC business owners are seeking access to capital, contracts, counseling and opportunity -- challenges exacerbated by COVID-19 and current economic conditions. This program will discuss how to start and how to thrive. With thematic breakout sessions led by business leaders and dedicated networking with peers, it aims to offer a micro-bootcamp for entrepreneurs and small businesses operating across the United States. Attendees will have the option to move between different breakout groups and use the ‘main room’ to connect with peers and session organizers about specific topics. Breakout rooms will be designed to offer 20 minute rapid training and real-time discussions to help business owners work through their own unique business plan and endeavor. Attendees will leave with new networks, clear guidance, and access to business resources to support their business growth. Speakers: Status: Accept | Annette Kabia, Partner, Kabia & Santos LLP Status: Accept | Steven Pacheco, Chief Creative Officer, Black Crown Media

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Patron Member Roundtable: Achieving Impact: Overcoming Political Roadblocks

Patron Member Roundtable | Converting Conversations to Action September 25, 2020 (Friday) at 12:00 ET Session Length: 60 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: Connect Frontier LLC Session Description A phenomenal idea is not enough. To achieve impact requires understanding—and successfully navigating—policy and political issues. This is true whether scaling up a social venture, entering a new market, partnering with local governments or institutions, or implementing a development program. In any venture, understanding the players, their incentives, the regulatory landscape, the trends – and much more – will make all the difference. Otherwise, even the best of ideas, like countless before them, will run straight into the buzz saw of entrenched interests. This roundtable, focused on working in developing countries, is a chance to share experiences and learn best practices to seize the opportunities and mitigate the risks posed by policy and political issues and create a political strategy to achieve impact at scale. The discussion will be chaired by seasoned political risk expert Grant Harris, CEO of Connect Frontier LLC. This session is by invitation only for select All-Access pass holders. Speakers: Status: Accept | Grant Harris, CEO, Connect Frontier LLC

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Patron Member Roundtable: US-Paraguay Banking Regulation: Charting a Workable Path Forward

Patron Member Roundtable | Converting Conversations to Action September 25, 2020 (Friday) at 12:00 ET Session Length: 60 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: (None) Session Description Participants will analyze the current American-Paraguayan banking regulations and agreements within the context of the USA PATRIOT Act. Specifically to be discussed are the necessary Paraguayan reforms needed to be made to fit the legalities of Section III of the PATRIOT Act: Anti-money-laundering to prevent terrorism. The eventual goal is to help establish a path forward, so that cash remittances from Paraguay to the United States can be transferred more freely within the legal constructs that have been created. This session is by invitation only for select All-Access pass holders. Speakers: (None)

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Community Discussion: Businesses Partnering with Refugees

Community Discussion | Converting Conversations to Action September 25, 2020 (Friday) at 12:00 ET Session Length: 60 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: Refugees International & Refugee Congress Session Description A large majority of Americans believe the country should be a place of safety and refuge. This includes business leaders from across the country, many of whom employ and support refugees and other immigrants. From local shops to the world’s biggest multinationals, these leaders know that people who are or have been refugees possess grit, resilience, and dedication -- not only as employees, but as community members committed to building their lives in America and giving back. In the trying times of COVID-19, there are more than 176,000 refugees working in the health care sector, and 175,000 in food supply. From 2005 to 2014, refugees paid $63 billion more in taxes than they received in benefits at all levels of government. Nevertheless, in recent years, refugee admissions have dropped to historic lows and the ability of people to seek asylum at the US southern border has been essentially stopped. In this roundtable, business leaders, refugees, and experts will come together to discuss the idea of mobilizing businesses to sign a pledge of support. Building on and connecting with existing partnerships and initiatives, the business pledge would seek to demonstrate the diverse, bipartisan, and robust coalition for refugee protection and inclusion. Speakers: (None)

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Next Step Networking: Taking Covid Response & Recovery From Idea to Innovation - A Collaborative Change Process

Next Step Networking | Converting Conversations to Action September 25, 2020 (Friday) at 12:00 ET Session Length: 75 Minutes Session Status: Confirmed Program Sponsor: (None) Program Partner: Conveners.org Session Description Avoid the most common pitfalls and misconceptions that keep great inspirations and partnerships from flourishing into true collective action. Learn how to apply a simple yet powerful Idea to Innovation Framework to: • Intensify your coalition-based disaster and pandemic response for greater community resilience • Concordia Action Alliance Members: begin to design your partnership idea for a chance to unlock an Action Fund grant! • Advance new ideas and opportunities sparked at Concordia Summit Join our friends at Conveners.org and your Disaster Response & Resiliency peers for this interactive workshop. Gain hands-on experience using some of the action-based tools, tips and templates that have fostered success in dozens of collaborations to date. The Conveners.org Idea to Innovation Reference Guide will also be provided to all participants. The Conveners.org Idea to Innovation Reference Guide will also be provided to all participants. ACCESS WORKSHOP HERE (ZOOM link) Speakers: Status: Accept | SaraJoy Pond, Co-Founder, Executive Director, Head of Impact, Conveners.org

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