April 12-13, 2014- Confirmed Conference Speakers
The conference will include 300 speakers who will present lectures and workshops about:
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The conference will include 300 speakers, and the confirmed speakers to date include:
Keynote Addresses
- "Reducing Toxins to Protect Health: A Global Concern," Arlene Blum, PhD, Visiting Scholar, UC Berkeley; Green Science Policy Institute
- "Of Course it Matters, and We Know You Care, But Now, What are You Going To Do About It?" Seth Godin, Blogger, Agent of Change; New York Times Bestselling Author of Tribes: We Need You To Lead Us; Founder, Squidoo.com
- "Inventing the Future of Food," Gary Hirshberg, Co-Founder and Chair, Stonyfield Farms
- "The Extraordinary Science of Addictive Junk Food," Michael Moss, Investigative Reporter, New York Times
- "From MDGs to SDGs: the Post-2015 Development Agenda," Jeffrey Sachs, PhD, Director of Earth Institute, Columbia University; Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development, Professor of Health Policy and Management, Columbia University; Special Advisor to Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon
- "The 1000 Day System for Maternal and Child Survival," Sonia Ehrlich Sachs, MD, MPH, Director of Health, Millennium Village Project, Earth Institute, Columbia University
Business Principles in Global Health Speakers
- "Applying Business Principles to Global Health: Starting with the Customer," Amy Lockwood, Chief of Staff to the Director of Research, UCSF, Global Health Sciences
- "Linking Health Impact to the Business Decision-Making Process," Kim Longfield, Director, Research and Metrics, Population Services International
- "Price Expectation and Willingness to Pay for Health Products in Uganda," Margaret McConnell, Assistant Professor of Global Health Economics, Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard School of Public Heatlh
Design Thinking Speakers
- "Fingerprints & Funny Bones: How Technology, Celebrities and Marketing 3.0 Got Us to a 96% HCT Rate in South Africa," Cal Bruns, CEO/Chief Creative Incubationist, Matchboxology
- "The Laddoo Project: Embedding Sustainable Health Interventions in Low-Income Communities," Ramsey Ford, Visiting Assistant Professor, Industrial Design, University of Cincinnati; Design Director, Design Impact
- "Using Human-Centered Design to Drive Innovations in Family Planning: IDEO.org + MSI," Jade Gray, Business Development Associate, Ideo.org
- "Creating Our Way to Wellbeing for Individuals, Corporations, and Communities," Cheryl Heller, Chair, MFA Design for Social Innovation, School of Visual Arts; Partner, CommonWise
- "Designing Change: Using Design Thinking to Rethink Public Initiatives in Mexico," Jamie Jones, Clinical Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurial Practice, Director of Social Entrepreneurship, Kellogg School of Management
- "Youth Sexual and Reproductive Health: A Case for Human Centered Design," Meira Neggaz, Senior Program Officer, MSI-US
- "Designing Effective Strategies for Global Health Communication,"Natacha Poggio, Assistant Professor, Visual Communication Design, Hartford Art School, University of Hartford; Founder, Design Global Change
Environment Health, Energy, Food and Agriculture Speakers
- "Redesigning Regional Food Systems for Public Health," Michael Conard, RA, NCARB, Senior Principal, Design + Urbanism Architectural, LLC; Urban Design Lab at the Earth Institute; Adjunct Associate Professor, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University
- "Leveraging Markets to Improve Nutrition through Agriculture," Bonnie McClafferty, Director, Agriculture and Nutrition, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN)
- "Eggcrate UV: A Novel, More Efficient Ultraviolet Germicidal Irradiation System for Air Disinfection in Occupied Rooms," Sonya Milonova, Research Fellow, Harvard School of Public Health
- "Indoor Pollution and Health: Evaluating the Effects of Smokeless Stoves on Rural Communities in Central Honduras," Rommy Michelle Porras, Pediatrics, Georgetown University Hospital
- "Farmers First: Proven Methods to Increase the Productivity of Africa's Smallholder Farmers," Barrett Prinz, Director, Global Human Resources and Legal, One Acre Fund
- "Glyphosate: The Elephant in the Room," Stephanie Seneff, Senior Research Scientist, MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Film, Photography, Art & Global Health Speakers
- "500 Years," Paco de Onis, Producer, Skylight Pictures
- "Patient Empowerment: How the Visually Impaired Can Become Better Advocates for Themselves...And for Their Service Providers," Joseph Lovett, Producer/Director, Going Blind
- "Flipping the Narrative About Global Health: Engaging Creative Communities to Tell New Development Stories," Lisa Russell, Emmy-Winning Filmmaker and Global Health Advocate, Governess Films
Healthcare Delivery Models and Impact Measurement
- "Making a Cure as Common as a Coca-Cola," Eric Bing, MD, PhD, MBA, Senior Fellow & Director, Global Health, George W. Bush Institute; Professor of Global Health, Southern Methodist University, Co-Author Pharmacy on a Bicycle: Innovative Solutions for Global Health and Poverty
- "Public/Private Partnerships: The Promise and Problems of Economic Incentives for Increasing Sustainability of Programs," Dean Cycon, Founder and CEO, Dean's Beans Organic Coffee Co.
- "Leveraging a Vertical National Quality Improvement Program in Haiti to Spread Quality Improvement Across Clinical Care," Jean Paul Joseph, MD, MPH, Deputy Director of M&E and QI Unit, Zanmi Lasante/Partners In Health
- "Access to Artemisinin Combination Therapies (ACT) Remain Low in a Rural District of Uganda Despite the Introduction of Subsidy Schemes to Make ACTs More Affordable Through the Private Sector," Rosemin Kassam, BSc Pharm, Pharm D, RPh, ACPR, Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, School of Population and Public Health; Global Health, Cross-Cultural Health Delivery, Medication Management, and Health Promotion Research, The University of British Columbia
- "Why Cuba Could be Good for Your Health," Pierre LaRamée, Executive Director, MEDICC (Medical Education Cooperation with Cuba)
- "Impact of Managed Transport on Health Logistics, Productivity and Equity in Southern Zambia: An Evaluation Using an Interrupted Time Series Design," Kala Mehta, DSc, MPH, Faculty Affiliate, Global Supply Chain Management Forum, Stanford Graduate School of Business, Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco
- "Using a Point-of-Care EMR for Primary Care Surveillance at University Hospital in Mirebalais, Haiti," Brittany Eddy, Director of Monitoring, Evaluation & Quality, Mirebalais University Hospital
- "Behavioral Economics: A Toolkit for Rational Health Decisions and Methods in Resource Poor Countries," Georgia Sambunaris, Private Consultant
- "Building From Scratch: Strategies for Establishing a Global Health Program," Harsh Sule, MD, MPP, Assistant Professor and Director of International Emergency Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University & Hospitals
- "Perspectives on Health Policies and Programs in Ghana," Seth Wanye, MD, Ophthalmologist and Medical Director, Friends Eye Clinic, Ghana; Unite For Sight Partner
- "Practical Performance Management for Poverty Related Organizations: The Progress out of Poverty Index® (PPI®)", Steve Wright, VP Poverty Tools and Insights, Grameen Foundation
Health Education and University Education Initiatives in Global Health Speakers
- "Short-Term Trips: Tripped Up Thinking?" Scott Corlew, CMO/VP of Medical Affairs, St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital
- "Global Education for American Medical Students," Susan Hall Forster, MD, Associate Clinical Professor, Director of Medical Studies, Yale School of Medicine; Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Studies, Chief of Ophthalmology, Yale Health; Medical Director of Eye Department, Cornell Scott Hill Health Center
- "Redefining Scale," Jordan Levy, Managing Director, Ubuntu Education Fund
- "Ethical Dilemmas Transporting Medical Education Across the World," Aron Rose, MD, Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Yale University School of Medicine; Associate Clinical Professor, Graduate Entry Prespecialty in Nursing, Yale University School of Nursing
- "Teaching Global Health: What Should We Teach and How Can We Teach It?" Richard Skolnik, Lecturer, Department of Health Policy and Management, Yale School of Public Health; Author, "Essentials of Global Health/Global Health 101"
- Accompaniment in Healthcare Change: Why One Time Educational Training Interventions in Primary Care are Just Not Enough in Rural East Africa, Monica Slinkard, MSN, ANP-BC, WHNP-BC, Medical Director, LifeNet International
Health Policy & Advocacy
- "Malaria Advocacy: Shining a Spotlight on Public and Private Sector Leadership in Africa," Hannah Bowen, Director of Policy & Advocacy, Malaria No More
- "The Paradox of Universal Health Access," Elizabeth Bradley, Professor of Public Health, Yale University; Master, Branford College; Faculty Director, Yale Global Health Leadership Institute
- "Do You Want to Make a Profound Difference on Global Health and Climate Change? Reclaiming Our Democracy Matters More than You Think!" Sam Daley-Harris, CEO, Center for Citizen Empowerment and Transformation, A Project of RESULTS Educational Fund
- "Nutrition and the Politics of Food," Michael Jacobson, PhD, Executive Director, Center for Science in the Public Interest
- "Organizing, Leadership, and Politics: Building a Social Movement for Health as a Human Right," Jon Shaffer, Community Engagement Coordinator, Partners In Health
- "Not All Advocates are Activists: The Power of Unlikely Leaders in the Health Sector," Katy Spencer, Director of Business Development, Change.org
- "Cochrane 21: How Evidence is Changing and Why it Matters," David Tovey, Editor in Chief, The Cochrane Library, and Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Cochrane Editorial Unit
Maternal and Child Health Speakers
- "How to Lead with Vision and Still Manage an Organization: Chief Creative Officer's Challenges," Jane Aronson, MD, CEO, Founder, Worldwide Orphans Foundation; Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Cornell Weill Medical College and Columbia University
- "The Role of the Private Sector in the Provision of Maternal and Child Care in Latin America," Alejandro Arrieta, PhD, Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work, Florida International University
- "Correlates of Complete Childhood Vaccinations in East African Countries," Maureen Canavan, PhD, MPH, Associate Research Scientist, Yale University School of Public Health
- "Maternal Mortality in South Asia: How an Indian State Almost Beat the American National Capital," Savita Chandra, Professor and Head, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Goa Medical College and Hospital
- "Shifting the Focus: Lessons from Leveraging Technology for Maximal Effect in Addressing Postpartum Hemorrhage," Claire Cole, MPH, Technical Documentation Advisor, Pathfinder International
- "Low-Cost HPV Testing: Developing a National Screen-and-Treat Program in a Low-Resource Setting," Lauren Ditzian, MS, Director of Programs & Operations, Basic Health International
- "Postnatal Kits for Medical Consultations Within Six Days After Delivery in Haiti: An Innovative Strategy that Could Help Reduce Infant and Maternal Mortality," Colin Gilmartin, Technical Officer, Management Sciences for Health
- "Clinical Evaluation: Combined Visual Inspection and Pap for Cervical Cancer Prevention," Susan Howe, MPH, Epidemiologist, Clínica Fara, Matagalpa, Nicaragua
- "Advancing Abortion Access in Hostile Environments: New Approaches from a Holistic Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Framework," Ellen Israel, CNM, MPH, Senior Technical Advisor for Women's Health and Rights, Pathfinder International
- "Innovators in Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights: Profiles of the Capable and Committed in Communities around the World," Latanya Mapp Frett, Vice President, Global Planned Parenthood Federation of America
- "Should we be Paying Mothers to Breastfeed?: Disrupting the Relationship Between a Mother's Caregiving Role and her Economic Disempowerment," Leith Greenslade, Vice-Chair Child Health, Office of the UN Special Envoy for Financing the Health Millennium Development Goals and the MDG Health Alliance
- "The NTDs, Girls and Women, and Blue Marble Health," Peter Hotez, MD, PhD, Professor in Pediatrics and Molecular Virology & Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine; Chair of Tropical Pediatrics, Texas Children's Hospital; President, Sabin Vaccine Institute; Director, Texas Children's Hospital Center for Vaccine Development; Baker Institute Fellow in Disease and Poverty, Rice University
- "'H' is for Health: Sesame Street's Efforts to Promote Children's Health around the World," June Lee, Assistant Vice President of Global Research, Sesame Workshop
- "Using Behavioral Economics to Improve Maternal and Child Health Outcomes," Tricia Morente, COO, Kangu
- "Transforming Medical Education on a Grand Scale: The Rwandan Human Resources for Health Program," Cliff O'Callahan, MD, PhD, FAAP, Past Chair, AAP Section International Child Health Executive Committee; Director, Nurseries at Middlesex Hospital
- "Helping Infertile Couples in Low Resource Countries with Low Cost Programs," Pasquale Patrizio, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yale School of Medicine; Director, Yale Fertility Center
- "Bring Sexy Back to Sex - The Global Revitalization of the Family Planning Agenda,” Jose G. Rimon II, Interim Director and Senior Scientist, Bill and Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University
- "Closing the Gap: Reaching Rural Women with Family Planning Options," Mindy Skelton, Field Operations Officer, Lwala Community Alliance; MPH Candidate, John Hopkins University
- "Maternal Determinants of Timely Vaccination Coverage Among Infants in Rural Bangladesh," Lavanya Vasudevan, PhD, MPH, CPH, Research Scholar, Duke Global Health Institute; Associate, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
- "Improving Maternal Outcomes in Resource Poor Rural Environments: A Case Study in Tanzania," Linda Winkler, PhD, MPH, Special Assistant to the Provost: Director of International Outreach, Wilkes University
Mental and Neurological Health Speakers
- "From Catatonia to Community: Innovating Decentralized Public Mental Health Services in Burera District, Rwanda," Stephanie Smith, MD, Health and Policy Advisor for Mental Health, Partners In Health and Inshuti Mu Buzima, Rwanda; Fellow in Psychosomatic Medicine and Psycho-oncology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; Research Fellow, Program in Global Mental Health and Social Change, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School
- "Prevention of Brain Disorders: A Global Priority," Sandro Galea, MD, MPH, DrPH, Anna Cheskis Gelman and Murray Charles Gelman Professor and Chair of Epidemiology, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
- "Big Data in Global Health: Mental Disorders in the Global Burden of Disease Study," Peter Speyer, Chief Data & Technology Officer, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington
Other Non-Communicable Diseases Speakers
- "Instituting Thrombolytics for STEMI in Low-Income Settings: Lessons Learned from American Samoa," David Bouslough, MD, MPH, FACEP, Assistant Clinical Professor, Director, Division of International Emergency Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University; Director of Life Support Education, Clinical Advisor for Emergency Medicine, Emergency Preparedness, and Palliative Care, LBJ Tropical Medical Center, American Samoa
- "Building Integrated Systems for NCDs in Rwanda and Haiti," Gene Kwan, MD, Clinical Fellow, Boston Medical Center and Partners In Health
- "Save Sight, Give Lifelihood: An Innovative Model in India to Reach 2,000 Villages with the Forest Department," Sarang Samal, Founder, Kalinga Eye Hospital, NYSASDRI, India; Unite For Sight Partner
- "Game Change: Leveraging Chronic Disease Prevention to Improve US Health and Competitiveness," Derek Yach, MBChB, MPH, DSc, Executive Director, The Vitality Institute
Patient-Centered Initiatives Speakers
- "Innovations in Healthcare Management and Patient Centered Care," Richard Siegrist, Director of Innovation and Entrepreneurship; Associate Academic Director, MHCM Program; Adjunct Lecturer on Health Care Management, Harvard School of Public Health
- "How to Restore Trust and Social Responsibility in Medicine," Leana Wen, MD, MSc, Director, Patient-Centered Care Research, Department of Emergency Medicine, The George Washington University
Research, Monitoring, and Evaluation Speakers
- "The Irrational Health Consumer: Understanding and Addressing Underinvestment in Preventative Health," Rachel Glennerster, PhD, Director, J-PAL Global; Scientific Director, J-PAL Africa; Co-Chair, Agriculture
- "From Counting to Quality: Integration and Transformation of Monitoring, Evaluation, and Quality Improvement Systems Across Partners In Health," Lisa Hirschhorn, Monitoring, Evaluation & Quality Improvement Director, Partners In Health
- "Applying Ethical Research to Eliminate Patient Barriers to Care," Jennifer Staple-Clark, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Unite For Sight
- "Vision Rehabilitation in Glaucoma: Research Opportunities and Challenges," James Tsai, MD, Robert R. Young Professor and Chairman, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Yale University School of Medicine; Chief of Ophthalmology, Yale-New Haven Hospital
- "Rethinking the Role of Research in Enhancing State Capability for Implementation," Michael Woolcock, Lead Social Development Specialist, Development Research Group, The World Bank
Philanthropy and Investment Speakers
- "Re-Imagining Philanthropy for Global Health," Diana Ayton-Shenker, CEO, Global Momenta
- "Building an Impactful Micro-Enterprise Development Organization in Small, Remote, Pacific Island Communities," Greg Casagrande, Founder, MicroDreams
- "The Inventor's Pathway: How Technology Ideas Turn into Products and Businesses that Improve Lives," Carol Dahl, PhD, Executive Director, The Lemelson Foundation
- "A Point of Historic Opportunity: Making the Case for Investments in AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria," Deborah Derrick, President, Friends of the Global Fight Against AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
- "Promoting Improvements in Maternal Mortality in Nigeria: Examples from a Donor's Toolkit to Promote Change," Judith Helzner, Special Advisor to the President and Vice President, International Programs, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
- "Social Return on Investment (SROI) in Global Health & Development: A New Framework for Valuing What Matters," Shubha Kumar, MPH, PhD, Assistant Professor & Director of Programs, University of Southern California (USC)
- "Responsible Investment in the 21st Century: Recent Trends and Developments," Steve Lydenberg, Founding Director, Initiative for Responsible Investment, Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations, Harvard University
- "Mainstreaming Impact Investment: Catalyzing Capital for a More Inclusive Society," Abigail Noble, Impact Investing, Alternative Investing and New Economic Thinking, World Economic Forum
- "Pay for Performance in Global Health," Thomas Pogge, Leitner Professor of Philosophy and International Affairs, Yale University
- "Tackling Market Shortcomings: Market Shaping for Global Health," Wendy Taylor, Director for Accelerating Innovation and Impact, Global Health Bureau, USAID
Social Enterprise Speakers
- "Games to Reach Beyond the Converted: The Half the Sky Movement," Asi Burak, President, Games for Change; Faculty, SVA, Design for Social Innovation
- "Runa: Sustainable Sourcing and Brand Development," Tyler Gage, Co-Founder and President, Runa
- "Trend Cycles in Natural Food: How Niche Needs Grow to Change how America Eats," Ian Kelleher, Co-Founder and Director of Sales, Peeled Snacks
- "Experiments in Scaling Social Benefit," Thane Kreiner, PhD, Executive Director, Center for Science, Technology, and Society, Santa Clara University; Howard and Alida Charney University Professor of Science and Technology for Social Benefit, Santa Clara University
- "Achieving Viability Through Utterly Unreasonable & Idealistic Aspirations," Rodney North, The Answer Man - Information for the Public and Media, Equal Exchange Coop
- "Wake Up. Go to Work. Save the World." Arran Stephens, President and Founder, Nature's Path Foods, Inc.
- "The Chocolate Bar Unwrapped: Lessons Learned Building a Responsible Business," Joe Whinney, Founder and CEO, Theo Chocolate, Inc.
Social Entrepreneurship Speakers
- "What Moves You, Grabs You and Won't Let You Go," Eve Blossom, Founder, Lulan Artisans
- "Building Modern Institutions on Traditional Values: The Case Studies of Rwanda and Haiti," Michael Fairbanks, Fellow, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University
- "Lessons Learned from SEAD: The Social Entrepreneurship Accelerator at Duke," Matt Nash, CASE Managing Director, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University
- "Building an Ecosystem for Social Innovation: Lessons Learned," Amy Pearl, Executive Director and CEO, Springboard Innovation
- "Supporting Healthcare Social Entrepreneurs: The IPIHD Story," Krishna Udayakumar, MD, MBA, Head of Global Innovation, Duke Medicine; Executive Director, International Partnership for Innovative Healthcare Delivery (IPIHD)
Social Media & Marketing Speakers
- "The Difference it Makes: The Impact of Children's Media on Achieving International Health Development Goals," Charlotte Cole, Blue Butterfly Collaborative
- "Engaging Young People in Social Change," Dave DeLuca, Head of Campaigns, Do Something
- "Creating Connected Awesomeness," Scott Henderson, Managing Director, CauseShift
- "Making You Laugh While Saving Your Life Through Animation," Firdaus Kharas, Chairman, Chocolate Moose Media and Culture Shift
Surgery & Global Health Speakers
- "Supporting Local Doctors to Build Local Capacity," James Clarke, MD, Ophthalmologist and Medical Director, Crystal Eye Clinic, Ghana; Unite For Sight Ghana Medical Director
- "Monitoring Visual Outcomes of Cataract Surgery Performed by a Non-Physician Cataract Surgeon at New Sight Eye Center, Monrovia, Liberia," Robert Dolo, Founder, Executive Director, & Cataract Surgeon, New Sight Eye Center
- "Scaling Up Cataract Surgeries in Ghana: Systems that Work and Those that Don't," Michael Gyasi, MD, Ophthalmologist, North Western Eye Centre, Accra, Ghana; Unite For Sight Partner
- "Impossible Dreams: The Ascent of Everest and Eradicating Blindness," Geoffrey Tabin, Professor and Director, International Division of Ophthalmology, University of Utah, John A. Moran Eye Center; Co-Founder and Co-Director, Himalayan Cataract Project
- "The Role of Global Networking in Improving Local Eyecare Programs: A Case of Friends Eye Center in Ghana," Seth Wanye, MD, Ophthalmologist and Medical Director, Friends Eye Clinic, Ghana; Unite For Sight Partner
Technology in Global Health Speakers
- "The Next [Global] Scientific Revolution," Nina Dudnik, PhD, Founder & CEO, Seeding Labs
- "Making Malaria the First Disease Beaten by Mobile," Martin Edlund, CEO, Malaria No More
- "Taking Heed of Maslow: Avoiding the Urge to Nail Every Health Challenge with the Technology Hammer," Paul Ellingstad, Parter and Program Development Director, Sustainability and Social Innovation, Hewlett-Packard
- "The Power of Health in Every Mama's Hand: Using Mobile Technology to Educate and Empower Low-Income Mothers and Families," Kirsten Gagnaire, Executive Director, Mobile Alliance for Maternal Action (MAMA)
- "Experimentation 2.0: Creating Cultures of Making and Invention in Patients and Providers for Affordable Health Solutions,"Jose Gomez-Marquez, Little Devices @MIT and co-founder LDTC+Labs LLC
- "Curing with Upgraded Visions: Planting New Potentials," Martin Gordon, MD, FAAAS, Emeritus Chairman and Lifetime Trustee, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library Board; Prior Clinical Professor of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine
- "Using Mobile Phone, Social Innovation, and Cloud in PMTCT and OVC Programs," Bobby Jefferson, Director Informatics, Futures Group
- "Affordable Technology-Mediated Rehabilitation of Stroke Survivors in a Global Context," Michelle Johnson, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R), University of Pennsylvania
- "A Story of Health: How Rotary International and UNICEF Launched a Speaking Book in Pakistan to Prevent the Spread of Polio on World Polio Day," Brian Julius, Owner, Books of Hope
- "mHealth and ICT Solutions: New Health Systems Strengthening Building Blocks?" Alain Labrique, Assistant Professor, Program in Global Disease Epidemiology and Control, Department of International Health and Department of Epidemiology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University; Director, JHU Global mHealth Initiative
- "BreathAlert: High-Performance, Low-Cost Detection and Correction of Apnea of Prematurity in Low-Resource Settings," Kelley Maynard, Director of Technology Development, Rice 360: Institute for Global Health Technologies, Rice University
- "Conflict-Free Congo: The Paradox of Our New Technologies," Bandi Mbubi, Founder, Congo Calling
- "Programmable Bio-Nano-Chips Customized for Affordable Healthcare and Wellness Applications," John McDevitt, PhD, Brown-Wiess Professor of Bioengineering and Chemistry, Rice University
- "Hacking Global Health: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Innovation," Kenneth Paik, MD, MBA, Director of Operations, Sana
- "mHealth: Smarter Systems for the Community Health Workforce: The Social Enterprise's Perspective," Carter Powers, COO, Dimagi, Inc.
- "The Impact of Direct Work Communication and Engagement in Supply Chain Transparency," Todd Stark, President, Good World Solutions
Water and Sanitation Speakers
- "Rethinking the Water-Health Nexus: Insights from East Africa," Zafar Adeel, Director, United Nations University, Institute for Water, Environment and Health
- "Potential Impacts of the Reinvented Toilet," Doulaye Kone, PhD, Senior Program Officer, WSH, Toilet Team Transformatives Technologies, Global Development, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
- "Food Security, Water Scarcity, and the Right to Health," Bob Lawrence, MD, Professor in Environmental Health Sciences, The Center for a Livable Future, Johns Hopkins Center for Global Health
- "Drinking Water Source and Risk of Orofacial Clefts in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Philippines," Haley Raimondi, Manager, Research and Outcomes Department, Operation Smile, Inc.
"Advice From The Experts" Panels
- Careers in Social Entrepreneurship: Advice From The Experts
- Careers in Global Health: Advice From The Experts
- More panels to be announced
Interactive Workshops
- "How Effective Partnerships, Supported by GE's DNA, Build Capacity at Local Levels of Need to Drive Long-Term, Sustainable Impact," David Barash, Executive Director, Global Health Portfolio and Chief Medical Officer, GE Foundation
- "Redesigning The Future of Food: The Workshop," Michael Conard, RA, NCARB, Senior Principal, Design + Urbanism Architectural, LLC; Urban Design Lab at the Earth Institute; Adjunct Associate Professor, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University and Judith LaBelle, President Emeritus and Senior Fellow, Glynwood
- "The Nero Syndrome: Why Development Projects Fiddle While the World Burns," Dean Cycon, Founder and CEO, Dean's Beans Organic Coffee Co.
- "DIY Medical Technology Hands-on Workshop," Jose Gomez-Marquez, Little Devices @MIT and co-founder LDTC+Labs LLC
- "Global Health Education: Reviewing Effective Strategies of Dissemination of Health Information," Brian Heuser, EdD, MTS, Assistant Professor of the Practice of International Education Policy, Peabody College of Vanderbilt University, Affiliated Faculty, Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health
- "From Pitfalls to Perfection: How to Improve Your Global Health Writing & Communications," Eve Heyn, Eve Heyn Global Health Care Communications
- "Getting Your Thumbs Dirty: A Practical Session in mHealth Development Using Interactive SMS," Alain Labrique, Assistant Professor, Program in Global Disease Epidemiology and Control, Department of International Health and Department of Epidemiology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University; Director, JHU Global mHealth Initiative
- "What Would YOU Do? A Workshop on Hard Choices for Social Enterprise Start-Ups," Rodney North, The Answer Man - Information for the Public and Media, Equal Exchange Coop
- "Building Skills to Advocate for Change with Health Data," Tara Nutley, Senior Technical Specialist, MEASURE Evaluation, Futures Group
- "My Billion Dollar Voice: How Advocacy Is Transforming Global Health," Ken Patterson, Global Grassroots Manager, Results
- "Mission Marketing: How to Succeed and Fail Changing Behavior," Joe Whinney, Founder and CEO, Theo Chocolate, Inc.
Student Leaders in Global Health Speakers
- "Determinants of Health Seeking Behaviors Among Women from Select Districts in the Upper East Region of Ghana," Emmanuel Aklamati, Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University
- "Evaluation of a Combined Insect Screen and Community Education Intervention Program to Control Chagas Disease in Yucatec Maya Communities in Yucatan, Mexico," Jacob Ball, Graduate Assistant, UF Emerging Pathogens Institute, International Clinics on Infectious Disease Dynamics and Data (ICI3D); MA Candidate in Medical Anthropology, University of Florida
- "Microfinance Institutions as a Platform for Global Health Delivery: A Cluster-Randomized Pilot Program," Aaron Baum, MD/PhD Candidate, Columbia University
- "Crowding Out Effect of HIV-Specific Foreign Aid on Non-HIV Health Services in Nigeria," Charles Chima, MBBS, MSc, DrPH Candidate and Teaching Assistant for Global Health, The University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, Texas
- "Crucial Barriers to Health Center Deliveries in Rural Western Kenya: Accessibility, Knowledge, or Values?" Jolene Damoiseaux, Undergraduate Student, Honors College, Baylor University
- "A Study of the Diagnostic Accuracy of Two Molecular Tests for Culture Proven Tuberculous Meningitis in Uganda," Emily Evans, Undergraduate Student, University of Virginia
- "One Year Experience Crowdfunding Surgery in Rural Nepal," Matthew Fleming, Nyaya Health; Boston University School of Medicine
- "Family Planning Knowledge and Use Among Rural Haitian Women," Leah Gregorio, Medical Student, University of Connecticut School of Medicine
- "Analysis of Neonatal Pregnancy Outcomes in Karagwe, Tanzania," Brian Griffith, Undergraduate Student, University of Pittsburgh
- "Hospitalists and Resource Use at Hospitals," Rezwan Haque, PhD Candidate, Harvard University
- "Factors Associated with Risky Sexual Behaviors Among Men in Western Jamaica," Deborah Hickman, Medical Student, University of Kentucky College of Medicine
- "Russia-USA Collaboration: Implementation of the EX Tobacco Cessation Interventional Program for Youth in Russian Provinces," Bulat Idrisov, MD, Graduate Student, Brandeis University
- "Using Volunteers to Increase the Use of Maternal Health Services in Rural Kenya," Bradly Kimbrough, Undergraduate Student, Baylor University
- "Environmental Contributors to Decreased Lung Function in Belizean Children," Allison Kurti, Graduate Student, University of Florida
- "The Effect of Indoor Air Pollutants on Lung Health and Reported Symptoms among Rural Belizean Adults," Stephanie Kurti, MS, PhD Candidate, Kansas State University
- "Evaluation of Self-Administration of Eye Drops Among Glaucoma Patients in Ghana," NaYoung Lee, PhD Candidate, University of Illinois School of Public Health
- "Vision Care and Academic Outcomes among China's Rural Youth: Results from a Randomized Trial," Xiaochen Ma, Doctoral Student, University of California, Davis
- "Visual Outcomes of Cataract Surgery in the Millennium Village Project (MVP) Cluster of Mbola, Tanzania," Irma Muhic, Medical Student, Weill Cornell Medical College
- "A Cross-Sectional Survey of Drinking Water Source and Diarrheal Disease in Rural Cameroon," Natalie Pancer, Undergraduate Student, Yale University
- "Traditional Birth Attendant Knowledge and Practice in Milot, Haiti," Emily Porter, Medical Student, Tufts University School of Medicine
- "Universal Health Care in Peru: The Impact of Nationalized Health Insurance on Out-of-Pocket Expenses," Maria Prom, Medical Student, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
- "Inflammation in the Fetal Compartment and Newborn Iron Acquisition in the Context of S. Japonicum Infection During Pregnancy," Kelsey Ripp, Medical Student, Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University
- "Patient Perspectives and Knowledge of Eye Glasses and Eye Health in Ghana," Caroline Rogi, Medical Student, University of Connecticut
- "Sleep-Disordered Breathing in Three Resource-Limited Settings: Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Comorbidity with Other Chronic Diseases," Noah Schwartz, Medical Student, University of Chicago
- "Prvalence, Distribution, and Correlates of Soil-Transmitted Helminthes (STH) among Zapotec Children in the State of Oaxaca, Mexico," Katelyn Sileo, PhD Candidate in Public Health, University of Connecticut Health Center
- "Identifying Barriers to Follow-Up Eye Care for Children After Failed Vision Screening in a Primary Care Setting," Zhuo (Tony) Su, Alumnus, Yale College
- "Graphic Instructional Aids Improve Patient Comprehension of Postoperative Cataract Medication Regimens in a Low-Literacy, Low-Socioeconomic Status South Indian Population: A Randomized Control Trial," Joshua Agranat, Medical Student, Boston University School of Medicine
Social Enterprise Pitch Presenters (Ideas in Development)
- "Experimenting Within the US Healthcare Ecosystem Through Human Centered Design," Megha Agrawal, Senior Associate, Health & Wellness Practice, IDEO
- "Reducing the Wealth Disparity in Dhaka, Bangladesh by Enabling Privileged Children to Help Street Children," Arifa Sayyidah Ahsan, Undergraduate Student, Department of Biochemistry, Brandeis University
- "Road Traffic Accidents: A Neglected Public Health Crisis," Pitambar Aryal, MPH, PGDDM, Chairperson, Integrated Community Development Movement Nepal
- "Funding for Cash Transfers," Sheena Ashdown, Director, Africa Village Project Association
- "Rapid Immunity Assessment Tool," Cara Barnes, Research Scientist, Diagnostics For All
- "Neglected Voices, Neglected Diseases: Igniting Youth Driven Innovation in Sanitation Solutions for Pastoralists in Tanzania," Sheri Bastien, Post Doctoral Fellow, Global Health & International Partnerships, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary
- "Educating Master's Level Primary Care Nurses in Haiti," Steven Baumann, RN, PhD,
Professor, Hunter College and the Graduate Center of CUNY;
Secretary, Promoting Health in Haiti, Inc. - "Daring, Caring & Sharing with a Grassroots-to-Global Multi-Media Campaign for Achieving Maternal Health," Deva-Marie Beck, PhD, RN, International Co-Director, Nightingale Initiative for Global Health
- "Capitalizing on Interdisciplinary Expertise Across Campus to Create a Bachelor's Degree Program in Social Innovation and Outreach at the University of Kentucky," Carla Bevins, PhD,
Faculty Lecturer, Division of Instructional Communication and Research
College of Communication and Information,
University of Kentucky
- "A Service Learning Approach to Global Public Health Curriculum," Krishna Bhagat, Doctoral Student, University of Maryland School of Public Health
- Beatrice Blake, Certified Focusing Trainer
- "Public Access to Government Data," Steven Blaser, Student, Duke University; Executive Director, Duke/Durham Saves; Executive Director, North Carolina Common Sense; Director, YPO@Duke
- "Using Geospatial Technology to Identify, Target, and Track Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Interventions within the Lwala Community, Nyanza Province, Kenya," Charlotte Buehler, MS, MPH Global Health Candidate, Vanderbilt University
- "Sustainable Social Safeguards in REDD+ Projects: Policy Decision-Making Through Health Impact Assessment," Savanna Carson, Doctoral Student, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health
- "Rural Clinic Patient Follow Up and Referral: Innovation to Support Continuum of Care and Efficiency in Service Delivery in Haiti," Jhonson Charles, Senior Capacity Building Manager, Futures Group International
- "Developing and Applying an Analytical Tool for Social Enterprise Policy," Sangmi Cho, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Social Welfare, School of Social Sciences, Ewha Womans University
- "Drinkwell: Transforming the Global Water Crisis into Economic Opportunity," Minhaj Chowdhury, CEO, Drinkwell
- "Addressing the Social Determinants of Health," Eric Conner, Co-Founder and COO, Healthify
- "Dulce Wireless Tijuana: Combining Clinical, Community-Based and 3G Wireless Technologies to Control Diabetes in a Large Family Medicine Clinic in Northern Mexico," Sonia Contreras, MS, Senior Health Advisor, The International Community Foundation; Binational Director and Co-Investigator, Dulce Wireless Tijuana
- "Microfinance and Micropharmacies: Retaining Community Health Workers in Cervical Cancer Prevention Programs," Sarah Cycon, Global Health Program Fellow, Grounds for Health
- "Inspiring Capital: Sustainability for Social Enterprises," Nell Derick Debevoise, Founder and CEO, Inspiring Capital
- "AliUp: Crowdfunding Low-Cost Mental Health Care and High-Impact Mental Health Skills," Ronald Del Castillo, PSYD, Doctor of Clinical Psychology; MPH Candidate, Health Policy, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health
- "Social Reintegration Following Obstetrical Fistula Repair in Rural Burkina Faso," Julie Désalliers, MD, MA, Resident in Family Medicine, Sherbrooke University; Member of the Executive Board, Fondation MMS Healthy Mothers of the World
- "Market-Based Solutions to Rural Healthcare Delivery: Investing in Community Pharmacies,"Lara Diaconu, Vice President, Health Services Fund, Global Partnerships
- "Applied Behavior Analysis Autism Parent Cooperatives," Melissa Diamond, Undergraduate Student, University of Richmond; Founder and Director, A Global Voice for Autism
- "A Mobile Phone-Based Data Collection System to Follow Women and Infants from Prenatal Care through Age Three Years in the Southwest Trifinio of Guatemala," Gretchen Domek, MD, MPhil, Global Health Fellow, Center for Global Health, University of Colorado School of Public Health
- "Fast, Efficient Record System for Transient Medical Teams," Sarah Draugelis, Research Assistant, The Global Health Initiative, Division of Infectious Diseases, Henry Ford Health System
- "Using Humanitarian Research to Create Paradigm Shifts in the Clean Water Access Sector," Dheeraj Duggineni, Medical Student, The Ohio State University; Co-Founder and Director of Research, Pure Water Access Project, Inc.
- "TraumaLink: Tackling the Lack of Pre-Hospital Care in Bangladesh," Eric Dunipace, Co-Founder and COO, TraumaLink
- "Implementing a Standardized Residency Program to Improve Healthcare in Haiti," Cassandre Edmond, Family Medicine Physician, Emergency Department, Mirebalais University Hospital, Zanmi Lasante/Partners in Health
- "AdherenceMatch.com: Cloud-Based Education, Management, and Social Support for People Living with HIV," Laura Edwards, MPH Candidate, Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
- "Holistic Healing and Empowerment Interventions: Safe Homes in Liberia, Tanzania, and Costa Rica for Women and Girls Who Have Been Victims of Sexual Exploitation," Nicol Epple, Founder, The L.O.V. Foundation
- "Seeds of Change: Improving Food Security in Appalachia and the Arkansas Delta," Pierre Ferrari, CEO, Heifer International
- "The UBC Medicine Stem Cell Club: Strengthening Canada’s Stem Cell Donor Database," Warren Fingrut, Medical Student, University of British Columbia
- "StockExchange," Jennifer Foth, MPH, International and Environmental Health
- "EyeHealth4All: Because Our Vision Matters," Henry Fung, BHSc (Hons.), MD Candidate, University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto
- "Real Time Mobile Reporting for Improved Decision Making in Gombe State, Nigeria: Experiences from the Community Based Support for Orphan and Vulnerable Children (CUBS) Project in Nigeria," Colin Gilmartin, Technical Officer, Center for Health Services, Management Sciences for Health
- "Reducing Maternal Mortality: Supporting Midwives to be Leaders, Managers, and Governors," Sasha Grenier, MPH, Technical Officer, Leadership, Management, and Governance Project, Management Sciences for Health
- "Building Local Capacity for Sudden Death Prevention in the Developing World," Eric Grubman, MD, FACC, FHRS
- "One Sun Health," Katie Guidera, Co-Founder, One Sun Health; Undergraduate Student, Duke University
- "Leveraging Biotech Profits to Fuel Social Change: The Prometheon Partner Match Program," Sara Gullet, Web and Social Media Coordinator, Prometheon Pharma, LLC
- "Implementing Low Cost Training in High Technology Areas of Health Care," Laura Gwathmey, Program Director, Physicians for Peace
- "S.T.A.R. International: Surgical Training and Research," Karina Haber, Resident in Obstetetrics and Gynecology, Western Connecticut Health Network/Danbury Hospital
- "Can Community Based Peer Mentoring Programs Decrease Vertical Transmission of HIV?" Rebecca Hamilton, Harvard Medical School,
Massachusetts General Hospital, Division of General Surgery; Karolinska Institute, Division of Global Health, Stockholm, Sweden - "A Pilot for the The Health Impact Fund: Aligning Incentives to Increase Access to Medicines and Innovation," Jake Hirsch-Allen, Manager, Incentives for Global Health
- "Achieving Global Health Equity through a Policy-Centered, Trans-Disciplinary Collective Impact Approach Led by a Minority-Serving Academic Institution," Jammie Hopkins, DrPH, MS, Project Director, Transdisciplinary Collaborative Center for Health Disparities Research; Instructor, Department of Community Health and Preventive Medicine Morehouse School of Medicine
- "Teach the Teacher: Training for Graduate Medical and Nursing Educators in Haiti," James Hudspeth, Physicians for Haiti; Boston University
- "The Effect of Selenium Supplementation in Management of HIV Infected, Antiretroviral Therapy Ineligible Children in Nigeria: A Randomized Clinical Trial," Grace Iheanacho, MD, MPH, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne
- "Cross-National Clerkships and Cultural Competence Training in the Predoctoral Dental Curriculum: An Innovative Global Oral Health Initiative," Chris S. Ivanoff, DDS, University of Tennessee College of Dentistry; Director Global Outreach, Associate Professor Bioscience Research
- "TulaLens: A Balanced Perspective," Priya Iyer, Founder and CEO, TulaLens
- "SAMI: Storage Agronomy & Marketing for Impact," Carl Jensen, Masters of Science Candidate, International Agricultural Development; International Development Innovation Network Fellow, D-Lab
- "Examining Political Leadership in the HIV/AIDS Epidemic through a Novel Likert Scale Method," Abraar Karan, MD Candidate, UCLA
- "Global Health Write: A Non-Profit to Expand Publication Options to Low-Income Countries," Abraar Karan, MD Candidate, UCLA
- "Prevention is Better than Cure: Promotion of the Use of Hats and Sunglasses to Reduce the Incidence of Pterygium," Uma Kelekar, Assistant Professor of Health Care Management, Marymount University
- "A Cross-Sectorial Platform for the Socio-Professional Reintegration of Cancer Patients, in Belgium," Régine
Kiasuwa, MPH,
Cancer Centre, Scientific Institute of Public Heath, Belgium - "Enabling Clean-Energy Technology Diffusion Through Vocational Training," William Kisaalita, PhD, Founder and CEO, Smallholder Fortunes Vocational Schools
- "Bridging the Gap: Integrating Travel Medicine into Routine Care in a Community Health Center Setting," Jessica Koren, AmeriCorps Member, Hudson River HealthCare
- "The Medicines Quality Database: Successfully Sharing Information about Poor Quality Medicines in Developing Countries," Laura Krech, MPH, Consultant, Promoting the Quality of Medicines Program, U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention
- "TimmyCare: An Electronic Medical Record System for Front Line Medical Service Providers in the Developing World," August Longino, Former Medical Programs Coordinator for Timmy Global Health
- "Solemade: Sandals Fashioned by Haitian Artisans with Proceeds Supporting Poverty Alleviation," Stephanie Ly, MPH, Assistant Director, International Programs, Division of Plastic and Maxillofacial Surgery, Children's Hospital Los Angeles
- "Student Language Exchange: Communication at the Center of Innovation," Fiora MacPherson, Undergraduate Student, Brown University; Director of Expansion, Brown Student Language Exchange
- "Using E-Platforms to Decrease Isolation and Stress Among Pregnant Women of Recent South Asian Diaspora to Improve Maternal Health," Taimur Malik, Co-Founder, Muslim Mentorship Initiative (MMI)
- "Development of Formalized Continuing Medical Education in Haiti," Naomie Marcelin, Clinical Nurse Administrator, ZL-HUM
- "Treating the Most Prevalent Mental Illness in Africa: Depression," Sean Mayberry, Founder & Executive Director, StrongMinds
- "Vassar Haiti Project," Sarah Oliver, Undergraduate Student, Vassar College
- "Using a Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing Model to Improve Resource Utilization in a Hospital in Haiti," Kathleen O'Neill, Global Surgery Research Associate, Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, Harvard Medical School, Boston Children's Hospital; MD Candidate, University of Pennsylvania, Perelman SOM
- "Improving Maternal and Child Survival Through Community Participation (IMACSCOP) in Northern Uganda's Post-Conflict Nwoya District," Janet Oola,
- "Disruptive Innovation in Orthopedic Surgery: The Cutting Edge of Practical," Kushal Patel, Morgan & Madison McClellan International Research Fellow, Institute for Global Orthopaedics & Traumatology
- "IlumiNate: Making Hypothermia Visible," Matthew Petney, Johns Hopkins University, Center for Bioengineering Innovation and Design
- "Killing Cancer Naturally," Bilal Qizilbash, Graduate Student, Mississippi College
- "A Model for Sustainable Community Engagement and Capacity Building in Sub-Saharan Africa," Jessica Rampton, Graduate Student, Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of Michigan School of Public Health
- "Fishing Where the Fish Are: Outreach to Sex Workers and Clients Through Commercial Sex Sites," Marieke Ridder, Programme Manager, Sex Work Projects
- "Medical Legal Partnership: Immigrant Youth Clinic," Virginia Roncaglione, MSc, Quality Improvement and Research Fellow, Children's Health Fund; Global Health Corps
- "The Sikia Monitor: Low-Cost Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring for Developing Countries," Pankti Shah, MSE student, Center for Bioengineering Innovation and Design, Johns Hopkins University
- "A New Professional Field in a 'School of Societal Medicine' or 'Societal Systems Design'," Evan Shulman, Program Manager, Center for Social Innovation NYC; Fellow, Starting Bloc; Former Googler; BS Cognitive Science, Minor in Human Complex Systems, UCLA
- "The Social Medicine Network: Responding to the Social Determinants of Health and Promoting Social Accountability Among Health Care Workers and Trainees," Michael Stein, BASc, MD Candidate, University of British Columbia
- "Paps on the Bus: Cervical Cancer Screening for Street-Based Sex Trade Workers," Naomi Thulien, NP-PHC, MN, PhD Student; Coordinator, Primary Health Care - Global Health Nurse Practitioner Program, Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto
- "Increasing Child Dietary Diversity by Incorporating School Horticulture Unit Products into Mid-Day Meals," Prakash Tyagi, Executive Director, GRAVIS
- "Misunderstanding Medication Instructions: Assessment of a Picture-Based Intervention in Rural Western Kenya," Beth Uhlig, Undergraduate Student, Honors College, Baylor University
- "Social Entrepreneurship in Mobile Information Systems in Emerging Markets," Hajo van Beijma, Co-Founder and Director, Text to Change
- "Prosthetic Training Across Borders," Diana Veneri, EdD, PT, NCS, RYT, Associate Professor, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Hartford
- "Inspiring Subsistence Farmers to Adopt Permaculture Principles in Malawi," Ken Wong, Director, The Face-to-Face AIDS Project
- "Equipping Community Health Workers with Information to Address Non-Communicable Diseases," Robin Young, Marketing and Outreach Coordinator, Hesperian
- "Making Birth Safer in Laos: Birth Kits, Nurses Training, Volunteer Training," Kristyn Zalota, Founder, CleanBirth.org
- "Water Systems Management and Diarrheal Incidence During the Monsoon Season in India," Raina Zantout, Masters Student, University of Florida
- More pitch presenters will be announced. Pitch presenters are selected from the submitted abstracts, which are reviewed and accepted on a rolling application deadline.