Global Poverty Initiative – Millennium Campus Conference
Date: April 18-20, 2008
Location: MIT
Speakers: Amy Smith, AIDG’s Peter Haas, Paul Polak, Paul Farmer (Partners in Health), John Wood (Room to Read)
Ira Magaziner (Clinton Foundation)
Registration: http://gpi.mit.edu/register.php
Description:
The Millennium Campus Network (MCN) is an organization of university student groups in the Boston area committed to supporting the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to eradicate extreme poverty. The Network brings together student organizations at leading universities to make the anti-poverty movement – in the spirit of the MDGs – a fully cross-disciplinary, collaborative and integrated effort.
The MCN’s Millennium Campus Conference will be hosted by different member universities each year, with the MCN hosting a series of seminars, workshops, and projects in between each conference. The inaugural conference, hosted by the MIT GPI, will open MCN’s resources and mentorship opportunities to the hundreds of students interested in starting or continuing work in poverty alleviation in the coming year.
Schedule:
Day 1 – Friday 4/18 |
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9-11am | Registration |
11am-12pm | Opening keynote |
1-2pm | Technology keynote:Amy Smith |
2:15-3:30pm | Track Session 1
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3:30-5:30pm | PANEL: Stories from the Field: Student Work in Poverty Alleviation Movie Screening: Salud |
6:00-10pm | Evening Activities |
Day 2 – Saturday 4/19 |
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8-9:30am | Registration |
9:30-10:30am | Health keynote: Paul Farmer |
10:45am-12pm | Track Session 2
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12-1pm | Education keynote: John Wood |
1-2:30pm | Networking Luncheon (limited to 100 attendees) |
1-3:30pm | Student Expo for Social Change |
3:45-5pm | Track Session 3
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5-6pm | Action Workshop – Starting Projects for Global Change
Action Workshop – Leadership and Organizations: Leading Your Peers to Change the World |
7-10:30PM | Millennium Campus Concert at the Roxy |
Day 3 – Sunday 4/20 |
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8-9:30am | Registration |
9:30-10:30am | Public Policy keynote: Ira Magaziner |
10:45am-12pm | Track Session 4
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12-1pm | Economics keynote: TBD |
2-4pm | Millennium Action Challenge poster session Beyond College: Career Expo |
3-4pm | Action Workshop – Overcoming Barriers in Project Delivery Action Workshop – Fundamental Steps to Effective Campaigns Movie Screening: Hole in the Wall |
4-6pm | Show Me: The Poverty Action Tour — Jeffrey Sachs and John Legend |
6-8pm | Closing Ceremonies and Reception |