Presented by Unite For Sight, the Social Entrepreneurship Institute provides mentoring, guidance, and successful strategies for participants to apply to their work in global health, social entrepreneurship, education, and international development. In addition to unique interactive sessions by leaders in global health and social entrepreneurship, the Institute also includes lunch and dinner networking receptions with the speakers. Space is limited, and we encourage early registration.
Social Entrepreneurship Institute
Friday, December 5, 2014
Shubert Theater, New Haven, Connecticut
http://www.uniteforsight.org/institute
Confirmed Social Entrepreneurship Institute speakers thus far include:
Keynote Address
- Dean Karlan, President and Founder, Innovations for Poverty Action; Professor of Economics, Yale University
Moving From Rhetoric to Impact
- "mHealth Innovations in Global Health," Bobby Jefferson, Director Informatics, Futures Group
- Jocelyn Brown, Product Manager, Medical Devices, 3rd Stone Design, Inc.
- Michael Fairbanks, Fellow, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University
Key Lessons in Health and Entrepreneurship
- "Five Things Every Social Entrepreneur Needs to Know," Jeffrey A. Robinson, Associate Professor and Academic Director, The Center for Urban Entrepreneurship & Economic Development, Rutgers Business School; Director, New Jersey Social Innovation Institute
- Dean Cycon, Founder and and CEO, Dean's Beans Organic Coffee Co.
- "How to Scale Social Change," Dave DeLuca, Head of Campaigns, Do Something
- Jane Aronson, MD, CEO, Founder, Worldwide Orphans Foundation; Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Cornell Weill Medical College and Columbia University
Growing Effective Programs and Measuring Impact
- "Use of Patient-Centered Evaluation Models to Drive the Implementation of Community-Based Mental Health Services into the Public Sector Primary Care System of Rural Haiti," Shinichi Daimyo, Clinical Program Officer, Partners In Health
- "Innovations in Research, Design, Measurement, and Analysis," Rohit Naimpally, Senior Training Associate, Poverty Action Lab
- "Putting Farmers First in the Fight to End Hunger," Jenny Best, Global Communications, One Acre Fund
Complete details and the Institute schedule can be seen at http://www.uniteforsight.org/institute/
For more information, contact: Devin Opotzner at devin.opotzner@uconn.edu