Note: The Symposium is an invitation-only event.
Thursday, October 1st
| Malkin Penthouse Littauer Building, 4th floor 79 JFK Street Cambridge, MA |
JFK Forum Littauer Building, 1st floor 79 JFK Street Cambridge, MA |
NYE Conference Center Taubman Building, 5th floor 79 JFK Street Cambridge, MA |
| 5:00pm | Registration and Cocktail Reception (Malkin) |
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| 6:00pm | Welcome Remarks (JFK Forum) Ricardo Hausmann - Director, Center for International Development at Harvard University Introduction to Symposium on Inclusive Growth and Development Richard Samans, Member of the Managing Board, World Economic Forum |
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| 6:15pm |
Keynote: The Challenge of Inclusion (JFK Forum) John Authers - Senior Investment Columnist, Financial Times |
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| 7:15pm | Welcome Dinner (Nye) | |
| 8:00pm | Author Introductions: The Passion Behind the Idea Jennifer Blanke - Chief Economist, Member of the Management Committee, World Economic Forum |
Friday, October 2nd
Nye Conference Center
Taubman Building, 5th floor
79 JFK Street, Cambridge, MA
| 8:00am | Breakfast | |
| 8:45am | Symposium Overview Marcela Escobari - Executive Director, Center for International Development at Harvard University |
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| 9:00am | Panel: Why are we here? Innovative Ideas Challenging Views of Development Yuwa Hedrick-Wong - Chief Economist, MasterCard Center for Inclusive Growth Richard Samans - Member of the Managing Board, World Economic Forum Ricardo Hausmann - Director, Center for International Development at Harvard University Moderator: Henry Curr - US Economics Correspondent, The Economist |
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| 9:45am | Session 1: Broadening Access to Innovative Financial Services Billions on the Sidewalk, Improving Savings by Reducing Investment Mistakes by Ugo Panizza The Bricks' Savings Account by Lucio Castro Discussants: Carmen Reinhart - Minos A. Zombanakis Professor of the International Financial System, HKS Shawn Cole - John G. McLean Professor of Business Administration, HBS Moderator: Shamina Singh - Executive Director, The MasterCard Center for Inclusive Growth |
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| 10:45am | Break | |
| 11:05am | Session 2: Democratizing Access to Education and Labor Market Opportunities Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator by Antony Altbeker Integrom Program: Breaking Barriers To The Labor Market by Laszlo Juhasz The Trillion-Dollar Opportunity: Visibility into Human Potential as a Pathway to Inclusive Growth by Gretchen Phillips Discussant: Kyle Meade - Director of Innovation, Entrepreneurial Finance Lab David Coats, Director, WorkMatters Consulting Moderator: Mitul Desai - Director for Research Partnerships and Analytics, The MasterCard Center for Inclusive Growth |
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| 12:30pm | Lunch | |
| 1:30pm | Session 3: Facilitating Entrepreneurship for Broad-based Development Re-Inventing the Corner Store by Busi Radebe Democratizing Incubation: Creating a Virtual Startup Ecosystem by Stefanie Bauer How Business Can Drive Inclusive Growth and Development: The Case of Empowering Traditional Retailers by Catalina García Discussants: Josh Lerner - Jacob H. Schiff Professor of Investment Banking, HBS Miguel Angel Santos - Senior Research Fellow, Center for International Development at Harvard University Moderator: Peter Bruce - Editor-in-Chief, Business Day and Financial Mail |
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| 2:45pm | Debate: Views on Growth: Redistribution or Inclusion? Lant Pritchett - Professor of the Practice of International Development, HKS Zia Qureshi - Nonresident Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution; formerly Director, Development Economics, World Bank Moderator: Jennifer Blanke - Chief Economist, Member of the Management Committee, World Economic Forum |
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| 3:30pm | Coffee break/Networking | |
| 4:00pm | Session 4: Increasing Connectivity and Developing Applications for Logistics and Governance How Adding More Mobile Subscribers Will Drive Inclusive Growth by David Michael Unlocking Africa’s Full Retail Potential with a Crowdsourced On-Demand Delivery Platform by Adetayo Bamiduro Geolocation Based Public Information System by Ashish Rana Discussant: Alex Pentland - Toshiba Professor of Media Arts and Sciences, MIT Mark Chase - Lecturer, Tufts University Moderator: TBD |
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| 5:15pm | Reflection Session: Where Do We Go From Here? Moderator: Lutfey Siddiqi, UBS Investment Bank |
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| 6:00pm | Closing Remarks Ricardo Hausmann - Director, Center for International Development at Harvard University |
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| 6:10pm | Ideas Gallery & Reception |