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PRELIMINARY AGENDA
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10:00 - 10:30
Welcome and Opening Remarks/Reflections from Co-Organizing Member States and Co-Hosts of Global Solutions Summit 2018
10:30 – 11:30
Business Models for Potable Water Delivery
Moderator: George Owusu Essegbey, Director, Science and Technology Policy Research Institute (STEPRI), Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Ghana
11:30 - 12:30
Business Models for Off-Grid Electricity
Moderator: Paula Pelaez*, Head, Business Call to Action
12:30 – 13:00
The Human Connection for Last Mile Deployment
Moderator: Zakri Abdul Hamid, Science Advisor to the Prime Minister of Malaysia
13:00 - 15:00
Lunch
15:00 – 15:30
ICT for the Last Mile
Moderator: Sonia Kabir, Managing Director, Microsoft Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan and Laos
15:30 - 16:300
Business Models for Smallholder Farmers
16:30 – 17:30
Finance for Smallholder Farmers and Community Based Projects
Moderator: Saad Andary*, Vice Governor, Banque du Liban
17:30 – 18:00
Wrap Up – Next Steps and Introduction to STI Forum
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10:00 - 10:30
Welcome and Opening Remarks/Reflections from Co-Organizing Member States and Co-Hosts of Global Solutions Summit 2018
- Senior Representative, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
- Ambassador Toshiya Hoshino, Deputy Permanent Representative of Japan to the United Nations and Co-chair of UN STI Forum 2018
- Ambassador Juan Sandoval-Mendiolea, Deputy Permanent Representative of Mexico to the United Nations and Co-chair of UN STI Forum 2018
- Alfred Watkins, Chairman, Global Solutions Summit
10:30 – 11:30
Business Models for Potable Water Delivery
Moderator: George Owusu Essegbey, Director, Science and Technology Policy Research Institute (STEPRI), Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Ghana
- Kurt Soderlund, CEO, Safe Water Network
- Randy Welsch, Cofounder and President, Jibu
- Lars Willi, Founder, Weconnex
11:30 - 12:30
Business Models for Off-Grid Electricity
Moderator: Paula Pelaez*, Head, Business Call to Action
- Patrina Eiffert, Senior Director, NRECA International
- Yariv Cohen, CEO, Ignite Power
12:30 – 13:00
The Human Connection for Last Mile Deployment
Moderator: Zakri Abdul Hamid, Science Advisor to the Prime Minister of Malaysia
- Mark Grobmyer, CEO, Global Technology Deployment Initiative
- Jonathan Papoulidis, Executive Advisor on Fragile States, World Vision
13:00 - 15:00
Lunch
15:00 – 15:30
ICT for the Last Mile
Moderator: Sonia Kabir, Managing Director, Microsoft Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan and Laos
- Andrew Beard, CEO and Co-Founder, Vanu
- Syed Farhad Ahmed, Managing Director, Aamra Group
15:30 - 16:300
Business Models for Smallholder Farmers
- Pierre Ferrari, CEO, Heifer International
- Bob Rabatsky, Director, Feed the Future Partnering for Innovation
- Shaun Ferris, Director of Agriculture & Livelihoods Program, Catholic Relief Services
16:30 – 17:30
Finance for Smallholder Farmers and Community Based Projects
Moderator: Saad Andary*, Vice Governor, Banque du Liban
- Donna Katzin, Founding Executive Director, Shared Interest
- Aliyu Abdulhameed, Managing Director, Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL)
- Fan Gao, SVP, CreditEase
- Chris Walker, Social Innovations Director, Mercy Corps
17:30 – 18:00
Wrap Up – Next Steps and Introduction to STI Forum
