Second Annual Ideal Village Conference at Stanford University
Friday, June 16, 2017, 08:00 am – 08:00 pm
Oak Room West, Tressider Memorial Union, Stanford University
Theme: Collaborations for the Ideal Village
Chair: Dr. Gary Darmstadt, School of Medicine
Co-Chairs: Dr. Sundar Kamath (Sanmina), Dr. Kanwaljeet S. Anand (School of Medicine)
Co-Sponsors: Science for Society, and, Stanford Angels & Entrepreneurs (Radhika Shah)
8:00-8:50AM
Breakfast and Registration
9:00-10.20AM
Global Health and Ideal Village Project Dr K S Anand and Sally Benson
Welcome, Conference Objectives - Gary Darmstadt (Stanford SOM) YouTube
Innovation in Global Health - Stanford Program - Kathy Burke (Stanford Global Health) YouTube
Ideal Village: Collaboration and Pilot results - Sundar Kamath (Sanmina) YouTube
Social Impact Initiatives at Microsoft - Tim Hopper (Microsoft) YouTube
Session Q&A
10:20-10:30AM
Coffee Break
10:30-10:50AM
Keynote: Stanford Angels & Entrepreneurs:
Tech as an Accelerant for the UN Sustainable Development Goals
- Radhika Shah (SA&E) & Paula Mariwala (Seedfund Investors) YouTube
10:50-12:10PM
South Asia Initiatives: Health, Water & Education Paula Mariwala
Healthcare screening & treatment of rural children
- C Sreenivas (SSS Sanjeevani Trust) YouTube
Rural Education programs in Pakistan
- Sabahat Rafiq (United We REACH) YouTube
Ideal Villages through ideal education
- B. N Murthy (SSS Lok Seva Educational Institutions) YouTube
Integrated and Holistic Water Solutions for Villages in India
- Ravi Mariwala (Scientific Precision) YouTube
12:10-12:55PM
Lunch Break
1:00-2:35PM
Africa Initiatives: Energy Sabahat Rafiq
Keynote: Project Mercy in Ethiopia
- Bete Demeke (Project Mercy) YouTube
Ideal Village in Malawi
- Robert Burns (Kasimu Education Fund) YouTube
Solving poverty in Africa through job creation
- Karen Bysiewicz and Gil-li Vardi (Stanford SEED) YouTube
Bio Waste to Power
- Venkat Venkataraman (Bloomenergy) YouTube
2:35-2:45PM
Coffee Break
2:45-4:20PM
Social Entrepreneurship; Connectivity Kelly O’Brien
Keynote: Sustainable Impact Investing: Opportunities & Challenges
- Mohamed Amersi (Inclusive Ventures) YouTube
Ecosystem for Social Impact in Rural India
- Raju Reddy (Kakatiya Sandbox) PDF
Social Impact projects in Silicon Valley
- Mike Fox (Goodwill) YouTube; Murali Vullaganti (PeopleShores) YouTube
Ericsson Response: Connectivity in disaster areas
- Shiva Patibanda (Ericsson) YouTube
4:20-5:00PM
Panel Discussion Gary Darmstadt
Implementation, Scaling & Systems Science: Needs, Challenges & Solutions
- Banny Banerjee, Sabahat Rafiq, Bete Demeke, Mohamed Amersi
5:00-5:45PM
Open Discussion, Highlights, Closing Remarks
We acknowledge our sponsors for supporting the Ideal Village conference,
Thank You!
