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) PDF YouTube
Innovation in Global Health - Stanford Program - Kathy Burke (Stanford Global Health) PDF YouTube
Ideal Village: Collaboration and Pilot results - Sundar Kamath (Sanmina) PDF YouTube
Social Impact Initiatives at Microsoft - Tim Hopper (Microsoft) PDF YouTube
Session Q&A
10:20-10:30AM
Coffee Break
10:50-12:10PM
South Asia Initiatives: Health, Water & Education Paula Mariwala
* Healthcare screening & treatment of rural children
- C Sreenivas (SSS Sanjeevani Trust) PDF YouTube
* Rural Education programs in Pakistan
- Sabahat Rafiq (United We REACH) PDF YouTube
* Ideal Villages through ideal education
- B. N Murthy (SSS Lok Seva Educational Institutions) PDF YouTube
* Integrated and Holistic Water Solutions for Villages in India
- Ravi Mariwala (Scientific Precision) PDF 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) PDF YouTube
* Ideal Village in Malawi - Robert Burns (Kasimu Education Fund) PDF YouTube
* Solving poverty in Africa through job creation
- Karen Bysiewicz and Gil-li Vardi (Stanford SEED) PDF YouTube
* Bio Waste to Power - Venkat Venkataraman (Bloomenergy) PDF 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) PDF YouTube
* Ecosystem for Social Impact in Rural India
- Raju Reddy (Kakatiya Sandbox) PDF
* Social Impact projects in Silicon Valley
- Mike Fox (Goodwill) PDF YouTube; Murali Vullaganti (PeopleShores) PDF YouTube
* Ericsson Response: Connectivity in disaster areas
- Shiva Patibanda (Ericsson) PDF YouTube
4:20-5:00PM
Panel Discussion Gary Darmstadt
* Implementation, Scaling & Systems Science: Needs, Challenges & Solutions
- Banny Banerjee (15), 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!
