6th Annual Ideal Village Conference (online)
Stanford University, Sept. 29-30, 2021
Theme: Post-Pandemic Normal - The Path Forward
Wednesday, September 29
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Healthcare & Nutrition
7:30 AM
Welcome, Ideal Village Update & Keynote
7:30 AM
7:35 AM
Dr. Sundar Kamath, Senior VP, Sanmina Corp. San Jose CA - Ideal Village Project Update - PDF YouTube
7:45 AM
Healthcare
Opening Keynote: Dr. Catharina Boehme, Chef de Cabinet at WHO - Pandemic update from WHO, Geneva - PDF YouTube
7:45 AM
Session Chair: Dr. Paul H. Wise, Senior Fellow, Stanford Freeman Spogli Instt., Stanford Medicine, Global Health YouTube
8:15 AM
Sunil Wadhwani, WISH Foundation - Transforming Primary Health in Developing Countries through Innovation YouTube
8:30 AM
Dr. Raj Shah, Wheels Global Foundation - Telemedicine solutions during the pandemic and the path forward - PDF YouTube
8:45 AM
Dr. David Cornsweet, Gumpert Foundation - A response to the urgent need for rural healthcare as emphasized by the Pandemic. YouTube
Zoom audience Q&A YouTube
Education
Session Chair: Dr. Donald A. Barr, Stanford Graduate School of Education, Stanford Medicine YouTube
Kalyan Chakravarthy, Wheels Global Foundation - Vocational education for Rural Skilling - PDF YouTube
Dr. Kristina A. Hesbol, Director, Center for Innovative Rural Collaboration for Leadership in Education (CIRCLE), University of Denver - Realities of US rural education and post pandemic changes needed - PDF YouTube
Dr Ann Lopez, Univ of Toronto - Leveraging knowledge from the pandemic to address persistent inequities in education - PDF YouTube
Robert Fung, Principal San Diego Metropolitan School - The Post-Pandemic Educator - pursuing a new education ecosystem - PDF YouTube
Zoom audience Q&A YouTube
10:30 AM
Water & Sanitation
Session Chair: Stuart Rudick, Founder Mindfull Investors YouTube
10:30 AM
10:45 AM
Dr Desh Deshpande, Sparta LLC & Deshpande Foundation - Large scale plan for farm ponds in India to improve groundwater resources - PDF YouTube
11:00 AM
Rachel Cardone, Stanford Woods Institute - Post Pandemic Normal WASH services - Innovations for the Ideal Village - PDF YouTube
11:15 AM
Stuart Rudick, Mindfull Investors - Q&A, Session wrap up and comments YouTube
11:30 AM
Closing Keynote: Balaji Ganapathy, TCS Corporate Social Responsibility YouTube
11:50 AM
Key Takeaways & Recommendations:
Ambassador Pradeep Kapur, WHEELS Global Foundation - Medscape recommendations YouTube
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