Agenda - 5th Ideal Village Conference at Stanford
Theme: Sustainability and the Pandemic: Ensuring Human and Environmental Well-Being
Tuesday, October 13
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Healthcare & Nutrition
7:15 AM
Welcome & Ideal Village Update
7:15 AM
Dr. Kanwaljeet S Anand, Professor of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine CA - Welcome
7:20 AM
Dr. Sundar Kamath, Senior VP, Sanmina Corp. San Jose CA - Ideal Village Project Update
7:30 AM
Healthcare & Nutrition
Session Chair / Moderator: Aashima Gupta, Global Director, Healthcare Strategy and Solutions at Google Cloud
7:30 AM
Conference Keynote: Dr. Soumya Swaminathan, Chief Scientific Officer, WHO, Geneva - Overview of Pandemic Response, Lessons & Outlook
8:00 AM
Dr. Yvonne A. Maldonado, Senior Associate Dean, Stanford School of Medicine CA - Pandemic driven challenges in addressing rural health care
8:15 AM
Dr. Preetha Reddy, Apollo Hospitals, Chennai - Addressing public health issues and rural health needs in the face of the Pandemic
8:30 AM
Dr. Ekanath Rangan & Dr. Shanti Nair, Amrita University, Kochi - Critical role of Telehealth for Rural Medical Care In the Pandemic Era
8:45 AM
Anand Kadali (Annapoorna Trust) & Dr Shruti Prabhu (DMCHP) - Nutrition and healthcare for rural children and expectant mothers
9:05 AM
Panel Session with all presenters + zoom audience Q&A
9:30 AM
Values-Based Education
Session Chair/Moderator: MR Rangaswami Sandhill Group CA
9:40 AM
Keynote: Sal Khan, Founder & CEO, Khan Academy CA: Digital divide/opportunity gap: How the pandemic is disproportionately impacting vulnerable kids
10:00 AM
Bhuvana Santhanam, Head, Global Programs, University of Human Excellence - Creating societal leaders for the new era: Education for Human Excellence
10:10 AM
Prof. Chandra Bhushan Sharma, former Chair, National Open Schooling Institute, New Delhi - Educating rural & underserved children in India
10:20 AM
Prof. Kannan Moudgalya, IIT-Bombay & WHEELS Foundation - Spreading Educational Opportunities Across Cultures, Languages, and Socioeconomic Strata
10:30 AM
Kevin Sheehan, Founder & CEO Hope Collaborative, Boston - Leadership skills training for inner city kids, transforming their future
10:40 AM
10:50 AM
Dr. Mary Ann Dewan, Santa Clara County Superindent of Schools, CA - Isolation, Inclusion, Innovation and the Pandemic
Panel Session with all presenters + zoom audience Q&A
11:10 AM
Wrap-up for the Day / Open Discussion: Dr. Kanwaljeet S. Anand, Professor of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine CA
11:30 AM
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