Schedule
Friday, March 30, 2012
8:00 AM to 8:30 PM
Room 1501, International Affairs Building, Columbia University
8:00-9:00 AM
Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00-9:30 AM
Welcome and Introduction: Robert C. Lieberman, Interim Dean, School of
International and Public Affairs; and Jose Antonio Ocampo, Director, Economic and Political Development Concentration,
School of International and Public Affairs
9:30-11:00 AM
Searching for Social Innovation: Learning from the Past
Moderator: Chrystia Freeland, Journalist, Thomson Reuters
This panel will provide an overview of the historical origins, meaning and applications of the term
"social innovation", its relevance to development practice, and general trends and debates.
Iman Bibars, Vice President, Ashoka Global, and Regional Director, Ashoka Arab World
Salo Coslovsky, Assistant Professor of International Development, Robert F. Wagner School of Public Service, New York University
Maura O'Neill, Senior Counselor to the Administrator for Innovation, USAID
11:15-12:45 PM
Social Policies: Sources of Innovation and Diffusion
Moderator: Tina Rosenberg, Journalist, NY Times
This panel will explore social policies as sources of social innovation and diffusion, including the experience
of both "old" and "new" policy innovations such as participatory budgeting and conditional cash transfers, and
also the policy environment conducive to supporting social innovations in government.
Mitchell Orenstein, Associate Professor, John Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies
Nohra Rey de Marulanda, Independent Consultant, Integration and Regional Programs Department, Inter-American
Development Bank
Fabio Veras Soares, Researcher and Coordinator, International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, and Researcher,
Institute for Applied Economic Research
12:45-2:15 PM
Luncheon Keynote: Joaquim de Melo, Founder and CEO, Instituto Palmas
2:30-3:00 PM
Open space: World Café
3:15-4:45 PM
User-led Innovations in Information and Communication Technologies
Moderator: Lynn Parramore, Media Consultant
This panel will discuss innovations in the design of basic goods and services, information and communication technologies.
Karl Brown, Associate Director, Rockefeller Foundation
Trina DasGupta, Program Director, GSMA mWomen
Kentaro Toyama, Researcher, School of Information at the University of California, Berkeley
Katrin Verclas, Co-Founder, MobileActive.org
5:00-6:30 PM
Harnessing Markets for Social Change & Looking to the Future
Moderator: Anya Schiffrin, Professor and Director of International Media, Advocacy and Communications specialization, SIPA
This panel will look at how market-based approaches to development have evolved and diversified to create social enterprises,
spur interest in impact investing and promote social entrepreneurship around the world.
Ehaab Dyaa Abdou, World Bank Institute
Antara Haldar, Post-Doctoral Research Scholar, Committee on Global Thought, Columbia University
Michael Hofmann, Director, LKS Climate, Spain
Fumitsugu Tosu, Co-President, Table For Two
6:30-6:45 PM
Closing Remarks: Jose Antonio Ocampo, Director, Economic and Political Development Concentration, SIPA
6:45-8:30 PM
Networking Reception with Live World Music
A closing networking cocktail reception with live world music and a media event on global social innovations.
