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THEMES, DISCUSSION TOPICS, DISTINGUISHED FACULTY & HOSTS

1	What actions can corporations take to support the protection of human rights in countries where they do business?
DF	Luiz Chor, Nucleus of Social Responsibility of the Federation of Industries of Rio de Janeiro
DF	Bruce Klatsky, Chairman and CEO, Philips-Van Heusen
H	Jane Pratt, The Mountain Institute
2	How can nonprofit groups and corporate social responsibility programs persuade governments to adopt and scale up their successful development programs?
DF	Hylton Appelbaum, Executive Director, Liberty Group Limited
DF	John Shilling, Trustee, Millennium Institute
H	Sarah Timpson, United Nations Development Programme
3	What role should corporations play in the current global debate on trade barriers in agriculture and international business investment?
DF	John Michael Forgách, McCluskey Fellow, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies
DF	Jorge Pinto, Director, Center for Global Finance - Pace University
H	Michaela Walsh, Women's Asset Management
4	What internal codes of conduct should corporations adopt to protect workers and the environment?
DF	Richard Kiy, President and CEO, International Community Foundation
DF	Timothy Smith, Senior Vice President and Director of Socially Responsive Investing, Walden Asset Management
H	Noreen Clark, The University of Michigan School of Public Health
5	How can corporate social responsibility programs promote greater equity in the societies in which they do business?
DF	Richard Debs, Advisory Director, Morgan Stanley
DF	Robert Schwartz, Founder, Economists Allied Against the Arms Race
H	Patricia Huntington, Huntington Associates
6	How can corporate social responsibility programs promote greater equity in the societies in which they do business?
DF	Toni Fay, President, TGF Associates
DF	Nick Welch, Manager, International Relations, Shell Oil Company
H	Silvia Siller, Synergos
7	What lessons can be drawn from successful public sector-business-civil society partnerships to address social needs?
DF	Bill Bohnett, Parnter, Fulbright and Jaworski
DF	Alan Detheridge, Vice President, External Affairs, Exploration & Production, Shell International
H	Judy Harper, Synergos
8	What role should corporations play in the current global debate on trade barriers in agriculture and international business investment?
DF	Raul Rodriguez, Managing Director and CEO, North American Development Bank
H	Shari Turitz, Synergos
9	What lessons can be drawn from successful public sector-business-civil society partnerships to address social needs?
DF	Claire Costello, Head, Philanthropic Advisory Service, Citigroup Private Bank
10	What lessons can be drawn from successful public sector-business-civil society partnerships to address social needs?
DF	Shannon St. John, Founding CEO, Triangle Community Foundation
DF	Kathryn S. Wylde, President and CEO, Partnership for New York City
H	Mahesh Sharma, Cambridge College
11	How can nonprofit groups and corporate social responsibility programs persuade governments to adopt and scale up their successful development programs?
DF	Corazon Juliano-Soliman, Minister of Social Welfare and Development of the Philippines
DF	David Morrison, President, NetAid
H	Michael Cohen, New School
12	What opportunities exist for corporate and private philanthropists and government agencies to work together to achieve common goals?
DF	Oscar Rojas, Fundación Alvaralice
DF	Dan Runde, Special Advisor, Global Development Alliance, US Agency for International Development
H	David Winder, Synergos
13	What opportunities exist for corporate and private philanthropists and government agencies to work together to achieve common goals?
DF	Sal La Spada, Director, The Philanthropy Workshop, The Rockefeller Foundation
DF	Donald Terry, Manager, Multilateral Investment Fund, Inter-American Development Bank
H	Veronica Hearst
14	What is needed to achieve the Millennium Development Goals approved by over 190 governments around the world?
DF	S. Bruce Schearer, President, Synergos
DF	Alvaro Umaña, Leader, Energy and Environment Group, United Nations Development Programme
H	Scott Harrison, CURE International
15	What opportunities exist for corporate and private philanthropists and government agencies to work together to achieve common goals?
DF	Tokyo Sexwale, Executive Chairman, Mvelaphanda Holdings
DF	Ted Turner, Founder, UN Foundation
H	Adele Simmons, Vice Chair, Chicago Metropolis 2020
16	What is needed to create sufficient, equitably distributed economic growth to significantly reduce the extent of poverty around the world?
DF	Vincent Mai, Chairman, AEA Investors, Inc.
DF	Bill Rhodes, Senior Vice Chairman and the Senior International Officer, Citigroup
DF	David Rockefeller
H	Peter Karoff, The Philanthropic Initiative
17	What changes in global governance are needed to accommodate today's realities of difference in national goals, power and wealth?
DF	Miguel D'Arcy, Comunitas
DF	Peggy Dulany, Chair, Synergos
H	Kim Samuel Johnson, The Samuel Group of Companies
18	What opportunities exist for corporate and private philanthropists and government agencies to work together to achieve common goals?
DF	Othman Benjelloun, Chairman and CEO, BMCE Bank
DF	Holly Wise, Secretariat Director, Global Development Alliance, US Agency for International Development
H	John Heller, Synergos
19	What are critical ingredients for the success of corporate-community social action partnerships?
DF	Nelson Colón, President, Puerto Rico Community Foundation
DF	D. Wayne Silby, Founding Chair, Calvert Funds
H	Janice Perlman, Mega-Cities Project
20	What steps can foreign and African governments take to end violence and conflict in the region?
DF	Frank Ferrari, Vice President, ProVentures, Inc.
DF	Ahmed Mohamed Kathrada, Chairperson, Robben Island Museum Council
H	Judith Bruce, The Population Council
21	What steps can foreign and African governments take to end violence and conflict in the region?
DF	Adam Kahane, Founding Partner, Generon Consulting
DF	Dumisani Kumalo, Ambassador of South Africa to the United Nations
H	Juliette Gimon, Flora Family Foundation
22	How can corporations and private philanthropists contribute to strengthening regional leadership and collaboration?
DF	Patrice Motsepe, Executive Chairman, African Rainbow Minerals
DF	Mora McLean, President and CEO, Africa-America Institute
H	James M. Brasher III, Synergos
23	How can corporations and private philanthropists contribute to strengthening regional leadership and collaboration?
DF	Graça Machel, Chairperson, Foundation for Community Development of Mozambique
DF	John Whitehead, Chairman, Lower Manhattan Development Corporation
H	Marnie Pillsbury, Rockefeller & Co.
24	What critical new partnerships are needed to advance people's well-being throughout Africa?
DF	Kathy Ackerman-Robins, Trustee, Pick 'n Pay Foundation
DF	Filipe Chidumo, Ambassador of Mozambique to the United Nations
H	Nadine Hack, beCause Global Consulting
25	What critical new partnerships are needed to advance people's well-being throughout Africa?
DF	Alfred M. Dube, Ambassador of Botswana to the United Nations
DF	John Spencer, Middlebury College
DF	Andrew Young, Chairman, GoodWorks International
H	Debbie Meyer, The Africa America Institute
26	How can foreign governments and private groups, as well as African governments and the African private sector, strengthen the capacities of local African communities to cope with and surmount the HIV/AIDS crisis?
DF	Sibongile Mkhabela, President, Nelson Mandela Children's Fund
DF	Blanche Pitt, Director, AMREF South Africa
H	Barry Smith, Synergos
27	How can foreign governments and private groups, as well as African governments and the African private sector, strengthen the capacities of local African communities to cope with and surmount the HIV/AIDS crisis?
DF	Kgotso Schoeman, Acting Chief Executive, Kagiso Trust
DF	Bill Vendley, Secretary General, World Conference on Religion and Peace
H	Andrew Sillen, Synergos
28	How can foreign governments and private groups, as well as African governments and the African private sector, strengthen the capacities of local African communities to cope with and surmount the HIV/AIDS crisis?
DF	Achmat Dangor, author and consultant
DF	Alicia Pieterse, Executive Director, INTERFUND
H	Philip Walsh, Synergos
29	What is needed to achieve the Millennium Development Goals approved by over 190 governments around the world?
DF	Gordon Conway, President, The Rockefeller Foundation
DF	Cherie Nursalim, Executive Director, Gajah Tunggal International Group
H	Judith Hernstadt
30	What is needed to achieve the Millennium Development Goals approved by over 190 governments around the world?
DF	Nancy Barry, President, Women's World Banking
DF	Michael Murray, Chairman and Co-Founder, UNITUS
H	Helen Knapp, Synergos
31	What is needed to achieve the Millennium Development Goals approved by over 190 governments around the world?
DF	Eveline Herfkens, UN Secretary-General's Executive Coordinator for the Millennium Development Goals Campaign
DF	Marlene Hess, Managing Director, Global Philanthropic Serviews, JPMorgan Private Bank, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.
32	What is needed to create sufficient, equitably distributed economic growth to significantly reduce the extent of poverty around the world?
DF	Roberto Baquerizo, Managing Director, Proventures
DF	Maria Elena Lagomosino, Chairman and CEO, JPMorgan Private Bank, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.
33	What is needed to create sufficient, equitably distributed economic growth to significantly reduce the extent of poverty around the world?
DF	Samual R.N. Dryden, CEO, Corporate and Founder, Emergent Genetics
DF	Mildred Robbins-Leet, Co-Founder and Chair, Trickle Up Program Inc.
H	Pamela Stone, Hunter College
34	What is needed to create a peaceful, multicultural and religiously pluralistic world?
DF	Amir Dossal, United Nations Fund for International Partnerships
DF	Laura Chasin, Public Conversations Project
H	Beth Cohen, Synergos
35	What is needed to create a peaceful, multicultural and religiously pluralistic world?
DF	Rebecca Adamson, Founder and President, First Nations Development Institute
DF	Boris Cornejo, Vice President, Esquel Foundation
H	Janet Becker, Synergos
36	What is needed to create a peaceful, multicultural and religiously pluralistic world?
DF	Michael Sonnenfeldt, Managing Member, MUUS & Company
DF	Julius Coles, President, Africare
H	Cindy Lessa, Synergos
37	What is needed to create a peaceful, multicultural and religiously pluralistic world?
DF	Amir Farman-Farma, Partner, Fortune Asset Management
DF	Cornelio Marchán, Executive President, Esquel Foundation
H	Sandy McLeod
38	What changes in global governance are needed to accommodate today's realities of difference in national goals, power and wealth?
DF	Anwarul Karim Chowdhury, Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States, United Nations
DF	John Sewell, Senior Scholar, Woodrow Wilson International Center
H	Marcos A. de Moraes, B4

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