9am -12:30pm: Morning session: What’s new? Global philanthropy new faces, tools and ideas.

8:45am: Performance: Marlène Donkeng, Singer & Composer

9:00am- 9:10am : Welcome addresses

• Welcome address: Philippe Burrin, Director, The Graduate Institute Geneva
• Opening of the forum: le Temps and le Monde
• Official greetings: Anja Wyden Guelpa, Chancellor, State of Geneva

9:10am - 9:30am: Opening keynote: Rethinking global philanthropy. From an unexpected young African perspective

Uzodinma Iweala, Writer, editor and medical doctor

9:30am - 10:00am: The missing development trillions: will philanthropists foot the bill?

• Marcos Neto, director, UNDP International Center for Private Sector in Development
• David Evans, Chief of Global Philanthropy, UNICEF
• Moderation: Heba Aly, Director, Irin News

10:00am - 10:45am: Conversation: Legacy philanthropy vs next gen philanthropists: A true revolution

• Ariane de Rothschild, CEO, Edmond de Rothschild Group
• David Goldberg, CEO, the Founders’ Pledge
• Moderation: Sylvain Besson, Deputy editor-in-chief, Le Temps

10:45am - 11:30am: Presentation followed by a discussion: Big data or big bets: how to spend it

• Michael Faye, Co-founder, GiveDirectly and Segovia Technology
• Chantal Nicod, Chief for West Africa division, Swiss Development Cooperation
• Moderation: Gilles Carbonnier, Professor of Development Economics, The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies

11:30am- 12:30am: Debate: The business of giving: can philanthro-capitalism and impact investing seriously make a difference?

• Laureen Kouassi, Head of West Africa, Amethis finance
• Liisa Petrikowska, CEO, Ignitia
• Fabio Segura, Head of international programmes, Jacobs Foundation
• Alison Bukhari, UK Director, Educate Girls
• Moderation: Ugo Panizza, Professor of Economics, the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies

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12:45 pm - 2pm : Lunch Break
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2pm- 6pm: Is philanthropy« making the world a better place »? 

2:00pm - 2:15pm: Performance: Marlène Donkeng, Singer & Composer

2:15pm - 2:45pm: 15 things you didnt’ know about global philanthropy

• Mario Pezzini, Director, OECD Development Centre
• Bathylle Missika, Head of Partnerships and Networks, OECD Development Centre

2:45pm - 4:00pm: Talks followed by a conversation: « It’s the impact, stupid »

• Masterclass: Kevin Starr, Executive Director, Mulago Foundation: Go big or go home
• Masterclass: Dean Karlan, Professor of Economics, Northwestern University and founder, Innovation for Poverty Action: Goldilocks
• Conversation: Dean Karlan and Kevin Starr
• Moderation: Heather Grady, Vice-President, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

4:00pm- 5:15pm: Conversation: From Africa, with love: are african philanthropists the new kids in town

• Masterclass: Ashish Thakkar, founder and CEO, Mara Group and Foundation
• Conversation: Firoz Ladak, CEO, Edmond de Rothschild Foundations, and Ashish J. Thakkar, Founder, Mara Group and Mara Foundation 
• Moderation: Serge Michel, Editor-in-chief, le Monde Afrique 

5:15pm- 5:30pm: Closing Keynote: Making the world a better place, one philanthropist at a time

• Keyvan Ghavami, Founder, Act on your Future 

9am -12:30pm: Morning session: What’s new? Global philanthropy new faces, tools and ideas.

8:45am: Performance: Marlène Donkeng, Singer & Composer

9:00am- 9:10am : Welcome addresses

• Welcome address: Philippe Burrin, Director, The Graduate Institute Geneva
• Opening of the forum: le Temps and le Monde
• Official greetings: Anja Wyden Guelpa, Chancellor, State of Geneva

9:10am - 9:30am: Opening keynote: Rethinking global philanthropy. From an unexpected young African perspective

Uzodinma Iweala, Writer, editor and medical doctor

9:30am - 10:00am: The missing development trillions: will philanthropists foot the bill?

• Marcos Neto, director, UNDP International Center for Private Sector in Development
• David Evans, Chief of Global Philanthropy, UNICEF
• Moderation: Heba Aly, Director, Irin News

10:00am - 10:45am: Conversation: Legacy philanthropy vs next gen philanthropists: A true revolution

• Ariane de Rothschild, CEO, Edmond de Rothschild Group
• David Goldberg, CEO, the Founders’ Pledge
• Moderation: Sylvain Besson, Deputy editor-in-chief, Le Temps

10:45am - 11:30am: Presentation followed by a discussion: Big data or big bets: how to spend it

• Michael Faye, Co-founder, GiveDirectly and Segovia Technology
• Chantal Nicod, Chief for West Africa division, Swiss Development Cooperation
• Moderation: Gilles Carbonnier, Professor of Development Economics, The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies

11:30am- 12:30am: Debate: The business of giving: can philanthro-capitalism and impact investing seriously make a difference?

• Laureen Kouassi, Head of West Africa, Amethis finance
• Liisa Petrikowska, CEO, Ignitia
• Fabio Segura, Head of international programmes, Jacobs Foundation
• Safeena Husain, CEO, Educate Girls
• Moderation: Ugo Panizza, Professor of Economics, the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies

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12:45 pm - 2pm : Lunch Break
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2pm- 6pm: Is philanthropy« making the world a better place »? 

2:00pm - 2:15pm: Performance: Marlène Donkeng, Singer & Composer

2:15pm - 2:45pm: 15 things you didnt’ know about global philanthropy

• Mario Pezzini, Director, OECD Development Centre
• Bathylle Missika, Head of Partnerships and Networks, OECD Development Centre

2:45pm - 4:00pm: Talks followed by a conversation: « It’s the impact, stupid »

• Masterclass: Kevin Starr, Executive Director, Mulago Foundation: Go big or go home
• Masterclass: Dean Karlan, Professor of Economics, Northwestern University and founder, Innovation for Poverty Action: Goldilocks
• Conversation: Dean Karlan and Kevin Starr: "It's the impact, stupid"
• Moderation: Heather Grady, Vice-President, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

4:00pm- 5:15pm: Conversation: From Africa, with love: are african philanthropists the new kids in town

• Masterclass: Ashish Thakkar, founder and CEO, Mara Group and Foundation
• Conversation: Ashish J. Thakkar and Firoz Ladak, CEO, Edmond de Rothschild Foundations
• Moderation: Serge Michel, Editor-in-chief, le Monde Afrique 

5:15pm- 5:30pm: Closing Keynote: Making the world a better place, one philanthropist at a time

• Keyvan Ghavami, Act on your future