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ALL SPEAKERS CONFIRMED UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED
MONDAY, APRIL 4th (DAY ONE)
8:00am REGISTRATION BEGINS
8:00- 9:15am REGISTRATION AND NETWORKING
9:15 -9:20am OPENING REMARKS
John Rosser, Founder- Sustainable Haiti Conference & Sustainatopia 2011
9:20- 10:15am
PLENARY ROUNDTABLE : WHAT TO EXPECT FROM THE NEW ADMINISTRATION
Speakers: (1) Ken Merten, US Ambassador to Haiti
(2) Johnny Celestin, President at Haitian Fund for Innovation & Reconstruction
(3) Rick Wade, US Commerce
(4) Mark D’Sa, US State Department
10:15-10:45am
PLENARY SESSION II: RECONSTRUCTION OF HAITI as seen from the perspective of a Board Member of the IHRC representing the Haitian Diaspora: (1) Major Joseph Bernadel, US Army (Ret.), IHRC and Haitian Diaspora Federation Board Member
10:45-11:00am BREAK
11:00- 12:00pm
ENGAGING DIASPORA AS A SOLUTION
Speakers: (1) Pierre Saliba, HACCOF
(2) Dominique Carnovis, dfc Consults
(3) Marie Bell
(4) Maggie Austin, Konbit
MODERATOR: Francois Guillaume, HACCOF
- FOCUS ON PUBLIC/PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS
Speakers: (1) Rick Wade, Commerce Department
(2) Mark D’Sa, US State Department
(3) Russell Porter, USAID
12:00-12:30pm NETWORKING
12:30pm KEYNOTE FOR SOCIAL VENTURE CAPITAL/SOCIAL ENTERPRISE CONFERENCE
- DONNA KARAN, URBAN ZEN
- Lisa Hall, CEO/PRESIDENT OF CALVERT FOUNDATION
1:15-3:00pm LUNCH ON LINCOLN ROAD (Individual Working Sessions)
3:00- 4:00pm
LAUNCHING THE FUND
Johnny Celestin, President at Haitian Fund for Innovation & Reconstruction
- MEDIA’S ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITY
Moderator/Speaker: (1) David Adams, PODER
(2) Pascal Robert, Haitian Bloggers Caucus/Huffington Post
(3) Yves Colon, Internews
(4) Stephen Keppel, Univision/the Economic Growth Initiative for Haiti
(5) Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald (invited)
- ENGAGING DIASPORA AS A SOLUTION
SPEAKERS: (1) Harry Fouche, Consortium for Haitian Empowerment
(2) representative of The Global Syndicate
(3) Edwin Paraison, Minister of Haitian Living Abroad
(4) Guy Despeignes, GRAHN-Mode
MODERATOR: Katleen Felix, Hiatian Diaspora Federation
4:15- 5:15pm
BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURAL BASE (MANGOES & BEYOND)
Speakers: (1) Leonie Hermantin, Lambi Fund,
(2) John Sanbrailo, PADF
(3) Sophia Lafontant, Oxfam
(4) Jacques Bernard, USAID
MODERATOR: Jason Spindler, I- Dev International
- NEW FINANCIAL MODELS
Speakers: (1) Sophie Eisenmann, YY Haiti/Grameen Creative Lab
(2) Raoul L. Thomas, CGI Capital Holdings
(3) Ahpaly Coradin, Coradin Law Firm
(4) Marc Saintclair, Haiti Ventures
MODERATOR: Regine Barjon, BioTek Solutions
- INVESTING IN HAITIAN WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS for SUSTAINABLE GROWTH
Speakers: (1) Marleine Bastien, Fanm Ayisyen Nan Miyami
(2) Mara-Michelle Batlin, Highest Common Denominator
(3) Danielle St.-Lot, Women in Democracy
- HOUSING
Speakers: (1) Hector Camps, PHI Cubed
(2) James McGowan, Housing Microfinance LLC
(3) Claudine Desiree, Peacebuildings
(4) Matt Williams, Permashelter
5:30-6:30pm
- DOING BUSINESS IN HAITI FROM A DOM. REP. BASE
* panel curated by Robert Jones, US Commercial Service *
- with Rosa Maria Garcia, Executive Director of the Dominican – Haiti Chamber of Commerce
- PROFILE OF LARGE-SCALE DEVELOPMENT, JACMEL
with Michael Capponi, Capponi Group + TBA
- CREATING A TRUE CULTURE OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Speakers: (1) Phedra Remarais, Ayiti Relief
(2) Rob Henning, Entrepreneurial Solution Partners
(3) Mathias Pierre, GaMa
8:00 pm: FUNDRAISER w/CHEF RON DUPRAT, net proceeds to go to PADF
9:00 pm: NITECAP NETWORKING: The Albion Hotel, South Beach
TUESDAY, APRIL 5th (DAY TWO)
9:00-10:00am
MANUFACTURING I
* panel curated by Richard Coles, Multitex *
- FAMILY HEALTH ON $2 A DAY
Speakers: (1) Herve Sabin, Rural Health Parters
(2) John Sanbrailo, PADF
(3) Hank Dittmer, The Prince’s Foundation for the Built Environment
(4) Aude M.L. Sicard, President of Women Alliance of Miami-Dade & Broward
MODERATOR: TBA
- MICROFINANCE & SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
Speakers: (1) Katleen Felix, Zafen
(2) Linda Boucard, FONKOZE
(3) Andrew Oerke, Greater Caribbean Energy & Environment Foundation (GCEEF)
10:15-11:15am
URBAN PLANNING/URBAN DESIGN
Speakers: (1) Jeff Feldman
(2) Karja Hansen, DPZ and Company
(3) Roland Zenny, Jacmel Chamber of Commerce (invited)
- LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN MOBILE & MAPPING
Speakers: (1) Travis Heneveld, Motorola/United Nations
(3) Chris Taylor, Tropical Telecom
- ADDITIONAL PANEL- TBA
11:30- 12:30pm
GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE: FIXING THE CAMPS
Speakers: (1) Jayne Fleming, Human Rights Lawyer; Expert on GBV
(2) Aleda Frishman: Haiti Executive Director of We Advance
(3) Alina Cajuste, Haitian Women’s Advocate, Poet and Survivor
(4) Helia Le Juenesse, Haitian Women’s Advocate and Survivor
- STATE OF TOURISM (speakers TBA)
- POWERING NETWORKING (next to BOOTHS)
12:30- 2:15 pm
LUNCH ON LINCOLN ROAD (Individual Working Sessions)
2:15-3:15pm
EXAMINING HAITI’S LEGAL SYSTEM FOR INVESTORS
Speakers: (1) Mary Mourra, Borne & Mourra
(2) Jesse Keenan, Adorno & Yoss
(3) Ahpaly Coradin, Coradin Law P.A.
- 2012: THE YEAR OF RENEWABLE ENERGY
- Speaker/Moderator: (1) Richenda Van Leewen, UN Foundation
(2) Alex Georges, ENERSA
(3) Lumas Kendrick, IDB
(4) Daniel Schnitzer, EarthSpark
- PITCH IT!
** NGOs and Entrepreneurs have 5 minutes to tell their story/build the case why they should be funded **
3:30- 4:30pm
SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL
** speakers to be announced **
- PROPERTY RIGHTS
Speakers: (1) Mary Mourra, Borne & Mourra
(2) Jesse Keenan, Adorno & Yoss
(3) Ahpaly Coradin, Coradin Law P.A.
- EXAMING THE ROLE OF ICTs IN HAITI’s RECONSTRUCTION & PROSPECTS FOR LONG TERM
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Speakers: (1) Frank Schott , NetHope
(2) Tim Dubel, Microsoft
(3) Dan Baker, Accenture
(4) Brad Horowitz ,Voila
4:45-5:45pm
DOING BUSINESS IN CAP-HAITIEN/NORTHERN HAITI
** curated by Julien Destorel, Agrimart **
BRANDING HAITI
Speaker: (1) Francois Guillaume, HACCOF
(2) Sarah O’Toole, Brand Haiti
Moderator: Caroline Racing
9:00 pm: NITECAP NETWORKING: The Albion Hotel, South Beach
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6th (DAY THREE)
9:00- 10:00am
CONVERGENCE: Haiti MPHISE Cholera Crisis Convergence Meeting (Public Health)
- TRANSPORTATION AND LOGISTICS
Speaker: (1) Jay Brickman, Crowley
(2) Eduoard Baussan (invited)
(3) Munir Mourra, Haitian-American Chamber of Commerce
MODERATOR: Representative from Southern Command
- SUSTAINABLE HAITI COALITION ROUNDTABLE
Speaker: (1) Jonathan Cloud, Sustainable Haiti Coalition
(2) John Engle, Haiti Partners
(3) Doug Cohen, Sustainable Haiti Coalition
(4) TBA
MODERATOR: To be announced
10:15- 11:15 am
- ABOUT THE CHILDREN
Speaker: (1) Judy Hoffman, Art Creation Foundation for Children
(2) Dr. Madeleine Lansky
(3) Eric Frothingham, One World Futbol
MODERATOR: TBA
- SMALL GROUP SESSIONS (TBA)
11:30- 12:30pm
REFORESTATION & WASTE
Speakers: (1) Henryka Manès, EcoWorks International
(2) Chris Lindstrom, Social Labs
(3) Anitra Thorhaug , President Greater Caribbean Energy and Environmental Foundation
(4) TBA
- SMALL GROUP SESSIONS (TBA)
12:30- 2:15pm LUNCH on LINCOLN ROAD/ROUNDTABLES
2:15- 5:15pm: OPEN SPACE, led by John Engle/Haiti Partners
** Plenary networking and commitment time **
5:15 pm END OF CONFERENCE
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