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Social Innovation Summit 2013

Dear Members and Friends,

As you may know, UN Development Programme and Business Call to Action are proud partners of the Social Innovation Summit 2013 at the United Nations on May 29-30th and are delighted to extend you this special invitation! To register online as our guest, please use VIP Code: UN30 (special 30% discount).

Social Innovation Summit is a premier invitation-only conference connecting and inspiring a unique network of the top Business, Philanthropy, Media, Technology & Community leaders passionate about creating positive social change. Balancing significant networking opportunities with a roster of high-profile speakers, the Social Innovation Summit offers a unique framework to discuss global challenges, analyze innovative approaches for problem-solving, and build lasting partnerships that maximize social impact.

Hosted in partnership with Landmark Ventures and the United Nations Office for Partnerships, we would be delighted if you would accept our invitation with details as follows:

May 29-30, 2013
United Nations Headquarters
First Avenue at 46th Street
New York, NY 10017

ONLINE REGISTRATION

Summit Website: www.socinnovation.com

VIP Code: UN30 (special 30% discount)

PARTIAL LIST OF PAST SPEAKERS

  • Adam Brotman, Chief Digital Officer, Starbucks

  • Akhtar Badshah, Senior Director of Global Community Affairs, Microsoft

  • Alan Hassenfeld, Chairman of the Executive Committee, Hasbro

  • Alicia Keys, Multi-Platinum Grammy award-winning Musician, Actress

  • Barbara Bush, Executive Director, Global Health Corps

  • Bill Draper, Legendary VC; Chairman, Draper Richards Foundation

  • Bill Gross, Chairman & CEO, Idealab

  • Bryan Clay, Olympic Decathlete, Gold Medalist , 2008 Beijing Olympics

  • Charles Best, Founder & CEO, DonorsChoose.org

  • Charles Moore, Executive Director, Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy

  • Craig Newmark, Chairman & Founder, Craigslist

  • Cynthia Germanotta, Co-founder and President , Born This Way Foundation (Lady Gaga's Mother)

  • Dan Warmenhoven, Chairman , NetApp

  • Daniel Epstein, CEO, Unreasonable Institute

  • Dan'l Lewin, EVP, Strategic & Emerging Business Development , Microsoft

  • Dikembe Mutombo, Philanthropist, former NBA All-Star

  • Eric Benhamou, Former Chairman & CEO Palm, 3Com

  • Gerald Chertavian, Founder & CEO Year Up

  • Howard W. Buffett, Executive Director, Howard G. Buffett Foundation

  • Hunter Walk, Head of Social Good Initiatives, YouTube

  • Jacquelline Fuller, Director, Charitable Giving & Advocacy , Google

  • James Gowen, Chief Sustainability Officer , Verizon

  • Jean-Pierre Rosso, Chairman, World Economic Forum USA

  • Jeff Seabright, Chief Environmental Officer , Coca-Cola

  • Jeff Swartz, Former CEO & President, Timberland

  • John Abele, Founder , Boston Scientific Corporation

  • John Wood, Founder & Co-Chairman , Room to Read

  • Jonathan Greenblatt, Head, Office of Social Innovation, White House

  • Kathy Pickus, VP, Abbott Fund & Global Citizenship and Policy, Abbott Labs

  • Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen, President, Marc & Laura Andreessen Foundation

  • Mallory Weggemann, Paralympic Swimmer, Gold Medalist, 2012 London Olympics

  • Marc Pollick, President and Founder, The Giving Back Fund

  • Marika McCauley Sine, Director of International Public Affairs, Coca-Cola

  • Maura O'Neil, Chief Innovation Officer, USAID

  • Mitchell Kapor, Founder , Mitchell Kapor Foundation

  • Nick Beim, General Partner, Matrix Partners

  • Nirvan Mullick, Founder, Imagination Foundation; Director , Caine's Arcade

  • Padma Lakshmi, Author, Actress, Model, Television Host; Co-Founder , Endometriosis Foundation

  • Peter Bloom, Chairman , DonorsChoose.org

  • Rahul Raj, Director of Sustainability and E-Commerce , Walmart.com

  • Reid Hoffman, Co-Founder and Chairman ,LinkedIn

  • Rhonda Mims, President, ING Foundation

  • Richard Hall, Director, Global Strategic Alliances , Intel Corporation

  • Robert Torres, Senior Program Officer, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

  • Sal Khan, CEO & Founder , Khan Academy

  • Seth Farbman, Global Chief Marketing Officer , Gap

  • Shannon Schuyler, Senior Managing Director, Corporate Responsibility , PwC

  • Shelly Esque, President , Intel Foundation

  • Soon-Hong Choi, Chief Information Technology Officer , United Nations

  • Steve Gleason, Former NFL Player; Founder , Team Gleason Foundation

  • Ted Danson, Actor, Activist; Board Member , Oceana

  • Tim Draper, Founder & Managing Director , Draper Fisher Juvertson

  • Tim Koogle, Former CEO/Chairman , Yahoo!

  • Timothy McClimon, President , American Express Foundation

  • Tom Shadyac, Director, Screenwriter, and Producer , Ace Ventura, Bruce Almighty, I Am

  • Tony Bates, President , Skype Division, Microsoft

  • Wyclef Jean, Musician, Record Producer, Politician

CONFIRMED ATTENDEES

Participants include an elite invitation-only gathering of top Fortune 500 Corporate Executives, Venture Capitalists, Government Leaders, Heads of CSR, Foundation Presidents, Changemakers and Social Entrepreneurs with firms such as Abbott, American Express, AOL, Bain Capital, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Boston Scientific, BP, Cantor Fitzgerald, CBS, CDW, Clinton Global Initiative, Cisco, Citi, CVS Caremark, Deutsche Telekom, Devex, Discovery Communications, DonorsChoose.org, eBay, ESPN, F5 Networks, Facebook, Ford Foundation, Gap, General Electric, Genzyme, Goldman Sachs, Google, Grameen Foundation, Groupon, Hasbro, HBO, HP, Howard G. Buffett Foundation, ING, Intel, JPMorgan Chase, MasterCard, McKesson, McKinsey, Memorial Sloan-Kettering, Merck, Microsoft, MTV Networks, National Geographic, NBC Universal, NetHope, NYU, ONE Campaign, Palm Ventures, Pencils of Promise, Pfizer, PwC, Robin Hood, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Salesforce.com, Samsung, Siemens, Skoll Foundation, Sony, Stanford University, Starbucks, T-Mobile, Target, Time Warner, Twitter, United Nations, Verizon, Viacom, Virgin, VMware, Wall Street Journal, Wal-Mart, Walt Disney, Western Union, White House, World Bank, Yahoo!, Year Up, YouTube, etc.

Registration also includes your access to the 1x1 networking tool which is a great way to browse, connect and schedule meetings with the literally hundreds of global leaders and innovators converging for the conference.