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.