Program

Schedule

Schedule | Career Expo | Millennium Action Challenge | Poverty Week

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Day 1 - Friday 4/18
7-10am	Millennium Campus Cup
8-10am	Registration (Kresge Lobby)
10am-12pm	Opening Ceremonies (Kresge Auditorium): Senator John Edwards, Henrietta Holsman Fore
1-2pm	Technology keynote (Kresge Auditorium): Amy Smith
2:15-3:30pm	Track Session 1 Economics (2-190): Crafting Actionable Responses to Global Poverty: Supporting 'What Works' as Solution and Problem Education (E25-111): The Bottom Up Approach Health (1-190): AIDS in Zambia: A Personal Account Public Policy (Bartos Theater): Leading the Charge Against Global Poverty Technology (35-255): The Technological Chasm in ICT
3:30-5:30pm	PANEL (32-155): Stories from the Field: Student Work in Poverty Alleviation Movie Screening (32-123): Salud
6:00-10pm	Evening Activities

Day 2 - Saturday 4/19
8-9:30am	Registration (Kresge Lobby)
9:30-10:30am	Health keynote (Kresge Auditorium): Paul Farmer
10:45am-12pm	Track Session 2 Economics (Lobdell): Banking for the Poor Education (35-255): Bridging the Technology Gap for Educational Growth Health (32-123): Health Challenges of Today: New Versions of Old Diseases Public Policy (26-100): Power, Responsibility, and Extreme Poverty Technology (Bartos Theater): "Small is Beautiful": Appropriate Technology
12-1pm	Education keynote (Kresge Auditorium): John Wood
1-2:30pm	Networking Luncheon (limited to 100 attendees) (Mezzanine Lounge)
1-3:30pm	Student Expo for Social Change (La Sala)
3:45-5pm	Track Session 3 Economics (Lobdell): The Globalization of Labor: African "Brain Drain" Education (2-190): Cost-Effective Education Health (26-100): Obstacles to Healthcare Delivery Public Policy (E25-111): Faith and Famine Technology (32-123): Affordable Agricultural Technology
5-6pm	Action Workshop - Starting Projects for Global Change (La Sala) Action Workshop - Leadership and Organizations: Leading Your Peers to Change the World (Mezzanine Lounge) Lecture - The Role of Corporate Citizenship in Fighting Global Poverty (32-123)
7-10:30PM	Millennium Campus Concert at the Roxy (279 Tremont St., Boston)

Day 3 - Sunday 4/20
8-9:30am	Registration (Kresge Lobby)
9:30-10:30am	Public Policy keynote (Kresge Auditorium): Ira Magaziner
10:45am-12pm	Track Session 4 Economics (54-100): Institutional Aid: Harmful or Essential? Education (Bartos Theater): A National Call for Education: A Closer Look at Tanzania Health (26-100): Doctors and Disasters in Resource-Poor Settings Public Policy (32-123): Poverty, Security, and Public Policy Technology (La Sala): Building Infrastructure to Catalyze Community Growth
12-1pm	Economics keynote (Kresge Auditorium): Dr. Paul Romer
2-4pm	Millennium Action Challenge poster session (Mezzanine Lounge) Beyond College: Career Expo (La Sala)
3-4pm	Action Workshop - Overcoming Barriers in Project Delivery (Twenty Chimneys) Action Workshop - Lobbying for Social Change (32-155) Movie Screening: Hole in the Wall (32-123)
4-6pm	Show Me: The Poverty Action Tour -- Jeffrey Sachs and John Legend (Johnson Ice Rink)
6-8pm	Closing Ceremonies and Reception (La Sala)