Program

Developing World Economic Model Sessions and Talks

Detailed Bios and Talk Descriptions

Location: Humanities 250

(Not all the people on the bio and talk list will be presenting, only the ones listed below.) You can register for as many sessions as you'd like: just click register, fill in the contact information and add the number of sessions you'd like to attend. You don't have to match this with the specific session and can change your mind and go to a different one.
Register for any of these individual sessions, $25 each

Session 1: "New Modes of Development"
"Thursday, Sept 30, 1:30 – 3:30

James Bernard Quilligan, Brandt 21 Forum, "Integrating Macroeconomics and Sustainable Development"
Sanu Shrestha, Foundation for Sustainable Technologies (FoST), "Sustainable Kitchen - A Forum for Sustainable Livelihood"
Sulochana Nair, University of Malaya, "Walking a Tightrope: Poverty Reduction in Multiethnic Malaysia"
William Wallace, Wallace Futures Group LLC, "Sustainable development project indicators: ensuring progress toward sustainability"

Chair: Fritz Kramer

Session 2: "Alternative Ways to do Business"
"Thursday, Sept 30, 4:00 - 5:30 pm

Stephanie Palm Neves, Socially Conscious Coffee, "Creating Markets for Environmental Sustainability and Social Impact"
Fernando Salgado, Atitude, "Sustainable Strategic Planning and Implementation: a World Class Sustainable Development case"
Richard Walden, Operation USA, "Microcredit: Small is STILL Beautiful"
Eric Lombardi, Eco-Cycle, Inc, "Closing Dumps, Creating Jobs: A New Discard Management System"
Chair: Jeff Cohn

Session 3: "Microfinance"
Friday, Oct 1, 1:30 – 3:30

Matthew Kam, University of California, Berkeley, "Extending Microfinance Access in Uganda with Technology"
Sue Dorsey, The Friendship Bridge, "Providing microcredit loans and Education to Rural Indigenous Women in Guatemala"
Fritz Kramer, IDE, "PRISM— A Paradigm Shift in Rural Poverty Alleviation"
Jean-Francois Noubel, TheTransitioner.org, "Collective Intelligence and the Design of Open Source Currencies"
Chair: Alison Peters

Session 4: "Microenterprise"
Friday, Oct 1, 4:00 - 5:30 pm

Jennifer Pendergast and Sayre Tupac Wiracocha, The Association for the Preservation of Peruvian Textiles, "Weavers of Wisdom: Ancestral Knowledge Provides Sustainable Skills: A Case Study in Peru"
Steve Elliot, Forethought Media, Inc., "Report from Uganda"
Douglas McMeekin, FUNEDESIN and Yachana Gourmet, "How Jungle Chocolate is Helping Farmers in the Amazon Region of Ecuador"

Chair: Linda Smith

Session 5: "Microenterprise part 2"
"Saturday, October 2, 1:30 – 3:30

Jim Epstein & Vinod Parekh, Village Earth, "Village Level Microenterprise"
John Watts, Butterfly Pavilion "Butterfly Farming"
Hanne Strong, Manitou Foundation, "Eco-preneurship"
Aaron Slettehaugh, Approtec, "Microenterprise in Africa"

Chair: Faith Baldwin

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