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Program Schedule

All times are Eastern Time Zone, GMT-5:00

Tuesday, December 7, 2010
2:30 PM – 4:15 PM Session 1: Overture
  • Journalist
  • Media entrepreneur, philanthropist
  • President of Liberia
  • Change catalyst
  • Global health expert; data visionary
  • Explorer, ethnographer
  • Cartoonist
5:15 PM – 7:00 PM Session 2: Life's Symphony
  • Journalist
  • COO, Facebook
  • Columnist
  • Author, educator, activist
  • Media executive
  • Wellness specialist
  • Maasai father and daughter
8:00 PM – 10:00 PM BONUS Session: Voices at the Table
  • Citizen journalists from around the world
  • House Democratic Leader
  • First Lady of Malawi
  • First Lady of Sierra Leone
  • Journalist
  • Media mogul, TV host
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
8:30 AM – 10:15 AM Session 3: Composers
  • Physician, cancer researcher
  • Landscape architect
  • Cyborg Anthropologist
  • Roboticist
  • Bean breeder
  • Roboticist
11:15 AM – 1:00 PM Session 4: Duets
  • Conservationists, filmmakers
  • Lobbyists, art collectors
  • Somali doctors who treat women refugees
  • Website co-founders
  • Biologist
  • Filmmaker
2:45 PM – 4:30 PM Session 5: Harmony and Discord
  • Corrections pioneer
  • Journalist, activist
  • Nobel peace laureate
  • Investor and advocate for moral leadership
  • Founder, Doha Film Institute
  • Iranian visual artist
  • 9/11 mothers
5:30 PM – 7:15 PM Session 6: Crescendo
  • Author, Zen priest
  • Fashion designer, health-care activist
  • Social entrepreneur
  • Former US Secretary of State
  • Global health advocate
  • Inclusivity activist
  • Playwright, activist
11:00 PM – 11:01 PM Short talks
  • Marketer
  • Alternative medicine expert
  • Media maven
  • Champion of social entrepreneurs
  • Philanthropist
11:00 PM – 11:01 PM Music + performance
  • Orchestra
  • Poet and recording artist
  • Piano trio
  • Singer-songwriter
  • Musician, Activist
  • Musicians; mother and daughter
  • Poet, playwright