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SYSTEMIC INNOVATIONS CONTENT THURSDAY SESSION DESCRIPTIONS Conference Opening (8:30-9:00am) Location: Ballroom Opening Keynote (9:00am-9:45am) Location: Ballroom Michael Edwards Author of Future Positive Michael Edwards is an independent writer and activist based in upstate New York who is affiliated with the New York-based think-tank Demos and the Brooks World Poverty Institute at Manchester University in the UK. From 1999 to 2008 he was the Director of the Ford Foundation’s Governance and Civil Society Program in New York, having previously worked for the World Bank, Oxfam-GB, Save the Children-UK and other NGOs in Washington DC, London, Colombia, Zambia, Malawi, and India. His writings have helped to shape a more critical appreciation of the global role of philanthropy and civil society, and to break down barriers between researchers and activists across the world. Michael was educated in England at the universities of Oxford and London, and now lives with his wife Cora in the farmhouse they renovated together in the foothills of the Catskill mountains. An Organization With A Vision (9:45-10:05am) Location: Ballroom An Organization With A Vision – Breakouts (10:20-11:30am) Locations as follows. Last names beginning with: A or B: Joliet C, D, or E: Frontenac F: York G, H, I, or J: Capitale K or L: Panarama M, N, O, or P: Pinnacle Q&R: Laurentian S, V, W, X, Y, or Z: Richelieu T or U: Seigniory 17
ENGINEERS WITHOUT BORDERS NATIONAL CONFERENCE 2012 Keynote: Understanding Dynamic Complexity (11:45am-12:25pm) Location: Ballroom Dr. Samantha Nutt Author of Damned Nations Dr. Samantha Nutt is an award-winning humanitarian, author, acclaimed public speaker and a leading authority on the impact of war on civilians. A medical doctor and a founder of War Child, an international humanitarian organization, Dr. Nutt has worked with children and their families at the frontline of many of the world’s major crises zones, from Iraq to Afghanistan, Somalia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sierra Leone, and Darfur, Sudan. Committed to human rights and social justice, her humanitarian work has benefited thousands of war-affected children globally. She is also the author of Damned Nations, a bracing and uncompromising account of her work over the course of fifteen years. As one of the most original and influential voices in the humanitarian arena, Dr. Nutt is a respected authority for many of North America’s leading media outlets. She was recently named one of Canada’s 25 Transformational Canadians by The Globe and Mail, and has been recognized as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. TIME magazine has featured her as one of Canada’s Five Leading Activists, and Dr. Nutt was recently appointed to the Order of Canada, Canada’s highest civilian honour, for her contributions to improving the plight of young people in the world’s worst conflict zones. Lunch (12:30pm-1:30pm) Location: Ballroom Book Signing – Samantha Nutt (12:30pm-1:30pm) Location: Ballroom Canadian Teams’ Strategies (1:45-3:45pm) Moving from Passive to Active Engagement Location: Richelieu Based on the premise that it’s not just what people learn that’s important, but how they learn it, this session intends to challenge delegates to look at our methods of engagement and how we can move towards strategies that promote and facilitate the growth of critical analysis in Canada. Across our Canadian programs, we are often guilty of passively engaging (I tell you A=B, you say A=B) both 18
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