Thursday, October 8, 2020
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM (Eastern Time)
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM (Eastern Time)
Please note that the schedule is subject to change.
10:00 - 10:55 AM (ET)
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Opening Plenary
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Fireside Chat with MCC CEO Sean Cairncross
Our second day will begin with Sean Cairncross, CEO of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) in a moderated discussion with SID-Washington Board member Gloria Steele to address how the MCC's programs are improving SDG outcomes, such as energy and health & gender, in partner countries and how the MCC model will promote post-pandemic economic revitalization.
Keynote:
Sean Cairncross - CEO, Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC)
Moderator:
Gloria Steele - Acting Assistant Administrator of the Bureau of Asia, USAID
Our second day will begin with Sean Cairncross, CEO of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) in a moderated discussion with SID-Washington Board member Gloria Steele to address how the MCC's programs are improving SDG outcomes, such as energy and health & gender, in partner countries and how the MCC model will promote post-pandemic economic revitalization.
Keynote:
Sean Cairncross - CEO, Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC)
Moderator:
Gloria Steele - Acting Assistant Administrator of the Bureau of Asia, USAID
11:00 - 11:55 AM (ET)
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Track 1: People
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Track 2: Reimagining Development
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Track 3: Innovation Showcase Q&A
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Track 4: Learning Lab
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Other Features
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Strategies and Tools for Addressing Inequalities
Vast and growing inequity currently characterizes most nations globally. Yet, it is clear that inclusion and equality are critical to durable progress for global development. How can development practice promote equity? How do we move forward to bring real inclusivity and diversity on the ground? Are there tools that have been successful that we can use to measure progress and identify gaps? This panel will consider state of the art efforts to advance diversity, equity and inclusion around the world.
Moderator:
Carla Koppell - Distinguished Fellow, Institute for Women, Peace and Security, Georgetown University
Speakers:
Lucie Amadou - Deputy Chief of Party, Counterpart International
Maitreyi Bordia Das - Manager of Global Programs, Urban, Resilience and Land Global Practice, World Bank
Rosarie Tucci - Director, Inclusive Societies, United States Institute of Peace
Vast and growing inequity currently characterizes most nations globally. Yet, it is clear that inclusion and equality are critical to durable progress for global development. How can development practice promote equity? How do we move forward to bring real inclusivity and diversity on the ground? Are there tools that have been successful that we can use to measure progress and identify gaps? This panel will consider state of the art efforts to advance diversity, equity and inclusion around the world.
Moderator:
Carla Koppell - Distinguished Fellow, Institute for Women, Peace and Security, Georgetown University
Speakers:
Lucie Amadou - Deputy Chief of Party, Counterpart International
Maitreyi Bordia Das - Manager of Global Programs, Urban, Resilience and Land Global Practice, World Bank
Rosarie Tucci - Director, Inclusive Societies, United States Institute of Peace
Reimagining Development
As the international development community continues to grapple with the current COVID-19 reality and other challenges, international development organizations in all sectors have had to pivot programming, rearrange priorities and adapt to drastically different conditions and requirements. This panel will discuss what the new normal looks like for international development implementation and how each of our speakers and their organizations are addressing the need for change.
Moderator:
Roger Ford - Managing Director, Global Lead, Accenture Development Partnerships
Speakers:
Nicole Barnes - Vice President, Learning, Energy, and Environment for Development, RTI
Julie Becker - Senior Vice President, Global Health, Chemonics International
Jeremy Kanthor - Vice President, Development Innovations, DAI
Thomas Reilly - President, Tetra Tech, ARD
Eric Uggen - Vice President, Economic Policy and Governance, Nathan Associates
As the international development community continues to grapple with the current COVID-19 reality and other challenges, international development organizations in all sectors have had to pivot programming, rearrange priorities and adapt to drastically different conditions and requirements. This panel will discuss what the new normal looks like for international development implementation and how each of our speakers and their organizations are addressing the need for change.
- How is closing civil society space around the world affecting work promoting development?
- What are the biggest challenges COVID-19 is presenting for your organization's work?
- What is your greatest fear regarding the long-term implications of COVID19 for progress against the SDGs?
- How would you like to see the development field pivot long-term in light of COVID-19?
- and more.
Moderator:
Roger Ford - Managing Director, Global Lead, Accenture Development Partnerships
Speakers:
Nicole Barnes - Vice President, Learning, Energy, and Environment for Development, RTI
Julie Becker - Senior Vice President, Global Health, Chemonics International
Jeremy Kanthor - Vice President, Development Innovations, DAI
Thomas Reilly - President, Tetra Tech, ARD
Eric Uggen - Vice President, Economic Policy and Governance, Nathan Associates
Innovation Showcase Q&A
This session will feature the finalists of our Innovation Competition on a panel discussing their innovations and answering questions from both a moderator and the audience. The finalists will be announced at the end of September. We'll have finalists in three categories: People, Planet, Prosperity.
Read more about our Innovation Competition here.
Moderator:
Nick Martin - Founder and CEO, TechChange
Speakers:
Michael Kapps - CEO and Founder, Vitalk Health
Nasrat Khalid - Chief Strategist, AWAL Development
Ayan Kishore - Director, Creative Development Lab, Creative Associates International
Iryna Popova - Communications & Outreach Advisor, USAID AGRO Program, Chemonics International
Shannon Stewart - Senior Data Scientist, Global Fund to End Modern Slavery
Mohammad Youssef - Director of Programs, Syria Injaz II Program, Chemonics International
This session will feature the finalists of our Innovation Competition on a panel discussing their innovations and answering questions from both a moderator and the audience. The finalists will be announced at the end of September. We'll have finalists in three categories: People, Planet, Prosperity.
Read more about our Innovation Competition here.
Moderator:
Nick Martin - Founder and CEO, TechChange
Speakers:
Michael Kapps - CEO and Founder, Vitalk Health
Nasrat Khalid - Chief Strategist, AWAL Development
Ayan Kishore - Director, Creative Development Lab, Creative Associates International
Iryna Popova - Communications & Outreach Advisor, USAID AGRO Program, Chemonics International
Shannon Stewart - Senior Data Scientist, Global Fund to End Modern Slavery
Mohammad Youssef - Director of Programs, Syria Injaz II Program, Chemonics International
Attracting Diverse Perspectives Without Diversity
Our growing awareness of racial inequities at the individual and systemic levels has highlighted the need for change. Many organizations and individuals on the journey to improving diversity, equity, and inclusion outcomes are now asking how to affect this change. How can they attract diverse talent when they lack diversity in their personal lives or organizations? In this interactive break-out, we will identify resources and strategies to increase representation and engagement, even if you lack diverse talent in your network.
Introduction:
Bobby Jefferson - Vice President, Chief Technology Officer, Global Health, DAI
Facilitator:
Jon Walton - Founder & CEO, Jon T Walton, LLC
Our growing awareness of racial inequities at the individual and systemic levels has highlighted the need for change. Many organizations and individuals on the journey to improving diversity, equity, and inclusion outcomes are now asking how to affect this change. How can they attract diverse talent when they lack diversity in their personal lives or organizations? In this interactive break-out, we will identify resources and strategies to increase representation and engagement, even if you lack diverse talent in your network.
Introduction:
Bobby Jefferson - Vice President, Chief Technology Officer, Global Health, DAI
Facilitator:
Jon Walton - Founder & CEO, Jon T Walton, LLC
Some Other Things to Do
- Visit the virtual exhibit hall.
- Participate in the discussion boards.
- Chat with other attendees.
- Watch the Lightning Talks.
- View the Innovation Showcase.
12:00 - 12:25 PM (ET)
Networking Lounges
Want to meet others working on specific topic or issue? Stop by our networking lounge to meet SID-Washington Co-chairs and other attendees. Join a table on a topic that is of interest to you. Feel free to move around to multiple tables during this 25-minute session or stay at one the entire time. It's up to you!
The networking lounge will be open all day for you to informally mingle with others, but will only be facilitated by SID-W Co-Chairs during this 25-minute session.
Other Ways to Network
Want to meet others working on specific topic or issue? Stop by our networking lounge to meet SID-Washington Co-chairs and other attendees. Join a table on a topic that is of interest to you. Feel free to move around to multiple tables during this 25-minute session or stay at one the entire time. It's up to you!
The networking lounge will be open all day for you to informally mingle with others, but will only be facilitated by SID-W Co-Chairs during this 25-minute session.
Other Ways to Network
- Visit the virtual exhibit hall.
- Participate in the discussion boards and create your own topics for discussion.
- Chat one-on-one with other attendees.
- Stop by the networking lounge throughout the day to meet others.
12:30 - 1:25 PM (ET)
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Track 1: USAID Digital Strategy
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Track 2: Reimagining Development
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Track 3: Food Security
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Track 4: Learning Lab
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Other Features
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USAID's Digital Strategy and the Decade to Deliver
In April USAID launched its first ever Digital Strategy, charting an Agency-wide vision for development and humanitarian assistance through the responsible use of digital technology in the world's rapidly evolving digital landscape. Join USAID's Digital Strategy team for an interactive discussion of the Digital Strategy and hear how it is being rolled out. What is the Implementation Plan? What has USAID developed to date that partners should look for? How does the strategy empower implementing partners and how can you benefit and participate?
Moderator:
Manisha Aryal - Technical Director, Digital Development, Chemonics International
Speakers:
Krista Baptista - Senior Director, Center for Digital Acceleration, DAI
Craig Jolley - Initiative Lead, Digital Ecosystem Country Assessment, USAID
Michelle Parker - Senior Policy Advisor, Center for Digital Development, USAID
In April USAID launched its first ever Digital Strategy, charting an Agency-wide vision for development and humanitarian assistance through the responsible use of digital technology in the world's rapidly evolving digital landscape. Join USAID's Digital Strategy team for an interactive discussion of the Digital Strategy and hear how it is being rolled out. What is the Implementation Plan? What has USAID developed to date that partners should look for? How does the strategy empower implementing partners and how can you benefit and participate?
Moderator:
Manisha Aryal - Technical Director, Digital Development, Chemonics International
Speakers:
Krista Baptista - Senior Director, Center for Digital Acceleration, DAI
Craig Jolley - Initiative Lead, Digital Ecosystem Country Assessment, USAID
Michelle Parker - Senior Policy Advisor, Center for Digital Development, USAID
Reimagining Development
As the international development community continues to grapple with the current COVID-19 reality and other challenges, international development organizations in all sectors have had to pivot programming, rearrange priorities and adapt to drastically different conditions and requirements. This panel will discuss what the new normal looks like for international development implementation and how each of our speakers and their organizations are addressing the need for change.
Moderator:
Wade Warren - Board Chair, Society for International Development - Washington Chapter, Chief Strategy Officer for International Development, Deloitte Consulting and former Acting Administrator, USAID
Speakers:
Graham Couturier - Executive Vice President, Equal Access International
Bob Fries - Executive Vice President, Technical Learning and Application, ACDI/VOCA
Olivier Girard - Chief of Party, Nigeria Lake Chad Basin Program, Creative Associates International
Michèle Laird - Regional Managing Director, International Development, Abt Associates
As the international development community continues to grapple with the current COVID-19 reality and other challenges, international development organizations in all sectors have had to pivot programming, rearrange priorities and adapt to drastically different conditions and requirements. This panel will discuss what the new normal looks like for international development implementation and how each of our speakers and their organizations are addressing the need for change.
- How is closing civil society space around the world affecting work promoting development?
- What are the biggest challenges COVID-19 is presenting for your organization's work?
- What is your greatest fear regarding the long-term implications of COVID19 for progress against the SDGs?
- How would you like to see the development field pivot long-term in light of COVID-19?
- and more.
Moderator:
Wade Warren - Board Chair, Society for International Development - Washington Chapter, Chief Strategy Officer for International Development, Deloitte Consulting and former Acting Administrator, USAID
Speakers:
Graham Couturier - Executive Vice President, Equal Access International
Bob Fries - Executive Vice President, Technical Learning and Application, ACDI/VOCA
Olivier Girard - Chief of Party, Nigeria Lake Chad Basin Program, Creative Associates International
Michèle Laird - Regional Managing Director, International Development, Abt Associates
From Health Crisis to Food Crisis: Minimizing the Impact of COVID-19 on Food Security
"If we don’t prepare and act now – to secure access, avoid funding shortfalls and disruptions to trade – we could be facing multiple famines of biblical proportions,” according to David Beasley, Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has posed numerous challenges to those working in food security towards the goal of zero hunger. In fact, the effects of the pandemic on food security will persist long past the pandemic itself, compounded by job losses and economic slow down, limiting food access for years to come. In addition, more frequent droughts and other effects of climate change continue to affect production. How can we ensure equal access to sufficient food and nutrition for all when food supply chains are disrupted due to unprecedented quarantine orders, border closures, and other factors? What has been done so far to try to prevent multiple famines? And what innovative solutions are in the works to address this massive and urgent problem?
Moderator:
Sylvia Megret - Chief Operating Officer, ACDI/VOCA
Speakers:
Mark Castellino - Vice President, Public Sector Business Development, Opportunity International
Jocelyn Brown Hall - Deputy Regional Representative, FAO/RAF
Tracy Mitchell - Senior Research Food Security & Agriculture Specialist, RTI International
Lori Groves Rowley, Director, Global Food Security and Aid Effectiveness, The Lugar Center
"If we don’t prepare and act now – to secure access, avoid funding shortfalls and disruptions to trade – we could be facing multiple famines of biblical proportions,” according to David Beasley, Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has posed numerous challenges to those working in food security towards the goal of zero hunger. In fact, the effects of the pandemic on food security will persist long past the pandemic itself, compounded by job losses and economic slow down, limiting food access for years to come. In addition, more frequent droughts and other effects of climate change continue to affect production. How can we ensure equal access to sufficient food and nutrition for all when food supply chains are disrupted due to unprecedented quarantine orders, border closures, and other factors? What has been done so far to try to prevent multiple famines? And what innovative solutions are in the works to address this massive and urgent problem?
Moderator:
Sylvia Megret - Chief Operating Officer, ACDI/VOCA
Speakers:
Mark Castellino - Vice President, Public Sector Business Development, Opportunity International
Jocelyn Brown Hall - Deputy Regional Representative, FAO/RAF
Tracy Mitchell - Senior Research Food Security & Agriculture Specialist, RTI International
Lori Groves Rowley, Director, Global Food Security and Aid Effectiveness, The Lugar Center
Culture is the New Office: Virtual Team Leadership for Pros
Many of us are leading virtual teams now….You have probably discovered that virtual team work and virtual collaboration require some distinct practices. How to build trust in virtual teams? How to motivate your team members? How to manage our workflows with maximum productivity? And how to provide for engaging virtual meetings?
Facilitator:
Tosca Bruno-van Vijfeijken - Principal Consultant, Five Oaks Consulting
Many of us are leading virtual teams now….You have probably discovered that virtual team work and virtual collaboration require some distinct practices. How to build trust in virtual teams? How to motivate your team members? How to manage our workflows with maximum productivity? And how to provide for engaging virtual meetings?
Facilitator:
Tosca Bruno-van Vijfeijken - Principal Consultant, Five Oaks Consulting
Some Other Things to Do
- Visit the virtual exhibit hall.
- Participate in the discussion boards.
- Chat with other attendees.
- Watch the Lightning Talks.
- View the Innovation Showcase.
1:30 - 3:00 PM (ET)
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Closing Plenary
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Accelerating Impact in the Decade to Deliver
While an increasing number of private sector companies and countries are proactively measuring their progress towards the SDGs, a survey of SID-Washington members reveals only a quarter of development implementers have measurements or indicators in place to assess their progress on the SDGs. This session will launch a new report addressing how implementers can modify their strategies to maximize their SDG impact in the upcoming decade to deliver.
Moderator:
George Ingram - Senior Fellow, Global Economy and Development, Brookings Institution
Speakers:
Sarah Mendelson - Distinguished Service Professor of Public Policy, Head of Heinz College in DC, Carnegie Mellon University
Shaun Mickus - Senior Director, Local Community Impact, Global Community Impact, Johnson & Johnson
Eric Reading - Division Vice President, International Development, Abt Associates
Tessie San Martin - President & CEO Plan International USA
While an increasing number of private sector companies and countries are proactively measuring their progress towards the SDGs, a survey of SID-Washington members reveals only a quarter of development implementers have measurements or indicators in place to assess their progress on the SDGs. This session will launch a new report addressing how implementers can modify their strategies to maximize their SDG impact in the upcoming decade to deliver.
Moderator:
George Ingram - Senior Fellow, Global Economy and Development, Brookings Institution
Speakers:
Sarah Mendelson - Distinguished Service Professor of Public Policy, Head of Heinz College in DC, Carnegie Mellon University
Shaun Mickus - Senior Director, Local Community Impact, Global Community Impact, Johnson & Johnson
Eric Reading - Division Vice President, International Development, Abt Associates
Tessie San Martin - President & CEO Plan International USA