7:30-8:30 am
Registration

Don’t press the snooze button. Devex World’s progressive panels will wake you up with a cascade of bold thinkers driving a new era in global development. Expect fresh insights and first-hand accounts around groundbreaking technology, new partnership models, an evolving development-humanitarian dynamic, and how key institutions are adapting to the future that is upon us.

8:30-10:30 am
Opening, Fichandler Theater

Featuring: Matt Devlin - Uber, Michael Faye - Give Directly, Helene Gayle - McKinsey Social Initiative, Julie Hanna - Kiva, Jake Harriman - Nuru International, Jehiel Oliver - Hello Tractor, Ruth Rawling - Cargill, Ben Rhodes - The White House, Megan Smith - The White House, Meighan Stone - The Malala Fund, Zenia Tata - xPrize, and Mark Tercek - The Nature Conservancy.

Devex Presiders: Catherine Cheney, Richard Jones and Raj Kumar

11:00-11:45 am
Data Revolution, Kreeger Theater

Featuring: Ann Mei Chang - USAID, Christoph Gorder - charity:water, Brigitte Hoyer Gosselink- Google.org, Kevin Martin - Facebook, David Soloff - Premise, and Lauren Woodman - NetHope.

Devex Presiders: Catherine Cheney and Kami Dar

11:45-12:45 pm
Business Transforming Development, Kogod Theater

Featuring: Taryn Barclay - Cargill, Sid Mofya - Draper Venture Network, Scott King - Grant Thornton, Caroline Roan - Pfizer, Christina Sass - Andela and Parminder Vir - Tony Elumelu Foundation.

Devex Presiders: Alan Robbins and Adva Saldinger

1:30-2:15 pm
Storytelling to Movement Building, Kreeger Theater

Featuring: Mitchell Toomey - UN Millennium Campaign/UNDP, Amie Batson - PATH, Alex Duke - Slalom, Jaha Dukureh - Safe Hands for Girls, Tom Hart - ONE Campaign, Debra Messing - PSI and Neal Myrick - Tableau.

Devex Presiders: Richard Jones and Carine Umuhumuza

2:15-3:00 pm
Innovating at Scale, Kogod Theater

Featuring: Anthony Banbury - Vulcan, Ashifi Gogo - Sproxil, Sandhya Hegde - Khosla Impact, Patrick Meier - UAV Humanitarian Network and Bob Schukai - Thomson Reuters.

Devex Presiders: Catherine Cheney and Elizabeth Dickinson

3:15-4:00 pm
New Funding Models, Kreeger Theater

Featuring: Sundaa Bridgett-­Jones - The Rockefeller Foundation, Patricia Chin­-Sweeney - I-DEV, Shannon Farley - FFWD, Scott Jackson - Global Impact, Julie T. Katzman - IADB and KP Yelpaala - Access.Mobile.

Devex Presiders: Adva Saldinger and Michael Igoe

4:30-6:00 pm
Closing, Fichandler Theater

Featuring: Dr. Nahid Bhadelia - National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratory, Steve Davis - PATH, Qutaiba Idlbi - Syrian Refugee and activist, Dean Karlan - Yale/IPA, David Miliband - IRC, Caroline Roan - Pfizer, Pam Scott - The Curious Company, Gayle Smith - USAID, Ellen Stofan - NASA, Aaron Williams - RTI International

Devex Presiders: Michael Igoe, Raj Kumar and Adva Saldinger

Get ready to meditate. We’ll do it together and better understand what role mindfulness might play in your organization. And there’s rapid-prototyping, a skill every development professional must know. Think you know how to solve sticky situations? Join our governance role-play and see what it’s like to sit in a world leader’s chair. Devex World is your opportunity to learn new skills and -- more importantly -- unlock new ideas and approaches to your work.

11:00­-12:00 pm
Rapid Prototyping for Development, Workshop 2

Featuring: T.J. Cook - CauseLabs

Devex Presider: Jason McNaboe

11:15-12:15 pm
Simulation on the Challenges of Governing Effectively, Workshop 1

Featuring: Dan Hymowitz, Gbolahan Faleye & Jonathan Tanner - Tony Blair Africa Governance Initiative

Devex Presider: Stephanie Eichmann

1:30-2:30 pm
Breaking the Mold: Ideating New Funding Models, Workshop 2

Featuring: TJ Cook - CauseLabs and Greg Snyders - Dalberg

Devex Presiders: Adva Saldinger and Pete Troilo

1:45-2:45 pm
Breaking Down the Barriers of M&E, Workshop 1

Featuring: Charlie Harding - Ushahidi

Devex Presider: Anna Montanes

2:45-3:45 pm
How to Bring Social Innovation from Within Large Organizations, Workshop 2

Featuring: Mandar Apte - MediaRise

Devex Presider: Erin Houston

3:15-4:15 pm
On Shifting Ground: Hilton Coalition Documentary Viewing & Discussion, Kogod Theater

Featuring: Ann Canela - Global Impact and Steve Connors - Film Producer

Devex Presider: Elizabeth Dickinson

How can we examine an array of cross-cutting issues and critical sectors in one day? By bringing you the most inspiring TED-style presenters for rapid-fire explorations of the most important topics of our time - from Zika, to tracking illegal fisheries, to the future of refugee camps, to innovating impact evaluations and so much more.

10:30-10:45 am
Global & Local Impact: The Nature Conservancy & Cargill

Featuring: Ruth Rawling - Cargill and Mark Tercek - The Nature Conservancy

Facilitated by Devex’s: Lizzie Cohen

10:45-11:00 am
Improving Health through Peer Learning and Data, Innovation Zone

Featuring: Chilunga Puta - PATH

Facilitated by Devex’s: Alexandre Cabaret

11:15-11:30 am
New Paradigms for Innovation in the Development Ecosystem, Lab

Featuring: Dr Jane Thomason - Abt Associates

Facilitated by Devex’s: Kate Warren

12:00-12:15 pm
Investing in social innovation: a new global model, Lab

Featuring: Molly Kinder - Global Innovation Fund

Facilitated by Devex’s: Mario Villamor

12:45-1:00 pm
Salt, Water, and Electricity: How the Right Partnerships Fuel the Innovation Effect, Innovation Zone

Featuring: David Shoultz - PATH

Facilitated by Devex’s: Lizzie Cohen

1:00-1:15 pm
Tangerine® - Early Learning Assessments Made Easy, Innovation Zone

Featuring: RTI International

Facilitated by Devex’s: Alexandre Cabaret

1:15-1:30 pm
Global & Local impact, Innovation Zone

Featuring: Ruth Rawling - Cargill and David Ray - CARE USA

Facilitated by Devex’s: Lizzie Cohen

1:45-2:00 pm
Introducing the Global Innovation Exchange, Lab

Featuring: Alexis Bonnell - USAID and Lisa Rauter - DFAT

Facilitated by Devex’s: Mario Villamor

2:15-2:30 pm
Grow Your SME with No Money, Lab

Featuring: Juan Carlos Thomas - Technoserve

Facilitated by Devex’s: Kate Warren

2:45-3:00 pm
Youth empowerment in protracted conflict areas: Is it a solution?

Featuring: Asmaa Abumezeid - Atlas Corps

Facilitated by Devex’s: Mario Villamor

3:15-3:30 pm
Big Data Gone Local: Using analytics and social collaboration to improve health and social service programs, Lab

Featuring: Ernest Darkoh and John Sargent - Broadreach

Facilitated by Devex’s: Kate Warren

3:45-4:00 pm
Space is back to Earth: Leveraging satellite technologies to tackle development challenges. Demo of the illegal fisheries case, Lab

Featuring: Sam Alden and Delia di Fillippantonio - STARHUB

Facilitated by Devex’s: Mario Villamor

4:00-4:15 pm
Putting Innovation in Women’s Hands, Innovation Zone

Featuring: Fiona Walugembe - PATH

Facilitated by Devex’s: Alexandre Cabaret

4:15-5:00 pm
YouthVoices: Why Aren't We Listening to a Group of 621 Milion People Around the World?, Innovation Zone

Featuring: Benafsha Tasmim - RTI International

Facilitated by Devex’s: Lizzie Cohen

Meet, mingle and collaborate with the biggest players in international development. The doers, the thinkers, the influencers - they’ll all be here. Connect and see what new doors might open. (Oh, and you’re not alone: our event app will help you to meet the right stakeholders based upon your role, region and technical expertise.)

7:30-8:15 am
Networking Breakfast, Terrace Level

10:30-11:00 am
Networking Coffee Break, Innovation Zone

12:30-1:30 pm
Lunch, Terrace Level & Innovation Zone

4:00-4:30 pm
Networking Coffee Break, Innovation Zone

6:00-7:00 pm
Networking Reception, Terrace Level

9:00 pm
Devex World After Party (secret location to be revealed June 14th!)

Get a glimpse of the future in our hands-on learning lab. Throughout the day, you will have the opportunity to experience the new and revolutionary technologies and products that are quickly changing global development. Think virtual reality, humanitarian drones, telepresence robots, and high-tech refugee tents -- you’ll touch and understand the nexus of technology and global development. Featuring:

• BeamPro Robot
• iShow Rapid Prototyping
• NRS Refugee Tent
• ONE Campaign’s Virtual Reality Films
• StarHub's Satellites
• UN Millenium Campaign's Virtual Reality Films

Our Innovation Partners are some of the most important institutions shaping the global development community, and you’ll get to know them up-close. Add your organization to Cargill’s partner map, experiment with new technologies from RTI, get a handle on PATH’s latest global health tools, and see what Pfizer has in store for achieving the SDGs.