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Conference Program SEVENTH ANNUAL STAVROS NIARCHOS FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PHILANTHROPY JUNE 21-23 / 2O18 SNFCC / ATHENS / GREECE CONFERENCE PROGRAM THE SEVENTH ANNUAL StaVROS NIARCHOS FOUNDatION INTERNatIONAL CONFERENCE ON PHILANTHROPY will explore one of the most discussed and debated concepts of our times, that of The 21st Century is quickly evolving into an era defined by global disruption, as socio-economic changes and groundbreaking technological advancements are seemingly having a major impact and are turning upside down standard modes of operation, models and assumptions in every area of life, including the field of philanthropy. The conference will examine, among others, the effects that pervasive inequality has in disrupting social cohesion both in economic terms as well as due to the unequal access to opportunities, education and those factors that facilitate social mobility. On the other hand, the conference will present those who through their groundbreaking work attempt to disrupt this cycle of inequality and bring about change both on a local and global level. Drawing from the Foundation’s global network of partners, we are trying to team up with experts and leaders in their respective fields, to pose difficult questions, deconstruct and explore in depth the meaning and consequences of the ubiquitously used and often misunderstood notion of disruption. Participation to the Seventh Annual Stavros Niarchos Foundation International Conference on Philanthropy requires registration. The conference will be live streamed via the SNF website, www.snf.org. DAY 1 / THURSDAY / JUNE 21 / 2O18 StaVRos NIARCHos HALL / GNO BUILDING 08:00 REGISTRATION & COFFEE 9:00 – 9:05 WELCOMING REMARKS 9:05 – 9:10 INTRODUCTORY REMARKS: ANDREAS C. DracopoULOS – Co-PRESIDENT, SNF 9:10 – 10:20 IN DISCUSSION: FLEXIBLE MACHINES: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE & SOCIAL NETWORKS MODERATOR: STELIOS VASSILAKIS – DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMS & STRATEGIC INITIATIVES, SNF NICHOLAS CHRISTAKIS – SOL GOLDMAN FAMILY PROFESSOR OF SOCIAL & NATURAL ScIENCE, YaLE UNIVERSITY CONSTANTINOS DASKALAKIS – PROFESSOR, ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING & COMPUTER SCIENCE DEPARTMENT, MIT GARRY KASPAROV – SCHOLAR, HUMANITARIAN & FORMER WORLD CHESS CHAMPION 10:20 – 11:30 PLENARY SESSION 1: DISRUPTING CONVENTIONAL PHILANTHROPIC PRACTICES MODERATOR: JENNIFER MCCREA – SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOW, HAUSER INSTITUTE FOR CIVIL SOCIETY, HARVARD UNIVERSITY JOE HUSTON – CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, GIVEDIRECTLY RIP RAPSON – PRESIDENT, THE KRESGE FOUNDATION IAN SIMMONS – CO-FOUNDER & PRINCIPAL, BLUE HAVEN INITIATIVE 5 11:30 – 11:40 PRESENTATION: NIGHT ON Earth: DISRUpting, COLONIZING & TAMING THE Nyx ANGELOS ChaniotiS – FacULTY MEMBER, INSTITUTE FOR ADvaNCED STUDY 11:40 – 12:10 COFFEE BREAK 12:10 – 12:30 PRESENTATION: BROWNSVILLE COMMUNITY JUSTICE CENTER 12:30 – 13:30 IN DISCUSSION: HOPE AS A DISRUPTIVE FORCE: WORKING ON THE REFUGEE ISSUE MODERATOR: MYRTO XANTHOPOULOU – SENIOR PROGRAM OFFICER, SNF ADIL IZEMRANE – CO-FOUNDER, MOVEMENT ON THE GROUND Sam KOPLewicZ – VisitinG PROFESSOR, UNIVERSITY OF ZagREB JOEY O’LOUGHLIN – PHOTOJOURNALIST, PRODUCER & WRITER MARIA VALLES SEGURA – DIRECTOR GENERAL, BARCA FOUNDATION 13:30 – 13:50 PRESENTATION: StreetwiSE Opera Matt Peacock – ArTISTIC DIRECTOR 13:50 – 15:00 LUNCH 15:00 – 16:20 PERFORMANCE: Theater OF WAR – THE DRUM MAJOR INStinct 16:20 – 16:50 DISCUSSION Between Director, ActorS & THE AUDIENCE to access the conference application, visit www.snf.org/conference DAY 2 / FRIDAY / JUNE 22 / 2O18 DAY 2 / FRIDAY / JUNE 22 / 2O18 StaVRos NIARCHos HALL / GNO BUILDING StaVRos NIARCHos HALL / GNO BUILDING 09:00 – 09:25 KEYNOTE SPEECH: HOW THE SECOND QUANTUM REVOLUTION WILL DISRUPT EVERYTHING 15:00 – 15:40 DISRUPTION IN HEALTHCARE MIKE LAZARIDIS – Founder & BoARD CHAIR, PERIMETER INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL MODERATOR: TheokLIS ZaoUTIS, MD – CHIEF, DIVISION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, PHYSICS / MANagING PARTNER & CO-FOUNDER, QUANTUM VALLEY INVESTMENTS (QVI) ThE CHildren’s HosPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA Steven G. FRIEDMAN, MD – CHIEF OF DIVISION OF VASCULAR SURGERY, 09:25 – 10:45 PLENARY SESSION 2: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE & ITS DISRUPTIVE POTENTIAL PROHEALTH CARE ASSOCIATES MODERATOR: ALAN Stoga – BoARD MEMBER, TÄLLBERG FOUNDATION THOMAS SCULCO, MD – SURGEON-IN-CHIEF EMERITUS & ATTENDING ORTHOPEDIC Karthik DINAKAR – REID HOFFMAN FELLOW, SOFTwaRE AGENTS & AFFECTIVE SURGEON, HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY COMPUTING GROUPS, MIT MEDIA LAB FIORENZO Omenetto – DEAN OF RESEARCH, SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING, 15:40 – 16:00 PRESENTATION: DISRUpting THE Training MODEL: How WE can PRODUCE THE next TUFTS UNIVERSITY generation OF RESEARCHERS, criticaL THINKERS & GLobaL CITIZENS DEB Roy – DIRECTOR, LABORATORY FOR SOCIAL MachINES, MIT NEIL TUROK – DIRECTOR, PERIMETER INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS 10:45 – 11:45 DISCUSSION: DISruptioN & BIG Data 16:00 – 17:00 DISCUSSION: HOW to THINK ABOUT INEQuality MODERATOR: Nancy KASS – ViCE PROVOST FOR GRADUATE & PROFESSIONAL MODERATOR: RUTH FADEN – Founder, JoHNS HOPKINS BERMAN INSTITUTE OF BIOETHICS EDUCATION, JOHNS HOPKINS BERMAN INSTITUTE OF BIOETHICS NICHOLAS CHRISTAKIS – SOL GOLDMAN FAMILY PROFESSOR OF SOCIAL & NATURAL EMILY FALK – PROFESSOR OF COMMUNICATION, PSYCHOLOGY, & MARKETING, ScIENCE, YaLE UNIVERSITY ANNENBERG SCHOOL FOR COMMUNICATION, UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLvaNIA Darren WALKER – President, FORD FOUNDATION KADIJA FERRYMAN – CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGIST, DATA & SOCIETY ALEX ROSENBLAT – TECHNOLOGY ETHNOGRAPHER, DATA & SOCIETY 17:00 – 17:45 DISCUSSION: HOW DO WE KEEP OUR HUMANity IN THE FacE OF TECHNology 7 MODERATOR: PATRICE E. MERRIN – DIRECTOR, GLENCORE PLC, ARCONIC INC., 11:45 – 12:15 COFFEE BREAK KEW MEDIA GROUP ANDREAS C. DracopoULOS – Co-PRESIDENT, SNF 12:15 – 13:00 PLENARY SESSION 3: DISruptiNG THE BOUNdariES BETWEEN HUMAN, ANIMALS MIKE LAZARIDIS – Founder & BoARD CHAIR, PERIMETER INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL & MachiNES: CHIMEraS, Artificial INTELLIGENCE & OTHER NEW FRONTIERS PHYSICS / MANagING PARTNER & CO-FOUNDER, QUANTUM VALLEY INVESTMENTS RUTH FADEN – Founder, JoHNS HOPKINS BERMAN INSTITUTE OF BIOETHICS NEIL TUROK – DIRECTOR, PERIMETER INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS JOHN HARRIS – LORD DavID ALLIANCE PROFESSOR OF BIOETHICS & DIRECTOR OF ISEI, UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER 13:00 – 14:00 PLENARY SESSION 4: DISruptiVE THErapiES: THE PROSPEctS & PERILS OF GENE EditiNG & HUMAN HEalth MODERATOR: JEFF KAHN – AndreAS C. DRacOPOULOS DIRECTOR, JOHNS HOPKINS BERMAN INSTITUTE OF BIOETHICS Barry COLLER, MD – DavID ROCKEFELLER PROFESSOR & VICE PRESIDENT FOR MEDICAL AffaIRS, ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY SUSAN SOLOMON – Founder & CEO, NEW YORK STEM CELL FOUNDATION 14:00 – 15:00 LUNCH Casual dress code / The Conference will be broadcasted live on www.SNF.org to access the conference application, visit www.snf.org/conference DAY 3 / SATURDAY / JUNE 23 / 2O18 DAY 3 / SATURDAY / JUNE 23 / 2O18 StaVRos NIARCHos HALL / GNO BUILDING StaVRos NIARCHos HALL / GNO BUILDING 09:00 – 09:05 INTRODUCTION: ANDREAS C. DRACOPOULOS – CO-PRESIDENT, SNF 15:00 – 15:30 PERFORMANCE: THE BRITISH PARAORCHESTRA WITH CHARLES HAZLEWOOD 09:05 – 09:25 KEYNOTE SPEECH: Timothy SHRIVER – CHAIRMAN, SPECIAL OLYMPICS 15:30 – 16:40 PLENARY SESSION 8: DISRUPTION & THE INDIVIDUAL ARTIST MODERATOR: JAMIE BENNETT – EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ARTPLACE AMERICA 09:25 – 10:35 PLENARY SESSION 5: DISRUpting THE DISRUption – AddRESSING DISABILity DEANA HAGGAG – PRESIDENT & CEO, UNITED STATES ARTISTS & ITS DISRUptive SOCIAL EffectS MARILY KONSTANTINOPOULOU – CO-FOUNDER, ARTWORKS MODERATOR: PANOS PAPOULIAS – DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMS & STRATEGIC KELLEY LINDQUIST – PRESIDENT & CEO, ARTSPACE INITIATIVES, SNF Jacob MOE – CO-FOUNDER & MANAGING DIRECTOR, SYROS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL DaviD EvangeLISta – President & MANagING DIRECTOR, SPECIAL OLYMPICS EUROPE DIMITRA NIKOLOU – CO-FOUNDER, ARTWORKS HAROLD S. KOPLewicZ, MD – President, CHILD MIND INSTITUTE STELIOS KYMPOUROPOULOS – PSYCHIATRIST 16:40 – 17:55 PLENARY SESSION 9: DISRUPTING TRADITIONAL ARTS INSTITUTIONS, MODELS & PRACTICES BRINA KEI MAXINO – GLOBAL AMBASSADOR, SPECIAL OLYMPICS MODERATOR: VISHAKHA DESAI – SENIOR ADVISOR TO THE PRESIDENT, COLUMBIA Loree SUtton – CoMMISSIONER, NYC DEpaRTMENT OF VETERANS SERVICES UNIVERSITY / PRESIDENT EMERITA, ASIA SOCIETY SIR DAVID ADJAYE – FOUNDER & PRINCIPAL ARCHITECT, ADJAYE ASSOCIATES 10:35 – 11:05 DISCUSSION: DISRUPTING TRADITIONAL FOOD SOURCES PAUL GOLDBERGER – ARCHITECTURE CRITIC / CONTRIBUTING EDITOR, VANITY FAIR MODERATOR: ROBERT M. GOODMAN – EXECUTIVE DEAN OF AGRICULTURE & NATURAL THELMA GOLDEN – DIRECTOR & CHIEF CURATOR, STUDIO MUSEUM IN HARLEM RESOURCES, RUTGERS UNIVERSITY ERIC KLINENBERG – PROFESSOR OF SOCIOLOGY & DIRECTOR OF THE INSTITUTE LUCY BEST – CO-FOUNDER, PHYTA FOR PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE, NYU EMILY KIAN – CO-FOUNDER, PHYTA ALEX POOTS – FOUNDING ARTISTIC DIRECTOR & CEO, THE SHED 9 11:05 – 11:30 COFFEE BREAK 17:55 – 18:00 CLOSING REMARKS: STELIOS VASSILAKIS – DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMS & STRATEGIC INITIATIVES, SNF 11:35 – 12:50 PLENARY SESSION 6: DISRUpting Incarceration’S DISRUptive CycLE MODERATOR: GLORIA GILBERT-STOGA – PRESIDENT & FOUNDER, PUPPIES BEHIND BARS ANTHONY CARDENALES – BARD PRISON INITIATIVE ALUMNI PETER GOLDBERG – EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, BROOKLYN BAIL FUND MAX KENNER – EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, BARD PRISON INITIATIVE ERICA MATEO – BARD PRISON INITIATIVE ALUMNI FOTINI MILIONI – DIRECTOR, EPANODOS LIA SacerDote – President, BAMBINISENZASBARRE 12:50 – 14:00 PLENARY SESSION 7: DISRUPTING INEQUALITY THROUGH EDUCATION MODERATOR: Nancy MCKINStry – ProGRAMS & STRATEGIC INITIATIVES OFFICER, SNF Heather GERKEN – DEAN, YaLE Law SCHOOL ALLAN GOODMAN – President,
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