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AGENDA WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22ND THURSDAY, APRIL 23RD THURSDAY, APRIL 23RD

DAVID H. KOCH THEATER DAVID H. KOCH THEATER

6 pm PROGRAMMING BEGINS THE SONS WE SHARE 9 am PROGRAMMING BEGINS WHERE DO YOU GO WHEN YOUR WORLD DISAPPEARS? THE SIEGE ON THE MOUNTAIN THE LADYKILLER How two extraordinary mothers—one Israeli and one Palestinian—are There will soon be a surge in “climate refugees.” While up to 50,000 Yazidi refugees were besieged on Mt. Sinjar, thousands Heart disease is the #1 killer of women—more than all cancers combined. GONE GIRLS TINA BROWN WELCOME transforming personal tragedy into reconciliation and forgiveness. Pelenise Alofa National Coordinator, Kiribati Climate Action Network of girls were sold by ISIS. The siege is over, but they remain missing. One in three women will die of heart disease, yet there is shocking Founder, Women in the World and CEO / Tina Brown Live Media One year after the Boko Haram kidnappings, what has become of the Patricia Cochran Executive Director, Alaska Native Science Commission inequity in heart disease research. Bushra Awad Palestinian Member, Parents Circle Families Forum missing girls? And will the new Nigerian government help? Dr. Delan Dakheel Saeed Resident Doctor, Rezgary Teaching Hospital, Erbil Robi Damelin Israeli Member and Spokesperson, Parents Circle – Families Forum Mary Robinson 7th President of Ireland; President and Founder, Vian Dakheel Saeed Yazidi Representative, Iraqi Parliament, and Head of Dr. Holly Andersen Attending Cardiologist and Director of Education COHOSTS: “THE WOMAN I’M HERE FOR” Obiageli Ezekwesili Cofounder, Bring Back Our Girls and Outreach, Ronald O. Perelman Heart Institute New York-Presbyterian MODERATED BY: Tina Brown Founder and CEO, Women in the World / Mary Robinson Foundation – Climate Justice Service Committee Alexis Okeowo Writer, Magazine and Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical College Tina Brown Live Media MODERATED BY: Co-Anchor, ABC News’ Alissa Johannsen Rubin Paris Bureau Chief, The New York Times CEO and Designer of Luxury Women’s Shoes; Hotelier; GIRLS AS WEAPONS OF WAR John Prendergast Founding Director, The Enough Project Vanessa Noel What lures young women from all over the world to Jihad, and how are Ambassador Melanne Verveer Director, Georgetown Institute for Heart-Attack Survivor STORY POWER: THREE GREAT WOMEN OF FILM MODERATED BY: Lesley Stahl Correspondent, 60 Minutes mothers fighting to save their children? 11 am BREAK Women, Peace and Security MODERATED BY: Dr. Jennifer Ashton ABC News Senior Medical A conversation with three top women in film about animating hot-button MODERATED BY: ABC News Network Correspondent Contributor; Founder of Hygeia Gynecology Yassin Ekdahl National Coordinator, Foreign Fighters Family Hotline, Sweden issues through the female lens. EVERYONE’S PROBLEM 11:30 am MOTHER OF INVENTION Saida Munye Mother Activist, Sweden Women want to be there for their kids, their aging parents, and their Ava DuVernay Film Director and Founder of AFFRM Presented by Toyota 1 pm LUNCH BREAK HERE COMES THE SUN Edit Schlaffer Founder and Chairwoman, SAVE (Sisters Against Violent husbands, but the American workplace won’t let them. Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy CEO, SOC Films A conversation with Ting Shih, the founder of ClickMedix, and dermatologist How a young winner of the Google Impact Challenge and a growing army of Extremism) and Women without Borders Actress Betty Easley Military Veteran Spouse, Caregiver Dr. Achiamah Osei-Tutu, on how mobile technology is transforming WOMEN IN THE WORLD LUNCH By invitation only Solar Grandmothers, trained by the legendary Bunker Roy, are harnessing MODERATED BY: Barkha Dutt Consulting Editor, NDTV MODERATED BY: Jon Stewart Host and Executive Producer, Sheila Lirio Marcelo Founder, Chairwoman, and CEO, Care.com healthcare and saving lives around the world with just a click of a button. WELCOME REMARKS BY: Shelley Zalis CEO, Ipsos OTX; Founder, the sun to bring light, water, and a new sense of possibility to communities The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Shelby Ramirez Martinez Advocate, 9to5 Dr. Achiamah Osei-Tutu Dermatologist, Osei-Tutu Dermatology The Ipsos Girls’ Lounge around the world. TACKLING ’S TABOOS: AAMIR KHAN Katharine Zaleski Cofounder and President, PowerToFly Ting Shih CEO and Founder, ClickMedix INTRODUCED BY: Meredith Kopit Levien Chief Revenue Officer, Sanchaita Gajapati Raju Managing Trustee and Founder, SANA A conversation with Aamir Khan about the cultural taboos that he is The New York Times 8:45 pm PROGRAMMING ENDS Senior Advisor to President Obama; Sanjit “Bunker” Roy Founder, Barefoot College; Indian Social Activist illuminating through his innovative TV show, which has garnered an MODERATED BY: MODERATED BY: Poppy Harlow CNN Anchor and Correspondent Chair of the White House Council on Women and Girls and Educator audience of 600 million. 2:15 pm PROGRAMMING RESUMES WOMEN IN THE WORLD DINNER By invitation only THE DEBATE THAT’S SHAKING INDIA MODERATED BY: Alyse Nelson President and CEO, Aamir Khan Indian Movie Star; Creator and Host of the weekly television President and Chief Executive BANISHING THE DEVIL Vital Voices Global Partnership show Satyamev Jayate OPENING REMARKS BY: Ajay Banga INTRODUCED BY: Freida Pinto Actress and Activist WEARABLE, SUSTAINABLE Officer, MasterCard Long before #BringBackOurGirls swept the Internet, a Ugandan nun was Who’s winning the fight against sexual violence and gender inequality? INTERVIEWED BY: Zainab Salbi Founder, Women for Women working to save thousands of young women who survived enslavement A high-profile CEO on the challenge of making sustainability part of the A conversation on the politics of shame and stigma in India. WHY IS MATERNAL MORTALITY ON THE RISE IN THE US? International and Nida’a Productions; Editor-at-Large, WITW under Joseph Kony and Ugandan rebels. bottom line. Presented by Merck Barkha Dutt Consulting Editor, NDTV Sister Rosemary Nyirumbe Director, St. Monica’s Girls Tailoring Centre, Federica Marchionni CEO, Lands’ End Maternal mortality is on the rise in the US, while it’s on the decline in all Uganda Sunitha Krishnan Founder, Prajwala INTERVIEWED BY: Jill Bernstein Editorial Director, Fast Company other industrialized nations. In some parts of the US, maternal death rates INTERVIEWED BY: Tina Brown Founder and CEO, Women in the World / Director/Producer, India’s Daughter; CEO, Assassin Films are higher than sub-Saharan Africa. What women in America need to know in order to decrease their risk of -related complications. Tina Brown Live Media MODERATED BY: Norah O’Donnell Cohost, CBS This Morning SALWA: MY AUNT, MY HERO Dr. Priya Agrawal Executive Director, Merck for Mothers Rima Bugaighis Trainee Lawyer; Niece of Salwa Bugaighis HELEN MIRREN RULES! Monica Raye Simpson Executive Director, SisterSong Women of Color psas shown today are brought to you by: An intimate conversation with the legendary actress who is now garnering Reproductive Justice Collective Dove: A 10+Year Commitment to Redefining Beauty knockout reviews on Broadway in The Audience, her third role as an Elise J. Turner Associate Professor, Belhaven University Toyota: Career Spark: Military Spouse Career Tool, Built by Toyota English queen. MODERATED BY: Gayle Tzemach Lemmon Author, Ashley’s War; Merck: Merck for Mothers: Helping Create a World Where No Woman Dies Giving Life Helen Mirren Actress Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations 21st Century Fox: STAR’s Satyamev Jayate: Awakening India’s Conscience INTERVIEWED BY: Tina Brown Founder and CEO, Women in the World / Tina Brown Live Media

# WITW AGENDA THURSDAY, APRIL 23RD FRIDAY, APRIL 24TH FRIDAY, APRIL 24TH

DAVID H. KOCH THEATER DAVID H. KOCH THEATER

4 pm BREAK THE GREAT ESCAPE 9 am PROGRAMMING BEGINS DOES ISLAM HAVE ROOM FOR WOMEN? HOT SHOMALI: JORDAN’S RISING MEDIA STAR SPECIAL PRESENTATION A conversation between Egyptian satirist Bassem Youssef and best-selling Creator and star of Jordan’s first female-driven comedy web series, Tima A young defector’s unimaginably dangerous trek to escape North Korea. Sandra Phillips General Counsel and Chief Legal Officer, Toyota Motor 4:30 pm PROGRAMMING RESUMES POWER AND WRIGHT Turkish author Elif Shafak on the push and pull of modernism versus Shomali talks about breaking stereotypes and becoming the Arab world’s North America Yeonmi Park Defector; North Korean Human Rights Activist Samantha Power, the United States Ambassador to the UN, in conversation traditionalism, as Muslim women redefine and reclaim Islam for themselves. Tina Fey. Hannah Song President and CEO, LiNK (Liberty in North Korea) STOP THE TROLLS with actress and activist Robin Wright on endemic violence, poverty, and Elif Shafak Best-Selling Turkish Author; Columnist Tima Shomali Comedian, Writer/ Producer, Filmizion Productions PARTICIPANTS: A CALL TO ARMS MODERATED BY: Savannah Guthrie Co-Anchor, Today; Chief Legal corruption in Africa, and the urgent imperative for individuals as well as How women are fighting back and seeking legal recourse against online INTERVIEWED BY: Bassem Youssef Former Host, Al-Bernameg INTERVIEWED BY: Zainab Salbi Founder, Women for Women Correspondent, NBC News 2 pm TINA BROWN FAREWELL nations to take action. International and Nida’a Productions; Editor-at-Large, WITW harassment and abuse. Founder and CEO, Women in the World / Tina Brown Live Media Robin Wright Actress, Director, Philanthropist; Cofounder, Emily Bazelon Staff Writer, The New York Times Magazine HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON GENERATION KATNISS Pour Les Femmes Sleepwear Leading British economist Noreena Hertz unveils her new study, revealing KENYA’S SHINING HOPE Kamala D. Harris California Attorney General The Honorable Hillary Rodham Clinton Former US Secretary of State, Samantha Power US Ambassador to the UN how girls 13 to 20 are very different from . Out of the poorest slum in Kenya, a school for girls has cropped up, US Senator and First Lady Ashley Judd Actress, Activist, Humanitarian allowing them to hope and dream for a better future. MODERATED BY: Darren Walker President, Ford Foundation Noreena Hertz CEO and Cofounder, Generation K; Professor, MODERATED BY: Katie Couric Yahoo Global News Anchor INTRODUCED BY: Beatrice Biira Community Engagement Coordinator, Eunice Akoth Sixth-Grade Student at the Kibera School for Girls Heifer International University College London TAVI’S ALREADY AMAZING LIFE INTERVIEWED BY: Gillian Tett US Managing Editor, The Financial Times Kennedy Odede CEO and Founder, Shining Hope For Communities MOTHER OF INVENTION Teen phenomenon Tavi Gevinson talks about fashion, , and what Jessica Posner Odede Cofounder, Shining Hope For Communities Presented by Toyota CLOSING REMARKS to share with 300,000 followers. EVERYTHING IS CONNECTED How one woman found a way to transform a bus into showers on wheels, Tina Brown Founder and CEO, Women in the World / Tina Brown Live Media MODERATED BY: Lydia Polgreen Deputy International Editor, Tavi Gevinson Actress, Writer, Editor How the age of intelligence is going to change how we live. The New York Times plus her plans to empower and bring dignity to homeless people around INTERVIEWED BY: Writer and TV Host, MSNBC the country, one shower at a time. 7:30 pm DOVE CHANGEMAKER DINNER By invitation only Cynthia Breazeal Founder and Chief Scientist, Jibo, Inc. An Evening to Celebrate Inspirational Women. President, Innovation and New Ventures, Flextronics MOTHER OF INVENTION Inocente Izucar Artist, Homeless Advocate, Star of Oscar-Winning Jeannine Sargent THE BEAUTIFUL BRAIN Presented by Toyota Documentary Inocente Padmasree Warrior Chief Technology and Strategy Officer, Cisco 8 pm THE DVF AWARDS By invitation only Presented by Dove A female architect is utilizing the ancient art of origami to create collapsible Doniece Sandoval Founder, Lava Mae MODERATED BY: Stephanie Ruhle Anchor and Managing Editor, An Evening to Honor Extraordinary Women. The scientific and psychological truths behind women and decision-making: shelters for victims of natural disasters and the homeless. MODERATED BY: Alex Witt Anchor, MSNBC’s Weekends with Alex Witt; Bloomberg Television; Editor-at-Large, Bloomberg News how all women and girls can use the latest research to boost their self-esteem. Aton Edwards Executive Director, International Preparedness Network NBC News Correspondent INTRODUCTION BY: The Get Lit Players: Zariya Allen, Belissa 11:30 am BREAK Tina Hovsepian Executive Director and Founder, Cardborigami Escobedo, Rhiannon McGavin / Dove “Choose Beautiful” Manifesto MODERATED BY: Zain Verjee Journalist; Founder and CEO, Dr. Stacie Grossman Bloom Senior Executive Director for Administration 12 pm IS CAMPUS SAFE FOR OUR KIDS? Zain Vergee Group & Policy; Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience and Physiology, With more than 100 colleges and universities under federal investigation for NYU Langone Medical Center failure to address charges of sexual assault, journalists and activists shine a Dr. Renee Engeln Professor of Psychology, Northwestern University light on the culture of impunity in America. Gabi Gregg Body Positive Style Blogger, Founder of gabifresh.com Annie E. Clark Cofounder, End Rape On Campus Thandie Newton Actress and Activist Kirsten Gillibrand US Senator (D-NY) MODERATED BY: News and Finance Anchor, Yahoo psas shown today are brought to you by: Jon Krakauer Author of Missoula: Rape and the Justice System s Dove: A 10+Year Commitment to Redefining Beauty psa shown today are brought to you by: in a College Town Ford Foundation: Social Justice is… Toyota: Career Spark: Military Spouse Career Tool, Built by Toyota MODERATED BY: Mika Brzezinski Cohost, MSNBC’s ; MasterCard: Empowering Women for Priceless Possibilities New York Times Best-Selling Author Merck: Merck for Mothers: Helping Create a World Where No Woman Dies Giving Life

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