UN Week Digital Media Lounge Schedule

8/8/2019 UN Week Digital Media Lounge Schedule

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* Schedule is subject to change *

Available all day everyday:

Fully wired environment. Comfortable place to think, write, and report. Light refreshments. Company of interesting people who want to change the world AND are doing

something about it!

TUESDAY September 21 st

9:00 AM LOUNGE OPENS

9:30-10:00 AM Oxfams breakfast with the world

Live via Skype,Oxfam brings us experts from around the globe to discuss the reality of issues onthe ground. Get answers for your community from people who live and know the situationfirsthand.

10:30-11:30 AM UN Goodwill Ambassadors Launch the Digital Media Lounge!

Join us as we kick off the UN Week Digital Media Lounge with celebrity Craig David, as heshares his experience as a UN Goodwill Ambassador against tuberculosis. He brings with him a

TB/HIV patient to share her story alongside the number one academic authority on TB. Craig David, Musician and UN Goodwill Ambassador Lucy Chesire , TB/HIV patient and activist from Kenya Lee Reichman, leading international academic authority on TB

12:00-12:30 PM ICT4D: innovation & the Millennium Development Goals


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New technologies are tackling old challenges. Innovative information and communicationtechnologies are accelerating progress toward meeting the MDGs. Join this discussion with ICTfor development experts as they look at who is pushing the innovation envelope, and how humanitarian agencies are using these tools around the world. This session is part of the UNFoundation & Vodafone Foundation Technology Salon series.

Robert Kirkpatrick , Director, UN Global Pulse Erica Kochi, Innovation Unit, UNICEF Linda Raftree , Adviser, New Technology, PLAN, West Africa Regional Office Jim Rosenberg , Head of Social Media, World Bank Wayan Vota , Senior Director, Inveneo Adam Hirsch , COO, Mashable

12:30-1:00 PM Free digital massages!

92Ys Back to Sports Physical Therapy licensed massage-therapists offer special hand massagesdesigned to sooth bloggers busy fingers. www.backtosportspt.com

1:00-1:30 PM Disaster relief 2.0: collaborative technologies & the future of aid

In humanitarian crises, information-sharing and coordination among relief agencies is essential.But what about communications between aid groups and individuals? From Haiti to Pakistan,collaborative technologies are enabling survivors and concerned citizens alike to becomeimportant sources of information. Join innovation experts to discuss how new citizen-centeredtechnologies are shaping the future of disaster relief.

Oliver Lacey-Hall , Deputy Chief, Communications & Information Services Branch,UN OCHA

Patrick Meier , Director of Crisis Mapping and Strategic Partnerships, Ushahidi Nigel Snoad , Microsoft and the ICT4Peace Foundation Adele Waugaman , Senior Director, UN Foundation & Vodafone Foundation

Technology Partnerships Jim Luce , Founder, Orphans International Worldwide

2:00-2:30 PM Getting the goals back on track: health, hunger, water, & nutrition

Talk with an extraordinary group of experts from Sierra Leone, Malawi, and Senegal as they share their experiences and discuss how health, nutrition, water, and sanitation are inherently interconnected and need to be addressed as one.

Martha Kwataine , Executive Director, Malawi Health Equity Network. Samuel Kargbo , Department of Health, Sierra Leone Mariame Dem , West Africa Head, WaterAid Steve Cockburn , Intl Campaign Coordinator, End Water Poverty


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3:00-3:30 PM Reel impact: the power of film to change lives

How is film helping us tell the stories of people suffering around the world from major issueslike war, disaster, disease, and more? In this special briefing, filmmakers showcase how thisstorytelling tool provides a way to reach thousands of people, overcome literacy boundaries,bring forth information, and inspire hope where it is lacking.

Caroline Baron, Founder, FilmAid Lisa Russell, Filmmaker and CoFounder of www.MDGFive.com

4:00 4:30 PM A movement to end malaria deaths

Malaria is a leading killer of children in Africa, with roughly 500 million cases reported worldwide each year. From the first-ever live Facebook event to the Buzz Tour seen around

the nation, learn how Nothing But Nets (www.nothingbutnets.net) partners and founders areleading a global grassroots movement to end malaria deaths by 2015.

Mikkel Vestergaard Frandsen CEO of the Group, Vestergaard Frandsen Bishop Thomas Bickerton, United Methodist Church Ruth Riley, WNBA Player and Nothing But Nets Champion Elizabeth Gore, Executive Director of Global Partnerships, UN Foundation

5:005:30 PM Global perspectives: technology today, technology tomorrow

NGO leaders from around the world offer their on-the-ground perspective on what technology has done to date and what they need next for the communities they serve. A panel of the very best international professionals offers on-the-ground insight and analysis.

Alison Gardy , Director of International Relations, 92Y

6:00 PM Lounge closes


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WEDNESDAY September 22 nd




10:30-11:00 AM The Media Map Project: Medias Impact on Development

While there is general agreement about the importance of free and independent media indeveloping countries, the media is an often overlooked and under-invested sector with greatpotential to scale up improvements across all development goals. Internews, The World Bank and The Brookings Institute are collaborating to bridge the gap in current research by analyzing empirical correlations in the data on media and development. Funded by the Gates Foundation,The Media Map Project aims to answer the questions: What does the evidence say about media'srole in development? And what are the most effective ways to strengthen media?

12:00-12:30 PM Philanthropy goes viral: what girls can teach women

Moderated by the CEO of Vivanista the go-to site for women bridging social and impact discuss how girls worldwide are embracing social media to drive social change.

Helene Gayle, President & CEO, CARE USA Kimberly Perry , Director, Girl Up Layne Gray , CEO of Vivanista

1:00-2:00 PM KEYNOTE SESSION: Saving 16 million lives - the GlobalStrategy for Women's and Children's Health

To set the context for the UNs groundbreaking new strategy - to be launched by the Secretary General directly following this briefing - a panel of leaders take on the big issues and challengesfaced by women and children worldwide.

Tamara Krenin , Executive Direction, Women & Population, UN Foundation Sue Mbaya, Director of Advocacy & Justice for Children in Africa, World Vision Dr. Abhay Bang , Co-founder and Director of SEARCH Dr. Luc DeBernis , Senior Maternal Health Adviser, UNFPA Patricia Mechael, Director of Strategic Application of Mobile Technology for Public

Health & Development, Earth Institute , Columbia University


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Dr. Dorothy Shaw, MBChB, FRCSC Clinical Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology,University of British Columbia, PMNCH Spokeperson in Canada

2:30-4:00 PM LIVE BROADCAST: Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon SpecialEvent Every Woman, Every Child.

Watch the UN Secretary Generals special launch live on the 92Ys state of the art big screen.

4:30-5:00 PM Live in the lounge: music, media, & activism

Closing out the day, a group of world-famous musicians and social activists team up to discussthe power of music, social media, and some-good-old-fashion adventure to change lives!

Lupe Fiasco , Artist, Musician, and Global Do-Gooder Simon Isaacs , VP Sustainability Marketing,ignition Azita Ardakani , Founder and Chief Idea Officer, Lovesocial



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THURSDAY, September 23 rd



Live via Skype,Oxfam brings us experts from around the globe to discuss the reality of issues onthe ground. Get answers for your community from people who live and know the situationfirsthand..

11:00-12:00 AM Live big-screen broadcast of President Obama and Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moons opening General Assembly remarks

Two of the biggest speeches of UN Week. Watch these remarks live on the big screen with stateof the art sound system! Sit back and blog.

12:30-1:00 PM Free digital massages!

92Ys Back to Sports Physical Therapy licensed massage therapists offer special hand massagesdesigned to sooth bloggers busy fingers. www.backtosportspt.com

1:00-2:00 PM SPECIAL CNN ANNOUNCEMENT!

CNN Heroes : An All-Star Tribute launched in 2007 to spotlight everyday people who arechanging the world. Entering its fourth year, the Top 10 CNN Heroes will be revealed at 1 p.m.

ET, from the UN Weeks Digital Media Lounge at the 92nd

Street Y. CNN Heroes will air on Thanksgiving, Nov. 25, at 8 p.m. (ET/PT).

2:00-4:00 PM Sessions TBC

Be prepared to continue the conversation with exclusive briefings in the lounge area fromexperts, UN officials, and more.

4:00-4:30 PM EXCLUSIVE! Link TV ViewChange Film Contest Finalists premiered!

Link TV, with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, presents exclusive access to videos making the final cut in View Changes Film Contest. Entries from around the globe tellpowerful stories, showcasing how the world is moving one step closer to achieving the MDGs.Meet some finalists & see some great short films.


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5:30 PM Cocktails & Conversation

Mingle with filmmakers and celebrities as Link TV hosts a cocktail reception for all credentialedbloggers celebrating the ViewChange finalists.



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FRIDAY, September 24 th




11:0012:00 AM Changing the world: one online mother at a time

Women and children have been the biggest topic of discussion during UN Week, so what domothers themselves think? Hear from renowned mommy bloggers on how mothers arereaching across boundaries, around the world to spread the word about our biggest global issues.

Chrysula Winegar , Work Life Balance Emily Kahn , The Motherhood

12:00-12:30 PM Wrap-up with The Economist : UN Week report card

Wrapping up the Digital Media Lounge, US Business Editor and World Economic Forum Young Leader Matthew Bishop, hosts a panel of leaders each offering their assessment of how much was really achieved in UN Week 2010.

Matthew Bishop , US Business Editor, The Economist Robb Skinner , Associate Director, UN Foundation Charles Abugre Akelyira, Regional Director for Africa, UN Millennium Campaign

1:00-1:30 PM Beyond Oil: Blueprint for an Energy Revolution

The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is the worst environmental disaster in US history, with long-term impacts we've yet to understand. One thing is clear: we need to stop investing in a brokenenergy economy and kick start a clean energy revolution. In this briefing we'll hear fromGreenpeace experts at the front lines of the campaign for a clean and safe future.

Kert Davies , Greenpeace USA Research Director (live via Video Skype on board the Arctic Sunrise in the Gulf of Mexico)

Jo Billups, longtime Gulf resident from Lillian, Alabama Sven Teske , scientist and lead author of the Energy [R]evolution report


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