For the Planet and the Poor
April 4-6, 2016, Keough School of Global Affairs, University of Notre Dame
We are witnessing an extraordinary moment in the history of global efforts to eliminate extreme poverty and preserve the natural environment. Never before have international development organizations, national governments, the Catholic Church, and other religious and faith-based organizations been so closely aligned in a campaign to address the most daunting challenges facing humanity and the planet.
The surprising convergence of Pope Francis’s encyclical on the environment, Laudato Si’: On Care for Our Common Home, with his support of the Sustainable Development Goals to “end poverty, fight inequality and injustice, and tackle climate change by 2030,” have presented us with a remarkable moment of opportunity.
This conference, organized by Notre Dame’s new Keough School of Global Affairs, brought together students and faculty with leading thinkers from the worlds of development policy and practice, government, the Church, and other religious bodies to reflect on the events of the previous year and chart a way forward.
Conference hashtag: #planetandpoor
April 4 (Mon.) 6 p.m.
Jordan Auditorium, Mendoza College of Business, University of Notre Dame
WELCOME
Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C.
President, University of Notre Dame
OPENING KEYNOTE PANEL: A Surprising Convergence, a Moment of Opportunity
R. Scott Appleby
Marilyn Keough Dean, Keough School of Global Affairs
A. Atiq Rahman
Executive Director, Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies
Jeffrey D. Sachs
Director, Earth Institute; Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development, Professor of Health Policy and Management, Columbia University
Most Rev. Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo
Chancellor, Pontifical Academy of Sciences and Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, the Vatican
Sara Sievers
Associate Dean for Policy and Practice, Keough School of Global Affairs
April 5 (Tues.)
Laudato Si’ and the Sustainable Development Goals
Hesburgh Center for International Studies, University of Notre Dame
9 a.m. Achieving the SDGs: What Will It Take?
Jeffrey D. Sachs
Director, Earth Institute; Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development, Professor of Health Policy and Management, Columbia University
MODERATOR
Ted Beatty
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Keough School of Global Affairs
PANELS
10 a.m. Economic Development: Ending Global Poverty
Debapriya Bhattacharya
Distinguished Fellow, Centre for Policy Dialogue, Dhaka, Bangladesh; Chair- Southern Voice on Post-MDGs
Carol Graham
Leo Pasvolsky Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution; College Park Professor, University of Maryland School of Public Policy
CHAIR
William Evans
Keough-Hesburgh Professor of Economics, University of Notre Dame
11:45 a.m. Sustainability: Care for our Common Home
Anthony Annett
Climate Change and Sustainable Development Advisor, UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network
Christopher Barrett
David J. Nolan Director, Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management; Stephen B. and Janice G. Ashley Professor of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University
Daniel Schrag
Sturgis Hooper Professor of Geology, Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering, Harvard University; Director, Harvard University Center for the Environment; Director, Harvard Kennedy School Program on Science, Technology, and Public Policy
CHAIR
Mary Galvin
William K. Warren Foundation Dean, College of Science, University of Notre Dame
2:30 p.m. Toward Global Health and Human Well-Being
Serena Koenig, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Bernard Nahlen, MD
Deputy Coordinator, President’s Malaria Initiative, USAID
Sonia Ehrlich Sachs, MD, MPH
Director, Health Sector, Center for Sustainable Development, Earth Institute, Columbia University
CHAIR
Katherine A. Taylor
Associate Director and Director of Global Health Training, Eck Institute for Global Health, University of Notre Dame
4:15 p.m. Ecological Conversion: The Role of Faith in Development
Matthew Ashley
Associate Professor of Theology; Chair, Department of Theology, University of Notre Dame
Celia Deane-Drummond
Professor of Theology, University of Notre Dame
William F. Vendley
Secretary General, World Conference of Religions for Peace
Laurie Zoloth
Professor of Religious Studies, Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences; Professor of Bioethics and Medical Humanities, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University
CHAIR
Thomas Tweed
W. Harold and Martha Welch Professor of American Studies and Professor of History; former president, American Academy of Religion, University of Notre Dame
5:30 p.m. A Conversation with Rev. Gustavo Gutiérrez, O.P.
John Cardinal O’Hara Professor of Theology, University of Notre Dame
MODERATOR
Rev. Daniel G. Groody, C.S.C.
Associate Professor of Theology, University of Notre Dame
April 6 (Wed.)
Partnerships for the Planet and the Poor
Hesburgh Center for International Studies, University of Notre Dame
PANELS
8:30 a.m. Quality Education for All
Dana Burde
Associate Professor and Director of International Education, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, New York University
Stephen P. Heyneman
Professor of International Education, Vanderbilt University
Radhika Iyengar
Director, Education Sector; Associate Research Scholar; Center for Sustainable Development, Earth Institute, Columbia University
Robert Prouty
Former Head of the Global Partnership for Education
CHAIR
Rev. Sean McGraw, C.S.C.
Assistant Professor of Political Science and co-founder, Alliance for Catholic Education, University of Notre Dame
10 a.m. Universities: Responding to an Urgent Call
Dennis Jacobs
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Santa Clara University
Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C.
President, University of Notre Dame
Katherine Marshall
Professor of the Practice of Development, Conflict, and Religion, Georgetown University
John Meara, MD, DMD, MBA
Steven C. and Carmella R. Kletjian Professor of Global Surgery, Department of Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School
CHAIR
Scott Appleby
Marilyn Keough Dean, Keough School of Global Affairs
11:45 a.m. Working Groups
Academic Research (Hesburgh Center Auditorium)
Policy Engagement (C102 Hesburgh Center)
Training the Next Generation of Global Leaders (C103 Hesburgh Center)
Partnerships and Engagement in the Field (C104-105 Hesburgh Center)
2:30 p.m. Revitalizing Global Partnerships
Anthony Annett
Climate Change and Sustainable Development Advisor, UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network
Most Rev. Pedro Barreto, S.J.
Archbishop of Huancayo, Peru; President, Department of Justice and Solidarity, Latin American Episcopal Council (CELAM)
Kevin Clarke
Senior Editor and Chief Correspondent, America magazine
Dennis Jacobs
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Santa Clara University
Bernard Nahlen, MD
Deputy Coordinator, President’s Malaria Initiative, USAID
Katherine Marshall
Professor of the Practice of Development, Conflict, and Religion, Georgetown University
CHAIR
Jennifer Mason McAward
Associate Professor of Law and Acting Director, Center for Civil and Human Rights, University of Notre Dame
4 p.m. A Path Forward
R. Scott Appleby
Marilyn Keough Dean, Keough School of Global Affairs
Sara Sievers
Associate Dean for Policy and Practice, Keough School of Global Affairs
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