2015 AGENDA
JANUARY 15, 2015
JANUARY 16, 2015
Registration Opens (7:30 AM)
GENERAL SESSION
Introduction: Master of Ceremonies
Welcome Remarks: Mayor Kasim Reed
Opening Remarks: Philippe Bourguignon
Keynote Address: Ricardo Semler
Opening Session: Reimagining Our Economy
“What Global Leaders Can Do To Ignite Free Enterprise”
ENERGY BREAK
WORKING GROUPS
Mobile Technology: “A Platform for Changing Our World”
The Big New Idea: “Connecting Financial and Physical Wellbeing”
Big Data’s Next Task: “Identifying The Entrepreneurship Class”
What’s Working: “Expanding Free Enterprise Access and Innovation”
LUNCHEON
GENERAL SESSION
CEO Perspective: William H. Rogers, Jr., Dan Cathy, Kessel Stelling “Making the Business Case for Financial Inclusion”
Funding the Opportunity in Emerging Markets: “Partnering Private Equity with Low Wealth Communities”
Closing Remarks
SILVER RIGHTS RECEPTION
Featuring Vanessa De Luca, Editor-In-Chief, Essence Magazine Hosted by Essence Magazine SOLD OUT
JANUARY 17, 2015
Registration Opens (7:30 AM)
SPECIAL KEYNOTE SPEAKER
President William J. Clinton
GENERAL SESSION
Opening Remarks: Dennis Lockhart
Keynote Address: Secretary Julián Castro
Opening Session: Expanding the Gains of Women and Girls
“How to Prosper in the Global Economy”
ENERGY BREAK
WORKING GROUPS
The Youth Entrepreneurial Mindset: “Taking Action for Generational Change”
Power of the Credit Score: “Changing Lives and Changing Communities”
Lessons From Ferguson: “What the World Can Learn”
Preparedness as a Priority: “Disaster Financial and Economic Recovery”
Technology as a Tool: “Scaling Financial Services”
LUNCHEON
GENERAL SESSION
Business-In-A-Box Pitch Competition
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan Remarks
A Conversation With Steve Case
How the Poor Can Save Capitalism: “Solutions For Rebuilding the Path to the Middle Class”
Keynote Address: President Bill Clinton
CEO Remarks: John Hope Bryant
Salute to an Icon: A Conversation with Ambassador Andrew Young Featuring Ambassador Young and Gallup CEO Jim Clifton
Keynote Address
Closing Remarks