*programming in development and subject to change

8:00-8:45 am | Registration and Networking Breakfast

8:45 am | Welcome remarks by Noah Shachtman, Editor-in-Chief, The Daily Beast

8:50 am | Opening Keynote: The Threats We Face and the Road Ahead

Speaker: Robert C. Orr, Dean of the University of Maryland School of Public Policy and Special Advisor to the United Nations Secretary-General on Climate Change

9:10 am | The Climate Crisis

Speaker Spotlights: ideas, innovations, and stories that inspire action

Panel moderated by Spencer Ackerman, Senior National Security Correspondent, Daily Beast

Speakers:

  • Sarah Ladislaw, Senior Vice President and Director & Senior Fellow, Energy and National Security Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies

  • Christy Goldfuss, Senior Vice President of Energy and Environment Policy, Center for American Progress; former Managing Director, White House Council on Environmental Quality

  • Alice Hill, Senior Fellow for Climate Change Policy, Council on Foreign Relations; former Senior Director for Resilience Policy, U.S. National Security Council; author of the forthcoming book “Building a Resilient Tomorrow”

  • Keya Chatterjee, Executive Director, US Climate Action Network

9:55 am | Fireside Chat: Public Opinion and Galvanizing the Political Will to Act

Speakers:

  • Elaine Kamarck, Senior Fellow and Founding Director, Center for Effective Public Management, Brookings Institution

  • Brett Dobbs, Co-Founder, M+D

10:05 am | Global Health Challenges

Speaker Spotlights: ideas, innovations, and stories that inspire action

Panel moderated by Jackie Kucinich, Washington Bureau Chief, Daily Beast

Speakers:

  • Lawrence O. Gostin, University Professor and Founding O’Neill Chair in Global Health Law, Georgetown University; Faculty Director, O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law; Director, World Health Organization Collaborating Center on Public Health Law & Human Rights

  • Justin McCarthy, Senior Vice President, Patient & Health Impact, Pfizer

  • Dawn O'Connell, Head of the U.S. Office, Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations

  • Ronald A. Klain, Executive Vice President & General Counsel, Revolution LLC; White House Ebola Response Coordinator (2014-15); former Chief of Staff to Vice Presidents Biden and Gore

10:50 am | Featured Conversation: The role of international foundations + donors in accelerating sustainability and tackling global challenges that threaten humanity

Speakers:

  • Thomas Perriello, Executive Director, Open Society-U.S.; former member of the U.S. Congress, diplomat, educator, and activist

  • Fron Nahzi, Senior Director of Global Development, McCain Institute for International Leadership

11:10 am | Food + Water Insecurity

Speaker Spotlights: ideas, innovations, and stories that inspire action

Panel moderated by Erin Banco, National Security Reporter, Daily Beast

Speakers:

  • Vimlendra Sharan, Director of the Liaison Office for North America, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations

  • Beth Dunford, Assistant to the Administrator for USAID’s Bureau for Food Security

  • Pete Pearson, Senior Director, Food Loss and Waste, World Wildlife Fund

11:52 am | Closing Remarks

Speaker: David Jenkins, President, Conservatives for Responsible Stewardship

12:07 pm | Farewell by Heather Dietrick, CEO, The Daily Beast