Speaker: Steven Koltai, Managing Director of Koltai & Company, and Brookings Guest Scholar, Governance Studies Steven Koltai is an expert on international entrepreneurship ecosystem development.  He is currently Managing Director of Koltai & Company, an entrepreneurship program development consultancy.  At Brookings, Koltai is pursuing a project and book provisionally titled: “World Peace through Entrepreneurship.” Most […]

Speaker: His Excellency Paul Kagame, President of The Republic of RwandaTHIS EVENT IS FULL HARVARD ID ONLY: You will be required to present your Harvard ID at the entrance.  About the Speaker: Paul Kagame was born in October 1957 in Rwanda’s Southern Province. His family fled pre-independence ethnic persecution and violence in 1960, crossing into […]

Speaker: Gerardo Esquivel, Professor of Economics at El Colegio de Mexico, and Executive Coordinator of Research at the Instituto Belisario Domínguez of the Mexican Senate About the session: The session will discuss the future of trade (NAFTA) and migration flows between Mexico and the U.S. in the context of the Trump administration.  What are the scenarios? Is […]

Speaker: Parag Khanna, Geo-Strategist, best selling author & Senior Research Fellow, National University of Singapore. Parag Khanna will present his book, "Connectography: Mapping the Future of Global Civilization". In this book Khanna guides us through the emerging global network civilization in which mega-cities compete over connectivity more than borders. His journeys take us from Ukraine to […]

For over 20 years, the GDC has offered a world-class forum for exploration of new trends in the international development world. The conference has been a thriving platform for decision-makers, practitioners, experts, academics and emerging young leaders to engage with one another and share innovative ideas, attracting world-renowned speakers.This year, the conference discusses fundamental questions […]

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. Stay tuned for a new date on our website.This session will discuss the outcome of the recent elections for President and National Assembly in Ecuador.Speakers: Nathalie Cely Suárez, President, Center for Competitiveness and Innovation of Ecuador and Ricardo Hausmann, Director, Center for International Development at Harvard University.Moderator: Belén Sánchez, President, Harvard […]

Speaker: Fabio Kanczuk, Secretary of Economic Policy at the Brazilian Ministry of Finance and Full Professor of Macroeconomics at the University of São Paulo. Please sign up for the event on the link below to secure a seat About the talk: In recent years Brazil has been experiencing its largest economic contraction since 1930s. In […]

 South Asia ConnectED is the first ever South Asia centric education conference being hosted in Harvard Graduate School of Education. Explore catalyzing for scale in education policy, social change and education technology with leaders from South Asia. Join John Floretta, Associate Director of Policy for J-PAL, Sridhar Rajagopalan, Founder, Educational Initiatives, Sanjli Gidwaney, Director, Design […]

The 2017 Latin American Conference is the fourth conference organized by Latin American students at the Harvard Kennedy School. It seeks to create awareness about the policies, experiences, and opportunities for future growth and development in the region.For the first time, the Conference will have two former presidents of the region as our keynote speaker: […]

The fourth session in CID's new Security and Development Seminar Series. Latin America has the highest rates of interpersonal violence in the world. In this session, leading experts explore the causes, correlates, and consequences of this violence, with an emphasis on the Northern Triangle region, which includes El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. Speakers: Nathalie Alvarado-Renner, […]

Speaker: Lant Pritchett, Professor of the Practice of International Development, Harvard Kennedy School About the Session: Professor Lant Pritchett will present the four "risks and costs of migration" to host countries (Economic, Cultural Assimilation, Political and Security) and discuss the often overlooked gains of migration to both rich and middle income countries. He will give examples […]

Speaker: Carolina Zambrano-Barragán, Climate change and urban sustainability expert from Quito, Ecuador. About the talk: Latin America needs new approaches to face the impacts of climate change and rapid urbanization, particularly in a context of poverty and rising inequality. Cities in the region have emerged as a central actor for social and political innovation, and […]