BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Growth Lab - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Growth Lab X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Growth Lab REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20140309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20141102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20150308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20151101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20160313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20161106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20170312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20171105T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160923T114500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160923T130000 DTSTAMP:20260425T214023 CREATED:20160913T211900Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T175416Z UID:14958-1474631100-1474635600@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Lunch Seminar: Making a Mark and Achieving Your Highest Potential in the Development Sector DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Soulaima Gourani\, CEO Capital Aid & Owner\, Tradeconductor.com \nSoulaima Gourani is a Danish CEO\, motivational speaker\, author\, and philanthropist whose vision is to make the world a more tolerant place through international trade and business relations. She is currently CEO of CapitalAid\, a Denmark-based company helping small businesses to accelerate growth through strategic growth loans\, and as CEO of Tradeconductor.com\, a service working to implement trade relations and connecting manufacturers with distributors. Gourani has also worked as an advisor to several major companies (e.g. Samsung\, Microsoft\, Dell\, Ernst & Young\, Deloitte\, Danske Bank\, etc.) on customer loyalty\, strategic networking\, employee motivation\, and designing sustainable products. Alongside her work with business growth and trade\, Gourani serves as the chair of numerous other organizations including Global Dignity\, a nonprofit working to engage youth in conversations about dignity\, and the Mara Mentor Initiative\, an online platform seeking to empower young African entrepreneurs in their business ventures URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/lunch-seminar-making-a-mark-and-achieving-your-highest-potential-in-the-development-sector/ LOCATION:Perkins Room (R-415)\, 4th Floor Rubenstein\, HKS CATEGORIES:Speaker Series END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160916T114500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160916T130000 DTSTAMP:20260425T214023 CREATED:20160901T012400Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T175416Z UID:14939-1474026300-1474030800@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Lunch Seminar - A New Era for Development Assistance: How well are NGOs and their Partners Adapting? DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Charles MacCormack\, President Emeritus\, Save the Children \nCharles MacCormack is President Emeritus of Save the Children U.S. and currently an advanced Leadership Fellow at Harvard University\, where he is working on issues involving the role of private philanthropy in global health and development. Most recently\, Dr. MacCormack has served as Executive Chair of the Millennium Development Goal Health Alliance; Executive in Residence at Middlebury College; and Senior Fellow at Interaction. He was previously CEO of Save the Children from 1993 to 2012 and CEO of World Learning/School for International Training from 1997 until 1993. He is a graduate of Middlebury College and holds his Masters and Ph.D degrees from Columbia University. URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/lunch-seminar-a-new-era-for-development-assistance-how-well-are-ngos-and-their-partners-adapting/ LOCATION:Perkins Room (R-415)\, 4th Floor Rubenstein\, HKS CATEGORIES:Speaker Series END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160909T114500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160909T130000 DTSTAMP:20260425T214023 CREATED:20160901T011500Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250910T002731Z UID:14960-1473421500-1473426000@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Lunch Seminar: What if Doctors Could Prescribe Seeds? Integrating Nutrition and Agriculture to Address Malnutrition in Rwanda DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Jessie Cronan\, Executive Director\, Gardens for Health International Gardens for Health International (GHI) is an NGO that works in partnership with local health centers in Rwanda to provide lasting agricultural solutions to chronic childhood malnutrition. Jessie joined the Gardens for Health team in June 2012. She came to the organization with a broad range of experiences in international development and in Africa specifically. As a Princeton-in-Africa fellow with the Tanzanian Children’s Fund in 2007 – 2008\, Jessie spent 18 months living and working in rural Tanzania to improve educational outcomes of primary school students. Jessie’s work in Tanzania inspired her to pursue a career focused on working at the community level to spark sustainable change in the developing world. While pursuing her Master’s degree in Public Policy\, Jessie worked as a consultant with the Aceh Women’s League – an Indonesian NGO dedicated to promoting women’s political empowerment – and with the Network of Women Leaders – a group of public and private sector leaders in the Horn of Africa.Most recently\, Jessie served as a Strategy and New Business Development Coordinator with TechnoServe\, an NGO dedicated to identifying business solutions to poverty in Swaziland. Jessie holds a Bachelor’s degree from Princeton University and a Master’s degree in Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School. URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/lunch-seminar-what-if-doctors-could-prescribe-seeds-integrating-nutrition-and-agriculture-to-address-malnutrition-in-rwanda/ LOCATION:Perkins Room (R-415)\, 4th Floor Rubenstein\, HKS CATEGORIES:Speaker Series END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160906T181500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160906T191500 DTSTAMP:20260425T214023 CREATED:20150831T222500Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250909T235742Z UID:14820-1473185700-1473189300@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:CID Open House DESCRIPTION:Interested in the cutting edge research in International Development? Here’s your chance to meet CID faculty\, research fellows and staff and learn about student programs and opportunities at CID’s Annual Open House hosted by Marcela Escobari\, CID Executive Director. Featuring Research Programs: Building State Capability (Matt Andrews) Evidence for Policy Design (Asim Khwaja) Growth Lab (Ricardo Hausmann) RSVP not necessary. If you have any questions about the event\, please contact Andrea Hayes. URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/cid-open-house-2/ LOCATION:Malkin Penthouse\, HKS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160107T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160108T010000 DTSTAMP:20260425T214023 CREATED:20160106T020000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250911T203448Z UID:15057-1452128400-1452214800@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Sri Lanka Economic Forum DESCRIPTION:Lunch Seminar – Peace through Entrepreneurship: Investing in a Start-up Culture for Security and Development — CANCELLED\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSteering Sri Lanka towards Sustainable and Inclusive Development\n\n\n\nHarvard University’s Center for International Development has done an initial growth diagnosis on Sri Lanka and has identified the following key areas they believe are important to support sustained and inclusive long-term growth. \n\n\n\n\nMacroeconomic and Fiscal Stability\n\n\n\nStructural Transformation and Competitiveness\n\n\n\nUrbanization and Development\n\n\n\nRegional Development and Social Inclusion\n\n\n\n\nThis economic forum is structured around these key areas of risk and opportunity\, with several internationally-respected thought leaders invited to share their perspectives with the Government of Sri Lanka. \n\n\n\nSpeakers include: \n\n\n\n\nRicardo Hausmann – Director\, CID\n\n\n\nJoseph Stiglitz – Professor of Economics\, Graduate School of Arts and Science\, Columbia Business School\n\n\n\nGeorge Soros – Founder/Chairman\, Open Society Foundations\n\n\n\nRanil Wickremesinghe – Prime Minister\, Sri Lanka\n\n\n\n\nVisit http://srilankaeconomicforum.org/ for a live stream. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\nExplore URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/sri-lanka-economic-forum/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20151001T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20151002T180000 DTSTAMP:20260425T214023 CREATED:20150710T230200Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250910T004500Z UID:15059-1443722400-1443808800@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Symposiusm on Inclusive Growth and Development DESCRIPTION:The Center for International Development at Harvard University is collaborating with the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Meta-Council on Inclusive Growth and the MasterCard Center for Inclusive Growth to find sustainable and scalable solutions to foster inclusive growth. The project began in March 2015 with a “call for practical examples and ideas” – open to those in the Network of Global Agenda Councils of the World Economic Forum\, various Forum communities including Global Shapers and Young Global Leaders\, as well as to those in academia\, governments\, think-tanks\, non-profits\, private sector or working independently. It will culminate in a two-day symposium at CID on October 1-2\, 2015\, during which those behind the best examples or ideas of practices\, policies and institutional models will meet with other leaders to discuss how to best move them forward. The Symposium is an invitation-only event\, but a live web stream is available for the public. To learn more about the proposals and agenda\, visit www.growthsymposium.org. Thursday\, Oct. 1 | 6:00pm [[{“fid”:”3026321″\,”view_mode”:”default”\,”type”:”media”\,”attributes”:{“height”:”57″\,”width”:”69″\,”style”:”float: left;”\,”class”:”media-element file-default”}}]]The Challenge of Inclusion: A Conversation with Larry Summers Featuring: Lawrence H. Summers\, Charles W. Eliot University Professor and President Emeritus at Harvard University Host: John Authers\, Senior Investment Columnist\, Financial Times Co-Sponsor: Harvard University Institute of Politics Friday\, Oct. 2 | 8am – 6pm [[{“fid”:”3026321″\,”view_mode”:”default”\,”type”:”media”\,”attributes”:{“height”:”57″\,”width”:”69″\,”style”:”float: left;”\,”class”:”media-element file-default”}}]]Watch all panels and sessions   Follow us: [[{“fid”:”3026731″\,”view_mode”:”default”\,”type”:”media”\,”attributes”:{“height”:”42″\,”width”:”63″\,”style”:”float: left;”\,”class”:”media-element file-default”}}]] @HarvardCID   |   @CNTR4Growth   |   @WEF #Inclusive Growth URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/symposiusm-on-inclusive-growth-and-development/ LOCATION:Harvard Kennedy School END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150910T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150910T183000 DTSTAMP:20260425T214023 CREATED:20160810T222800Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T175416Z UID:14819-1441904400-1441909800@growthlab.hks.harvard.edu SUMMARY:CID Open House DESCRIPTION:We want to give a warm welcome to our students and faculty to the 2016-2017 academic year! Please join us for some refreshments and to learn more about CID from staff and faculty starting at 6:15pm.   URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/cid-open-house/ LOCATION:NYE B & C\, 5th floor Taubman Building\, HKS END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR