Agenda
| 8:00 am | Welcome and introductions Jim Yong Kim, M.D., Ph.D., François Xavier Bagnoud Professor of Health and Human Rights, Harvard School of Public Health, Professor of Medicine and of Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Chief, Division of Social Medicine and Health Inequalities, Brigham and Women's Hospital University welcome Derek Bok, J.D., Three Hundredth Anniversary University Research Professor and Interim President, Harvard University |
| 8:40 am | The Center on the Developing Child: Advancing the scientific foundations of health, learning, and community well-being Jack P. Shonkoff, M.D., Professor of Child Health and Development, Harvard School of Public Health and Harvard Graduate School of Education and Director, Center on the Developing Child, Harvard University |
| 9:10 am | The biology of stress and roots of health disparities Michael Meaney, Ph.D., James McGill Professor of Medicine, Douglas Hospital Research Centre, McGill University and Director, Maternal Adversity, Vulnerability and Neurodevelopment Project |
| 9:50 am | Break |
| 10:10 am | The impact of early stress on learning and behavior Megan Gunnar, Ph.D., Regents Professor and Distinguished McKnight University Professor, Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota |
| 10:50 am | Reaction panel on the basic science of health and development Moderator – Barry R. Bloom, Ph.D., Dean, Harvard School of Public Health Panelists: -Kurt W. Fischer, Ph.D., Charles Bigelow Professor of Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education -Charles A. Nelson, III, Ph.D., Richard David Scott Chair in Pediatric Developmental Medicine Research and Research Director, Developmental Medicine Center, Children’s Hospital, Boston -David R. Williams, Ph.D., Florence and Laura Norman Professor of Public Health; Professor of African and African American Studies and of Sociology, Harvard University |
| 11:45 noon | Lunch |
| 1:15 pm | Building political will and devising a domestic social strategy Arthur Rolnick, Ph.D., Senior Vice President, Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank |
| 1:45 pm | Reaction panel on a domestic action agenda for children Moderator - Kathleen McCartney, Ph..D., Dean, Harvard Graduate School of Education Panelist: -Dan Pedersen, President, Buffett Early Childhood Fund -Allen S. Grossman, Professor of Management Practice, Harvard Business School -Bettye Caldwell, Ph.D., Professor of Pediatrics in Child Development and Education Emeritus, College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences |
| 2:40 pm | Break |
| 3:00 pm | Building political will and devising a global social strategy Joy Phumaphi, Assistant Director General for Family and Community Health, World Health Organization |
| 3:30 pm | Reaction panel on a global action agenda for children Moderator - Albina du Boisrouvray, Founder and President, Association François-Xavier Bagnoud Panalists: -Paul Farmer, M.D., Ph.D., Maude and Lillian Presley Professor of Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Executive Vice President, Partners In Health -Mark L. Rosenberg, M.D., M.P.P., Executive Director, The Task Force for Child Survival and Development -Theresa Stichick Betancourt, Sc.D., M.A. Assistant Professor of Child Health and Human Rights, Harvard School of Public Health |
| 4:25 pm | Closing remarks William H. Foege, M.D., M.P.H., Emeritus Presidential Distinguished Professor of International Health, Emory University and Fellow, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation |
| 5:00 pm | Adjourn |