April 28, 2009Virtue Foundation Presents Panel on Obstacles to Sustainable Development
Virtue Foundation will convene a panel of experts in law, medicine, and human rights to identify and discuss current obstacles to sustainable development. While there are many important and well-intentioned efforts being made to improve impoverished regions of the world, what lessons can be drawn from the past that might help accelerate such efforts and render them more effective?
The panelists will explore, each from the perspective of their unique disciplines, existing impediments to advancing development in impoverished countries of the world with the goal of identifying and elaborating upon key pointers for sustainable solutions that are both measurable and scalable across different regions of the world.
Panelists:
- Barbara Barrett, Former United States Ambassador to Finland, Moderator
- Ebby Elahi, MD, FACS, Associate Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology, Mount Sinai Medical Center; Director, Fifth Avenue Eye Associates
- David Hamburg, President Emeritus, Carnegie Corporation of New York; DeWitt Wallace Distinguished Scholar, Weill Cornell Medical College
- Hon. Ann Claire Williams, United States Court of Appeals Judge for the Seventh Circuit
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Tuesday, April 28, 2009 |
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7:00 p.m. |
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Jumeirah Essex House
160 Central Park South, Petit Salon
New York, NY 10019 |
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