Schedule of Conferences & Speaking Engagements

The SEVEN staff is often invited to speak at conferences and events. We also host occasional conferences of our own. Below is a calendar of representative conferences and speaking engagements either hosted by or featuring the SEVEN staff.

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Speaking Engagements & Conferences
December, 2011
Andreas Widmer speaks on Guadalupe Radio about The Pope & The CEO
December 15th
November, 2011
Andreas Widmer appears on Catholic TV's "This Is The Day" Morning Show to discuss The Pope & The CEO
November 2nd
Andreas Widmer speaks at the Boston Leadership Forum
November 3rd
Michael Fairbanks speaks at the Inter-American Development Bank’s Workshop on Institutions, Productivity and SMEs in Latin America
November 7th
Michael Fairbanks speaks at the Atlas Liberty Forum in New York City
November 8-9
Andreas Widmer speaks about his new book, The Pope & The CEO at Franciscan University
November 10th
Andreas Widmer speaks at Elms College as part of the Theological and Practical Perspective Lecture Series
November 14th
Andreas Widmer is interviewed by Catholic Answers Live
November 17th
October, 2011
Andreas Widmer is interviewed on The Catholics Next Door radio program
October 7th
Andreas Widmer speaks about The Pope & The CEO on WTKF Radio
October 11th
Andreas Widmer is interviewed about his new book, The Pope & The CEO on KSIM Radio
October 11th
Andreas Widmer speaks about The Pope & The CEO on the Drew Mariani Radio Show
October 19th
Andreas Widmer speaks at Northeastern University on his book, The Pope & The CEO
October 27th
September, 2011
Michael Fairbanks participates in United Nations week in New York
September 17-19
Andreas Widmer speaks at the Entrepreneurial Insights Lecture Series
September 20th
Michael Fairbanks speaks at National Peace Corps Association event in DC
September 24-25
Andreas Widmer speaks at the Mary Immaculate Health Care Annual Meeting
September 27th
Andreas Widmer is interviewed about The Pope & The CEO on Scot Landry's The Good Catholic Life Radio Show
September 28th
Andreas Widmer is interviewed on Al Kresta in the Afternoon about his new book, The Pope & the CEO
September 30th
June, 2011
Michael Fairbanks serves as a panelist at Rwanda Day 2011 in Chicago
June 10-12
Andreas Widmer speaks at the Zermatt Summit on Humanizing Globalization
June 16-18
Michael Fairbanks speaks at the Caribbean Institute of Chartered Accountants retreat, Kingston Jamaica
June 25 - 26
May, 2011
Andreas Widmer speaks with The Good Catholic Life about Cardinal Sean’s reflections on the beautification
May 2, 2011
Andreas Widmer and SEVEN grantee Michael Miller speak with The Good Catholic Life about entrepreneurship and Christianity
May 23, 2011
April, 2011
Andreas Widmer keynotes the Entrepreneurship School Board Meeting and Business plan competition at Notre Dame
April 13-15
Michael Fairbanks speaks on enterprise solutions to poverty at the Unite for Sight 2011 Global Health and Innovation conference at Yale University
April 16-17
Michael Fairbanks speaks at the Harvard Kennedy School as a lecturer in the Kennedy Conversations program
April 21
Michael Fairbanks to keynote entrepreneurship event in Port-au-Prince, Haiti
April 27th
Andreas Widmer is interviewed by The Good Catholic Life about Pope John Paul’s lessons on work and vocation
April 27th
March, 2011
Andreas Widmer attends the Liberty Fund Colloquium on Philanthrocapitalism
March 4-6
February, 2011
Michael Fairbanks to keynote the Model UN Conference at Johns Hopkins University
Andreas Widmer speaks at the Justice and Peace Conference in Rome
February 23-26
January, 2011
Andreas Widmer is interviewed about Christian enterprise solutions to poverty on Boston television
January 13
Michael Fairbanks speaks at the Innovation in Healthcare Symposium at MIT
January 19
Andreas Widmer speaks at Boston College on Christian ESP
January 21
Andreas Widmer speaks at Rutgers University
January 25
November, 2010
Michael Fairbanks speaks at Implementing Expeditionary Economics conference, as part of Global Entrepreneurship Week
November 19
October, 2010
Michael Fairbanks and Andreas Widmer speak at the 2010 Africa Platform Conference
October 23
September, 2010
Reception for Cardinal Turkson, United Nations General Assembly Week, New York.
September 20
Michael Fairbanks attends the inauguration of H.E. President Paul Kagame in Kigali, Rwanda
September 2-9
July, 2010
Michael Fairbanks briefs Congressional Sub-committee on Enterprise Solutions to Poverty in Haiti
July 27
Andreas Widmer speaks at Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) Conference
July 26 - August 2
June, 2010
Andreas Widmer speaks at Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Andreas Widmer to serve as faculty at Acton University
March, 2010
Michael Fairbanks leads Plenary Session at Sustainable Haiti Conference, with Dr. Paul Romer, Dr. Dambisa Moyo, and Dr. Ashraf Ghani
March 17-19
Michael Fairbanks briefs Congressional Sub-committee on Enterprise Solutions to Poverty and U.S. Aid Policy in Haiti
March 16
February, 2010
Michael Fairbanks to serve as a panelist at the 2010 Social Enterprise Conference at Harvard Business School
February 28
December, 2009
Michael Fairbanks speaks at Legatum Institute, MIT
Andreas Widmer to speak at the Acton Institute conference, Pontifica Universita della Santa Croce, Rome, Italy
December 3, 2009
Andreas Widmer to address the European Business and Social Initiative and the Hospodarske Noviny Club
December 1, 2009
November, 2009
Michael Fairbanks speaks at International Finance Corporation "Achieving Scale in Entrepreneurship Conference," Washington DC.
November 16
Andreas Widmer speaks at Intersection 2.0: The Heart of a Leader
November 15
Andreas Widmer to present at the World Youth Alliance DDD Conference
November 14
Michael Brennan keynotes the Clutch Summit at Phillips Academy, Andover, MA
November 8
August, 2009
Peace Through Business/Institute for the Economic Empowerment of Women, Texas
August 17th-18th
June, 2009
Andreas Widmer speaks at the X-Prize Foundation's I2I Conference
June 11, 2009
Andreas Widmer to present at "Incentive 2 Innovate" (i2i) Conference, United Nations, New York
June 8 + 9, 2009
May, 2009
Michael Brennan to serve as Panelist at the 2009 Fulbright and
Technology Seminar, Cambridge MA
May 27th
Michael Fairbanks will attend Stimulus That Works: Philanthropic Strategies for Boosting Entrepreneurship conference, Kansas City, Missouri
May 13th-14th
Michael Fairbanks Guest Speaker at Phillips Academy's Africa Week
May 8th
Michael Fairbanks to keynote Society for International Development Annual Meeting, Washington D.C.
May 5th
April, 2009
Michael Fairbanks to speak at the Center for International Development, Harvard
April 24th
March, 2009
Michael Fairbanks speaks at IFC, Washington, D.C.
March 12th,
Michael Fairbanks speaks to Microvest team, Washington, D.C.
March 12th
February, 2009
2009 Annual Legatus Summit
Bermuda
The University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
Graduate School of Business Administration
South Africa
Andreas Widmer speaks at private equity Masters Class.
February 17, 2009
January, 2009
Development Beyond Aid: Remaking U.S. Development Policy for a Changed World
January 6-7, 2009
Washington, D.C.
January, 2009
Technology and Emerging Countries (TEC): Advancing Development Through Technology Investments
January 9, 2009
Las Vegas Nevada
November, 2008
Legatum Pioneers of Prosperity Africa Award Ceremony
November 19, 2008
Legatum Pioneers of Prosperity Africa Award Ceremony, Kigali, Rwanda
October, 2008
SMME Africa Awards
October 24, 2008
Capetown South Africa
September, 2008
18th Economic Forum
September 10-13, 2008
Krynica Zdrój, Poland
Andreas Widmer will be a featured speaker on September 11, 2008
Republican National Convention
September 3, 2008
St. Paul, Minnesota
Michael Fairbanks will speak on Africa’s development.
August , 2008
Australian Leadership Retreat
August 22 - 24 2008
Australia
Michael Fairbanks will give MG Kailis Oration on Nation Building.Participants include Australia’s Prime Minister, Cabinet, and Leaders from the Private Sector.
May, 2008
The Neuwaldegg Institute and Leadership InstituteÂ’s International Leadership Conference
May 16-18 2008
Vienna, Austria
John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
May 1, 2008
Cambridge, MA
April, 2008
Atlas Foundation Liberty Forum
April 25-26, 2008
Atlanta, Georgia
The Heritage Foundation 31st Annual Resource Bank Meeting
April 24, 25, 2008
Washington, DC
Rwanda Presidential Advisory Committee
April 5-6, 2008
Kigali, Rwanda
February, 2008
SACCA Africa Platform Launch
February 28, 2008
Participation at inaugural event in New York City
January, 2008
Anwarul Quadir Foundation's Innovative Bangladesh
January 5-6, 2008
Dhaka, Bangladesh
November, 2007
Legatum Pioneers of Prosperity Africa Award Ceremony
November 28, 2007
Legatum Pioneers of Prosperity Africa Award Ceremony, Kigali,Rwanda
October, 2007
The Watson Institute for International Studies, Brown University
October 11th - 7th, 2007
“Corporate Social Responsibility and Global Poverty: Contrarian Approaches to both Business and Development"

Conscious Capitalism Conference
October 5th - 7th, 2007
Organized by FLOW, Austin, TX
August, 2007
Neuwaldegg Summer Seminar
August 6th - 11th, 2007
Organized by the Neuwaldegg Institute, Vienna, Austria
June, 2007
Templeton Foundation Annual Meeting
June 21st, 2007
Keynote Speech at the Templeton Foundation Annual Meeting in Nassau, Bahamas, “The Eight Domains of Economic and Social Transformation”

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Conferences & Speaking Engagements

SEVEN hosts and participates in several conferences and speaking engagements each year.

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