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
June, 2010
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 Institute’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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