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6th Annual Ideal Village Conference (online)
Stanford University, Sept. 29-30, 2021
Theme: Post-Pandemic Normal - The Path Forward
Wednesday, September 29
7:30 AM to 12:30 PM Pacific Time (CA)
7:30 AM: Welcome & Ideal Village Update
7:45 AM: Opening Keynote
8:15 AM: Healthcare
9:15 AM: Education
10:30 AM: Water & Sanitation
11:30 AM: Closing Keynote
11:50 AM: Key Takeaways & Recommendations
Thursday, September 30
7:30 AM to 12:30 PM Pacific Time (CA)
7:30 AM: Welcome & WGF Smart Village Update
7:45 AM: Opening Keynote
8:00 AM: Societal Issues
8:45 AM: Sustainable Livelihoods
10:00 AM: Energy & Environment
11:00 AM: Special AARDO talk from Bangladesh
11:15 AM: Closing Keynote
11:35 AM: Key Takeaways & Recommendations
12:00 PM: Special Talk: Arkansas Governor's Office
Keynote Speakers
Dr. Catharina Boehme
WHO Geneva
Opening Keynote
Balaji Ganapathy
TCS USA - CSR
Closing Keynote
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Art of Living Foundation
Opening Keynote
Dr. Vibha Gupta
Rural Livelihoods, India
Closing Keynote
Cindy Gillespie
Secretary, Dept of Human Services, State of Arkansas
Special Talk
Other Speakers Include:
Sunil Wadhwani
WISH Foundation
Dr R S Sodhi
AMUL
Dr Kristina Hesbol
University of Denver
John Nelson
IEEE Smart Village
Rachel Cardone
Woods Institute
Dr Paul Edwards
Stanford University
Dr Desh Deshpande
Sparta Group LLC
Dr Ann Lopez
University of Toronto
IN ASSOCIATION WITH:
WHEELS GLOBAL FOUNDATION (WGF - an initiative of the Alumni of Indian Institutes of Technology)
AFRICAN-ASIAN RURAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION (AARDO - an Intergovernmental Agency of 34 countries)
IEEE Smart Village(ISV) Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) INDIASPORA, Inc.
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