All registration levels include the following:
Opening Night Cocktail Reception
Conference Day
If you are not a member of The Hollywood Hill, but you're employed in the entertainment industry (Film, TV, Music, Gaming) you have this option:
If you are not a member of The Hollywood Hill, and you're not employed in the entertainment industry, you have this option. A limited number of tickets are available in this category.
Nearly a century ago, the upstart movie industry came up with a creative way to sell epic films: cheap individual tickets to as wide an audience as possible. It turned theater-going on its head. Live theater catered to those who paid large amounts for a higher "class" of seating but Hollywood democratized it.
100 years later, iTunes is taking this model to new heights, with a larger global audience, increased efficiencies and reduced costs. At the same time, a new wave of innovators has been expanding this model to democratize social finance - creating entreprenuers in the developing world and empowering creative activities in U.S. classrooms.
In a world where millions pay 99¢ to download media from iTunes, why can't we do the same to end poverty or stop global warming?
The New Hi-Tech Robin Hoods will explore these social change success stories, the brilliant models being executed, and the strategies for scaling them up.
Friday Evening Cocktail Reception (7-9pm) at the home of writer-director Darren Star, Creator of Sex and the City.
Saturday Morning One-on-One Interviews (10:30am-1:00pm; 20 minutes each): The Story Behind The Successes with Jessica Jackley Flannery (Co-Founder, Kiva.org), Tracey Pettingill Turner (Founder, MicroPlace.com), Peter Bladin (Head, Grameen Foundation Technology Center), Donna Callejon (COO, GlobalGiving.com), Julie Lacouture (Deputy Director, DonorsChoose.org)
Saturday Luncheon Keynote (1:15-2:30pm)
Saturday Afternoon Panel (2:45-3:30pm): Scaling The Mountain: A Review of Challenges & Strategies for Scaling-Up Each Model with Matt Flannery (Co-Founder, Kiva.org), Tracey Pettingill Turner (Founder, MicroPlace.com), Peter Bladin (Head, Grameen Foundation Technology Center), Donna Callejon (COO, GlobalGiving.com), Julie Lacouture (Deputy Director, DonorsChoose.org)
Saturday Afternoon Q&A; Session (3:30-4:15pm)
Saturday Afternoon Wrap-up (4:15-4:30pm)
Opening Night Cocktail Reception (Friday, May 9th) at the Hollywood Hills home of writer-director Darren Star, Creator of Sex and the City.
One-Day Conference (Saturday, May 10th) at The Hollywood Hill Event Facility, Hollywood
All event details including driving directions and parking instructions will be emailed upon registration.
Vice President, Grameen Foundation
| Founding Director, Grameen Technology Center
Peter Bladin is the Founding Director of the Grameen Technology Center and a Vice President at Grameen Foundation. At the Technology Center, Peter leads the microfinance industry in driving relevant and appropriate technology innovation. He and his team are leading experts in ICT for development and work closely with technology companies to create business models that benefit people living at the “bottom of the pyramid�. Mifos is an industry-wide initiative to address the microfinance industry's information management challenge through a freely available world-class management information system. Village Technology manages initiatives that give rural poor access to technology through microfinance, including the award winning Village Phone program (a replication of the successful GrameenPhone in Bangladesh), Village Phone Direct, Mobile Banking, and the Application Laboratory, a program that builds on the Village Phone platform.
Peter was a founding member of the MTN-Village Phone board, the first public-private partnership to extend telecommunications access to the rural poor. He is also a frequent speaker at international telecommunication and microfinance conferences, such as the Financial Times World.
Telecom Conference in November 2007 and Telecom World in Asia 2006. He is an Executive Board Member of the International Telecommunications Union Connect the World initiative.
Peter has a degree in Mathematics from the University of Uppsala, Sweden. He is a member of the Investment Council at Global Partnerships, and is also actively involved with various Seattle-based non-profits including NPower and Social Venture Partners.
Chief Operating Officer, GlobalGiving.com
As COO, Donna oversees all strategies related to attracting, retaining and serving GlobalGiving's community of donors. This includes marketing, business and partner development, and development of technology and infrastructure for globalgiving.com and over a dozen custom websites. Donna also serves as the Board Chair of the Washington Area Women's Foundation and previously served for six years on the board of Business for Social Responsibility. In a prior life, Donna was a senior executive and member of the Operating Committee of Fannie Mae, a Fortune 50 company. From 1996-2000, she oversaw the company's strategic planning, business development and international consulting efforts, and prior to 1996 led the $1.2 billion annual net income core purchase and securitization business, including marketing, product development, customer technology and negotiated transactions. She holds a B.S. in Managerial Economics from UC Davis.
Co-Founder & Chief Marketing Officer, Kiva.org
Jessica Jackley Flannery is a co-founder of Kiva with her husband Matt, and the spirit behind the organization. Jessica first saw the power and beauty of microfinance while working in rural Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda with Village Enterprise Fund and Project Baobab on impact evaluation and program development. Jessica has worked in the Stanford Center for Social Innovation to launch the inaugural Global Philanthropy Forum, and at Amazon.com, Potentia Media, the International Foundation and World Vision. Jessica has spoken widely on microfinance and social entrepreneurship, and has seen microfinance at work in a variety of communities in more than 30 countries. Jessica serves on a number of non-profit boards, including Opportunity International. Jessica holds an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business with Certificates in Global Management and Public Management, and a BA in Philosophy and Political Science from Bucknell University.
Co-Founder & CEO, Kiva.org
Matt began developing Kiva with his wife Jessica in late 2004 as a side-project while working as a computer programmer at TiVo, Inc. In December 2005 Matt left his job to devote himself to Kiva full-time. As CEO, Matt has led Kiva's growth from a pilot project to an established online service with partnerships across the globe and millions in dollars loaned to low income entrepreneurs. Matt is a Draper Richards Fellow and a featured blogger on the Skoll Foundation's Social Edge website. He graduated with a BS in Symbolic Systems and a Masters in Analytical Philosophy from Stanford University.
Deputy Director, DonorsChoose.org
Julie has almost 10 years of work experience in advertising, marketing, non-profit finance, and general management. Prior to joining DonorsChoose.Org, she worked at Sempra Energy Utilities promoting low income customer assistance programs. Julie has also worked at the UCLA Johnson & Johnson Management Fellows Program, SeeitandStopit.org (an organization dedicated to ending teen dating violence), Peace Games, and Oscar Mayer, where she toured the country in a Wienermobile. She has a dual BA in Advertising and Psychology from Syracuse University and an MBA from UCLA.
Founder & GM, MicroPlace.com
Tracey is a well known social entrepreneur committed to finding market-based solutions to global poverty. She is a seasoned business executive who has been involved in international development, social investing and philanthropy for more than 15 years. Prior to founding MicroPlace, Tracey was CFO of KickStart, an organization that designs and sells products focused on poverty alleviation. In 1998, she started her first company, 4charity, a web-based marketplace for charitable giving, and served as its CEO. Earlier in her career, Tracey held a variety of positions with socially responsible firms including the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh, Calvert Ventures and the World Bank.
Tracey's numerous leadership awards include 2000 Top 25 Women of the Web Award, San Francisco Business Times Leadership Award and a Working Woman Magazine Entrepreneurship Award. Tracey holds a degree in engineering and economics from Dartmouth College and an MBA from Stanford Business School. Outside MicroPlace, Tracey plays left wing on her soccer team, trains for Ironman triathlons and snowshoes in Lake Tahoe with her husband.
Our Robin Hood Panelists
Peter Bladin | Founding Director, Grameen Technology Center
Donna Callejon | COO, GlobalGiving.com
Jessica Jackley Flannery | Co-Founder, Kiva.org
Matt Flannery | Co-Founder, Kiva.org
Julie Lacouture | Deputy Director, DonorsChoose.org
Tracey Pettengill Turner | Founder, MicroPlace.com