DM2009 Live Webcast - Thursday

The detailed program of the DM2009 live webcast for Thursday, Nov. 11 (all times are GMT-5h):

11:30 am - 12:45 pm: Taking an Idea to Scale Panel Discussion (more details at http://www.facebook.com/l/36cf1;tinyurl.com/ycakwub).

Host:
- Aleem Walji, Innovation Practice Manager, WBI (photo at right).

Innovators:
- Anne Marie Moeller, DM2006 Winner, Project: Fences for Fuel in Virat Nagar Bloc, Jaipur, India.
- Tran Triet, DM2003 Winner, Project: Ha Tien - Habitats and Handbags, Vietnam.
- Panos Varangis, DM2000 Winner, Access to Finance Advisory group, IFC - Project: Weather-Based Index Insurance, Malawi.

Discussants:
- Valeria Merino, Vice President, Ashoka (photo at left).
- Alana Conner, Senior Editor, Stanford Social Innovation Review.

 3:30 pm - 5:30pm: Marketplace Open - 'Marketplace Interviews: Meet Climate Change Practitioners' & Interviews with external experts and World Bank climate change champions:

• 3.30 pm - 3.45 pm Victoria Tauli-Corpuz Chair, UN Permanent Forum on Indegenous Issues Will be at Info booth-pick-up
  
• 3.45 pm - 4.00 pm Nadeem Khouri Int. Fund for Agriculture Dev. (IFAD) www.ifad.org
  
• 3.50 pm - 4.05 pm Fred Onduri Chair, Least Developed Expert Group Pick-up at Info desk at 3.30 pm
  
• 4.05 pm - 4.20 pm Ed Canton Lemelson Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) www.web.mit.edu
  
• 4.20 pm - 4.35 pm Alana Connor Stanford University Focus on innovation and social entrepreneurship
  
• 4.35 pm - 4.45 pm Wayan Vota Inveneo www.inveneo.org
  
• 4.45 pm – 5:00 pm Valerie D'Costa  Program Manager Infodev
  

If you have questions or comments, drop a line here or on Twitter (hashtag #dm2009). We'll be happy to pass your questions to the finalists.