Impact-WB24X

IMPACT-WB24X

IMPACT-WB24X took place during the 2024 World Bank Spring Meetings. This convergence of minds and resources delivered on the promise to be a pivotal moment in the global pursuit of progress, with a focus on three critical domains: fin-tech, climate sustainability, and health and wellness.

Date: April 19th, 2024
Time: 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM

Location: Milken School of Public Health, Lower Lecture Hall, George Washington University (next to IFC/WB),

950 New Hampshire Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C.

Schedule

Time	Startup/Speaker
Session 1 : Fin Tech
9:00 AM - 9:05 AM	Welcome and Opening Remarks: Nish Acharya, Equal Innovation
9:05 AM - 9:09 AM	Asaak Kaivan K. Sattar, CEO
9:10 AM - 9:14 AM	CloQ Rafaela Cavalcanti, Founder
9:15 AM - 9:19 AM	Giving Credit David Henderson, Founder
9:20 AM - 9:24 AM	Nilus Ady Beitler, Co-Founder and CEO
9:30 AM - 9:45 AM	Keynote: Darius Graham, Managing Director, Community Investment, Greater Washington Foundation
9:45 AM - 10:00 AM	Panel Discussion
10:02 AM - 10:06 AM	BlueCheck Charitable Foundation Inc Murphy Poindexter, Co-founder
10:06 AM - 10:10 AM	Institute for Diversity and Inclusion in Emergency Management Chauncia Willis, Co-Founder and CEO
10:11 AM - 10:15 AM	Impactable Catherine Griffin, Founder
10:21 AM - 10:35 AM	Panel Discussion
10:37 AM - 10:52 AM	Keynote: Nate Hurst, Hurst Strategies and former Managing Director, Blackrock Foundation
10:50 AM - 10:55 AM	Closing Remarks
Session 2 : Climate Change
11:10 AM - 11:15 AM	Opening Remarks: Nish Acharya, Equal Innovation
11:15 AM - 11:19 AM	Kosmotive Blandine Umuziranenge, Founder and CEO
11:20 AM - 11:24 AM	JUA Technologies International, Inc Klein Ileleji, Co-founder, CEO/CTO
11:25 AM - 11:29 AM	Build Initiative Foundation Anna Mae Lamentillo, Founder
11:30 AM - 11:35 AM	TechNext Inc. (technext.ai) Anuraag Singh, Co-founder
11:36 AM - 11:51 PM	Keynote: Arun Gupta, Author, Venture Meets Mission
11:51 AM - 12:06 PM	Panel discussion moderated by Nish Acharya
12:06 PM - 12:10 PM	Worldtech Consult Siabi Paul Senaye, Founder and CEO
12:11 PM - 12:15 PM	TomTex Atom Nguyen, Co-Founder
12:16 PM - 12:30 PM	Keynote: Erwin Gianchandani, Assistant Director for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships at NSF
12:30 PM - 12:34 PM	Ongeza Zao na Pato Richard Geegbae
12:35 PM - 12:40 PM	AxNano Doug Speight, CEO
12:40 PM - 12:44 PM	Coastal Protection Services Alex Berkowitz, Founder & CEO
12:46 PM - 1:00 PM	Panel Discussion
1:01 PM - 1:15 PM	Keynote: Uri Fishelson, Global Director for Sustainability and Climate Technologies, Deloitte Global
1:15 PM - 1:20 PM	Closing Remarks
Session 3 : Health
2:00 PM - 2:05 PM	Opening Remarks: Nish Acharya, Equal Innovation
2:05 PM - 2:09 PM	Benten Technologies, Inc. Tony Ma, Co-founder
2:10 PM - 2:14 PM	CheckUps
2:15 PM - 2:19 PM	Daara Nano Biosesnse
2:20 PM - 2:24 PM	DoktorConnect Joseph Olowe, Founder
2:25 PM - 2:29 PM	Health Tech Without Borders, Inc. Dr. Jarone Lee, Co-founder
2:30 PM - 2:45 PM	Keynote: Amita Vyas, Professor and Director \| Center of Excellence in Maternal & Child Health, Milken Center of Public Health, GW University
2:47 PM - 3:02 PM	Panel Discussion
3:06 PM - 3:10 PM	MyQabila Marina Rahim, Founder
3:11 PM - 3:15 PM	DIA Sensor Sloane Tilley, CEO & Co-Founder
3:16 PM - 3:20 PM	Silibrain LLC Roberto C. Baldizon, Founder
3:21 PM - 3:25 PM	AvantGuard Ted Eveleth, CEO
3:31 PM - 3:46 PM	Keynote: Claudio Lilienfeld, Lead, Harvard Voluntary Licensing and Access To Medicine Project
3:48 PM - 4:03 PM	Panel discussion moderated by Nish Acharya, Equal Innovation
4:03 PM - 4:05 PM	Closing Remarks

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Fin-Clusion through Tech

9:00AM - 11:00AM

Presenting technology solutions for
financial inclusion and access to
capital, including products and services connecting people to governmentprograms and the social safety nets toempower them.

Climate & Sustainability

11:15AM - 2:00PM

Industry leaders and sustainability
pioneers converge to address pressing issues such as climate change, resource depletion, environmental degradation, and promising innovations for tackling them.

Health & Wellness

2:00PM - 4:00PM

Explore the innovations that are
revolutionizing healthcare delivery by
harnessing the power of data,
technology, and interdisciplinary
collaboration in areas such as
telemedicine, personalized medicine,
and preventive healthcare.