Entrepreneurship in Challenging Times

Entrepreneurship in Challenging Times:

Implementing Expeditionary Economics

Friday, November 19th, 2010, 8:00am to 2:30pm

Introductory Remarks by:

Henrietta Fore,
CSIS Trustee, Former USAID Administrator and Director of Foreign Assistance

Keynote Addresses by:

Anne-Marie Slaughter,
Director of Policy Planning, U.S. Department of State

Robert Litan,
Vice President of Research & Policy, Kauffman Foundation

Michael Fairbanks,
Co-Founder of SEVEN

Panelists include:

Mamadou Beye,
Corporate Responsibility Manager, Chevron

Mildred Callear,
Executive Vice President & COO, SEAF

Connie Duckworth,
Founder of ARZU, Inc.

Elissa Golberg,
Director General, Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Canada Stabilization and Reconstruction Task Force

Michael Levett,
Senior Director and Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, CDC Development Solutions

Robert Mosbacher, Jr.,
Former President and CEO of OPIC

Mark Ward,
Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator of USAID/OFDA

To mark this year’s Global Entrepreneurship Week, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), in partnership with the Kauffman Foundation, will host a conference on improving approaches to entrepreneurship and private-sector development in conflict and natural disaster-affected regions. The conference will highlight the ways in which the U.S. Government, development organizations, and the private sector are addressing this issue.

Objective of the Conference:
Fostering economic growth through entrepreneurship and private-sector development must be an integral part of the United States’ post-conflict and post-disaster strategy.