Event host, panelists & moderators

Host: Hala Gorani, Anchor, CNN International

Robert Zoellick
President, World Bank Group

Maria Eitel
President and CEO, Nike Foundation

Laura Alonso
National Representative, Argentina

Bunker Roy
Founder, Barefoot College

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Nigerian Minister of Finance

Nadia Al-Sakkaf
Editor in Chief, Yemen Times

Gayle Lemmon
Journalist & Author, Dressmaker of Khair Khana

Fernanda Borges
Member of Parliament, Timor-Leste

Kakenya Ntaiya
Founder, Kakenya Center for Excellence

Muna AbuSulayman
Secretary General, Alwaleed Bin Talal Foundation

Tuesday, September 20

12-1pm ET

Kalsoom Lakhani
Founder & CEO, Invest2Innovate

Pia Peeters
Senior Social Development Specialist, Africa Region, World Bank

Carmen Navarro
Consultant, World Bank

1pm-2pm ET

Lisa Davis
Human Rights Advocacy Director, MADRE

Jeni Klugman
Sector Director and Head Gender Development Board,
World Bank

Xinyuan Shang
Junior Professional Associate, World Bank

2pm-3pm ET

Nilufar Ahmad
Senior Gender Specialist,
World Bank

Amanda Hale
Consultant, World Bank

Bahar Salimova
Information Officer, World Bank

3pm-4pm ET

Manuel Contreras
Gender and Public Health Specialist, ICRW

Zia Aljalaly
Sr Social Development Specialist, World Bank

Esther Lee Rosen  
Consultant, World Bank

4pm-5pm ET

Seember Nyager
Public and Private Development Center, Nigeria

Svetlana Bagaudinova
Sr. Private Sector Development Specialist, IFC

Nicolas Durand
Consultant, World Bank

5pm-6pm ET

Marha Parker
IEEW Board member

Varalakshmi Vemuru
Senior Social Development Specialist, World Bank

Tuesday, September 20

6pm-7pm

Haven Ley
Senior Program Officer, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Emily Brearley Education/Gender Specialist,
World Bank

Christine Elizabeth Horansky
Education Communications Specialist, World Bank

7pm-8pm

Milwida M. Guevara
President, Synergia Foundation, Philippines

8pm-9pm ET

Yemisi Ransome-Kuti
Nigeria Network of NGOs

Robert Greiner
Online Communications Officer, World Bank

9pm-10pm ET

Rubin Japhta
Senior Operations Officer, IFC

10pm-11pm ET

Vincent Abrigo
Consultant, World Bank

11pm-12 ET

Asta Olesen
Senior Social Development Specialist, World Bank

Maggie Tunning
Consultant, World Bank

Wednesday , September 21

12-1am ET

Zainab Saeed
Assistant Manager, Operations for the Kashf Foundation, Pakistan

1am-3am ET
Naomi Ahmad
Consultant (Bangladesh Office), World Bank

3am-4am ET

Adalbertus Kamanzi
Lecturer, University of Dodoma, Tanzania

4am-5am ET

Gwendolyn Heaner
Liberia, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)

Wednesday, September 21

5am-6am

Madiha Sultan
CEO of Lals Chocolates, Pakistan

Helen C. Mbao
Senior Operations Officer,World Bank

6am-7am ET

Martin Maxwell Norman Program Manager, Investment Generation, IFC

7am-8am ET

Elizabeth Ogunwo
Senegal Girls Leadership and Development Camp, US Peace Corps

Robert Prouty
Head, Education for All, Fast Track Initiative

Artem Kolesnikov
Public Information Associate, World Bank

8am-9am ET

Hon.Neelam Deo
Director, Gateway House; Former Consulate General of India in New York

Marie-Laurence Guy
Global Corporate Governance Forum, IFC

Venkat Gopalakrishnan
Consultant, World Bank

9am-10am ET

Patti O'Neill
DAC Network on Gender Equality, OECD

Joanna Gordon
Director, Policy, Ministry of Women's Affairs, New Zealand

Carla Koppell
Senior Coordinator, Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment, USAID

Jaehyang So
Manager, Water and Sanitation Program, World Bank

Sevi Simavi
Operations Officer, World Bank

11am-12 noon ET

Annika Tornqvist
Lead Gender Specialist at Sida