Thank you to everyone that attended the Symposium!
We would like to thank everyone who came out to attend the Symposium on April 4th. We had over 200 attendees from Duke and beyond join us to learn about the amazing work of our innovators and how they're advancing the field of global health. In the coming weeks we will have videos from the Symposium available for those who were unable to attend or for those that want to revisit sessions they attended.
We look forward to seeing everyone again in 2015!
We look forward to seeing everyone again in 2015!
Download the Program Now!
You can now download the full Symposium program! Check out who will be on the panels, their profiles, the innovators, and more.
The 2014 Symposium features lectures, panels and networking opportunities with leaders and innovators in global health
Keynote Speaker: Chuck Slaughter, President and Founder of Living Goods
Creating livelihoods while scaling access to life-changing products
Join leading health innovators from around the world and local community in a dialogue on these topics, as well as approaches and insights into scaling innovations in global health. Panelists include leading global health innovators, USAID, Grand Challenges Canada, Gates Foundation, and Duke faculty!
During the Symposium, you’ll meet companies who are
…developing a technology to allow for medical consultations through mobile phones without the physical presence of a doctor
…developing a system to prevent the spread of drug-resistant TB in India and Cambodia
…pioneering use of mobile technology to facilitate healthcare financing for the working poor in Kenya
And many more companies and organizations who are changing the face of global health today!
Students will also have the opportunity to learn about career opportunities in global health innovation and to pitch their own innovative ideas to a diverse group of healthcare social entrepreneurs to receive feedback and advice. To submit your healthcare innovation pitch, click here!
Admission is free but registration is required.
Keynote Speaker: Chuck Slaughter, President and Founder of Living Goods
Creating livelihoods while scaling access to life-changing products
Join leading health innovators from around the world and local community in a dialogue on these topics, as well as approaches and insights into scaling innovations in global health. Panelists include leading global health innovators, USAID, Grand Challenges Canada, Gates Foundation, and Duke faculty!
During the Symposium, you’ll meet companies who are
…developing a technology to allow for medical consultations through mobile phones without the physical presence of a doctor
…developing a system to prevent the spread of drug-resistant TB in India and Cambodia
…pioneering use of mobile technology to facilitate healthcare financing for the working poor in Kenya
And many more companies and organizations who are changing the face of global health today!
Students will also have the opportunity to learn about career opportunities in global health innovation and to pitch their own innovative ideas to a diverse group of healthcare social entrepreneurs to receive feedback and advice. To submit your healthcare innovation pitch, click here!
Admission is free but registration is required.
Symposium Schedule
1:00 - 2:15 Introductions and Keynote: Chuck Slaughter of Living Goods
2:25 - 3:15 Panel Discussions Session 1 (see topics below)
3:25 - 4:15 Panel Discussions Session 2 (see topics below)
4:15 - 5:00 Networking and Poster Session, highlighting innovators with SEAD and Duke
2:25 - 3:15 Panel Discussions Session 1 (see topics below)
3:25 - 4:15 Panel Discussions Session 2 (see topics below)
4:15 - 5:00 Networking and Poster Session, highlighting innovators with SEAD and Duke
Panel Topics
Session 1 (2:25-3:15pm)
- Understanding Ecosystem Factors Fostering and Inhibiting Healthcare Innovation in India
- Understanding Ecosystem Factors Fostering and Inhibiting Healthcare Innovation in East Africa
- Financing Your Social Venture: Navigating the Road to Scale
- Careers in Global Health Innovation
- Role of Behavior Change in Encouraging the Uptake of Healthcare Innovation
- Fail Forward: How Successful Social Entrepreneurs Reap the Benefits of Failure
- Social Entrepreneur-in-Waiting: How-to Get Started and Student Innovation Pitches
2nd Annual SEAD Summit
The SEAD Summit, closed to the public, brings together leading healthcare innovators from around the world for an intensive three day accelerator focused on scaling proven healthcare solutions.
Highlights from the 2014 SEAD Summit Agenda:
Highlights from the 2014 SEAD Summit Agenda:
- Innovation presentations by SEAD Innovators
- Peer-networking and challenge sharing by SEAD Innovators
- Actionable workshops focused on behavior change marketing strategies, unit economics, performance management for improvement, etc.
- Roundtable discussions with USAID, DIV, and other grant funders
- Opportunities to meet 1:1 with Business School professors and Duke Medicine leaders to discuss collaboration possibilities
- Keynote by Muhammud Pate, Former Minister of State for Health in Nigeria
