2009 Global Development and Health Symposium

Chris Brown, Goizueta Business School student and symposium coordinator

As part of Global Development and Health Week, the Emory Global Health Institute and the Goizueta Business School co-sponsored a symposium that brought business, development, and health issues together. The symposium's specific objectives were to: 1) create awareness of the issues confronting global development, 2) discuss the intersection of business and health to create sustainable outcomes in developing nations, and 3) provide examples of successful business and health initiatives to develop models for global replication. Speakers included:

John McArthur, CEO, Millennium Promise (Keynote Speaker)
Defining Global Development from the Business and Health Perspectives

Bruce McNamer, President and CEO, Technoserve
Transforming Lives of the Rural Poor with Market-based Solutions

Steve Sencer, Deputy General Counsel, Emory University
Building Drug Discovery Capacity in South African and Beyond

Afzaal Malik, Director, International Government Relations, The Coca-Cola Company
Harnassing For-profit Mechanisms to Generate Positive Economic and Social Return

Dr. Jeffrey P. Koplan, EGHI Director and VP for Global Health, Emory University
Creating a Path Towards Better Development and Health Globally

The symposium was initiated and coordinated by Chris Brown, a Goizueta Business School (GBS) student, and several other GBS students and members of the Institute's Student Advisory Committee. Plans are underway to make the symposium a regular part of Global Development and Health Week at Emory.

Click here to see a video of the 2009 Global Development and Health Symposium.

Symposium speakers from left to right: Jeff Koplan, Steve Sencer, Bruce McNamer, Venkat Narayan, John McArthur, and Afzaal Malik.