Conference Program Summary
Download Program (October 27, 2015)
Day One: Friday October 30th
(Linsly-Chittenden Hall, Room 211)
9:00 - 9:30: Welcome Remarks
(Raymond Baker, Thomas Pogge)
9:30 - 11:00: Panel 1: Global Tax Fairness
(Allison Christians, Manuel Montes, Erika Siu; Chair: Zorka Milin)
11:10 - 12:30: Amartya Sen Prize Contest Ceremony
Prize Winners: Matti Ylonen and Teivo Teivainen
(Professor Sen sends his heartfelt apologies that due to unforeseen other commitments, he will not be able to present the award on this occasion. The award will be presented instead by Founder and President of Global Financial Integrity, Raymond Baker.)
13:30 - 15:30: Panel 2: Illicit financial flows, human rights and the post-2015 agenda - Discussion of Independent Expert’s Report
(Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky, Nicholas Lusiani, Léonce Ndikumana, Esther Shubert; Chair: Tom Cardamone)
15:45 - 17:15: Panel 3: Addis, Post-2015, and future efforts against Illicit Financial Flows
(Tom Cardamone, Steven Dean, Gail Hurley and Jakob Schwab; Chair: Laura Biron)
17:15 - 17:30: Closing Remarks
Day Two: Saturday October 31st
(Linsly-Chittenden Hall, Room 101)
9:00 - 10:20: Statement of the Health Impact Fund (HIF) and mini-HIF, including discussion
(Aidan Hollis, Thomas Pogge; Chair: Alex Sayegh)
10:30 - 12:30: Panel 4: Mini-HIF: Piloting the Health Impact Fund
(Laura Biron, Aidan Hollis, Peter Maybarduk, Thomas Pogge, Jeffrey Sachs, Richard Wilder; Chair: Tendayi Bloom)
13:30 - 14:45: Concluding Session on the Health Impact Fund
15:00 - 17:15: Panel 5: Individual Deprivation Measure, Poverty Measurement
(Sharon Bessell*, Thomas Pogge, Scott Wisor*; Chair: Yuan Yuan)
* in absentia
Day Three: Sunday November 1st
(Linsly-Chittenden Hall, Room 101)
9:00 - 11:00: Panel 6: Oslo Principles on Climate Change Obligations
(Thomas Pogge, Jaap Spier, Kira Vinke; Chair: Shmulik Nili)
11:00 - 1:00: Panel 7: Sustainable Development Goals
(Daniel Esty, Thomas Pogge, Jeffrey Sachs; Chair: Corinna Mieth)