Event Type: Talks and Lectures
Technology as a Tool for Democratization and Empowerment
The world is evolving rapidly. With sweeping shifts in global leadership, advancement of artificial intelligence, population changes, and social media, societal paradigms are quickly transforming. How do we make sense of this moment? What opportunities are there to shape it? What role does technology play? Join the Jackson School’s Social Innovation Initiative as three former Yale World Fellows share the challenges and opportunities they are tackling as they innovate new solutions for Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Speakers include: Belabbes Benkredda, founder of Munathara Initiative, the Arab world’s largest online and television debate forum highlighting voices of youth, women, and marginalized communities; Joshin Raghubar, serial technology and impact venture…
More InformationPost-Conflict Development and Reconciliation and the Role of Religion
2024 World Fellow and Oxfam International Country Director for Timor-Leste, Nino Ximenes, will discuss post-conflict development and reconciliation and the role of religion in Timor-Leste. As Oxfam International Country Director for Timor-Leste, Ximenes leads an international country team and strives, alongside local civil society partner organizations and communities, to tackle challenges of climate justice, gender equality and gender justice, inclusive economic development, and civic participation. Before joining Oxfam, Ximenes was a Development Economist and Senior Policy Advisor to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), a Graduate Researcher with the University of Oxford’s Changing Character of War (CCW) Centre where he undertook research and developed a case report on the Philippines’…
More InformationSir David Khalili in Conversation with Emma Sky and Nizam Uddin
Emma Sky, director of the International Leadership Center will be joined by 2019 World Fellow Nizam Uddin, Chief Strategy Officer at Algra, for a conversation with Sir David Khalili. Khalili is one of the world’s greatest art collectors and author of “The Art of Peace,” in which he shares his journey that has taken him through the souks of North Africa, the auction houses of Europe and the United States, the bazaars of South Asia, and far beyond. Through his story, Khalili questions how the undeniable power of art can be harnessed to foster greater peace and unity worldwide. The event is sponsored by the World Fellows Program.
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2024 World Fellow Charlotte Wang will discuss AI for energy and energy policy influence, hosted by the Paul Tsai China Center at Yale Law School. Wang is an expert in AI data-driven energy management and sustainability, with professional experience in clean energy and smart grid in China, the United States, Germany, and Russia. She is a serial entrepreneur and founded EQuota Energy in 2014. An AI-based data analytics SaaS company, EQuota provides grid management, energy optimization, and carbon management for energy intensive manufacturers and utilities to improve grid stability, reduce energy consumption, and carbon emission. EQuota serves utility groups, steel, chemical, and coal mining in China and Middle East and…
More InformationEvening Chai with 2024 World Fellow, Sokny Onn
The Asian American Cultural Center (AACC) will host a conversation with 2024 World Fellow Sokny Onn, the Country Director of Epic Arts in Cambodia, who will share her journey of advocating for disability inclusion in Cambodia.
More InformationThe Role of Civil Society in Post-Conflict Reconciliation and Development
Graduate students at the Jackson School of Global Affairs will host a conversation with 2024 World Fellow Fausto “Nino” Ximenes. Before coming to Yale, Ximenes served as the Country Director of Oxfam International in Timor-Leste where he strived, together with more than twenty civil society organization partners, stakeholders and communities, in tackling challenges of climate justice, gender equality, just economic development and civic participation. Prior to that, Ximenes served with various civil society & international organizations including the UN. Ximenes’ academic and career paths are heavily influenced by the tumultuous independence journey of his native Timor-Leste, as well as the post-conflict national-building and development. Food will be provided.
More InformationFilm Screening: Navalny
The World Fellows program will host a screening of the Oscar-winning film “Navalny,” which details the 2020 assassination attempt of Russian opposition leader and former World Fellow Alexei Navalny. The film screening will be followed by a Q&A with Christo Grozev, an investigative journalist with Bellingcat; Leonid Volkov, 2018 World Fellow and Navalny’s chief of staff; and Anna Biriukova, 2024 World Fellow and a pollster at the Anti-Corruption Foundation. This event is open to the public, but registration is requested.
More InformationInvestigative Insights into Putin's Worldwide Malign Networks
2024 World Fellow Anna Biriukova will lead a discussion with investigative journalist Christo Grozev (Spiegel, The Insider, ex-Bellingcat). Grozev’s investigations into the identity of the suspects involved in the 2018 poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal earned him and his team the European Press Prize for Investigative Journalism. He played a crucial role in identifying the details of Alexei Navalny’s poisoning in 2020. The talk is open to the public.
More InformationBuilding Inclusive Societies in Post Conflict Context: Cambodia and Timor-Leste
The World Fellows Program will host a panel discussion on building inclusive societies in post conflict context with 2024 World Fellows Sokny Onn and Fausto Ximenes.
More InformationBusiness. Purpose. People.
Business. Purpose. People. A discussion on how the next generation of leaders is redesigning organizational models to drive change and create economic value by prioritizing people and collective healing. Short bio: Hector Verdugo is the Associate Executive Director of Homeboy Industries, where he has worked for over 16 years, overseeing day-to-day operations, training, and mentoring. He is also a public speaker on gang prevention and re-entry, and serves on several non-profit boards and advisory, including Anti Recidivism Coalition, Legacy LA and LA VoicePICO. Working with “those left behind without hope focusing on healing and re-entry with impact creating a positive ripple effect not only around the city of Los Angeles,…
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