We are witnessing an extraordinary moment in the history of global efforts to eliminate extreme poverty and preserve the natural environment. Never before have international development organizations, national governments, the Catholic Church, and other religious and faith-based organizations been so closely aligned in a campaign to address the most daunting challenges facing humanity and the planet.

The surprising convergence of Pope Francis’s encyclical on the environment, Laudato Si’: On Care for Our Common Home, with his support of the Sustainable Development Goals to “end poverty, fight inequality and injustice, and tackle climate change by 2030,” have presented us with a remarkable moment of opportunity.

This conference, organized by Notre Dame’s new Keough School of Global Affairs, brought together students and faculty with leading thinkers from the worlds of development policy and practice, government, the Church, and other religious bodies to reflect on the events of the previous year and chart a way forward.



Conference hashtag: #planetandpoor

April 4 (Mon.) 6 p.m.

Jordan Auditorium, Mendoza College of Business, University of Notre Dame

WELCOME

Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C.

President, University of Notre Dame

OPENING KEYNOTE PANEL: A Surprising Convergence, a Moment of Opportunity

R. Scott Appleby

Marilyn Keough Dean, Keough School of Global Affairs

A. Atiq Rahman

Executive Director, Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies

Jeffrey D. Sachs

Director, Earth Institute; Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development, Professor of Health Policy and Management, Columbia University

Most Rev. Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo

Chancellor, Pontifical Academy of Sciences and Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, the Vatican

Sara Sievers

Associate Dean for Policy and Practice, Keough School of Global Affairs

April 5 (Tues.)

Laudato Si’ and the Sustainable Development Goals

Hesburgh Center for International Studies, University of Notre Dame



9 a.m. Achieving the SDGs: What Will It Take?

Jeffrey D. Sachs

Director, Earth Institute; Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development, Professor of Health Policy and Management, Columbia University



MODERATOR

Ted Beatty

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Keough School of Global Affairs

PANELS

10 a.m. Economic Development: Ending Global Poverty

Debapriya Bhattacharya

Distinguished Fellow, Centre for Policy Dialogue, Dhaka, Bangladesh; Chair- Southern Voice on Post-MDGs

Carol Graham

Leo Pasvolsky Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution; College Park Professor, University of Maryland School of Public Policy

CHAIR

William Evans

Keough-Hesburgh Professor of Economics, University of Notre Dame

11:45 a.m. Sustainability: Care for our Common Home

Anthony Annett

Climate Change and Sustainable Development Advisor, UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network

Christopher Barrett

David J. Nolan Director, Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management; Stephen B. and Janice G. Ashley Professor of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University

Daniel Schrag

Sturgis Hooper Professor of Geology, Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering, Harvard University; Director, Harvard University Center for the Environment; Director, Harvard Kennedy School Program on Science, Technology, and Public Policy

CHAIR

Mary Galvin

William K. Warren Foundation Dean, College of Science, University of Notre Dame

2:30 p.m. Toward Global Health and Human Well-Being

Serena Koenig, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Bernard Nahlen, MD

Deputy Coordinator, President’s Malaria Initiative, USAID

Sonia Ehrlich Sachs, MD, MPH

Director, Health Sector, Center for Sustainable Development, Earth Institute, Columbia University

CHAIR

Katherine A. Taylor

Associate Director and Director of Global Health Training, Eck Institute for Global Health, University of Notre Dame

4:15 p.m. Ecological Conversion: The Role of Faith in Development

Matthew Ashley

Associate Professor of Theology; Chair, Department of Theology, University of Notre Dame

Celia Deane-Drummond

Professor of Theology, University of Notre Dame

William F. Vendley

Secretary General, World Conference of Religions for Peace

Laurie Zoloth

Professor of Religious Studies, Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences; Professor of Bioethics and Medical Humanities, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University



CHAIR

Thomas Tweed

W. Harold and Martha Welch Professor of American Studies and Professor of History; former president, American Academy of Religion, University of Notre Dame

5:30 p.m. A Conversation with Rev. Gustavo Gutiérrez, O.P.

John Cardinal O’Hara Professor of Theology, University of Notre Dame

MODERATOR

Rev. Daniel G. Groody, C.S.C.

Associate Professor of Theology, University of Notre Dame



April 6 (Wed.)

Partnerships for the Planet and the Poor

Hesburgh Center for International Studies, University of Notre Dame

PANELS

8:30 a.m. Quality Education for All

Dana Burde

Associate Professor and Director of International Education, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, New York University

Stephen P. Heyneman

Professor of International Education, Vanderbilt University

Radhika Iyengar

Director, Education Sector; Associate Research Scholar; Center for Sustainable Development, Earth Institute, Columbia University

Robert Prouty

Former Head of the Global Partnership for Education

CHAIR

Rev. Sean McGraw, C.S.C.

Assistant Professor of Political Science and co-founder, Alliance for Catholic Education, University of Notre Dame

10 a.m. Universities: Responding to an Urgent Call

Dennis Jacobs

Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Santa Clara University

Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C.

President, University of Notre Dame

Katherine Marshall

Professor of the Practice of Development, Conflict, and Religion, Georgetown University

John Meara, MD, DMD, MBA

Steven C. and Carmella R. Kletjian Professor of Global Surgery, Department of Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School

CHAIR

Scott Appleby

Marilyn Keough Dean, Keough School of Global Affairs

11:45 a.m. Working Groups

Academic Research (Hesburgh Center Auditorium)

Policy Engagement (C102 Hesburgh Center)

Training the Next Generation of Global Leaders (C103 Hesburgh Center)

Partnerships and Engagement in the Field (C104-105 Hesburgh Center)

2:30 p.m. Revitalizing Global Partnerships

Anthony Annett

Climate Change and Sustainable Development Advisor, UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network

Most Rev. Pedro Barreto, S.J.

Archbishop of Huancayo, Peru; President, Department of Justice and Solidarity, Latin American Episcopal Council (CELAM)

Kevin Clarke

Senior Editor and Chief Correspondent, America magazine

Dennis Jacobs

Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Santa Clara University

Bernard Nahlen, MD

Deputy Coordinator, President’s Malaria Initiative, USAID

Katherine Marshall

Professor of the Practice of Development, Conflict, and Religion, Georgetown University

CHAIR

Jennifer Mason McAward

Associate Professor of Law and Acting Director, Center for Civil and Human Rights, University of Notre Dame

4 p.m. A Path Forward

R. Scott Appleby

Marilyn Keough Dean, Keough School of Global Affairs

Sara Sievers

Associate Dean for Policy and Practice, Keough School of Global Affairs

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