Please note that times and events are subject to change.

Registration will be held at Centre international d’études pédagogiques (CIEP) Conference Center, Sevres.

16H00–17H30

Registration

18H00–19H00

Opening Reception for Delegates

Program sessions will be held at CIEP (Sevres).

9H00–10H30
Session open to the public

Welcome

Marilyn Schuster, Provost and Dean of the Faculty, Smith College

Farah Pandith (Smith ’90), Special Representative to Muslim Communities, U.S. Department of State

Robert Dorit, Project Organizer and Professor of Biological Sciences, Smith College

Opening Remarks

Nora Berra, Delegate, European Parliament

11H00–12H30
Session open to the public

Women’s Health and Women in Health

Dr. Fatma Bouvet de la Maisonneuve, Psychiatrist, Addiction Specialist, Moreau de Tours Hospital Sainte-Anne, Paris

14H00–16H00
Session for delegates only

The Power of Narratives

Maureen Mahoney, Dean of the College and Vice President for Campus Life, Smith College

Iris Newalu, Director of Executive Education, Smith College

16H15–17H30
Session for delegates only

Pharmaceuticals: Local Production, Local Access?

Marie-Paule Kieny, Assistant Director-General for Innovation, Information, Evidence and Research, WHO

Evening
Delegates and invited guests only

Reception, United States Embassy

Hosted by Susan Tolson (Smith ’84) and Ambassador Charles Rivkin

Program sessions will be held at Reid Hall (Paris).

9H15–10H45
Sessions open to the public

Keynote Address: Feminist Strategies

Caroline De Haas, Advisor, Ministry of Women’s Affairs, France

11H15–12H30
Session open to the public

Panel Discussion: Public Health and Public Power in Subsaharan Africa

Dr. Angel Foster, Echo’s Endowed Chair of Women’s Health Research, University of Ottawa, Canada

Valerie Koscelnik, PEPFAR Country Program Manager, Ivory Coast, USAID

Gail Pheterson, Associate Professor, University of Picardie, Amiens

14H00–16H00
Session for delegates only

Case Study: Illness Without Borders

Marie-Odile Waty, Former Head of the Health and Social Protection Division, French Development Agency (AFD)

Holly Wong, Deputy Director of the Office of Global Affairs, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Program sessions will be held at the Talleyrand Building of the U.S. Embassy (Paris).

9H15–10H45
Sessions open to the public

Using Old and New Media: Telling Your Story

Denise Silber (Smith ’74), Founder, Basil Strategies Consultancy and Doctors 2.0 & You Conference

Zied Mhirsi, MD, MPH, Executive Director of Global Network of Researchers on HIV/AIDS in the Middle East and North Africa (GNR-MENA)

11H15–12H45
Session open to the public

Panel Discussion: Connecting Ideas to Resources

Sandra Laney (Smith ’96), Gates Foundation

Erin Gainer, Chief Executive Officer, Pharma HRA

Susan Tolson (Smith ’84), former Senior VP, Capital Group, Board Member, Group Lagarderre

Benoît Miribel, Fondation Mérieux

14H00–16H00
Session for delegates only

Visit to UNESCO

Meetings with participating delegations; hosted by Ambassador David T. Killion, U.S. Permanent Representative to UNESCO

16H30–18H00
Session for delegates only

Case Study: Do Local Problems Have Global Solutions?

Selma Hajri, M.D., President and Founder, Groupe Tawida Ben Cheikh, Tunisia

Angel Foster, M.D., Echo’s Endowed Chair of Women’s Health Research at the University of Ottawa

Robert Dorit, Professor of Biological Sciences, Smith College

Program sessions will be at the Talleyrand Building of the U.S. Embassy (Paris).

9H15–10H45
Session open to the public

Everything Is Connected: “Culture” and Human Rights

Her Excellency Moushira Khattab, Former Minister for Family and Population, WPSP Representative at Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars

11H15–12H45
Session open to the public

Women’s Rights and the Right to Health

Saniye Gülser Corat, Director, Gender Equality, UNESCO

14H00–15H00
Session for delegates only

Women’s Education, Women’s Empowerment

Marilyn Schuster, Provost and Dean of the Faculty, Smith College

15H00–16H00

Concluding Awards Ceremony

Evening
Delegates and invited guests only

Closing Reception

Hosted by Lois Grjebine (Smith ’52), President, Smith College Club of France