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Past Events - 2005 |
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| EarthQuake Beyond Us,
Beyond Now -
OPEN US Conference |
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Conference
Venue:
The Marvin Center - Grand Ballroom at GWU
800 21st Street NW
Washington, DC 20052 (map)
Date: November 13, 2005
Time: 8:30AM till 1:30PM
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Conference Objectives
The objective of the conference is to understand
the challenges posed by the earthquake and assess
opportunities and offer recommendations for
improvement over the next year in primarily
three areas: integration of displaced people,
infrastructure development, and media awareness.
In particular, OPEN will develop conference
proceedings including a set of recommended initiatives
for improving the response in each of the three
focus areas. We expect that these recommended
initiatives will be innovative, cost-effective
and realistic and in some cases may be implemented
by commercial or non-profit organizations on
the basis of various incentive or tax credits.
These results, conclusions and recommendations
would need to be highlighted in the national
and trade press and would need to go to key
people in the United Sates and Pakistan Governments.
To provide ongoing management and support
for these initiatives, formation of working
groups are envisioned with team members in the
United States and in Pakistan.
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| Conference
Program |
| 8:30am
to 9:00am |
Registration |
| 9:00am
to 9:10am |
Introduction - Ali Asghar,
President OPEN DC |
| 9:10am
to 10:30am |
Panel
One - People Issues
Longer term medical assistance and integration
of displaced and disabled people
Moderator: Umair Khan, President,
OPEN Silicon Valley
Invited Panelists:
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Aga Khan
Foundation- Iqbal Noor Ali,
CEO
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Relief International
- Farshad Rastegar, Executive
Director
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Relief International
- Dr. Salman Naqvi
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Operation
Heartbeat - Dr. Farzad Najam
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Association
of Pakistani Physicians of North America
(APPNA) - Dr. Saima Zafar
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Ashoka Foundation
- Nir Tsuk
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10:30am to 11:50am |
Panel Two - Infrastructure Issues
Housing and Infrastructure Reconstruction
and Development
Moderator: Imran Sayeed, President,
OPEN New England
Invited Panelists:
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USAID - William J. Gravelink,
Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator
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City of Berkeley - Arrietta Chakos
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Architecture for Humanity - Cynthia
Barton
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RISEPAK.com - Jishnu Das
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Aquaya Institute - Ranjiv Khish,
Founder and COO
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The Citizens Foundation - Najia
Alavi, Executive Director
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The Citize
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The Citizens Foundation - Shimmi
Kidwai, Chairperson DC Chapter
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11:50am to 12:20pm |
Lunch Break |
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12:20pm to 1:20pm |
Panel Three - Media
and Activism
Near term awareness of the earthquake
in the media and strategies for longer
term awareness
Moderator:
Imran Shah, Chairman, OPEN New
York
Invited Panelists:
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CNN International- Eli Flournoy,
Supervising Editor
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SAquake.org - Farhana Khera
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CAIR
- Ibrahim Hooper
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OPEN Silicon Valley - Umair Khan,
President
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Association of Pakistani Professionals
- Asif Alam
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| 1:20pm
to 1:30pm |
Conference Wrap-up |
| 1:45pm
to 3:00pm |
Working
Group Break-out Sessions |
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to us at events@openwashingtondc.org.
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