Network-Centric Development:
New Perspectives on Global Challenges

*The registration date has been extended, there is space still available to regsiter today*

You are cordially invited to the launch event for DAI's newest publication, Network-Centric Development: Leveraging Economic and Social Linkages for Growth. This event will bring together leading experts to discuss how network-centric approaches are spurring innovative approaches to global development challenges, and why all of us should pay attention. With the popularity of sites such as Facebook, LinkedIn, and Devex in our own industry, we are all becoming more familiar with the value of networks in our daily lives. This discussion - hosted by DAI and organized by Devex - will explore how networks and network-oriented thinking are heralding a new era for the international development community, in everything from economic development to disease control and democratic transitions. 

National Press Club
Ballroom
529 14th Street NW, 13th Floor
Washington, DC 20045

Ulrich Ernst of DAI will give a short introduction on the importance of network-centered thinking, followed by a moderated discussion with leading experts in the field.  Tony Barclay, former President and CEO of DAI, will then conclude the event with the unveiling of a new networking partnership initiated by DAI.

Introduction:

• Ulrich Ernst, Senior Advisor, Structural Reform Policy, DAI

 

Moderator:

• Stephen Rasmussen, Manager, CGAP Technology Program

 

Panelists:

• Cesar Hidalgo, Fellow, Center for International Development, Harvard University


• Guy Ben-Ari, Fellow, International Security Program, CSIS


• Kristi Ragan, Strategic Advisor, USAID Global Development Alliance

 

Conclusion:

• Tony Barclay, Presdent, The Development Practitioners Forum, former President and CEO, DAI