Monday May 5, 2008

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TIME EVENT
7:00am-8:00am Annual Meeting of Members Breakfast
Meeting of Members and Breakfast (open to all attendees): 7:00am-8:00am
BREAKFAST WILL ONLY BE SERVED FROM 7-8AM
8:00am-10:00am Electronic Town Hall Plenary with AmericaSpeaks
Join a unique focus group: The Monday morning plenary will gather the Summit registrants—representing both local and global philanthropy—for an electronic town hall. Led by the widely respected organization AmericaSpeaks, this electronic conversation will bring together technology and good old-fashioned conversation to identify both the challenges and opportunities before us.
10:30am-Noon Concurrent Sessions
12:30pm-2:00pm Monday Luncheon Plenary: "Philanthropic Partnership: Improving the Lives of our Fellow-citizens"
2:00pm-3:00pm Emerging Leader Salon with Julie Rogers
2:00pm-3:00pm Focus on Resource Central
Take advantage of resources and activities available in Resource Central.
Roundtable Discussions allow you to have focused and detailed conversations bout topics that mean the most to you. If you would like to lead a discussion, complete the Roundtable Discussion form. Also, Meet the Authors at the Council’s bookstore.
2:00pm-3:00pm Welcome - Next Generation Philanthropy Professionals
2:30pm-4:30pm Extended Concurrent Sessions
2:30pm-4:30pm Wilmer Shields Rich Awards Presentation
The 2008 winners of the Wilmer Shields Rich Awards for Excellence in Communications will be individually recognized during a special awards presentation
Site Sessions
Offsite activity.
3:00pm-4:30pm Concurrent Sessions
5:30pm-7:00pm Philanthropic Awards Celebration
Program: 5:30pm-6:30pm
Reception: 6:30pm-7:30pm
6:00pm-8:00pm *Environmental Grantmakers Association: Reception
Contact: Eric Waters, 646-747-2655, ewaters@ega.org; www.ega.org
rSVP IF YOU PLAN TO ATTEND
6:30pm-7:30pm *Independent Sector: Reception
Contact: Michael Connor, 202-467-6168, michaelc@independentsector.org; www.independentsector.org
6:30pm-7:30pm Van Leer Lecture Series
Azar Nafisi, Professor and best selling author of Reading Lolita in Tehran, will deliver the 2008 Van Leer Lecture on International Philanthropy. Professor Nafisi will speak on the issue of women and Islam with particular reference to the Iranian context. This event is free and open to conference attendees. For more information contact Isabelle Mack at isabelle.mack@cof.org or 703-879-0747.
6:30pm-8:00pm Community Experience Partnership: Reception
Contact: Darla Minnich: 937-435-3156, dminnich@GIAging.org, www.giaging.org
6:30pm-8:00pm Association of Small Foundations: Reception
Contact: Caroline Ketzler, caroline@smallfoundation.org
6:30pm-8:00pm *PACE and Grassroots Grantmakers: Reception
Contact: Chris Gates, 303-765-3411, cgates@pacefunders.org; www.pacefunders.org
6:30pm-8:00pm *Community Experience Partnership: Reception
Contact: Darla Minnich, 937-435-3156, dminnich@giaging.org, www.giaging.org
6:30pm-8:00pm Foundation Center: Launch Party for the Premiere Issue of Philanthropy Annual
For information, contact: Joyce Infante: ji@foundationcenter.org
6:30pm-9:30pm *Center for Community Change: 40th Anniversary Gala (off-site)
Contact: Liz Coit, 202-339-9326, ecoit@communitychange.org, www.communitychange.org
Pre-registration and fee required
7:00pm-8:00pm *Grantmakers for Education: Networking Reception
Contact: William Porter, 503-595-2100, bill@edfunders.org; www.edfunders.org
7:00pm-8:30pm *Alliance for Justice, Louisiana Disaster Recovery Foundation, Foundation for the Mid South, Rockefeller Brothers Fund: Power Amidst Chaos: Reception for New Disaster Funding Report
Contact: Susan Hoechstetter, shoech@afj.org; 202-822-6070
7:00pm-9:00pm AdNet Reception
Calling all AdNet folks. Please plan to attend this informal reception to make connections with your AdNet colleagues. Light hors d’oeuvres and refreshments will be provided. Looking forward to seeing you there.
7:30pm-8:30pm Microsoft Reception
Gaylord Resort and Conference Center, National Harbor 11
7:30pm-9:00pm International Program Reception
Join your grantmaking colleagues from around the world for light conversation and refreshments. For more information contact Isabelle Mack at isabelle.mack@cof.org or 703-879-0747.
7:00pm-9:00pm *Funders Concerned about AIDS; Funders for Lesbian & Gay Issues; Funders Network on Population, Reproductive Health & Rights; and International Human Rights Funders Group: Reception
Contact: Rebecca Andruszka, 212-573-5533, x205, Rebecca@fcaaids.org; www.fcaaids.org
7:30pm-9:30pm *Emerge: New leaders and New Technologies Changing the Face of Philanthropy
Co-sponsored by 21/64, the Case Foundation, Changemakers, Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy, the Goldhirsh Foundation, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Jewish Funders Network, Resource Generation, and the Third Wave Foundation.
Contact:
Monique Mehta, 212-228-8311 x 14, monique@thirdwavefoundation.org

7:30pm-10:00pm

 

Monday Night @ the Movies
Salud (Henry Hampton Award-winning film)
Pre-registration is required. Fee: $50
This event includes dinner, the movie screening, and a discussion with the filmmaker and an American student who studied in Cuba and is featured in the film. Directed and produced by Connie Field.
8:00pm-10:00pm Asian American Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy: Reception for Peggy Saka, 2008 Lead Award Recipient

*Programs offered by independent organizations affiliated with the Council on Foundations and open to all Summit participants.

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