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May 28-30, 2014

Final detailed itinerary to come

Ottawa, Ontario - 23 May 2014

Wednesday, May 28 – Delivering Results for Mothers and Children

15:30-15:35 Day 1 of Summit Opens

15:35-15:45 Opening Remarks - Live streamed

15:45-16:25 Opening Plenary: Results to date - Live streamed

16:25-16:45 Health Break

16:45-18:00 Plenary: Saving Lives Through Immunization

18:00-19:15 Plenary: Increasing Global Attention on Nutrition

19:15-19:25 Closing Remarks

19:30-21:00 Reception

Thursday, May 29 – Doing More Together Globally

9:00-9:10 Day 2 of Summit Opens

9:10-10:10 Keynote Speakers - Live streamed

10:10-10:30 Health Break

10:30-12:00 Plenary: Doing More Together Globally

12:15-12:45 Summit Keynote Speech - Live streamed

12:45-14:00 Lunch

14:00-15:30 Breakout Sessions

Session A: Innovative Financing and New Partners

Session B: Civil Registration and Vital Statistics: Accountability in MNCH

Session C: Newborn Health: Continuing to Bend the Curve on Child Mortality

Session D: Maternal Health: The Need to Accelerate Progress

15:30-15:50 Health Break

15:50-16:40 Plenary: Reflections on the Day

16:40-16:50 Day 2 Closing Remarks

17:00-18:30 Reception

Friday, May 30 – Real Action for Women and Children’s Health

9:30-9:40 Day 3 of Summit Opens - Live streamed

9:45-10:25 Speakers - Live streamed

10:25 -10:45 Health Break

10:45-11:55 Plenary: MNCH at the Heart of Post-2015 - Live streamed

11:55-12:00 Closing Remarks - Live streamed

List of Confirmed Summit Speakers

The Right Honourable Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada
His Excellency Mr. Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, President, United Republic of Tanzania
Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan
His Highness the Aga Khan, Chairman of the Aga Khan Development Network (TBC)
Her Royal Highness Princess Sarah Zeid of Jordan
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon
Dr. Jim Yong Kim, President, World Bank
Ms. Melinda Gates, Co-Chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Dr. Margaret Chan, Director General, World Health Organization
Mr. Anthony Lake, Executive Director, UNICEF
Ms. Ertharin Cousin, Executive Director, United Nations World Food Programme
Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director, UNFPA
The Honourable Chris Alexander, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration
The Honourable Christian Paradis, Minister for International Development and La Francophonie
The Honourable John Baird, Minister of Foreign Affairs
The Honourable Dr. Kellie Leitch, Minister of Labour and Minister of Status of Women
The Honourable Rona Ambrose, Minister of Health
The Honourable Candice Bergen, Minister of State (Social Development)
The Honourable Lynne Yelich, Minister of State (Foreign Affairs and Consular Services)
Lois Brown, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Development
Dr. Alexandre Manguele, Minister of Health, Mozambique
Dr. Awa Marie Coll Seck, Minister of Health and Social Action, Sénégal
Dr. Bruce Aylward, Assistant Director General, Polio, Emergencies and Country Collaboration, World Health Organization
Prof. C.O. Onyebuchi Chukwu Minister of Health, Nigeria and Board Member of the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health
Mr. Dave Toycen, President and Chief Executive Officer, World Vision Canada
Mr. David Morley, President and Chief Executive Officer, UNICEF Canada
Mr. Donald Lindsay, President and Chief Executive Officer, Teck Resources
Dr. Dorothy Shaw, Chair of the Canadian Network for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health and Vice President, Medical Affairs, BC Women’s Hospital and Health Care
Dr. Florence Duperval Guillaume, Minister of Public Health&Population, Haiti
Mr. Gary Cohen, Executive Vice-President, Becton Dickinson & Company
Ms. Hannah Godefa, Goodwill Ambassador, UNICEF Ethiopia (TBC)
Mr. Ira Magaziner, Chief Executive Officer and Vice Chairman, Clinton Health Access Initiative
Dr. Jenn Brenner, Canadian Director, Healthy Child Uganda
Ms. Jill Sheffield, President, Women Deliver
Ms. Joanne Manrique, President & Editor in Chief, Centre for Global Health and Diplomacy
Mr. Joel Spicer, President, Micronutrient Initiative
Professor Joy Lawn, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, LondonSchool of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Dr. Joy Phumaphi, Co-Chair of the independent Expert Review Group
Dr. Karlee Silver, Vice President of Targeted Challenges, Grand Challenges Canada
Ms. Kathy Spahn, President and Chief Executive Officer, Helen Keller International
Dr. Kebede Worku, State Minister of Health, Ethiopia
Mr. Khalil Z. Shariff, Chief Executive Officer, Aga Khan Foundation Canada (TBC)
Mrs. Laureen Harper
Ms. Mariam Claeson, Director of Maternal, Newborn and Child Health, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Mr. Mark Dybul, Executive Director, Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
Mr. Mark Lievonen, President, Sanofi Pasteur Limited
Mr. Michael Anderson, Chief Executive Officer, Children’s Investment Fund Foundation
Mr. Ousmane Koné, Minister of Health and Public Hygiene, Mali
Dr. Peter Singer, Chief Executive Officer, Grand Challenges Canada
Dr. Rajiv Shah, Administrator, USAID
Dr. Richard Horton, Editor-in-Chief of the Lancet and Co-Chair of the Independent Expert Review Group (iERG)
Ms. Rosemary McCarney, Co-Chair Canadian Network for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health and President and Chief Executive Officer of Plan Canada
Dr. Seth Berkley, Chief Executive Officer, GAVI Alliance
Mr. Tim Evans, Director of Health, Nutrition and Population, World Bank
Mr. Tristan Rutter, Chief Executive Officer and Director, Populus Global Solutions Inc.
Mr. Vivek Kamath, Trustee, Being Human
Mr. Zahid Malek, State Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Bangladesh (TBC)
Dr. Zulfiqar Bhutta, Director of Research, Child Health, Hospital for Sick Children

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