Each spring, the Columbia University Partnership for International Development (CUPID) holds a conference at Columbia University based on a relevant international development issue. The conference gathers a multidisciplinary panel of scholars and practitioners to present and discuss their perspectives on specific issues in international development. The year’s half-day event will evaluate and discuss pertinent issues surrounding the developing world’s access to health. In particular, the conference will consist of a keynote presentation, a panel on micro-insurance, student presentations where masters and doctoral students will showcase their research, and finally an expert debate on HIV/AIDS spending. The conference will serve to cultivate greater awareness of the social and economic impacts of healthcare access in developing countries.
The Columbia University Partnership for International Development (CUPID) is a student-led effort across graduate schools at Columbia University to facilitate multidisciplinary dialogue, awareness and action on international development. Information about previous conferences can be found here. This year’s Annual CUPID Confernece is title Health: A Universal Dialet(ic)? The half-day evnet will address the issue of access to health in the developing world.
Program Schedule (TBC)
1 – 1:30pm Welcome and Introduction
1:30 – 2:30pm Key-Note (TBC)
2:30 – 2:45pm Break
2:45 – 4:15pm Micro-Insurance Panel-The Key to Improving Health in Developing Countries?
Denis Garand, Health Insurance Consultant
Barbara Magnoni, EA Consultants (TBC)
Moderator: Prof. Normal, Columbia University
4:15 – 4:30pm Break
4:30 – 5:45pm Student Speed Conference
6 – 8 Student Presentations (Columbia/NYU)
5:45 – 6pm Break
6 – 7pm Is the World Spending too much on HIV/AIDS?
Gregg Gonsalves, John M. Llyod Foundation AIDS
Leadership Award Recepient
Scott Case, Malaria No More (TBC)
Moderator: Joann Csete, Associate Professor of Clinical of the Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health
7 – 8pm Wine and Cheese Reception
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