Watch the 2019 Hilton Humanitarian Symposium and Prize Ceremony honoring METAdrasi.
The theme of this year’s event is The Future of Humanitarian Action: Seeking Higher Ground.
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8:00 A.M. – Registration and Breakfast
9:00 A.M. – WELCOME REMARKS
- Maggie Miller
Hilton Humanitarian Prize Director, Conrad N. Hilton Foundation - Peter Laugharn
President and CEO, Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
9:10 A.M. – THE POWER OF GIVING BACK: TURNING OPPRESSION INTO OPPORTUNITIES
- Tererai Trent, Ph.D.
Founder and President, Tererai Trent International
9:30 A.M. – WHAT IS THE FUTURE OF HUMANITARIAN ACTION: AN INTERGENERATIONAL CONVERSATION
Introduction
- Steven M. Hilton
Chairman of the Board, Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
Panel
- Maria Shriver (moderator)
Founder, The Women’s Alzheimer’s Movement - Sister Joan Chittister
American Benedictine Nun
Theologian
Author, “The Time Is Now” - Natasha Wang Mwansa
Health, Women and Young People’s Rights Activist
Advocate, The Media Network on Child Rights and Development
10:15 A.M. – “IMPOSSIBLE IS NOT A FACT, IT IS AN ATTITUDE”: A CONVERSATION ON CLIMATE CHANGE SOLUTIONS
- Raj Kumar (moderator)
Founding President and Editor-in-Chief, Devex - Christiana Figueres
Founding Partner, Global Optimism
Former Executive Secretary of the UN Climate Convention (2010-2016) - Eric Garcetti
Mayor, City of Los Angeles - Selina Neirok Leem
Climate Warrior
Intern, Permanent Mission of the Republic of the Marshall Islands to the UN
11:00 A.M. – Break
11:15 A.M. – ADDRESS BY TYLER HICKS
- Tyler Hicks
Pulitzer Prize-winning Staff Photographer, The New York Times
11:30 A.M. – WHEN OVERCOMING BIAS REQUIRES WALKING TOWARD IT: A DISCUSSION ON RACE
- Carroll Bogert (moderator)
President, The Marshall Project - E. Tendayi Achiume
Assistant Professor of Law, UCLA Law School
UN Special Rapporteur on Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance - Patrisse Cullors
Co-founder, Black Lives Matter Global Network
Co-creator, Crenshaw Dairy Mart
12:30 P.M. – Lunch
1:00 P.M. – ADDRESS BY CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE
- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Author of “Americanah,” “Half of a Yellow Sun,” and “Purple Hibiscus”
1:20 P.M. – Break
2:30 P.M. – HILTON HUMANITARIAN PRIZE CEREMONY HONORING METAdrasi
- Maggie Miller
Hilton Humanitarian Prize Director, Conrad N. Hilton Foundation - Carl Axel Prince Soami Mbadinga
Student, Institute of Technology in France - Peter Laugharn
President and CEO, Conrad N. Hilton Foundation - Lora Pappa
Founder, President and CEO, METAdrasi
3:15 P.M. – ADDRESS BY GABRIELLA BATTAINI-DRAGONI
- Gabriella Battaini-Dragoni
Deputy Secretary-General, Council of Europe
3:30 P.M. – CLOSING REMARKS
- Peter Laugharn
President and CEO, Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
Watch Highlights from the 2018 Hilton Humanitarian Symposium and Prize Ceremony:
Humanitarian Prize
METAdrasi
2019 Laureate. Supporting the reception and integration of nearly one million refugees and migrants throughout Greece since 2009.
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