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The Transformers: Global Innovation Through Science

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Partner:: Commonwealth Club
Location:: SF Club Office
San Francisco, CA
Event Date:: 11.07.12
Speakers:: Khairul Idzwan Baharin,; Carolyn Campbell,; Meriem Chiri,; Quentin Hardy,; Moustapha Kane,; Jonathan Margolis,; Hasanul Qader Mirza
Tags:: africa; social entrepreneurship; social innovation; global innovation

Summary: A new generation of emerging entrepreneurs from around the world arrive in the United States to share their high-tech inventions to solve important global problems. They are known as "GIST Transformers" because they are winners of rigorous competitions under the Global Innovations Through Science & Technology (GIST) initiative, a program designed to accelerate technology commercialization and entrepreneurship.

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Khairul Idzwan Baharin

CEO, MyDerm, Malaysia

Carolyn Campbell

Carolyn Campbell is a Managing Director, Founding Partner and General Counsel of Emerging Capital Partners (ECP). Ms Campbell is a member of ECP's executive committee and investment committees. With seven funds and over $1.8 billion under management, ECP is one of the leading private equity managers focused on Africa. Headquartered in Washington DC, ECP has six offices across Africa and over a decade of successful investing experience in companies operating in over 40 countries on the continent. Ms. Campbell provides management oversight of the firm's operations and investments. She has served on the boards of Finagestion (France), Salt Investment S.A. (Djibouti), Ocean & Oil Investments (Nigeria), Air Ivoire (Cote d'Ivoire) and SociÃ©tÃ© GÃ©nÃ©rale Assurance MÃ©diterranÃ©enne (Algeria).

Prior to joining ECP, Ms. Campbell was a Senior Associate at White & Case LLP in the firm's Warsaw, London, and Washington, D.C. offices. She was also an Associate Professor at George Washington University National Law Center, lecturing on international negotiations.

Ms. Campbell is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. She graduated summa cum laude from the University of Connecticut with a bachelor's in Economics and French and a masters in Economics. She received her J.D. from the University of Virginia Law School and a PhD from Oxford University in Politics and Economics.

Meriem Chiri

Co-founder, SmellNat, Algeria, North Africa

Quentin Hardy

Deputy Technology Editor, The New York Times

Moustapha Kane

Founder, Amarante, Senegal, West Africa

Jonathan Margolis

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of State

Hasanul Qader Mirza

Director of Operations, Greennovation Technologies, Bangladesh

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01 hr 07 min 10 sec

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01.: Introduction

04 min 03 sec

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02.: Introduction to CDRF Global and GIST

04 min 22 sec

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03.: Why Use Government Funds to Support GIST?

03 min 02 sec

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04.: Moustapha Kane Introduction

03 min 52 sec

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05.: Meriem Chiri Introduction

03 min 11 sec

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06.: Khairul Idzwan Baharin Introduction

04 min 27 sec

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07.: Hasanul Qader Mirza Introduction

03 min 59 sec

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08.: Cultural Barriers to Entrepreneurship

06 min 57 sec

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09.: Commonalities Among Entrepreneurs, Across National Borders

04 min 53 sec

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10.: What Did the GIST Judges Look For?

02 min 26 sec

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11.: The Future of US Funding for Entrepreneurism

02 min 26 sec

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12.: How Did the GIST Entrepreneurs Learn About Business?

03 min 33 sec

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13.: Is Being an Entrepreneur an International Experience?

03 min 31 sec

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14.: What GIST Entrepreneurs Want to Teach Businesses in the US

03 min 45 sec

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15.: Opportunities and Challenges for US Diplomacy

03 min 39 sec

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16.: Encountering the Market and Planning for the Future

06 min 33 sec

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17.: Closing

02 min 32 sec

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It's a Small World: What Entrepreneurs Have in Common

01 min 50 sec

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Entrepreneurs Meriem Chiri, from Algeria, and Moustapha Kane, from Senegal, discuss the commonalities they share with other entrepreneurs of other nationalities.
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01 hr 07 min 10 sec

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