June 11-13, 2012

Georgetown University
Washington, DC

Democracy & Security

across the globe

The Future

of development

The Challenges

of development

Development is

driving global change

Featured Video
Marking 50 Years of Progress
Featured Speaker
Kaj Larsen

Special Investigations and Documentaries Unit, CNN
*Moderator

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Never before has the world experienced such significant progress in human development, and at the same time seen such rapid and unpredictable changes in the forces that affect it.  

The U.S. Agency for International Development and its partners are embracing and evolving with these changes in order to be effective in supporting sustaining development by creating the space in which to evaluate and better understand key development trends is essential to adapt to the rapid transformations in the development landscape; 

Engaging with the smartest, most innovative and experienced thought-leaders and practitioners around the world; seizing pivotal opportunities to leave behind generational legacies of success. 

We call this effort Frontiers in Development. 

We are starting these conversations both though a collection of essays, which will be available at the end of May, and by meeting at Georgetown University from June 11-13  to debate, discuss, and learn from each other in person.

We are very excited about the Frontiers in Development Forum. The event will be part of a set of development events during the week, which will include the Child Survival: Call To Action, and supports a larger effort by USAID to facilitate development thinking and action on a wide range of critical issues. 

Our Featured Speakers

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

President, the Republic of Liberia

Atifete Jahjaga

President, the Republic of Kosovo

Admiral James Stavridis

NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe

Sir Andrew Witty

CEO, GlaxoSmithKline

Emilia Pires

Minister of Finance, Timore-Leste

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Helen Clark

UNDP Administrator; Former Prime Minister, New

Mandy Moore

Actress, philanthropist

Kay Warren

Saddleback Church

About the Conference

USAID’s Frontiers in Development Forum will be convened at Georgetown University from June 11-13, 2012. This premiere three-day event will serve as a forum for world leaders, government officials and international development experts to address the rapidly changing context for global development.

The conference will discuss key challenges and opportunities facing developing countries and development organizations and strengthen the analysis, design, and implementation of programs aimed at meeting these challenges.