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Innovations that address global challenges such as education, environment, and health

 

Audio lectures brought to you by Social Innovation Conversations, co-hosted by Stanford Social Innovation Review's Managing Editor Eric Nee.

Technology & Design

Solar Power in a Suitcase

In this audio interview, Sheela Sethuraman talks with Laura Stachel and Hal Aronson, co-founders of WE CARE Solar, about their effort to combat this issue worldwide. WE CARE stands for Women’s Emergency Communication and Reliable Electricity.

Featuring Laura Stachel & Hal Aronson | Apr. 18, 2012 | 35 minutes
 

Water

Sustainable Water Treatment

How can a young nonprofit organization make a tangible improvement in people's health through clean water using only the power of gravity?

Featuring Daniel Smith | Mar. 23, 2012 | 28 minutes
 

Health

Medical Device Innovation: Panel Discussion

Focusing on unmet needs, healthcare entrepreneurs provide their in-the-trenches perspectives on advancing medical technologies. Working to extend and enhance lives.

Featuring Global Health Speaker Series panel | Feb. 14, 2012 | 78 minutes
 
John Capek Executive Vice President, Medical Devices

Business

GSB 2011 Healthcare Summit: Future of the Healthcare Sector

John Capek talks about ways we can improve the potential success for technologies in order to improve the delivery of healthcare over the next decade.

Featuring John Capek | Jan. 9, 2012 | 21 minutes
 

Education

How to Cultivate the Best Teachers

Teachers play a key role in influencing the future not only of students, but of the country and world as a whole. What contributes to teacher effectiveness?

Featuring a Global Education Conference panel | 1 | Oct. 26, 2011 | 54 minutes
 

Health

Capital for Early Stage Innovation

Representatives from various investment firms explain the medical innovation funding landscape, and advise early stage innovators with creative ways to navigate these complexities.

Featuring a Global Health Speaker Series panel | Oct. 14, 2011 | 71 minutes
 

Education

Addressing the K-12 Crisis

Educators, administrators, academics, business people, and politicians talk about potential solutions, what’s working, and what isn’t.

Featuring a Global Education Conference panel | Oct. 12, 2011 | 34 minutes
 
Todd Park on the need for social innovation in health care.

Health

Changing Behavior and Changing Policies Panel (Part 3)

Park discusses how methods of efficiency developed in industries outside of health care need to be brought in to rework the health care industry.

Featuring Todd Park | 1 | Oct. 11, 2011 | 33 minutes
 
Daniel Kreeger on social responsibility and federal responsibility with respect to climate change.

Environment

EDF Future of Green Calls

Daniel Kreeger, Executive Director of the Association of Climate Change Officers (ACCO), outlines the relatively new position of Climate Change Officer.

Featuring Daniel Kreeger | Oct. 3, 2011 | 50 minutes
 
Chris Bradford,  Co-founder of the African Leadership Academy, on the role of education in Africa.

Education

Education as Social Enterprise in Africa

Chris Bradford, co-founder of the African Leadership Academy, discusses the role of educational institutions in shaping the future of Africa.

Featuring Chris Bradford | Sep. 21, 2011 | 35 minutes