<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:fw="http://technolutions.com/framework"><head><meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="content-type" /><style type="text/css">blockquote { margin: 1em 2em; }</style></head><body><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><div style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><p><strong>Please forward widely. First abstract deadline is August 15.</strong></p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Unite For Sight 6th Annual Global Health & Development Conference<br />
"Achieving Global Goals Through Innovation"<br /></strong><strong><a href="http://slate.technolutions.com/go?090ceb47363a495c98c91e9618ca9759&r=http%3a%2f%2fwww.uniteforsight.org%2fconference">http://www.uniteforsight.org/conference</a></strong><strong><br /></strong></p><p style="text-align: left;"><strong>When:</strong> April 18-19, 2009<strong><br />
Where:</strong> Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA<br /><strong>What:</strong> Join 2,500 conference participants for a stimulating international conference<br /><strong>As Featured On CNN:</strong> The Unite For Sight Conference Is What CNN Calls "A Meeting Of Minds"<br /><br /><strong>NOW OPEN: Registration and Abstract Submission</strong> <strong><a href="http://slate.technolutions.com/go?090ceb47363a495c98c91e9618ca9759&r=http%3a%2f%2fwww.uniteforsight.org%2fconference">http://www.uniteforsight.org/conference</a> (</strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><strong>First abstract deadline is August 15 (oral presentation deadline and early bird poster presentation deadline)</strong></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>200 Speakers, Including Keynote Addresses by Dr. Jeffrey Sachs and Dr. Sonia Sachs</strong></p><p style="text-align: left;"><u><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Register For Conference</span></strong></u><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">: REGISTER BY JULY 31 TO SECURE LOWEST RATE. Rate escalates each month.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><u><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><strong>Who is eligible to submit an abstract?</strong></span></u><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> Anyone may submit an abstract. Abstract submitters range from students to professionals.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><br /></span></p><p><u><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Who should attend?</span></strong></u><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> Anyone interested in international health, public health, international development, medicine, nonprofits, eye care, philanthropy, microfinance, social entrepreneurship, bioethics, economics, anthropology, health policy, advocacy, environmental health, service-learning, medical education, and public service.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><u><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Keynote Addresses</span></strong></u></p><ul><li><strong>Jeffrey Sachs</strong>, <em>PhD, Director of Earth Institute at Columbia University; Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development, Professor of Health Policy and Management, Columbia University; Special Advisor to Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon</em></li><li><strong>Sonia Sachs</strong>, <em>MD, MPH, Health Coordinator, Millennium Villages</em></li></ul><p style="text-align: center;"><u><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">200 Featured Speakers (Listed Below Are The Speakers Confirmed Thus Far)</span></strong></u></p><p><strong>Sam Abbenyi,</strong> MD, MSc, Director, Programs and Logistics, International Trachoma Initiative</p><p><strong>Jane Aronson,</strong> MD, Director, International Pediatric Health Services; Founder and Executive Executive Officer, Worldwide Orphans Foundation (WWO); Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Weill Medical College of Cornell University</p><p><strong>Thomas Baah,</strong> MD, MSc, Ophthalmologist, Our Lady of Grace Hospital, Ghana</p><p><strong>Richard Baraniuk,</strong> PhD, Founder, Connexions; Victor E. Cameron Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University</p><p><strong>Paul Berman,</strong> OD, FAAO, Senior Global Clinical Advisor and Founder, Special Olympics Lions Clubs, International Opening Eyes</p><p><strong>David Bloom,</strong> Chair, Department of Global Health and Population; Clarence James Gamble Professor of Economics and Demography, Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard School of Public Health</p><p><strong>Peter Bourne,</strong> MA, MD, Visiting Scholar, Oxford University; Vice Chancellor Emeritus, St. George's University; Formerly Special Assistant to the President of the United States for Health Issues; Chair, Medical Education Cooperation with Cuba (MEDICC)</p><p><strong>Ronald Braswell,</strong> MD, MS, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Alabama-Birmingham</p><p><strong>Harry Brown,</strong> MD, Founder, Surgical Eye Expeditions (SEE) International</p><p><strong>Richard Bucala,</strong> MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine, Pathology, and Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine</p><p><strong>James Clarke</strong>, MD, Ophthalmologist and Medical Director, Crystal Eye Clinic, Ghana</p><p><strong>Emmanuel d'Harcourt</strong>, Senior Child Survival Technical Advisor, International Rescue Committee</p><p><strong>Margaret Duah-Mensah,</strong> RN, ON, Ophthalmic Nurse, Crystal Eye Clinic, Ghana</p><p><strong>Dabney Evans,</strong> MPH, Executive Director, Emory University Institute of Human Rights; Lecturer, Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University</p><p><strong>Susan Forster,</strong> MD, Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Medical Studies, Department of Ophthalmology, Yale School of Medicine; Chief, Ophthalmology, Yale University Health Services</p><p><strong>Stanley O. Foster,</strong> MD, MPH, Professor, Hubert Department of Global Health Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University</p><p><strong>James Fraser,</strong> MA, Co-Founder and Executive Director, Dignitas International</p><p><strong>Ulrick Gaillard,</strong> JD, CEO, The Batey Relief Alliance</p><p><strong>Gannon Gillespie,</strong> Director of US Operations, Tostan</p><p><strong>Susan Hayes,</strong> MD, President and CEO, Interplast</p><p><strong>Scott Hillstrom,</strong> Chairman of the Board, CEO and Co-Founder, HealthStore Foundation</p><p><strong>Samuel Ho,</strong> MD, Lui Hac Minh Professor of Surgery; Director, Asian Liver Center; Director, Liver Cancer Program, Stanford University School of Medicine</p><p><strong>Debbie Humphries,</strong> MPH, PhD, Clinical Instructor, Division of Chronic Disease Epidemiology, Social and Behavioral Sciences Program, Yale University School of Medicine</p><p><strong>Marcelo Jacobs-Lorena,</strong> PhD, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Malaria Research Institute, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health</p><p><strong>Kaveh Khoshnood,</strong> PhD, Assistant Professor in Public Health Practice, Division of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, Yale School of Public Health</p><p><strong>Karen King,</strong> MA, Elementary School Teacher, Reed Intermediate School; Unite For Sight Volunteer in Accra, Ghana</p><p><strong>Laura Murray-Kolb,</strong> PhD, Assistant Professor, Center for Human Nutrition, Department of International Health, The Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health</p><p><strong>Jamie Lachman,</strong> Clowns Without Borders</p><p><strong>Doug Lawrence,</strong> Vice President/General Manager, BD Medical - Ophthalmic Systems</p><p><strong>Robert Lawrence,</strong> MD, Center for A Livable future Professor; Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, Health Policy & International Health; Director, Center for a Livable Future, Department of Environmental Health Sciences; Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health</p><p><strong>Robert Malkin,</strong> PhD, Professor of Practice of Biomedical Engineering Director, Duke-Engineering World Health, Duke University</p><p><strong>Charles MacCormack,</strong> PhD, President and CEO, Save The Children</p><p><strong>John McGoldrick,</strong> JD, Senior Vice President, International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI)</p><p><strong>Michelle McMurry,</strong> Director, Health, Biomedical Science and Society Initiative, The Aspen Institute</p><p><strong>Benjamin Mason Meier,</strong> JD, LLM, MPhil, Public Health Law Project Manager, Center for Health Policy, IGERT-International Development and Globalization Fellow, Columbia University</p><p><strong>Carol McLaughlin,</strong> MD, MPH, Global Health, Center for High Impact Philanthropy, School of Social Policy and Practice, University of Pennsylvania</p><p><strong>Mini Murthy,</strong> MD, MPH, MS, Assistant Professor, Department of Behavioral Science and Community Health, Program Director Global Health, New York Medical College School of Public Health</p><p><strong>Neal Nathanson,</strong> MD, Associate Dean, Global Health Programs, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine</p><p><strong>Edward O'Neil, Jr,</strong> MD, Omni Med</p><p><strong>Santa Ono,</strong> PhD, Vice Provost for Academic Initiatives and Deputy Provost of Emory University; Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Emory Eye Center</p><p><strong>Robin Paetzold,</strong> MBA, Director, Global Programs, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine</p><p><strong>Steven C. Phillips,</strong> MD, MPH, Medical Director, Global Issues and Projects, Exxon Mobil Corporation</p><p><strong>Suzanne Rainey,</strong> Forum One Communications</p><p><strong>Susan Reef,</strong> MD, CDC</p><p><strong>Steven Rothstein,</strong> President, Perkins School For The Blind</p><p><strong>Lisa Russell,</strong> MPH, Filmmaker</p><p><strong>Jinan Saaddine,</strong> MD, MPH, Medical Epidemiologist, Vision Health Initiative Team Leader, Division of Diabetes Translation, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention</p><p><strong>Jeffrey Sachs,</strong> PhD, Director of Earth Institute at Columbia University; Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development, Professor of Health Policy and Management, Columbia University; Special Advisor to Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon</p><p><strong>Sonia Ehrlich Sachs,</strong> MD, MPH, Health Coordinator, Millennium Village Project</p><p><strong>Sarwat Salim,</strong> MD, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, University of Tennessee-Memphis</p><p><strong>Sarang Samal,</strong> Kalinga Eye Hospital, Orissa, India</p><p><strong>Shlomit Sandler,</strong> MD, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary</p><p><strong>Harshad Sanghvi,</strong> MD, Medical Director, JHPIEGO, Johns Hopkins University</p><p><strong>Howard Schiffer,</strong> President and Founder, Vitamin Angels</p><p><strong>Daniel D. Sedmak,</strong> MD, Director, Office of Global Health Education; Executive Vice Dean, College of Medicine; Executive Director, Center for Personalized Health care; Senior Associate Vice President, Office of Health Sciences, The Ohio State University</p><p><strong>Bruce Shields,</strong> MD, Chair Emeritus, Yale Department of Ophthalmology</p><p><strong>Kuldev Singh,</strong> MD, MPH, Professor of Ophthalmology, Stanford University School of Medicine</p><p><strong>Ajit Sinha<em>,</em></strong> MBBS, Founder and Director, AB Eye Institute; Former President, All India Ophthalmological Society</p><p><strong>Pooja Sinha,</strong> MBBS, Ophthalmologist, AB Eye Institute, Patna, India</p><p><strong>Satyajit Sinha,</strong> MBBS, Ophthalmologist, AB Eye Institute, Patna, India</p><p><strong>D. Scott Smith,</strong> MD, MSc, DTM&H, Chief of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, Kaiser Redwood City Hospital</p><p><strong>Janice K. Smith,</strong> MD, MPH, PAHO/WHO Collaborating Center for Training in International Health at UTMB</p><p><strong>Georgia Sambunaris,</strong> MA, Senior Financial Markets Specialist, USAID</p><p><strong>Chris Stout,</strong> PsyD, Founding Director, Center for Global Initiatives; Clinical Professor, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago</p><p><strong>James C. Tsai,</strong> MD, Robert R. Young Professor and Chairman, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Yale University School of Medicine; Chief of Ophthalmology, Yale-New Haven Hospital</p><p><strong>Philippe Van Denbossche,</strong> Executive Director, Raising Malawi</p><p><strong>Harold Varmus,</strong> MD, President and Chief Executive, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center; Former Director of the NIH; Nobel Prize Recipient</p><p><strong>Seth Wanye,</strong> MD, Ophthalmologist, Eye Clinic of Tamale Teaching Hospital, Ghana</p><p><strong>Tanya Whitehead,</strong> PhD, Research Associate Professor, University of Missouri - Kansas City</p><p><strong>David Zakus,</strong> BSc, MES, MSc, PhD, Director, Centre for International Health; Associate Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences; Associate Professor, Department of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation; Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Canada</p><p><strong>Debrework Zewdie,</strong> Director, Global HIV/AIDS Program of the World Bank Human Development Network World Bank</p></div></font></body></html>