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#1

Welcome & Opening Remarks

#2

Registration/Check-In

#3

Partnering for Evidence-based Innovation with the Private Sector: The Global Innovation Fund

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An Introduction to Blockchain

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A Social Rate of Return Approach to Measuring the Portfolio-level Impact of Social Innovation Funds: A Case Study of the Development Innovation Ventures Program

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Nudging Our Way Toward Better Development Outcomes: How the Use of Behavioral Science Innovations Can Drive Cost-Effectiveness

#7

The Walmart Model: Process Improvements to Drive Cost-effective Scale-up of Evidence-based Innovations

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Closing Remarks

#9

Lunch

#10

The Ultra-Poor Graduation Model: Leveraging Rigorous Evidence and Ongoing Iteration to Scale One of the Most Effective Poverty Alleviation Innovations in Development

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When Do Innovation and Evidence Change Lives?

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Forecasting, Tracking, and Evaluating Impact: The Global Innovation Fund’s Approach to Practical Impact Analysis

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Improving Ongoing Programmatic Decision-making: Innovations in Monitoring, Evaluation, Research, and Learning

#14

Reception

#15

From Evaluation Findings to Impact at Scale: How Researchers and Social Entrepreneurs Are Collaborating to Put Evidence into Action

#16

Evidence and Evaluation in U.S. Foreign Assistance: A Historical Perspective

#17

Learning from the Best: The Potential for Machine Learning Innovations in International Development

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Overcoming Barriers to Scale: Lessons from Successful Businesses and Organizations

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Innovation to Action: Recognizing Leaders in Innovation

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Design to Impact: Developing Human Centered Strategies for Sustainability

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Geospatial Technology: A New Perspective on Development Challenges

#22

Building Innovation Culture: Development Organizations on the Rise

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Beyond the Big Idea - Navigating Pathways to Scale

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Paying for Results in Development: Advice for and from Practitioners

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Beyond Products: Ecosystem Approaches to Fostering Local Innovation

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Digital Identity for Inclusive Development

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Reaching Deep in Low-income Markets: Enterprises achieving impact, sustainability, and scale at the base of the pyramid

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Innovations in Agriculture: Scaling Solutions for Smallholder Farmers

#29

Decision-Focused Evaluations: A Practical Guide

#30

Why Not Cash? A Conversation about How Development’s Simplest Idea Came to Be Its Most Proven Intervention

#31

Scaling Evidence-based Innovations in Education with Government Partners

#32

Evidence Use Today in U.S. Foreign Assistance - How Do We Measure Up?

#33

Our Conflict Blind Spot: Have we been thinking about the problem the wrong way?

#34

Refreshment Break

#35

Closing the the Gender Digital Divide for Women's Economic Empowerment

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A Million Lives or More

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Closing the Financing Gap: Supporting Thriving Enterprises in Emerging Markets

#38

Evidence Resource Hub

#39

Registration/Check-In

#40

Applying Science, Technology, and Innovation to Development Challenges: A Vision for the Future

#41

Where Defense and Development Meet

#42

Lunch

#43

Systematic Reviews 101: Using and Commissioning Systematic Evidence in International Development

#44

Building Evidence into USAID Program Design: Academia-Donor Partnerships in Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance

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Poverty Measurement in the Age of Lean Data: An Introduction to the Progress out of Poverty Index (PPI)

#46

Digital Development - Building the Infrastructure of the 21st Century

#47

Innovation Marketplace: Cutting Edge

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Transitioning from Paper to Digital Data Collection for Non-Techies: An Introduction

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Innovation Marketplace: Stability and Security

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Refreshment Break