PODER MAGAZINE ANNOUNCES FIRST-EVER PHILANTHROPY FORUM
DEDICATED TO THE AMERICAS
Nobel Peace Prize Winner Muhammad Yunus,
Director of Google.org Dr. Lawrence “Larry” Brilliant,
Founder of One Laptop Per Child Nicholas Negroponte and
UNICEF Executive Director Ann M. Veneman to serve as keynote speakers
Top U.S. and Latin American business and community leaders to discuss
complex issues surrounding private and corporate philanthropy in Latin America
Event to open with benefit concert by renowned Grammy-winning artist Juan Luis Guerra
with special appearances by Fher and Alex Gonzalez (Grupo Mana)
MIAMI, FL - February 26, 2008 - PODER Magazine, the premier publication for the
business elite focusing on U.S. Hispanic and Latin American policymaking and corporate
strategy, together with its partners - the City of Miami, Synergos.org, the John S. and James L.
Knight Foundation, the Inter-American Development Bank, Univision, Impremedia, the Miami
Herald Publishing Company, Foreign Policy magazine, Georgetown University, the Committee
to Protect Journalists and Miami Dade College - today announced that it will host a
Philanthropy Forum, dedicated to the Americas, on March 12, 2008 in Miami, Florida.
Keynote addresses on the importance of philanthropic programs as a means of social change
will be delivered by:
• Bangladeshi banker, economist and microfinance pioneer Muhammad Yunus, winner
of the Nobel Prize in 2006 for his work with the Grameen Bank, will be joined by
Alberto Ibargüen, the President and CEO of the John S. and James L. Knight
Foundation in Miami, Florida, in a conversation about innovation in philanthropy.
• Medical doctor, epidemiologist, technologist, author and philanthropist Dr. Lawrence
“Larry” Brilliant, the director of Google’s philanthropic arm Google.org.
• American computer scientist Nicholas Negroponte, Founder and Chairman of the One
Laptop per Child non-profit association and Founder and Chairman Emeritus of the
MIT Media Laboratory.
This unprecedented event aims to demystify the complex issues that hinder private and
corporate philanthropy today in Latin America, and will gather together top business leaders,
politicians, entertainers, academics and others from Latin America and the U.S. who recognize
the importance of philanthropy and are committed to changing the perception and dynamic of
charitable giving in Latin America.
The Forum will be chaired by Emilio Azcarraga, Chairman and CEO of Grupo Televisa, and
Bill Emmott, the former long-time Editor-in-Chief of The Economist magazine, will preside
over the forum. Participants of this invitation-only event, including Moises Naim, Editor-in-
Chief, Foreign Policy; Justin Rockefeller, Co-founder of Generation Engage; Luis Alberto
Moreno, President, Inter-American Development Bank; Jorge Ramos, Univision news anchor;
Cesar Gaviria, Former President of Colombia; Monica Lozano, Chairman of NCLR;
Jorge Perez, Chairman and CEO, The Related Group; Manuel Arango, Founder Mexican
Center for Philanthropy (CEMEFI); singer Ricky Martin; Haim Saban, Chairman and CEO, Saban Capital Group, and Chairman, Univision; Gustavo Cisneros, Chairman, Cisneros Group of
Companies; “Don Francisco” Mario Kreutzberger, founder of Chile's Telethon fundraiser and
host of Univision; and Donna Blackwell, Executive Director, The Desmond Tutu Peace
Foundation, will explore such subjects as philanthropy for educational causes, philanthropic
entrepreneurship, corporate social responsibility, the role of the immigrant community in
giving back to their native countries and the successful use of media, communications, and
celebrity to encourage charitable giving. Concluding the Forum will be the awarding of the
fifth annual PODER - Boston Consulting Group Business Awards, introduced by John C.
Clarkeson, Chairman Emeritus of The Boston Consulting Group.
The event will be opened with a fundraising concert by Latin America’s most renowned
Grammy-winning artist, Juan Luis Guerra, which will take place on the evening of March 11.
Proceeds from concert tickets will benefit “Ya es hora,” a historic, nonpartisan Latino civic
campaign that represents the largest and most comprehensive effort to incorporate Latinos as
full participants in the American political process.
Emilio Azcarraga said, “This forum will bring together individuals and organizations from
Latin America and the U.S. that have demonstrated philanthropic leadership and initiative and
understand that giving is good business. We are privileged to be joined by the likes of
Muhammad Yunus, Dr. Larry Brilliant and Nicholas Negroponte amongst a long list of other
renowned leaders, as they have demonstrated clearly the kind of effort we are looking to instill
and achievement we so desperately need to this region.”
Isaac Lee, PODER Magazine’s Editor-In-Chief said, “This event is the first-ever of its kind
and will break the taboo surrounding philanthropy in Latin America. We are striving not only
to raise awareness, but also to provide the opportunity for like-minded people and
organizations to discuss the challenges to providing Latin America with much needed
assistance from charitable giving.”
The PODER Philanthropy Forum is one of a series of events organized by PODER magazine.
PODER magazine is a monthly magazine that targets the business elite of the U.S. Hispanic
market. PODER also has editions in Colombia, Mexico and Chile, with articles that contain
unique and relevant business content. Under an exclusive content distribution agreement,
PODER also publishes a selection of articles from The Economist, the world¹s leading weekly
magazine.
For further information contact Juan Miguel Mora at (786) 351-0123 orjuan@page1media.com |
