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- Guest Speakers @ Art4Development.Net's Educational Events:

• Beatrice Spadicini, Communication Director, CARE International (talked about HIV/AIDS, September '05 )
• Carol Welsch, US Coordinator for the UN Millennium Campaign, UNDP (talked about the MDGs, December '05)
• Natasha Marks, Global Leadership Institute Director, Vital Voices (talked about Women and Gender issues, April '06)
• David Waskow, International Program Director, Friends of the Earth (talked about Environmental Challenges - global warming and climate change, June '06)
• Yildiz Yagci, CEO and President of Anatolian Artisans (talked about artisanship, micro-enterprises, economic development and poverty alleviation, November '06)
• Panel: "Women Crossing Borders and Engaging Creativity for Empowerment" (March '07)
  • Ruth Freedom Pojman, Senior Anti-trafficking Advisor, Europe and Eurasia (E&E) Bureau of USAID
  • Teresa Genta-Fons, Lead Counsel, Latin American and Caribbean Practice Group, World Bank
  • Suzanne Jackson, Professor of Law, the George Washington University
  • Laurel Victoria Gray, Artistic Director, Silk Road Dance Company
  • Adyline Waafas Ofosu-Amaah, Sr. Gender Specialist, Gender and Development, World Bank
  • Ricki Weisberg, Strategic Initiatives Manager, Women for Women International
• Panel: "Creative Diversity–Diverse Creativity: A Dialogue on Arts, Cultural Exchange, and Social Development" (May '07)
  • Guest Speaker: Felix Angel, Cultural Center Director, Inter-American Development Bank
  • Dr. Mark Jacobs, Assoc. Prof. of Sociology, George Mason University
  • Dorinda White, President, Women in Film and Video
  • Patrick Madden, Executive Director, Sister Cities International
  • Timothy Davis, Owner and Director, International Visions Gallery
  • Elizabeth Murray, Program Development Manager, VSA Arts/Kennedy Center

- Awareness Creation | Presentations by Art4Development.Net:

Disseminating the Interdisciplinary Creative Development Approach

• Global Youth Microenterprise Conference, Washington DC (September 2007)
• International Humanitarian Aid and Development (DIHAD) Conference, Dubai, UAE, (April 07)
• University of Maryland, Dangerous Places; Potential Spaces Conference, College Park, MD, USA (May 06)
• Global Health Council, 33rd Annual International Health Conference, Washington DC, USA (May 06)
• Salvation Army, Rotaract Club, Washington DC, USA (April 06)
• University of North Carolina, Creative Action Conference, Greensboro, NC, USA (March '06)
• Kings College, UK's Social and Economic Research Council, Social Marketing Seminar Series, London, UK (December '05)
• 6th Global Leadership Forum, Istanbul, Turkey (June 04)

  Art4Development.Net participated at the 6th Global Leadership Forum, which took place on June 24-27, 2004, in Istanbul. The Global Leadership Forums are dedicated to promoting a multi-disciplinary approach to fostering a dialogue among civilizations following a synthesis of the Harvard University Model of Organizational Change, The Center for Creative Leadership Personal Psychology Model for Effective Management, and the United Nations Public Affairs Model. These forums bring together delegates from over 100 countries. The conference in June 2004 concentrated on: (i) leadership and humane governance; (ii) corporate social responsibility and the private sector; and (iii) inter-cultural cooperation and capacity building, in order to think creatively about new paradigms of leadership and to tackle the challenges posed by the exercise of leadership in the region and in the world.

  Art4Development.Net founder and president Nil Sismanyazici Navaie presented the "Creative Capacity Building: A multidisciplinary and multisectoral approach in development with arts" paper at this forum. The presentation, based on the Soceital Arts Marketing concept written by Navaie and published by Elsevier, provided a glimpse on the arts and development issues and their correlation. It also captured the importance of the arts and partnerships in sectors at local and global settings by providing sound international examples. The cases described by Art4Development.Net depicted the utilization of different types of art forms in addressing educational, social, cultural, political, and economic development issues all around the globe.

  Art4Development.Net's goal at this forum was to create awareness on complementary creative thought and action methods in fighting underdevelopment, poverty, illiteracy, children and youth at risk, gender inequality, ethnic conflicts, and ecological complexities, particularly in attaining the Millennium Development Goals.