{"id":4930,"date":"2013-02-12T10:57:20","date_gmt":"2013-02-12T15:57:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/college.web.unc.edu\/?p=4930"},"modified":"2024-07-02T14:19:32","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T14:19:32","slug":"2013freytalk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/collegearchive.unc.edu\/?p=4930","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Changing the World through Innovation\u2019 is topic of March 4 talk"},"content":{"rendered":"
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John Kao<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

John Kao, author of \u201cInnovation Nation,\u201d and UNC alumnus Gary White, co-founder and chief executive officer of Water.org,<\/a> will discuss \u201cChanging the World through Innovation\u201d in a free public talk March 4 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.<\/p>\n

UNC Chancellor Holden Thorp, co-author of \u201cEngines of Innovation,\u201d will moderate the discussion at 5:30 p.m. in the auditorium (G-100) on the lower\/ground floor of the Genome Sciences Building on Bell Tower Drive. No tickets or reservations are required. Free parking is available after 5 p.m. in the Bell Tower parking deck.<\/p>\n

Kao and White come to Carolina as the 2013 Frey Foundation Distinguished Visiting Professors in the College of Arts and Sciences.<\/p>\n

Kao has been dubbed \u201cMr. Creativity,\u201d \u201ca serial innovator,\u201d and \u201cthe innovation sherpa.\u201d He is chairman of the World Economic Forum\u2019s Global Advisory Council on Innovation and founder and chairman of the Institute for Large Scale Innovation, a group of innovation leaders from around the world. He has written two books and three e-books about innovation and creativity. He has advised the governments of Finland and Singapore on their innovation strategies, as well as leading firms such as Nike and Intel.<\/p>\n

Kao earned a B.A. from Yale College, focusing on philosophy, and an M.D. in psychiatry from Yale Medical School. He also has an MBA from Harvard Business School, where he was asked to join the faculty during his first year of study there, and continued to teach for 14 years. He also is a jazz pianist, and he spent the summer of 1969 playing keyboards for rock legend Frank Zappa.<\/p>\n

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UNC alumnus Gary White<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

White and actor Matt Damon co-founded Water.org, a nonprofit dedicated to empowering people in the developing world to gain access to safe water and sanitation. White\u2019s entrepreneurial vision has driven innovations in the way water is delivered and financed, and his approach now serves as a global model. To date, Water.org has served about one million people. White has counseled organizations such as the Michael and Susan Dell Foundation, the MasterCard Foundation, the PepsiCo Foundation and the Hewlett Foundation on responses to the global water crisis.<\/p>\n

White has been inducted into the Philanthropy World Hall of Fame and was named an adviser to the Clinton Global Initiative. In 2011, TIME magazine included him on its list of the world\u2019s 100 most influential people. Last year he won the World Social Impact Award from the World Policy Institute and was named a Schwab Foundation Social Entrepreneur of the Year. \u00a0A graduate of UNC\u2019s Gillings School of Global Public Health, White received a Distinguished Alumnus Award from the school’s alumni association in 2002.<\/p>\n

The Frey talk complements UNC\u2019s Water in our World initiative, a two-year interdisciplinary academic theme that is exploring diverse aspects of the importance of water to human and natural life and the ongoing challenges associated with water scarcity and pollution.<\/p>\n

The Frey Foundation Distinguished Visiting Professorship was established in 1989 to bring to campus distinguished leaders from government, public affairs and the arts. UNC alumnus David Gardner Frey chairs the foundation established by his parents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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