Deploying Innovations to Create a Better Future for the World: Creating a System to Accelerate Use of Relevant Solutions

The world has many proven technologies but no unified mechanism to deploy them rapidly at scale.
The Global Solutions Institute (GSI) created a platform, the Global Deployment System (GDS), to address this gap. The GDS accelerates both the domestic and international rollout of solutions to some of the world’s biggest challenges in food, water, healthcare, the environment, and energy.
Core GDS components are:

• Deployment Registries: catalog of ready-to-deploy technologies and other solutions from companies and NGOs
• Funding Sources: a matrix of public and private financing options
• Deployment Partners: networks of implementers worldwide including GDS’s flagship, the GSI Fulbright Initiative. That Initiative mobilizes over 200,000 alumni in 160+ countries where local committees assess national needs and connect proven technologies with the best deployment partners.

This panel ‘s representatives from those components will discuss how the GDS can scale solutions, in the U.S. and abroad, to create a better future for the world.

One example of how this works: Through GSI, onecompany discovered a huge potential new market abroad for its energy solution.

MODERATOR:

Mark W. Grobmyer
Chairman, Global Solutions Institute
Mark W. Grobmyer is an attorney with substantial investment banking and international law experience. He is Chairman of the Global Solutions Institute which matches global problems with technology and other solutions and then seeks to accelerate the deployment of the solutions at scale globally. He also serves on a Blue Ribbon Climate Panel related to the UN Foundation and as Managing Director of the P80 Group Foundation. Read full profile…

PANEL:

Chris Alsip
Sr. Director of Enterprise Strategy, Tyson Foods
Chris Alsip is Sr. Director of Enterprise Strategy at Tyson Foods, one of the world’s largest food manufacturers. In this role, Chris leads the company’s annual strategic planning process and heads Tyson Ventures, the organization’s investment arm focused on driving innovation in the food industry. With over 30 years of experience spanning corporate finance, treasury management, investor relations, R&D, and corporate strategy, Chris brings a wealth of expertise to the stage. Read full profile…

Tammy Hettinger
Executive Director, Fulbright Assn.
Tammy Hettinger is the Executive Director of the Fulbright Association, where she leads a national network of over 140,000 U.S. Fulbright alumni and 54 chapters committed to advancing global understanding and. collaboration. A changemaker dedicated to building strategic partnerships and driving mission-driven impact, Tammy brings more than 20 years of leadership experience across the nonprofit sector. Read full profile…

Leo LaBranche
CEO, Unified Digital Group
Leo LaBranche is CEO of Unified Digital Group, where he leads digital transformation initiatives for the world’s most influential multi-generational families and enterprises. With over 25 years of technology leadership experience, including roles as Managing Director of AWS Growth Initiatives at Amazon Web Services and SVP Client Executive at Avanade (JV between Microsoft & Accenture), Leo specializes in leveraging cutting-edge technologies to create transformative outcomes at massive scale. Read full profile…

Mark Walsh
Managing Director, Ruxton Ventures, LLC
I was once introduced as “Someone who connects the Dots: dot.com, dot.edu, dot.org and dot.gov”. I thought that was pretty good. I have been so lucky to be part of amazing organizations that changed the marketplaces they were in: HBO to TV, AOL to consumer communications, VerticalNet for B2B interaction, the Democratic Party as we discovered the internet for voters, recently running the venture capital and growth equity fund for the U.S. Government…. then Seed and Early Stage Venture Capital with Ruxton Ventures and now some real “cold-crank” startup efforts. Read full profile…