Innovation Week

Join us for an exciting week with the Global Stoplight Network to discuss the latest trends in data and storytelling, technology and AI, and poverty elimination throughout the world.

Monday, July 6th – Friday, July 10thVirtual & Open to the Public

Monday, July 6th

Civic Tech and Social Impact

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT

As part of the Poverty Stoplight Innovation Week, this session explores how civic technology can advance transparency, accountability, and measurable social impact. Featuring Oluseun Onigbinde, co-founder of BudgIT and a leading advocate for fiscal transparency, open governance, and citizen engagement across Africa, and Julia Corvalan, PhD, Global Operations Manager at Poverty Stoplight and an international development expert focused on scaling social technologies in vulnerable communities, the conversation will examine how digital tools can empower citizens, strengthen institutions, and support community-led…

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Overperformance, Burnout, and Our Overdependence on Technology

2:00 PM – 3:00 PM GMT-3

As part of the Poverty Stoplight Innovation Week, this conversation explores chronic overperformance, burnout, and the growing role of screens, devices, and digital tools in shaping how we work, strive, compare, and disconnect. Drawing on themes from Life. Reclaimed: Find Freedom from Chronic Overperformance, Pippa Grange, a performance psychologist, culture coach, author, and ethical leadership fellow who has worked with elite teams and performers around the world, will reflect on how to keep the human at the center of ambition…

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Tuesday, July 7th

A Human-First, AI-Enabled Approach to Fighting Poverty

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM EDT

This session explores how artificial intelligence can help turn insight into action, strengthen human agency, and accelerate the journey to ending extreme poverty. Featuring Zahid Torres-Rahman of Business Fights Poverty, the conversation will draw on the organization's work as a global community of 30,000 professionals advancing lives, livelihoods, and access to learning. With more than 30 years of experience building partnerships for social impact, Zahid brings a practical perspective on how trusted relationships, knowledge-sharing, and collaboration can be strengthened by…

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