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Virtual sessions
Global Nonprofit
Leaders Summit
January 31 - February 1, 2024

The event has concluded. Please visit us at: aka.ms/nonprofitcommunity

If you are a nonprofit executive excited about technology and the potential of AI for your organization’s mission, the inaugural Global Nonprofit Leaders Summit is for you. With AI, nonprofits have the potential to transform nearly every aspect of their work from small tasks to large-scale program impact.

In this two-day event, Microsoft invites nonprofits to join the inspirAItion—connect, be curious, and collaborate. Learn how to get started with AI and lead change in the era of AI.

The Global Nonprofit Leaders Summit is happening in Bellevue, WA, January 31-February 1. The full two-day agenda includes how-to sessions, demos, workshops, and opportunities to connect with leaders across the nonprofit community. The in-person experience is currently at capacity.

By popular demand: Virtual sessions have been added. To expand access to these valuable conversations, selected keynote sessions will be open to everyone in your organization to watch virtually on LinkedIn. See the agenda for sessions that will be livestreamed on both days.

Featured Speakers

  • Brad Smith

    Vice Chair and President
    Microsoft

  • Trevor Noah

    Comedian, TV Host, Author
    TrevorNoah.com

  • Dr. Fei-Fei Li

    Professor and Co-Director
    Stanford's Human Centered AI Institute

  • Jaime Teevan

    Chief Scientist and Technical Fellow
    Microsoft

  • Afua Bruce

    Author, The Tech that Comes Next
    Founder and Principal
    ANB Advisory Group

  • Vilas Dhar

    CEO
    Patrick J. McGovern Foundation

  • Neil Heslop OBE

    CEO
    Charities Aid Foundation

  • Natasha Crampton

    Chief Responsible AI Officer
    Microsoft

  • Jared Spataro

    CVP, Modern Work & Business Applications
    Microsoft

  • Alex Duncan

    CTO
    British Heart Foundation

  • Hadi Partovi

    Founder and CEO
    Code.org

  • Lauren Woodman

    CEO
    DataKind

  • Ben Sand

    Founder and CEO
    The Contingent

  • Jessica McCutcheon

    Associate Director,
    Data Operations and Governance
    National Forest Foundation

  • Woodrow Rosenbaum

    Chief Data Officer
    Giving Tuesday

  • Juan Lavista Ferres

    VP, Chief Data Scientist
    Microsoft

Agenda At-a-Glance

Virtual attendees will be able to watch the following keynote sessions on Day 1 (January 31) and Day 2 (February 1). Note that the Global Nonprofit Leaders Summit will be livestreamed from the in-person event happening in Bellevue, Washington. Additional breakout sessions scheduled at the event will not be livestreamed.

All times below in Pacific Standard Time (PST) - UTC-8



8:15 AM-12:30 PM
Virtual + in-person
Keynotes & Panels:
  • Welcome Day 1
  • Leadership in the era of responsible AI
  • What is AI? Is it for everyone?
  • Nonprofit leaders panel: How are nonprofits using AI?
  • Q&AI with Microsoft's Chief Questions Officer, Trevor Noah
  • All About Community
12:30 PM-2:00 PM
Lunch
12:30 PM-6:30 PM
In-person only
Community Zone:
  • Demo Jams featuring GitHub
  • Partner Lounges
  • Nonprofit Stories
  • Critical Conversations Experience
  • Story Booth
2:00 PM-3:00 PM
In-person only
How-to Sessions:
  • AI Skilling for Nonprofit Excellence
  • Empower Employees with AI Productivity Tools
  • Program impact on a global scale with AI
3:30 PM-4:15 PM
In-person only
Community Sessions:
  • Accelerate your fundraising, marketing and program delivery with the Microsoft Cloud
  • Meetup: Common Causes
  • Leveling up on AI Skills: Hands-on with real world use cases and roll out plans
4:45 PM-5:15 PM
In-person only
Closing Day 1
  • Partner Panel: AI use cases among nonprofits of all sizes
5:15 PM-6:30 PM
In-person only
  • Evening Reception featuring Tech for Social Impact Technology Partners