Concordia Announces Speakers For Its Fourth Annual Summit

NEW YORK, Sept. 3, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Concordia will host its fourth annual Summit September 29 - 30 in New York City. The 2014 Summit entitled, Scaling Proven Solutions Through Collaboration, will convene the world's most prominent business, government and nonprofit leaders to discuss the instrumental role of public-private partnerships in tackling the world's toughest development challenges. The agenda will also include an official convening of the Leadership Council, including seven former Heads of State representing three continents.

The featured participants of this year's Summit include: Senator Amy Klobuchar, Senator John McCain, Dr. Mehmet Oz, Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., District Attorney, New York County, T. Boone Pickens, CEO, BP Capital and Letty Ashworth, Director, Global Diversity, Delta Air Lines.

"Concordia was founded in 2011 with a principle focus on public and private sector collaboration. Fueled by convening forums around the world and research through an annual Partnership Index, we have become best known for our annual global summit," said Concordia Co-Founder Matthew Swift.

"The summit aims to highlight successful partnerships and cover world affairs for our community of public and private sector leaders from around the world," said Concordia Co-Founder Nicholas Logothetis.

In addition to the annual gathering, Concordia's Leadership Council will be meeting at the New York Stock Exchange to discuss ways in which Concordia can strengthen the emphasis on public-private partnerships around the world. In addition to the meeting, Concordia is also announcing the appointment of George M. Logothetis, Chairman and CEO of Libra Group, as Leadership Council Co-Chairman.

"The Concordia Summit is an opportunity for leaders from the public, private and non-profit sectors to share solutions to pressing global problems," said Libra CEO and Concordia Leadership Council Co-Chairman, George Logothetis.  "I am very proud to become the Co-Chairman of Concordia and am extremely eager to work with the team as they finalize preparations for their fourth summit. A forum where leaders come together can be a very powerful tool for important and positive change." 

Leading up to the Summit, Concordia will host a social media contest sponsored by Delta Air Lines. The contest, which will launch September 3 on Twitter, will ask individuals in the continental United States to submit "selfies" depicting diverse examples of collaborations in their community using the hashtag #P3Selfie. Winners will receive free roundtrip airfare and a two night stay at the Grand Hyatt in New York City, as well as tickets to the 2014 Concordia Summit. For rules and regulations, visit:  www.concordia.net/p3selfie/.

For more information on the Concordia Summit, including the full program, visit http://concordia.net/. Follow us on Twitter at @Concordiasummit and Facebook at www.facebook.com/TheConcordiaSummit for news and highlights. The event hashtag is #Concordia14.

Additional speakers include:

• Dr. William Antholis, Managing Director, The Brookings Institute
• José María Aznar, former President, The Government of Spain
• Dr. Ian Bremmer, Founder, The Eurasia Group
• Jeanie Buss, President, Los Angeles Lakers
• Ambassador Paula J. Dobriansky, Senior Fellow, Harvard University
• Fernando Fabre, President, Endeavor Global
• Anita McBride, former Chief of Staff, Office of Mrs. Laura Bush
• Cindy McCain, The McCain Institute
• David Patterson, former Governor, State of New York
• Salil Shetty, Secretary General, Amnesty International
• Dr. C. Michael Smith, President, American University of Afghanistan
• Frances Townsend, former Homeland Security Advisor to the President of the United States
• Álvaro Uribe, former President, Colombia
• Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga, former President, Republic of Latvia
• Joe Vittoria, former Chairman and CEO, Avis

About the Concordia Summit:
Since 2011, the Concordia Summit, Concordia's signature event, has been convening the world's most prominent business, government, and nonprofit leaders to promote effective public-private partnerships. By connecting investors, government officials, and civil society leaders, it is developing a powerful community of like-minded individuals and organizations united by a common goal: partnering for impact. For any questions, please contact [email protected].

SOURCE Concordia