The pre-dinner program, most of which this scribe unfortunately missed, featured Matthew Keller [Matt Keller], Vice President of Global Advocacy, One Laptop Per Child [http://laptop.org], and Salman Khan (Sal Khan), founder of Khan Academy [http://www.khanacademy.org] , an Internet library of hundreds of short educational videos.
Members of Ishaara [http://www.ishaaradance.com], a California based dance troupe, performed briefly before the dinner, and for a greater length after the dinner.