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Do you ever feel like a fraud?  Not the kind who swindles the vulnerable out of their hard-earned savings or phishes for credit card digits online, but the kind who presents herself more authoritatively than she should? Masquerading as an expert? Or is it just me?

My brain is reeling. What I’m imagining are the myriad ways in which the ideas and people brought together at SwitchPoint might combine, collaborate, and go forth into the world.

What do vaccines, beer, and bread have in common? Learning about yeast fermentation and its role in vaccine development, micro-brewing, and baking was one of many fascinating discussions at this year’s SwitchPoint 2014 conference, organized by IntraHealth International.

"What happened yesterday was—forgive me—Saxa-powerful,” said Aaron Sherinian of the UN Foundation today. He was the first speaker on stage Friday during the second and final day of SwitchPoint 2014 in Saxapahaw, North Carolina. And today was just as (ahem) Saxa-powerful.

We covered a lot of ground for global good at SwitchPoint today. In case you couldn’t join us, here are some highlights.

When President Obama declared North Carolina the country’s newest innovation hub, it came as a surprise to many.  Many in the U.S. don’t know we’re a wellspring of technical start-ups and biomedical breakthroughs. Or that our Triangle area inspires an unlikely passion for entrepreneurship and progress. And even those who live here may not know that we’re also a hotbed of global health and international development activity.

Sika Nabiliou, an African architectural prodigy from Togo, is one of 30 social innovators who will be speaking at SwitchPoint April 24-25. One is a British mobile phone guru who has become a storyteller of "reluctant innovators," propelling some of the most exciting social innovations outside the traditional development system. Another is an architectural wunderkind from Togo in West Africa who leads a team that recycles old plastic bags into building materials.

International experts, entrepreneurs, and philanthropists will gather in North Carolina next month to form partnerships and find solutions to some of the greatest global health and development challenges of our day.

"The Beat Making lab started as a class at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. But its creators, Stephen Levitin – aka, Apple Juice Kid – and Pierce Freelon, quickly took it to a new level."

The private sector brings more than just money to the table when it comes to global health. But where were our private-sector partners in Recife?