The 13th Annual Social Enterprise Conference will be held on Feb 25-26, 2012 at the Harvard Business School and the Harvard Kennedy School. Register Now!
This year’s conference will feature two days of rich content at the Harvard Business School and Harvard Kennedy School. Our Saturday schedule is designed for a smaller and more practitioner-focused audience, while our Sunday schedule will feature approximately 100 speakers with a more general focus with a Pitch for Change Competition and Career Fair.
Headline Keynotes
· DR. LARRY BRILLIANT, President and CEO of Skoll Foundation’s Global Threats Fund and a leading world epidemiologist working towards solutions to multiple human ailments, “International Public Health Hero”, and former inaugural Executive Director of Google.org
· DAVID BLOOD, co-founder along with Al Gore of Generation Investment Management, a $7 billion investment partnership with socially-minded and sustainable approach, and retired CEO of Goldman Sachs Asset Management division
· DR. JUDITH RODIN, President of Rockefeller Foundation, a $3.5 billion foundation that funds social enterprises dealing with delivery of basic human necessities, and former President of the University of Pennsylvania
Young Entrepreneur Keynote Panelists
· LAUREN BUSH, fashion model, designer, former Student Ambassador of the UN World Food Programme, brain behind branded FEED bags and related initiatives to fight global hunger
· TAYLOR CONROY, DESTROY NORMAL blogger, conceiver of the Early Entrepreneurs Experiment, founder of a carbon-neutral real estate company, and author of the longest bio known to man.
Check out our blog to catch up on the most recent news on these change agents beyond their bios.
Expect incoming news regarding our graduate student Pitch for Change Competition, in affiliation with Dell (deadline January 20th) for substantial cash prize and consulting hour awards, along with our Career Fair, and our Saturday evening Networking Session at The Charles Hotel in Cambridge.
Some elements of the conference have already SOLD OUT. Limited tickets are available for Saturday and Sunday sessions.
REGISTER HERE TO SECURE YOUR SPOT
About the Social Enterprise Conference
The Social Enterprise Conference is the leading annual event that advances the practice and study of social entrepreneurship. In its 13th year, the gathering of more than 1,500 participants is the longest-running symposium of its kind. It has established a track-record among attendees for offering inspiring speakers, engaging workshops, illuminating panels, and door-opening networking. Directed and run by students from the Harvard Business School and the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, the conference builds on topical knowledge developed in the field, through academic study, and at similar events throughout the year.
