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AT A GLANCE
GUIDE TO OXFORD
ON SOCIAL
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
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Journey time 50 minutes.
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SHELDONIAN THEATRE
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impressive piece of
the most aristocratic
were burnt at the stake
that enclose and protect
was refused permission
classical architecture.
college at the
for heresy in 1555.
this magnificent building.
in 1645.
University of Oxford.
DAY 1
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15
9:00am–5:00pm
REGISTRATION
9:00–10:00am and 10:00–11:00am
FIRST CONNECTIONS
Founders’ Room, East Wing
9:00–10:30am and 10:30am–12:00pm
WALKING TOURS
From Entrance Hall, East Wing
11:30am–1:00pm
LUNCH
Garden Marquee
11:45am–1:00pm
LUNCH: DELEGATE-LED DISCUSSIONS
An Ecosystems Approach to Scaling Social
Entrepreneurs
Classroom 2, West Wing
Facilitator: Chris Jurgens
Global Megatrends: How Does Latin America Fare?
Seminar 1, West Wing
Facilitator: Natalie Alhonte
The Rising Tide of Entrepreneurship in MENA
Seminar 2, West Wing
Facilitator: Ossama Hassanein
The Future of Social Enterprise, the Future of Impact
Seminar 3, West Wing
Facilitator: Pamela Ryan
Sustainable Sanitation Solutions for Urban Slums
Seminar 4, West Wing
Facilitator: David Auerbach
Using Culture to Change Culture
Seminar 8, West Wing
Facilitator: Mallika Dutt
Mental Health Interventions: Pre- and Post-Disaster
Seminar 9, West Wing
Facilitator: Elaine Miller-Karas
Leveraging New and Old Technologies into Today’s
Education Models
Seminar 10, West Wing
Facilitator: Alexandra Berrio
1:30–2:45pm
SEMINARS
Fighting Poverty, Designing for Happiness
Edmond Safra Lecture Theatre, East Wing
Facilitator: Kevin Starr
The Dark Side of M&E
Rhodes Trust Lecture Theatre, East Wing
Facilitators: Andrea Coleman, Martin Fisher,
Carlos Miranda, Ehren Reed
Cutting Through the Clutter: Leveraging Media to
Get Attention
Lecture Theatre 4, East Wing
Facilitators: Morgan Clendaniel, Jim Fruchterman
Leveraging Time and Talent for Social Impact
Lecture Theatre 5, East Wing
Facilitator: Liz Hamburg
Coping, Thriving, and Soaring
Seminar Room A, East Wing
Facilitator: Barry Kerzin
3:00–4:15pm
SEMINARS
Behavioral Science, Design, and Other Creative Hacks
for Enabling Impact
Edmond Safra Lecture Theatre, East Wing
Facilitator: Mike Rios
Taking Your Donors and Fundraising to the Next Level
Rhodes Trust Lecture Theatre, East Wing
Facilitators: Teresa Guillien, Mark Rhode
Click and Tell: Going Viral in a Digital World
Lecture Theatre 4, East Wing
Facilitators: Rachael Clay, Adam Mordecai
The Future of Work
Lecture Theatre 5, East Wing
Facilitators: David Jones, Ben Knight, Bettina Warburg
Building and Coaching Your Team
Seminar Room A, East Wing
Facilitator: Sylvia Hacaj
5:00–6:30pm
OPENING PLENARY
New Theatre
7:15–9:30pm
DELEGATE DINNERS
University of Oxford Colleges
9:30–11:30pm
AFTER-HOURS PUB NIGHT
The Oxford Retreat
9:30–11:30pm
SUNDANCE INSTITUTE FILM SCREENING
Disruption
New Theatre
DAY 2
THURSDAY, APRIL 16
8:00–10:00am
BREAKFAST AND NETWORKING
Garden Marquee
8:30–9:30am
FIRST CONNECTIONS
Founders’ Room, East Wing
8:30–9:30am
GUIDED MEDITATION
Seminar 7, West Wing
10:00–11:15am
CORE SESSIONS
The Great Paradigm Shift
Nelson Mandela Lecture Theatre, East Wing
Moderator: Michael Green
Speakers: Paul Farmer, Diana Good, Eduarda la Rocque,
Michael Porter
The Resilience Exchange: Accelerating Social Change
Seminar 2, West Wing
Facilitator: Nancy Kete
Every Child in School and Learning Well: A Call to Action
Seminar 3, West Wing
Facilitator: Madhav Chavan
In Search of the Holy Grail: Evaluating for Impact
Seminar 4, West Wing
Facilitator: Fred Hersch
The Path from Innovation to Impact in Global Health
Seminar 8, West Wing
Facilitator: Priya Agrawal
The Promise of Social Entrepreneurship in
Emerging Markets
Seminar 9, West Wing
Facilitator: Randall Kempner
Moving Beyond the “Like” Button
Seminar 10, West Wing
Facilitator: Michael Skoler
1:15–2:30pm
CORE SESSIONS
The Story of Change: Revolution Begins in the Imagination
Edmond Safra Lecture Theatre, East Wing
Moderator: Jess Search
Speakers: Charmian Gooch, Dawn Porter, Carne Ross,
Pamela Yates
Zero Carbon the Climate Justice Way
Nelson Mandela Lecture Theatre, East Wing
Moderator: Ion Yadigaroglu
Speakers: Tasso Azevedo, Jeremy Grantham,
Sir David King, Mary Robinson
Bringing In Big Money: Innovative Financing Meets
Inclusive Business
Rhodes Trust Lecture Theatre, East Wing
Moderator: Robert Annibale
Speakers: Elizabeth Littlefield, Charlotte Oades,
Peter Tufano
When Beliefs Collide: Religion, Geopolitics, and Power
Edmond Safra Lecture Theatre, East Wing
Moderator: Gemma Mortensen
Speakers: Gidon Bromberg, Matthew Lawrence,
Carne Ross, Karen Tse
Down is Not Defeated
Lecture Theatre 4, East Wing
Moderator: Diana Aviv
Speakers: Ned Breslin, Cecilia Flores-Oebanda,
Kennedy Odede, Lola Young
India at the Crossroads
Lecture Theatre 5, East Wing
Moderator: Neera Nundy
Speakers: Rikin Gandhi, Tim Hanstad, Rohini Nilekani
11:30am–1:00pm
LUNCH
Garden Marquee
11:45am–1:00pm
LUNCH: CORE SESSIONS
Beyond Better: How Do We Know We’re Changing the
Status Quo?
Pyramid Room, West Wing
Moderator: Jeff Kehoe
Speakers: Vicky Colbert, Bill Drayton, Roger Martin,
Nandan Nilekani, Sally Osberg
Expect the Unexpected: Building in Plan B
Lecture Theatre 6, West Wing
Moderator: Cara Mertes
Speakers: David Bornstein, Jenny Bowen,
Orlando von Einsiedel
11:45am–1:00pm
LUNCH: DELEGATE-LED DISCUSSIONS
Building Partnerships for Impact at Scale
Classroom 2, West Wing
Facilitator: Bhaskar Chakravorti
Delivering Water’s Promise: Getting People the Water
They Need
Seminar 1, West Wing
Facilitator: Mary Renwick
Never Again? The Ebola Epidemic’s Warning About
Critical Infrastructure Gaps
Rhodes Trust Lecture Theatre, East Wing
Moderator: Rich Besser
Speakers: Anthony Banbury, Paul Farmer, Miatta Gbanya,
Eric Goosby
Global Development: What Should We Focus On and
How Will We Measure Success?
Lecture Theatre 4, East Wing
Moderator: Pamela Hartigan
Speakers: Patrick Awuah, Tomas Anker Christensen,
Michael Green, Bjorn Lomborg, Bunker Roy,
Dorothy Stoneman
Supplier Capacity Development: Moving from Enforcers
to Partners
Lecture Theatre 5, East Wing
Moderator: Dan Rees
Speakers: Aron Cramer, Michael Kobori, Louise Nicholls,
Nina Smith
3:00–4:30pm
NETWORKING ACTIVITIES
Human-Centered Design to Help Solve Youth
Employment: A Session with IDEO.org
Seminar Room A, East Wing
Speakers: Natalie Collins, Steve Cumming,
Sébastien Marot, Jocelyn Wyatt
Finding Your Story and Making it Count: A Session
with Sundance
Pyramid Room, West Wing
Speakers: Tabitha Jackson, Wendy Levy, Anjali Nayar,
Nicole Newnham, Dawn Porter, Cori Shepherd Stern
5:30–7:00pm
SKOLL AWARDS FOR SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP
New Theatre
7:00–9:00pm
SKOLL AWARDS RECEPTION
Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology
DAY 3
FRIDAY, APRIL 17
8:00–10:00am
BREAKFAST AND NETWORKING
Garden Marquee
8:30–9:30am
FIRST CONNECTIONS
Founders’ Room, East Wing
8:30–9:30am
GUIDED MEDITATION
Seminar 7, West Wing
10:00–11:15am
CORE SESSIONS
Unleashing Girls’ Power
Nelson Mandela Lecture Theatre, East Wing
Moderator: Mabel van Oranje
Speakers: Memory Banda, Lucy Lake, Graça Machel,
Rebecca Winthrop
Hot Topics: The Fine Line Between Informing and Shaping
Public Opinion
Edmond Safra Lecture Theatre, East Wing
Moderator: Sandy Herz
Speakers: Sarah Just, Solomon Mugera, Madhulika Sikka,
Ray Suarez
Funding Impact at Scale Through Market Segmentation
Rhodes Trust Lecture Theatre, East Wing
Moderator: Andrew Stern
Speakers: Debbie Aung Din Taylor, Dana Hovig, Sam Parker
Cities: Engines of Transformational Change
Lecture Theatre 4, East Wing
Moderator: Emily Kasriel
Speakers: Ben Barber, Rodrigo Guerrero,
Alessandra Orofino, Sue Riddlestone
How Fast Can Small Grow? The Case for Solar Power
Lecture Theatre 5, East Wing
Moderator: Aimee Christensen
Speakers: Harish Hande, Xavier Helgesen, Danny Kennedy,
Qi Ye, Stuart Rolland, Dipender Saluja
11:30am–1:00pm
LUNCH
Garden Marquee
11:45am–1:00pm
LUNCH: CORE SESSION
What’s So Funny? The Role of Comedy in Social Change
Lecture Theatre 6, West Wing
Moderator: Jess Search
Speakers: Caty Borum Chattoo, Jack Sim, Mechai Viravaidya,
Bassem Youssef
11:45am–1:00pm
LUNCH: DELEGATE-LED DISCUSSIONS
Mobilizing Technical Assistance to Catalyze
Inclusive Markets
Classroom 2, West Wing
Facilitator: Thomas Carroll
Lessons from a Social Entrepreneur
Seminar 1, West Wing
Facilitator: Andrea Coleman
Divesting from Fossil Fuels, Investing in
Healthy Energy
Seminar 2, West Wing
Facilitator: Gary Cohen
Scaling Social Impact: From Exploration to Action
Seminar 3, West Wing
Facilitator: Arbind Singh
Ending the Industrial Exploitation of Tropical Forests
Seminar 4, West Wing
Facilitator: Patrick Alley
Citizen Witnessing: Challenges and Opportunities
Seminar 8, West Wing
Facilitator: Yvette Alberdingk Thijm
Bridging Water and Politics to Achieve Scale
Seminar 9, West Wing
Facilitator: John Oldfield
The Shifting Tide of Human Rights Philanthropy
Seminar 10, West Wing
Facilitator: Darian Swig
1:15–2:30pm
CORE SESSIONS
The Age Before Impossible: Young Voices,
Big Dreams
Nelson Mandela Lecture Theatre, East Wing
Moderator: Kristin Gilliss
Speakers: Noam Angrist , Khalida Brohi,
Pamela Hartigan, Ahsan Jamil, Joseph Opoku,
Misan Rewane, Fred Swaniker, Jimena Vallejos
Food, Farming and the Future: How Can We Feed
a Growing Global Population Responsibly?
Edmond Safra Lecture Theatre, East Wing
Moderator: Debra Dunn
Speakers: Jason Clay, Willy Foote,
Kathleen McLaughlin, Jocelyn Wyatt
Tech Partnerships: Essential Impact Accelerators
Rhodes Trust Lecture Theatre, East Wing
Moderator: Noah Manduke
Speakers: Debbie Aung Din Taylor, Rebecca Moore,
Jason Payne, Carlos Souza, Jr., Joe Speicher,
Jim Taylor, Dan Viederman
Beating the Odds: Lessons Learned from Social
Innovators in Government
Lecture Theatre 4, East Wing
Moderator: Maura O’Neill
Speakers: Diana Good, Mary Robinson, Sabri Saidam
3:30–5:00pm
CLOSING PLENARY
New Theatre