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Day 1: Monday, 23 March
Time slot
Session
Opening session
9-10AM
Jaideep Prabhu, University of Cambridge
Asif Saleh, BRAC
The evolution of social enterprise: BRAC’s experience
10-11AM
11-11:30AM
11:30-12:15PM
Tamara Hasan Abed, BRAC
Coffee break
A new philosophy of development: Aavishkaar’s story
Vineet Rai, Aavishkaar
Panel 1: Scaling up frugal solutions in health
Thulasiraj Ravilla, Aravind Eye Care System
12:25-1:25PM
1:25-2:25PM
2:30-3:30PM
Prachi Shukla, World Health Partners
Raghav Narsalay, Accenture Institute for
High Performance
Harish Karakoti, BIMA
Munir Hasan, Prothom Alo
Moderated by Sabina Rashid, BRAC
University
Nahidul Islam, Pranon Ltd.
Moderated by Asif Saleh, BRAC
Lunch
Panel 1: Solving urban challenges
Panel 2: Developing interventions along
supply chains
Anuj Sharma, Sarvajal
Satyan Mishra, Drishtee
Rajeev Kher, Sanitation Solutions Simplified
Tanvir Hossain, Aarong
Maqsood Sinha, Waste Concern
Moderated by Marat Yu, Business for Social
Responsibility
Moderated by Manisha Bhinge
3:30-4PM
Panel 2: Building the next generation of
entrepreneurs
Coffee break
Technology as a sustainable platform for reaching the poor
4-4:45PM
Vir Kashyap, Babajob
Moderated by Deepti Doshi, Internet.org
4:45-5:30PM
Panel: Exploring sustainable models in
education
Workshop: 10 things to learn from a social
entrepreneur
Harish Mamtani, SEED
Aditi Gupta, Menstrupedia
Vanita Shinde, Mann Deshi Business School
Jonathan Chang, Lien Center for Social
Innovation
Vinod Karate, STIR Education
Moderated by Erum Marium, BRAC
5:30-5:45PM
Reflections on the day
7-9PM
Dinner and entertainment
Day 2: Tuesday, 24 March
Time slot
Session
Unlocking the potential of impact investing
9-9:45AM
Durreen Shahnaz, Impact Investing Exchange
Moderated by Zoya Siddiqui, BRAC UK
9:50-11PM
Panel 1: Innovations from the Bangladesh
ecosystem
Panel 2: New models for financing
Pavel Hoq, Grameen Intel
Parvez Kotadia, Educate Girls
Ashfaq Enayetullah, Katalyst
Sanchanyan Chakraborty,
Aavishkaar
Herasuddin Mehedi Sajjad, BRAC Enterprises
Moderated by Masud Hossain, British Council
11-11:30AM
11:30-12:15PM
Moderated by Jerry Nicholson,
TinderCapital
Coffee break
Panel 1: Transitioning from non-profit mode to
social enterprise
Panel 2: How far we can go:
eradicating extreme poverty
Shubhasis Pattnaik, Gram Vikas
Chandra Shekhar Ghosh, Bandhan
Moderated by Ananya Raihan, Dnet
Runa Khan, Friendship
Moderated by Anna Minj, BRAC
12:25-1:25PM
Panel: Financing the next generation of
entrepreneurs
Case study: What does it take to
scale social enterprises?
Sarah Cooke, DFID
Harvey Koh, FSG
Mahmudul Hasan Sohag, OnnoRokom Group
of Companies
Jaideep Prabhu, University of
Cambridge
Moderated by Ishtiaq Mohiuddin, BRAC Bank
1:25-2:25PM
Lunch
Beyond CSR: innovative partnerships for social good
Ramil Burden, GlaxoSmithKline
2:30-3:15PM
Zaved Akhtar, Unilever
Moderated by Rumee Ali, BRAC
3:15-3:30PM
Coffee break
Reflections on building the world’s largest development organisation: discussion with
BRAC’s founder
3:30-4:30PM
Fazle Hasan Abed, BRAC
Moderated by Jaideep Prabhu, University of Cambridge
Closing remarks
4:30-5PM
Dr. Ahmed Mushtaque Raza Chowdhury, BRAC