Pre-forum activities: Sunday, 22 March
Field visit (optional)
Registration
Welcome dinner
Day 1: Monday, 23 March
Time slot
Session
8-9AM
9-10AM
Breakfast
Opening session (Jaideep Prabhu, University of Cambridge & Asif Saleh, BRAC)
10-11AM
11-11:30AM
11:30-12:15PM
The evolution of social enterprise: BRAC’s experience (Tamara Hasan Abed, BRAC)
12:30-1:30PM
1:30-2:30PM
2:30-3:30PM
3:30-4PM
Coffee break
A new philosophy of development: Aavishkaar’s story (Vineet Rai, Aavishkaar)
Parallel sessions: Exploring sustainable models
Panel 1: Urban Solutions/ Water and Sanitation
Panel 2: Education (Katelyn Donnelly, Pearson Foundation)
Panel 3: Health (Thulasiraj Ravilla, Aravind Eye Care System; Harish Karakoti, BIMA, Gopi
Gopalakrishnan, World Health Partners)
Lunch
Parallel sessions: Entrepreneurial approaches towards development
Panel 1: Building the next generation of entrepreneurs (Munir Hasan, Bangladesh Open
Source Network; Nahidul Islam Rumel, Pranon Ltd.)
Panel 2: Shifting strategies around financial sustainability (DFID; BRAC Bank)
Coffee break
5-5:30PM
Technology as a sustainable platform for reaching the poor: Babajob’s story (Vir Kashyap,
Babajob)
Reflections on the day (Maria May, BRAC)
7-9PM
Dinner and entertainment
Time slot
Session
8-9AM
9-9:45AM
Breakfast
Unlocking the potential of impact investing (Durreen Shahnaz, Impact Investing Exchange)
9:45-10:30AM
Transitioning from non-profit mode to social enterprise (Shubhasis Pattnaik, Gram Vikas)
10:30-11AM
11-11:45PM
Coffee break
Is entrepreneurship an avenue for scalable solutions? (Devi Shetty, Narayana Health)
12-12:40PM
Parallel sessions:
Panel 1: Beyond CSR: innovative partnerships for social good (Unilever; Oxfam, GSK)
Panel 2: New models for financing (Sanchayan Chakraborty, Aavishkaar)
Panel 3: Supply chain
Parallel sessions:
Panel 1: How far we can go: eradicating extreme poverty (Chandra Shekhar Ghosh,
Bandhan; Runa Khan, Friendship International)
Panel 2: Innovations from the Bangladesh ecosystem (Grameen Telecommunications,British
Council, BRAC’s enterprises)
Panel 3: Innovations in measuring social impact (Samantha Morshed, Pebble)
Lunch
4-4:45PM
Day 2: Tuesday, 24 March
12:45-1:30PM
1:30-2:30PM
2:30-4PM
3:30-4PM
Reflections on building the world’s largest development organization: discussion with BRAC’s
founder (Fazle Hasan Abed, BRAC)
Coffee break
4-5PM
Closing remarks & Reception