Social Business Day 2017

28-29 July, 2017 Zirabo, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Program Schedule

7th Social Business Day 2017

“Can Wealth Concentration be Stopped?"

Day 1 : Friday, July 28, 2017
Morning  
  Transfer from Hotel
  Reach Venue
08:00 AM – 09:10 AM Registration
09:11 AM National Anthem
09:15 AM Opening Ceremony
09:15 AM – 09:20 AM Cultural Program
09:20 AM – 09:25 AM Welcome by Ms. Lamiya Morshed, Executive Director, Yunus Centre
09:25 AM – 09:40 AM Opening Speech by Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus
09:40 AM – 09:55 AM Keynote Speech by Mr. Thomas Gass, Assistant Secretary General, United Nations,Representative of UNSG
09:55 AM – 10:00 AM Greeting Speech by Mr. Joël Bouzou, President of World Olympians Association.
10:00 AM – 10:20 AM Greeting Speeches by other VIPs
10:20 AM – 10:35 AM Video Greetings
10:35 AM – 11:00 AM End of Opening Ceremony, Refreshments and Departure of Invited Guests
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Opening Plenary: “Can We Stop Wealth Concentration?”
12:00 PM – 12:45 PM ANNOUNCEMENTS PART I
 
  1. YSB Fund, Bangalore
  2. Action Tank, India
  3. Announcement and video of GSBS
  4. Global Social Business Creation Competition
  5. Signing of YSBC’s
    • UABC, México
    • Chandigarh University, India
    • Catholic University of Zimbabwe
    • Universiti Putra Malaysia
    • Bethlehem University, Palestine
    • The Chinese University of Hong Kong
12:45 PM – 02:00 PM

Jumma Prayer

Lunch

Visit to Marketplace

Networking

Afternoon I  
02:00 PM – 02:35 PM PECHA KUCHA PART I
 
  1. Paris City Social Business
  2. Grameen China
  3. Barcelona Social Business City
  4. Danone Communities Fund
  5. Grameen Telecom Trust (GTT)
  6. Nepal Social Business Fund
  7. Academia: Update about YSBC
02:35 PM – 02:45 PM Mega Projects- Samajik Convention Centre Project, Hospitals and Telecom Bhaban
02:45 PM – 03:35 PM Plenary II: Sports, Athletics and Social Business
03:35 PM – 04:55 PM PANEL SESSIONS: (Please Register to book your seat)
  Panel 1:  Youth: Youth as the driving force behind social business
  Panel 2:  Plastic Ocean: How do we protect ourselves from plastic invasion?
  Panel 3:  Finance: Are there any breakthroughs for financing social business?
  Panel 4:  Technology: Technology for social business and social business for technology
  Panel 5:  Nobin Program (New Entrepreneurs): Is it possible to turn unemployment into entrepreneurship? Experiences from the Nobin program in Bangladesh
  Panel 6:  Social Business Academia: How to incorporate social business into academia
  Panel 7:  Healthcare: New frontier in healthcare through social business
  Panel 8:  Microfinance and Social Business: Impacts, challenges, and the future of microfinancing social business
  Panel 9:  International Replication: Social business initiatives in various countries – lessons learned
  Panel 10:  Employees for Social Business: Danone experience presented by Danone employees
  Panel 11:  Creativity and Arts: Harnessing creativity and arts into promoting and solving social issues
  Panel 12: Sports, Athletics and Social Business: Promoting social business via athletics and the Olympic movement
  Panel 13:  Social Business Championship 2017: SBYA Global Contest Result
04:55 PM – 05:10 PM Refreshments
05:10 PM – 06:05 PM Plenary III: Action Tank: Present and Future of Corporate Action Tanks
06:05 PM – 06:15 PM Musical Performance
06:15 PM End of the Day’s Program
06:20 PM Departure for Hotel
Day-2 : Saturday, July 29 2017
  Transfer from Hotel
  Reach Venue
Morning  
09:05 AM – 12:05 PM COUNTRY FORUMS (Please Register to book your seat)
  1.    Bangladesh Forum
  2.    China Forum
  3.    Malaysia Forum
  4.    Australia, New Zealand, Pacific Forum
  5.    India Forum
  6.    Thailand Forum
  7.    Japan Forum
  8.    European Forum
  9.    Latin American Forum
  10.   Sub National Forum: Chittagong Forum
09:05 AM – 10:30 AM PANEL SESSIONS PARALLEL TO COUNTRY FORUM
(Please Register to book your seat)
  Panel 1: How to find joint venture partners for social business
  Panel 2: Social Business replication
  Panel 3: Social business for physically challenged people
10:30 AM – 10:50 PM Refreshments
12:10 PM – 01:00 PM Plenary IV: Education and Social Business: Discussion with VC’s about Social Business
01:00 PM – 02:00 PM

Lunch

Visit to Marketplace

Networking

Afternoon  
02:10 PM – 02:45 PM ANNOUNCEMENTS PART II
 
  1.  Social Business Champ 2017
  2. Social Business course for small business entrepreneurs in the US
  3. Update on Social Business Pedia
  4. Grameen-Japan Auto World
02:50 PM – 03:25 PM PECHA KUCHA PART II
 
  1. YSB Global
  2. Plastic Ocean
  3. Grameen Intel
  4. Chittagong Social Business Centre
  5. Mobile Diagnosis App
  6. Nobin Program
  7. Chinese Social Business
03:30 PM – 03:55 PM Special Presentation by Mr. Rahul Bose, Actor, Activist and Film Director, National Rugby Player, India
04:00 PM – 05:00 PM Closing Plenary V: Reports from Country Forums
05:10 PM – 05:30 PM Closing remarks by Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus
05:30 PM – 05:35 PM Cultural Program
05:35 PM End of the SBD Programme 2017
05:40 PM Departure for Hotel
Day 3 : Sunday, July 30, 2017
The Pre Academia Conference will take place on July 30 after Social Business Day 2017. It will be a half day conference taking place at the Samajik Convention Centre in Jirabo. It is expected that approximately 200 people will attend this meeting. The pre academia conference is also a preparatory step towards organizing the Academia Conference in Paris on 8-9 November.
9.30 AM Registration Starts
10.00 AM Opening remarks by Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus
10.15 AM Update and Discussion on Academia Network and YSBCs
11.00 AM Update and Discussion on Academia Conference in Paris
12.00 PM Breakout Sessions (Proposed Topics)
 
  1. Elaborating a social business course (or other topic)
  2. Emerging research issues and present research agenda in various universities.
  3. Financing of research on social business.
  4. PhD scholarships for YSBCs.
1.00 PM Group Presentations
1.30 PM Open Discussion
2.00 PM Final Remarks by Professor Muhammad Yunus
2.05 PM Lunch