UNB, Dhaka :
The 6th annual Social Business Day, organized by Yunus Centre, will be held at Bangabandhu International Conference Center (BICC) here on Thursday.
This year’s theme of the day is ‘We Are Not Job-Seekers, We Are Job-Givers -Turning Unemployment into Entrepreneurship’.
The gathering is organised every year as an opportunity to meet, connect and have discussions with the global social business community, aiming to develop effective solutions to solve society’s most pressing problems, for example and unemployment.
This event discusses the innovative ways to fight social and economic problems through social businesses, said a Yunus Centre press release.
The event which will be hosted by Nobel Laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus will be attended by more
than 1600 participants. Of them, over 250 international participants are from 30 countries, including Andrea Jung, President and CEO, Grameen America, Sharifah Hapsah Shahabudin, Senior Consultant, Prime Minister’s Department of Malaysia, Hans Reitz Founder and Managing Director, Grameen Creative Lab, Alex Counts, Founder of Grameen Foundation, Peter Hunt, Chairman of Grameen Australia, Mitsuro Izumo, CEO, Euglena Japan, Robert Johnson, President of Becker College, USA, Nirvana Chaudhary, CEO Chaudhary Foundation/ Nepal Social Business among many others.
Prof Muhammad Yunus will deliver the keynote speech.
There will be a Social Business Marketplace which will showcase the products and programmes of social business. As a highlight, there will be special Mela or fair of Nobin Udyokta’s (new entrepreneurs) products which will be displayed at the marketplace.
There will be three plenary sessions including Meet the Nobin Udyoktas, Sharing Experiences in Social Business around the World, and the Road Map Forward, with speakers from around the world giving their insights and programmes in discussions moderated by Professor Muhammad Yunus.
Besides, there will be 12 concurrent panel sessions such as Social Business and Academia, Methodology of Nobin Udyokta (new entrepreneur) programme, Microfinance as Social Business, Social Business and Technology, Sources of funds for Social Business, Meet the Nobin Udyoktas (new entrepreneurs) and Question & Answer on Social Business.
There will be a special panel on Social Business in Greater China. This year about 90 participants are attending from China, Taiwan and Hong Kong. These panel sessions will cover concept and best practices, present status, future plans of social business around the globe and enable a rich interaction among speakers.
The Social Business Day is observed every year on June 28. This year because of Ramadan the date has been shifted forward to May 28. The first Social Business Day was held in Dhaka on June 28, 2010.
The 6th annual Social Business Day, organized by Yunus Centre, will be held at Bangabandhu International Conference Center (BICC) here on Thursday.
This year’s theme of the day is ‘We Are Not Job-Seekers, We Are Job-Givers -Turning Unemployment into Entrepreneurship’.
The gathering is organised every year as an opportunity to meet, connect and have discussions with the global social business community, aiming to develop effective solutions to solve society’s most pressing problems, for example and unemployment.
This event discusses the innovative ways to fight social and economic problems through social businesses, said a Yunus Centre press release.
The event which will be hosted by Nobel Laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus will be attended by more
than 1600 participants. Of them, over 250 international participants are from 30 countries, including Andrea Jung, President and CEO, Grameen America, Sharifah Hapsah Shahabudin, Senior Consultant, Prime Minister’s Department of Malaysia, Hans Reitz Founder and Managing Director, Grameen Creative Lab, Alex Counts, Founder of Grameen Foundation, Peter Hunt, Chairman of Grameen Australia, Mitsuro Izumo, CEO, Euglena Japan, Robert Johnson, President of Becker College, USA, Nirvana Chaudhary, CEO Chaudhary Foundation/ Nepal Social Business among many others.
Prof Muhammad Yunus will deliver the keynote speech.
There will be a Social Business Marketplace which will showcase the products and programmes of social business. As a highlight, there will be special Mela or fair of Nobin Udyokta’s (new entrepreneurs) products which will be displayed at the marketplace.
There will be three plenary sessions including Meet the Nobin Udyoktas, Sharing Experiences in Social Business around the World, and the Road Map Forward, with speakers from around the world giving their insights and programmes in discussions moderated by Professor Muhammad Yunus.
Besides, there will be 12 concurrent panel sessions such as Social Business and Academia, Methodology of Nobin Udyokta (new entrepreneur) programme, Microfinance as Social Business, Social Business and Technology, Sources of funds for Social Business, Meet the Nobin Udyoktas (new entrepreneurs) and Question & Answer on Social Business.
There will be a special panel on Social Business in Greater China. This year about 90 participants are attending from China, Taiwan and Hong Kong. These panel sessions will cover concept and best practices, present status, future plans of social business around the globe and enable a rich interaction among speakers.
The Social Business Day is observed every year on June 28. This year because of Ramadan the date has been shifted forward to May 28. The first Social Business Day was held in Dhaka on June 28, 2010.
