Programme Schedule for Social Business Day 2012

Social Business Day 2012

PROGRAMME SCHEDULE
June 28, 2012

07.00 - 09:00 Departure for Venue
09:00 - 09:30 Registration
09:00 - 09.20 Cultural Program by children from Gonoshasthaya Kendra
09:30 - 11:00 Opening Session

Welcome by MC: Ms. Lamiya Morshed, Executive Director, Yunus Centre

Opening remarks by Professor Muhammad Yunus

Speeches by Distinguished Speakers:

  • Professor Muhammad Yunus, Founder, Grameen Bank, Bangladesh
  • Astronaut Ron Garan, NASA, USA
  • H.E Shiro Sadoshima, Ambassador of Japan to Bangladesh, Japan
  • Mr. Kazuhiko Yazaki, President, Felissimo Corporation, Japan
  • Mr. Jean-Luc Perron, Managing Director, Grameen Crédit Agricole Microfinance Foundation (France)
  • Professor Dato Dr. Rahmah Mohamed, Deputy VC, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)
  • Ms. Patricia Lynch, Vice President, Kaiser Permanente, USA
  • Mr. Eric Lesueur, Project Director, Veolia Water, France
  • Ms. Rokia Rahman, Chairman, Media World Ltd, Bangladesh

Announcement of winners of the Social Business Plan Competition

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List of Panels and Panelists for Social Business Day 2012

Business Day, 2012

Concurrent Panel Sessions
Date: 28th June, 2012. Time: 11:45-13:15


Panel 1:

Subject: Youth, Technology and Social Business

Moderator: Mr. Mahfuz Anam, Editor, The Daily Star, Bangladesh

Panelists:

  • Ms. Nazneen Sultana, Managing Director, Grameen Communications, (Bangladesh)
  • Mr. Ahad Bhai, Managing Director, Panther Social, (Bangladesh)
  • Mr. Hans Reitz, Founder and Managing Director, Grameen Creative Lab, (Germany)
  • Mr. Enzo Cursio, Vice-President of the Permanent Secretariat of the Nobel Peace Laureates Summits, (Italy)
  • Mr. Kazi Huque, CEO, Grameen Intel, (USA)
  • Dr. Huzaifa Khorakiwala, CEO, Wockhardt Foundation, (India)

 

Panel 2:

Subject: Micro Finance and Social Business

Moderator: Professor H. I. Latifee, Managing Director, Grameen Trust (Bangladesh)

Panelists:

  • Dr. Aziz Akgul, President, TISVA (Turkey)
  • Ms. Parveen Mahmud, Managing Director, Grameen Telecom Trust (Bangladesh)
  • Ms. Luisa Brunori, Professor, University of Bologna (Italy)
  • Mr.Jurgen Hammer, CIO, Grameen Credit Agricole Microfinance Foundation (France)
  • Dr. Zasheem Ahmed, Managing Editor, Journal of Social Business & Director of Global Institute for New Economics, (United Kingdom)
  • Ms.Jannat-E-Quanine, General Manager, International Program Department, Grameen Bank (Bangladesh)

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