DRAFT PROGRAMME Day 1 – 29 February 2012 09:00 – 09.30 Registration & Coffee 09:30 – 10:00 Welcoming speeches 10.00 – 11.00 Plenary Session: New Trends and Developments in Social Entrepreneurship, with speakers expected from the UK and the rest of Europe. 11.00 - 11.30 Q&A 11.30 – 12.00 Coffee 12.00 – 13.30 Workshops on selected topics 13.30 – 15.00 Lunch 15.00 – 16.00 Plenary Session: Report back from workshops 16.00 – 17.30 Networking Market Place Time/location tbc Cocktail Day 2 – 1 March 2012 09.30 – 10.00 Registration & Coffee 10.00-11.00 Plenary Session:TheFuture of Social Entrepreneurship in the Region, with speakers expected from the region and Europe. 11:00 – 11.30 Q&A 11.30 – 12.00 Coffee 12.00 – 13.30 Workshops on selected topics 13.30 – 15.00 Lunch 15.00 – 16.30 Plenary Session: Report back from workshops and closing remarks 1 Suggested workshop topics (tbc): 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. Marketing Strategies: How to get consumers to shop social enterprise? Impact: How can we assess the societal impact of social enterprises?” Networks: What should be the role of networks supporting social entrepreneurs and social enterprises? Financing: How to connect investors and funders with social entrepreneurs? Social entrepreneurship and private sector relations: Can corporate social responsibility serve as a catalyst for strengthening social entrepreneurship? Technology: How to use internet and social media as tools for social entrepreneurship? European Perspective: What is the European perspective on social innovation and social entrepreneurship? Capacity-building: How to build skills for social entrepreneurs and social enterprises? Cross Sector Alliances: In what way can we create effective collaboration between social enterprises and the private sector, public sector and civil society sector? Enabling environment: How can governments create an enabling environment for social entrepreneurship? Sustainability: How can social enterprises act as a model for CSO sustainability? Structures: What are the different legal and financial structures for Social Enterprises? Environment and social entrepreneurship: How can social entrepreneurship support the green economy? Social entrepreneurship and youth: How to engage the younger generation in social entrepreneurship? Women and social entrepreneurship: What role do women play in social entrepreneurship? 2