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
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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?
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