FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8th, 2013: Pre-Summit Events - Ticknor Lounge, Harvard Yard, Cambridge MA, 02138

 

The Resolution Project Career Panel | 2:00PM-2:45PM

 

Social Venture Challenge Forum | 2:45PM-5:00PM

 

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9th, 2013: The Summit - Harvard Northwest Building, 52 Oxford Street, Cambridge MA, 02138

 

REGISTRATION & BREAKFAST | 8:30AM-9:30AM

TED-STYLE TALKS | 9:30AM-10:15AM

Andrew Yang, Founder, Venture for America

Jared Matthew Weiss, Founder and Chief Storyteller at Overture

Zhou Xian, Founder, Buy 42



KEYNOTE ADDRESS | 10:15AM-10:45AM

Tracy Palandjian, CEO, Social Finance USA



DISCUSSION PANELS | 10:45AM-11:45AM

Global Health | Innovation in Educational Models | Alternative Energy Solutions | Women's Empowerment and LGBTQ Advocacy | Innovation in the Public Sector



INNOVATION SHOWCASE | 11:45AM-1:15PM

Lunch, Office Hours, and Social Venture Challenge Finals will also be held concurrently.

 

PLENARY PANEL | The GameChangers: Building a New Model of Business | 1:15PM-2:00PM

Andrew Hewitt, Founder, GameChangers 500 (Panel Moderator)

David Oksman, Head of Marketing, Life is Good

Jesse Schultz, Director of Social Innovation, Warby Parker

Christine Madigan, Vice President of Responsible Leadership, New Balance

 

SPECIAL VIDEO ADDRESS | 2:00PM-2:15PM​

John Paul DeJoria, Founder, Paul Mitchell Systems | Founder, The Patron Spirits Company

 

KEYNOTE ADDRESS | 2:15PM-2:30PM​

Nishith Acharya, Former Director of Innovation & Entrepreneurship and Senior Advisor, U.S. Department of Commerce 

 

SKILLS WORKSHOPS | 2:30PM-3:30PM

Self-expression for Social Change | Public Speaking | Empathy and Leadership | Constructing a Theory of Change | EmBODYing Social Entrepreneurship | Systems Thinking for Systemic Change



DISCUSSION PANELS | 3:30PM-4:30PM
Social Impact Consulting | Designing a High Impact Social Venture | Social Media for Social Good | Finance with a Mission | Funding Your Initiative

SOCIAL VENTURE CHALLENGE AWARD CEREMONY | 4:30PM-5:00PM

 

KEYNOTE ADDRESS | 5:00PM-5:30PM
Arnoud Raskin, Founder, Streetwize | Founder, The Mobile School

 

CLOSING REMARKS | 5:45PM-6:00PM

 

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9th, 2013: Post-Summit Event - Sever Hall, Room 103, Harvard Yard, Cambridge MA, 02138

 

FILM SCREENING | 8:30 PM-10:00PM

Screening of "Behind the Label" with Q&A with Director and Producer after screening

 

Please note that the schedule may be subject to change at any time without prior notice.