Devex

The New Era of Global Development:

Mainstreaming Social Entrepreneurship

Date

April 4, 2017

Location

Oxford, UK

In partnership with

Event Overview

On the occations of the 2017 Skoll World Forum, Devex highlighted a sector completely changing the global development game: social entrepreneurs.

The event explored new ways of connecting social entrepreneurs and the global development community by reimagining funding models that can lead to systemic change, and uncover potential interventions in the ecosystems supporting social entrepreneurs to drive greater impact. In addition to the event, Devex released a report examining how some of the biggest donors are fostering relationships with social entrepreneurs to tackle some of the world's most pressing issues in new, unexpected ways.

You can access the report here.

Speakers

Daniel Epstein

Founder & CEO, Unreasonable Group

Daniel believes entrepreneurship is the answer to nearly all the issues we face today. In 2012 he was recognized by Inc. Magazine as a “30 under 30 entrepreneur” and by Forbes as one of the “top 30 most impactful entrepreneurs” of the year.

Ella Gudwin

Founder & President, VisionSpring

Ella Gudwin heads up global operations to accelerate the uptake of eyeglasses in emerging and frontier markets for consumers who earn less than $4 a day. Ella is a seasoned global health executive and strategist.

Laura Kelly

Head of Business Engagement Hub, DfID

Laura currently leads Business Engagement at DFID. This encompasses promoting and supporting inclusive and responsible business and identifying innovative ways to work with business to increase development impacts.

Premal Shah

President, Kiva.org

Premal leads Kiva.org, a non-profit website that connects people through lending to alleviate poverty. Since 2005, over 1 million small businesses in + 75 countries have been financed by Kiva lenders.

Gayle Smith

President and CEO, The ONE Campaign

Gayle brings her experience of leading a staff of more than 10,000 people working to end extreme poverty, foster sustained and inclusive economic growth, and promote resilient, democratic societies all over the world.

Pete Troilo

Director, Global Advisory & Analysis, Devex

As director of global research and analysis, Pete’s primary goal is to make sense of development finance trends by providing practical, business-focused insights and guidance.