About this event

Building on last years’ success, the International Business, Strategy and Innovation (IBSI) group, are delighted to host the 2^nd Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship (SIE) Workshop. Our aim is to bring together practitioners and academics interested in advancing impactful collaboration. The workshop will facilitate an open discussion on improving scholarship-practice alignment and highlight exciting new opportunities for conducting impactful SIE research. 

The workshop will feature presentations from social entrepreneurs, investors, and international researchers working on a range of complex ‘grand challenges’, including access to finance, education, migration, and employment. Attendees will also participate in a focused track discussing best practice and opportunities for collaboration in one of the following areas:

1. Refugee Entrepreneurship
2. Scaling Social Innovation for Impact
3. FinTech and Inclusion

Agenda

9.00-9.30	Arrival Drinks
9.30-10.00	Making a better world with Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship research Prof M.N. Ravishankar Loughborough University
10.00-10.40	Scaling a social enterprise in Nepal and Kenya: The CloudFactory story Mark Sears, CEO CloudFactory
10.40-11.20	A Vehicle for Engaged Scholarship Prof Monder Ram OBE, CREME Aston University
11.20-11.40	Coffee Break
11.40-12.20	Job creation through youth entrepreneurship Julienne Oyler, Executive Director, African Entrepreneur Collective
12.20-13.00	Partnering for social impact Cat Baron, Social Mission Programme Officer, Ben and Jerry’s
13.00-13.50	LUNCH Catering by Damascus Chef https://www.damascuschef.com/
13.50-14.30	Fintech and financial inclusion: opportunities for scholar-practitioner engagement Dr Andrea Lagna, Loughborough University
14.30-15.10	Refugee entrepreneurship and impactful research Dr Michelle Richey and Dr Jade Brooks, Loughborough University
15.10-15.30	Coffee Break
15.30-16.45	Breakout Session
	Refugee Eship FinTech for Inclusion Scaling for Social Impact
16.45-17.00	Wrap Up

To listen remotely to the presentations use the following links:

9.15- 13.15:  https://lboro.cloud.panopto.eu/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=52f8dd8c-9197-4fee-aa96-aacb0080d75d/

13.30-15.30: https://lboro.cloud.panopto.eu/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=a9325729-e4f6-4ba8-b95e-aacb008123ec/

Contact details

• Ruth Cufflin
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