Programme Schedule for Social Business Day 2012
Social Business Day 2012
PROGRAMME SCHEDULE
June 28, 2012
PROGRAMME SCHEDULE
June 28, 2012
07.00 - 09:00 Departure for Venue
09:00 - 09:30 Registration
09:00 - 09.20 Cultural Program by children from Gonoshasthaya Kendra
09:30 - 11:00 Opening Session
Welcome by MC: Ms. Lamiya Morshed, Executive Director, Yunus Centre
Opening remarks by Professor Muhammad Yunus
Speeches by Distinguished Speakers:
- Professor Muhammad Yunus, Founder, Grameen Bank, Bangladesh
- Astronaut Ron Garan, NASA, USA
- H.E Shiro Sadoshima, Ambassador of Japan to Bangladesh, Japan
- Mr. Kazuhiko Yazaki, President, Felissimo Corporation, Japan
- Mr. Jean-Luc Perron, Managing Director, Grameen Crédit Agricole Microfinance Foundation (France)
- Professor Dato Dr. Rahmah Mohamed, Deputy VC, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)
- Ms. Patricia Lynch, Vice President, Kaiser Permanente, USA
- Mr. Eric Lesueur, Project Director, Veolia Water, France
- Ms. Rokia Rahman, Chairman, Media World Ltd, Bangladesh
Announcement of winners of the Social Business Plan Competition
11:00 - 11:45 Tea break and Exhibition Display Tour
11:30 - 11:40 Signing of MOU by Dailo Foundation, Yunus Social Business and Hope for Haiti in presence of the media
11:45 - 13:15 Concurrent Panel Discussions:
11:30 - 11:40 Signing of MOU by Dailo Foundation, Yunus Social Business and Hope for Haiti in presence of the media
11:45 - 13:15 Concurrent Panel Discussions:
- Youth, Technology and Social Business
- Microfinance and Social Business
- Financing and Legal Aspects of Social Business
- Social Business and Academia
- Social Business, the Environment and Renewable Energy
- Social Business and Employment Creation
- Social Business for the Disabled and the Disadvantaged
- Social Business for Healthcare and Nutrition
13:30 - 15:00 Lunch Break
13:50 - 14:55 Screening of ‘Bonsai People' in auditorium
15:00 - 15:10 Reconvene in auditorium and viewing of ‘The Simpsons' clip
15:10 - 15:15 Introduction of the Special Guest of Grameen Creative Lab, NASA Astronaut Ron Garan by Professor Muhammad Yunus
15:15 - 16:30 Speech and presentation by NASA Astronaut Ron Garan
16:30 - 17:00 Professor Muhammad Yunus honors Special Guests
17:00 - 18:30 Closing Session
Speeches by Distinguished Speakers:
- Professor Muhammad Yunus, Founder, Grameen Bank, Bangladesh
- Astronaut Ron Garan, NASA, USA
- Mr. Mahfuz Anam, Editor, The Daily Star, Bangladesh
- Ms. Saskia Bruysten, CEO, Yunus Social Business, Germany
- Hans Reitz, Managing Director, Grameen Creative Lab, Germany
- Professor Masaharu Okada, Kyushu University, Japan
- Mr. Alex Counts, President, Grameen Foundation, USA
- Dr. Mohammad Bhuiyan, OFCVC, USA
- Professor Mario Biggeri, University of Florence, Italy
- Professor Andreas Heinecke, Dialogue in the Dark, Germany
18:00 - 18:30 Concluding remarks by Professor Muhammad Yunus
18:30 - 18:40 Conclusion of the day with a short Cultural Performance
