Global Social Venture Competition
GLOBAL FINALS and SYMPOSIUM

Congratulations to all the finalists and winners
of the 2009 Global Finals Events!

View the Finals program as a pdf file.

View the Symposium program as a pdf file.

GLOBAL FINALS

April 24, 2009, 8:15 am - 5 pm
Andersen Auditorium, Haas School of Business
University of California, Berkeley

(click here for schedule)

(click here for finalists' business descriptions)

The Global Finals are free and open to the public.

Come watch this year’s top overall and Social Impact Assessment teams present and defend their business plans on Friday, April 24, 2009 at the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business. More than 300 plans have been submitted from over 100 universities in 23 countries. Each year the number of plans submitted and the number of successful companies who come out of the competition increases. This is a testament to the entrepreneurial drive and social vision and creativity of students around the world.

Symposium on Social Entrepreneurship

April 25, 2009, 9 am - 6 pm
UCSF Mission Bay Conference Center, San Francisco

(Registration: http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=177618)
(Detailed event information: http://www.gsvc.org/symposium)

Early bird registration for the Symposium ends April 17

The GSVC Symposium brings together over 300 leaders and innovators in social entrepreneurship, business, and academia for a day of engaging panels, interactive workshops, and networking. Check out the full agenda.

Meet the winners of the Global Social Venture Competition global finals, held the previous day, and discuss the most recent trends and issues with leading practitioners in social entrepreneurship, including:

Keynote:
Jonathan Greenblatt, formerly with Ethos Water and GOOD Magazine
Tracey Pettengill Turner, Founder, Microplace
Penelope Douglas of Pacific Community Ventures
Priya Haji of World of Good
Kevin Jones of Good Capital
Tamsin Smith, former president of (RED)

Our exciting cast also includes representatives from YouNoodle.com, the Skoll Foundation, Rubicon National Social Innovations, Social Venture Technology Group (SVT) and SolarCity.

Click here for more information on speakers.

Keynote: Jonathan Greenblatt

Jonathan Greenblatt is an experienced corporate executive and social entrepreneur, a member of the faculty at the Anderson School of Management at UCLA, and an acknowledged thought leader on corporate social responsibility, ethical branding and social entrepreneurship. He also is renowned for his work in international economics and global development, particularly global water and sanitation issues and market-driven models to alleviating global poverty.

Questions? Please contact gsvc@haas.berkeley.edu

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Gray Matters Capital