Social Innovation Symposium: Ripple Effect - New Approaches to Social Innovation - WALK UP TICKETS AVAILABLE $25 (see below)

125 WALK UP ONLY TICKETS AVAILABLE - First Come, First Served, at Noon - Cash or Check, $25 (reception unavailable)

1st Annual Social Innovation Symposium
Co-hosted by SEA at Stern, BRIDGE at Wagner, and LSEA at NYU Law

Join cutting edge practitioners and students from across NYU for discussion, networking, and inspiration.  Explore new technologies, meaningful impact, emerging strategies, and professional development in social enterprise.

Featuring a Keynote Interview with Chris Hughes, Founder and Executive Director of Jumo, co-Founder of Facebook, and director of online organizing for Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign

Moderated by Julia Angwin, Senior Technology Editor and columnist for the Wall Street Journal

PROGRAM

12:00 – 12:30 Registration

12:30 – 12:45 Welcome/Opening Remarks   

1:00 – 2:15 Breakout Sessions 1 & 2

1) Social Impact Bonds: How will we use evolving financial, legal, and operational strategies to fulfill our organizational goals?     

• Steve Goldberg, Managing Director & General Counsel, Social Finance Inc.
• Kippy Joseph, Associate Director, The Rockefeller Foundation
• John MacIntosh, Partner, SeaChange Capital
• Kristin Misner, Chief of Staff to the Deputy Mayor for Health and Humans Services, Office of the Mayor of New York City
• George Overholser, CEO, Impact Investments
• William H. Pinakiewicz, Director, New England Program, Nonprofit Finance Fund 

2) What makes efficient and effective impact at the base of the pyramid? 

• Kit Cody, CEO, Rwanda Ventures
• Sanjay Gandhi, President & General Counsel of Roebling Partners, Inc.; Advisory Board Member for Kopernik 
• Amini Kajunju, Executive Director, Workshop in Business Opportunities  (WIBO)
• Stuart Yasgur, Managing Director, Ashoka: Innovators for the Public

2:30 – 3:45 Breakout Sessions 3 & 4

3) How can we use new technologies or innovations to meaningfully engage the public in social change?

• Matt Mahan, Vice President of Social Impact, Causes 
• Brian Sirgutz, President, CauseCast 
• Dan Morrison, Founder & CEO, Citizen Effect
• Stacy Gratz, Manager in Global Advertising and Brand Management, American Express 
• Brian Walsh, Liquidnet for Good

4) Making the leap into social entrepreneurship: what skills are needed and how do we evaluate our idea?

• Gabriel Brodbar, Director, Catherine B Reynolds Foundation Program in Social Entrepreneurship, New York University
• Susan Davis, Founder, President & CEO, BRAC USA; Board of Grameen Foundation
• Paul Light, Paulette Goddard Professor of Public Service, NYU Wagner
• Adam Gromis, 2010 NYU Stern/Wagner Dual Degree Graduate, Reynolds Fellow

4:00 – 5:00 Keynote                    

5:00 – 6:00 Reception

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