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THE 2019 SKOLL WORLD FORUM ON SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP
APRIL 9–12, 2019, OXFORD
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The 16th Skoll World Forum
on Social Entrepreneurship
2 Welcome
21 Wednesday
8 Delegate
Engagement
30
Skoll Awards
For Social
11 Monday
Entrepreneurship
45
15
Thursday
Tuesday
57 Friday
68 Maps
2019 Skoll World Forum
2019
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Theme:
Accelerating
Possibility
“ A WORLD WITHOUT
THE TRAGIC PARADOX OF
HUNGRY FARM
“ KICK OUR ADDICTION TO
FOSSIL FUELS,
”
FAMILIES TOXIC CHEMICALS,
AND INDUSTRIAL
”
AGRICULTURE
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What is possible?
How can humanity accelerate a future that is
fair, inclusive, and sustainable?
Our collective blueprint for the future must
mobilize us all toward an achievable vision
of progress. Bold imagination, courage, and
community will take us there.
In Oxford, we’ll hear from social entrepreneurs
and innovators who are building a better
tomorrow out of broken systems. We’ll
learn from those harnessing the power of
collaboration to drive large-scale change.
Together, we will unleash a relentless pursuit
of the possible.
“ A MORE
EQUAL
“ A WORLD IN WHICH
WOMEN AND
GIRLS REACH THEIR
HUMAN
RACE
”
”“
FULL POTENTIAL
“ WEED OUT END
”
THE SEEDS OF POVERTY
HATE
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Welcome Letter from
Jeff Skoll
We hosted our first Skoll World Forum in 2004. The entrepreneurs grapple with every day: how big, how
program cover design—a dandelion head scattering fast, which partners, what to evolve, what to keep
seeds into the wind—reflected our aspirations. the same. By necessity, social entrepreneurs take
Could we accelerate progress against the world’s calculated risks to achieve their vision. We all hope
most pressing problems by bringing world-class the decisions we make today will pay off, creating
social changemakers together to connect and social impact that endures.
celebrate with one another?
The Skoll Foundation made a major decision this
You have taken the Skoll World Forum from year. After years of Sally Osberg’s faithful leadership,
its humble start to create this community of we hired our new CEO, Don Gips. Don brings deep
thousands. Every year we are buoyed by hearing global insight and unique experiences that will
about the Forum moments you produce such as benefit this community. Along with the entire Skoll
a new connection made that leads to valuable Foundation Board of Directors, I am confident that
collaboration, or an “aha” insight that breaks an Don will both sustain and elevate our collective
operational stalemate. We see unlikely but lasting work.
friendships form. What you make and want of this
As you get to know Don here at the Forum and
platform guides how we adapt it.
beyond, you will quickly discover what I did: he
Decisions we faced 16 years ago and continue is a warm, generous, open-minded, fun-loving,
to face are similar to the challenges social and honest person. He adores his wife Liz and
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their three sons. Humble to his core, Don believes I’m sadly sidelined for this year’s Forum, but remain
a better world is possible and is committed to optimistic from afar. Which of your dandelion
doing his part to help us get there. Note that Don seeds will blow in the Oxford winds to accelerate
also loves coffee: a double espresso will go far in possibilities? What connections will you forge
making friends with Don. over the next few days that will lead to enduring
change? Who will personally inspire you?
Last year the Forum dove into the idea of proximity.
It was a slightly ironic theme for me, as it was the A few of you have been here for all 16 years of
first year in 15 that I could not attend the Forum in the Skoll World Forum. For others, this is your first
person. However, the live stream, your notes, and time in Oxford. Each of you is equally important in
funny videos showed me proximity is possible even making this community what it is today.
when you can’t always participate in person.
Thank you to each and every one of you for your
Our new Digital Pass is a by-product of this dedication to solving the world’s most pressing
realization. Travel visas, budgets, and other problems.
obstacles make it impossible for everyone who
wants to come to the Skoll World Forum to be
Jeff Skoll
Chairman, Jeff Skoll Group
here. We hope that our new Digital Pass expands
Skoll Foundation, Participant Media, and
this community.
Capricorn Investment Group
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Welcome Letter from
Nick Moon
Donald H. Gips
I am very excited to participate in this year’s Skoll I can best support your efforts to accelerate
World Forum and to become an official member change. What are we doing well? Where can we
of the Skoll community. Jeff’s vision to convene do better? This community is your community.
and support this group of leaders has galvanized Together we need to determine how we magnify
transformational change around the world. I feel our collective impact on the world. So please
so fortunate to join you on this journey and am do not be shy about introducing yourself and
humbled by the challenge of following in the sharing your perspective.
footsteps of Sally and Richard.
This week we will allow ourselves space to
This year’s theme, Accelerating Possibility, celebrate remarkable social changes, and even
encapsulates my own aspirations as I think about more remarkable leaders. We must also grapple
leading the Foundation. With traditional solutions with setbacks that threaten the vulnerable. Let’s
failing to adequately address global challenges— start with always reminding ourselves of what we
and with new global challenges emerging—the have in common: by coming to the Skoll World
world needs social entrepreneurs now more than Forum, we reaffirm our shared conviction that a
ever. I fundamentally believe that betting on sustainable, prosperous, and peaceful world is
great people tackling the world’s most pressing within reach.
problems is one of the most effective ways to
I am honored to work alongside each of you
bring about the change that the world needs.
to achieve this goal. Thank you for your warm
My focus for this year’s Skoll World Forum is to welcome.
listen and learn. Specifically, I am eager to hear
from all of you about how the Foundation and
Donald H. Gips
CEO, Skoll Foundation
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Hosted by
The Skoll Foundation drives large-scale The Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship
change by investing in, connecting, and is a leading centre for the advancement of
celebrating social entrepreneurs and the social entrepreneurship worldwide. It offers
innovators who help them solve the world’s world-class graduate education, providing
most pressing problems. Founded by Jeff students with the skills, knowledge, and the
Skoll, the Foundation’s signature investment networks to create systemic positive impact
program is the Skoll Award for Social as change leaders. The Skoll Centre supports
Entrepreneurship. Today, the Foundation’s the development of actionable insights that
portfolio includes 111 organizations and advance entrepreneurship and systems
135 social entrepreneurs around the world. change with a network of academics and
Learn more at skoll.org innovators. Learn more at skollcentre.org
Skoll Scholarship
Do you know someone using entrepreneurial are positively impacting the world through
approaches to tackle global challenges? The innovation and systems change, as well as
Skoll Centre awards a fully-funded scholarship opportunities to meet with world-renowned
for social entrepreneurs to study at the thought leaders, entrepreneurs, and investors.
University of Oxford’s Saïd Business School to
Learn more about the Skoll Scholarship at
people who have done exceptional, impactful
skollscholarship.org
work on a single social or environmental
problem for at least three years. If you are interested in sharing this
opportunity with your network, please email
The scholarship provides funding for the year-
skollscholarship@sbs.ox.ac.uk to learn about
long MBA, plus a living stipend. In addition to
becoming a promotional partner.
financial support, it provides access to the Skoll
Scholar community, a group of leaders who
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Learn from the people around you.
How Braindate works:
1 Log in and share your knowledge
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2 Explore the Topic Market and pick something you
want to discuss, one-on-one or in a group.
3
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Check in with a Braindate host in the
Courtyard Marquee.
Tips for creating topics:
1 First, think about your life experiences, business
challenges, new industry trends, or anything else you
are passionate about. Then imagine: if anybody could
pick your brain, what could they learn?
Everyone who attends the Forum
brings valuable knowledge and
experience—both personal and
professional—from around the world.
Here are some examples to spark your thinking: We are offering Braindate so you can
Empowering women entrepreneurs in the informal learn from each other while we are
economy
all gathered in Oxford. The Braindate
Scaling a successful innovation with government
platform facilitates meetings about
partners
shared areas of interest between
How to build long-term vision into project design
participants, both one-on-one or in
Integrating wellbeing into organization design
small groups.
2
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learn new things, including basic definitions, hard skills,
soft skills, or everyday rituals.
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Headlines of
Possibility
The daily news isn’t the deepest well of You’ll work with vintage wood type—some
provocations for the possible. Headlines rarely dating back a century—and print your own
announce the potential for a vastly improved bold headline to take home as a memory from
future world. But what if they did? What do the Forum.
you think the world should know is possible?
What’s your mini manifesto? Today, you’re the This analog experience will take a digital
editor and you’ll craft the message. And we turn; delegates are encouraged to share their
mean "craft" quite literally. vibrant visions of possibility using the hashtag
#SkollWF.
Delegates will have the opportunity to use
an antique letterpress to create their own Headlines of Possiblity is located in the Saïd
headline that distills their vision of possibility. Business School lobby.
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April 8
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Serendipity Dinners
6:00 – 8:30pm
Around Oxford
MON
7 pm
8 pm
9 pm
After-Hours Pub Night
9:30 –11:00pm
10 pm King’s Arms, 40 Holywell Street
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Monday
MON
Evening Activities
6:00—8:30pm
SERENDIPITY DINNERS
Around Oxford
For those arriving Monday, join fellow delegates
for Serendipity dinners at tables reserved
for Skoll World Forum delegates throughout
Oxford for pre-forum networking and dining.
Start those remarkable conversations and
connections early! Delegates should sign up in
advance at http://skoll.wf/MDinner
Check in is at the Malmaison from 6:00-6:30pm.
Please note that availability is on a first-come,
first-served basis. Food and drink are on your
own.
9:30—11:00pm
AFTER-HOURS PUB NIGHT
King’s Arms, 40 Holywell Street
Continue the conversation and pre-Forum
networking at the famous King’s Arms, built
in 1607 and renowned for fine cask ales and
hearty homemade food. Food and drink are on
your own.
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TUE
April 9
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Y11 am
11:00am – 6:00pm
Walking Tour First Connections
11:30am –
12:30pm
11:30am –
1:00pm
11:30am – 1:30pm
Courtyard Marquee
From Saïd Business School Entrance Hall Seminar Room A
12 pm
1 pm Lunch
First Connections
1:00 –
2:00pm
Seminar Room A
2 pm
Walking Tour
2:00 – 3:30pm
From Saïd Business School Entrance Hall
Saïd Business School
Registration
TUE
3 pm
4 pm
OPENING PLENARY
– 6:00pm
New Theatre, George Street
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2:45 pm
4:001:30
5 pm
6 pm
Oxford College Dinners
6:30 – 8:30pm
7 pm Around Oxford
8 pm
Story Revival
8:30 – 10:30pm
9 pm The Oxford Foundry, 3-5 Hythe Bridge Street
After-Hours
9:30
9:00 – 11:00pm
The Oxford Retreat,
1-2 Hythe Bridge Street
10 pm
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TUESDAY
Morning Activities
11:00am—6:00pm
REGISTRATION
Saïd Business School
Pick up your badge, program, and other
conference materials at the registration tables
in the lobby of the Saïd Business School. Lunch
TUE
will be available from 11:30am—1:30pm in the
Courtyard Marquee.
If you arrive after 3:30pm, go directly to New
Theatre to register.
11:30am—1:00pm and 2:00—3:30pm
WALKING TOUR
From Saïd Business School Lobby
Take a tour through the historic center of Oxford.
Learn about the University while visiting some of
the city’s oldest buildings, grandest dining halls,
and most atmospheric chapels, cloisters, and
quadrangles.
11:30am—12:30pm and 1:00—2:00pm
FIRST CONNECTIONS
Seminar Room A
Accelerate your Forum experience with an
energetic, facilitated networking session. Think
speed dating for social entrepreneurs! This is
one of many Forum opportunities to make
lasting connections. First Connections facilitated
by fellow delegate, Rachael Clay.
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Opening Plenary
ry
Tuesday April 9
4:00—6:00pm
New Theatre, George Street
TUE
We often find ourselves impatient with the pace of social change. As our community
convenes, we’ll explore how global leaders, thinkers, and doers Accelerate Possibility.
We’ll consider the growing sense of urgency that demands we accelerate ideas into action
to design a fair, inclusive, and sustainable future. Global phenomenon Desi Hoppers, the
hip-hop dance crew from Mumbai, will join us for an unforgettable performance of their
joyful choreography.
Doors open at 3:30pm and seating is general admission. Stewards will
direct you to New Theatre, a 10-minute walk from Saïd Business School.
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Welcome remarks from Lindsey Spindle, President, Jeff Skoll
Group and Dr. Peter Drobac, Director, Skoll Centre for Social
Entrepreneruship.
Ai-jen
Poo
Executive Director,
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National Domestic
Workers Alliance
Anab
Jess
Jain
Search Co-Founder and Director,
Chief Executive, Superflux
Doc Society
Hous
ka
Desi Hoppers
Performance
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TUESDAY
Evening Activities
6:30—8:30pm STORY REVIVAL
ARTISTS
OXFORD COLLEGE DINNERS
Around Oxford
Dine with fellow delegates beyond the
mysterious walls of Oxford’s oldest and best-
known colleges! The University of Oxford has
TUE
been a seat of learning since the 12th century.
Follow an Oxford tradition of connecting with
fellow thinkers during an atmospheric evening
of dining and conversation. Locate your dinner
invitation and your college destination in your
badge pack. Dinners start immediately following
the Opening Plenary. Stewards will help guide
you to your designated college.
8:30—10:30pm
BELLA COX
STORY REVIVAL
The Oxford Foundry, 3-5 Hythe Bridge Street
Story Revival is part poetry slam, part concert,
part comedy show, part fringe festival, part
vision quest. It’s an evening with award-winning
storytellers, musicians, and young poets direct SAMEENA
from London's B3CreativeNetwork. Come have ZEHRA
a drink, hear some stories, tap into some beats
and rhymes, and imagine the possibilities.
Doors open at 8:30pm, show starts at 9:00.
While the event is free, advance registration is
recommended at:
http://swf-storyrevival.eventbrite.com
JEREMIAH
9:00—11:00pm 'SUGARJ'
BROWN
AFTER-HOURS
The Oxford Retreat, 1-2 Hythe Bridge Street
Join us at the designated after-hours local pub
for Skoll World Forum delegates, the Oxford
Retreat. Catch up on the day’s events, enjoy an
energetic debate or sip on a relaxing pint with
fellow Forum delegates! Food and drink are on
your own.
MIKE
'DR. BLUE'
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April 10
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Breakfast and Networking
8:00 – 9:45am
Collaboration Café
Guided Meditation
8:30 –
9:30am
Classroom 1 (TBEC)
9 am 8:00am – 6:00pm Futures by Design Workshop
Seminar Room A
10 am
Morning Sessions
10:00 –
11:15am
Various Locations
See P.24 in the Program
11 am
Lunch
11:15am – 1:15pm
Collaboration Café and Dining
Room 1 (TBEC) Opportunities Story Lunchtime Delegate-Led
11:45am –
1:00pm
11:45am –
1:00pm
12 pm
Studio: Emerging Discussions
Saïd Business School
Leaders Initiative Various Locations
Registration
Classroom 2 (TBEC) See P.26 in the Program
1 pm
Afternoon Sessions
1:30 –
2:45pm
2 pm Various Locations
See P.28 in the Program
3 pm
WED
4 pm
2019 SKOLL AWARDS
4:00 – 6:00pm
5 pm FOR SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP
New Theatre, George Street
6 pm
Skoll Awards Reception
6:00 – 8:00pm
Ashmolean Museum, Beaumont Street
7 pm
Serendipity Dinners
– 9:00pm
Around Oxford
9:30
8 pm
7:00
9 pm
SoundShift Jam After-Hours
8:00 -
– 10:30pm
9:00 – 12:00am
Oxford Town Hall, St Aldates The Head Of The River. Folly Bridge
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WEDNESDAY
Morning Activities
8:00am—6:00pm
8:15—9:45am
REGISTRATION
Saïd Business School FUTURES BY DESIGN WORKSHOP
Pick up your badge, program, and other Seminar Room A
conference materials at the registration tables Against a backdrop of accelerating change
in the lobby of the Saïd Business School. and increasing uncertainty, the wellbeing and
Coffee, tea, and light snacks available in resilience of organizations, communities, and
Courtyard Marquee and Collaboration Café. individuals depends on our ability to think
deeply about the issues shaping our lives.
Combining design and futures thinking can
8:00—9:45am help us imagine what a possible future might
look and feel like, and support decision-making
BREAKFAST AND NETWORKING and strategy-building today. Join this immersive
Collaboration Café workshop to rapidly prototype future scenarios.
This time is designed to accommodate You'll learn how to scaffold your imagination and
breakfast meetings, personal time, or explore potential shifts around the issues you
networking with other delegates at Saïd care most about.
Business School. A hearty breakfast will be
Light breakfast will be available. Capacity is
WED
served in the Collaboration Café.
limited; please arrive early to ensure your space
in the workshop.
This workshop will be held twice during Skoll
8:30—9:30am World Forum. This is the first of two.
GUIDED MEDITATION
FACILITATORS
Classroom 1 (TBEC)
Stuart Candy Director, Situation Lab, Carnegie
Silent meditation reunites body and mind in Mellon School of Design
the present moment. An hour-long guided Ceda Verbakel Strategic Designer & Facilitator,
Situation Lab, Carnegie Mellon School of Design
morning meditation is offered Wednesday
and Thursday at 8:30am. Led by your fellow
delegate, Skoll Awardee and Zen priest, Bart
Weetjens, the guided meditation provides an
opportunity to practice together, and prepare
yourself for a mindful Skoll World Forum. Open
to all, no experience required. In addition
to the guided morning meditation, a small,
private room (Seminar 9 in TBEC) is available
for use at any time by delegates for personal
reflection and silent meditation.
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WEDNESDAY
Morning Sessions
Panel Discussion
ACCELERATING SYSTEMS CHANGE: MAKING POSSIBILITY REAL
Nelson Mandela Lecture Theatre
Social issues are more global, complex, and MODERATOR
interdependent than ever. While social innovators Sally Osberg Founding President, Skoll
Foundation
continue to drive progress in specific areas, systems
change requires an approach that unearths the root SPEAKERS
cause of critical societal challenges and gathers a Olivia Leland Founder and CEO, Co-Impact
spectrum of actors. What collaborative models and Ma Jun Director, Institute of Public and
Environmental Affairs
pathways achieve systems change? Join a lively,
Marc Freedman Founder and CEO, Encore.org
evidence-based discussion with social entrepreneurs
Safeena Husain Founder and Executive Director,
and other leaders demonstrating what systems
Educate Girls Foundation
change impact demands of us all.
Workshop
ALIGNING INNER WELLBEING WITH EXTERNAL IMPACT
WED
Classroom 2 (TBEC)
Our modern world is a paradox: we are more FACILITATORS
virtually connected to each other, but many Cheryl Fraenzl Director of Programs, Esalen
would say that we are less connected personally. Institute
For those on the front-lines of social change, a Terry Gilbey General Manager, Esalen Institute
focus on wellbeing, connection, and reaching
full human potential is a common challenge. In
several exercises, we will reflect on our own sense of
connection and life satisfaction, explore how greater
awareness can help us better cope with challenges,
and explore who we are in relation to self, others,
and the world.
Panel Discussion
FEEDING 10 BILLION ON A WARMING PLANET
Rhodes Trust Lecture Theatre
The global food system is responsible for one third MODERATOR
of greenhouse gas emissions. Meanwhile, climate Debra Dunn Co-Founder, FEED Collaborative,
disruptions are projected to lead to a 17 percent Stanford University
reduction in crop yields by 2050—the same year SPEAKERS
that the world's population is expected to reach 10 Agnes Kalibata President, Alliance for a Green
billion. With limited land and destructive, intensive Revolution in Africa
farming practices in place, how can we feed the Willy Foote Founder and CEO, Root Capital
world without exhausting its natural resources? Meet Usha Barwale Zehr Director and Chief
Technology Officer, Mahyco
agriculture leaders who are innovating to adapt to
a warming climate while developing agricultural
practices to avoid future climate impacts.
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10:00—11:15am
Panel Discussion
FILLING THE SDG FUNDING GAP WITH BLENDED FINANCE
Lecture Theatre 4
To achieve the Sustainable Development Goals MODERATOR
by 2030, private financing and access to blended Robert Annibale Global Director of Inclusive
Finance, Citigroup, Inc.
finance is not only critical but required; the public
and social sector simply cannot reach the SDGs on SPEAKERS
their own. How big is the SDG financing gap, and Alix-Ines Lebec Executive Vice President of
did we set ourselves up for failure? Funders and Investor Relations, WaterEquity
James Polan Vice President, Small and Medium
implementing organizations on the ground will have
Enterprise Finance, OPIC
a candid discussion about current trends of what’s
Kola Masha Managing Director, Babban Gona
working, what’s on the horizon, and where we need
Samuel Choritz Policy Advisor, United Nations
to improve. Capital Development Fund
Panel Discussion
JOURNALISTS UNDER FIRE
WED
Pyramid Room (TBEC)
Around the world, freedom of the press continues MODERATOR
to be threatened, and journalists are at risk of being Pat Mitchell Founder and President, Pat Mitchell
Media
silenced, jailed, and even killed. At a time when
seeking and sharing truth seems more dangerous SPEAKERS
than ever, what can be done to protect members Anas Aremeyaw Anas Journalist, Founder, Tiger
of the press and avoid a chilling effect on both Eye Media
Jason Rezaian Global Opinions Writer,
journalists and their sources? Hear from those who
Washington Post
are speaking out and advocates who are working to
Joel Simon Executive Director, Committee to
defend their rights. Protect Journalists
Yvette Alberdingk Thijm Executive Director,
WITNESS
SESSIONS
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WEDNESDAY
Delegate-Led Discussions
11:45am—1:00pm
Delegates often choose to use this time to organize their own meetings, attend a lunchtime session, or
join a delegate-led discussion. A substantial lunch will be provided in the Collaboration Café and in Dining
Room 1 of TBEC.
ACTIVANDO EL ECOSISTEMA DE IMPACTO EN ADDRESSING TRAUMA IN EXTREME
AMÉRICA LATINA (CONDUCTED IN SPANISH) ENVIRONMENTS
Seminar Room 11 (TBEC) Seminar Room 1 (TBEC)
América Latina es una región llena de posibilidades Chronic and acute violence lead to high levels of
en una encrucijada actual. El extremismo político, trauma that perpetuate violence and victimization.
la polarización, y las políticas regresivas demandan Can we democratize access to mental health
involucramiento ciudadano, diálogo en socie- services where national systems have been unable
dad civil, y liderazgo por parte de empresas con to do so?
propósito. ¿Cómo aportamos y fomentamos a los Celina de Sola Glasswing International
ecosistemas de impacto en América Latina?
Michelle Arévalo-Carpenter IMPAQTO
WED
COMMUNITY-LED SOLUTIONS TO YOUTH COUNTERING DISAFFECTION WITH HOPEFUL
EMPLOYMENT NARRATIVES
Lecture Theatre 6 (TBEC) Seminar Room 3 (TBEC)
To shrink global inequality, the labor market must We live in a time of distrust, apathy, and a bleak
provide dignified jobs for more youth. Rapid feeling about the world, yet people are tired of
urbanization has further marginalized young bad news. Can causes drive new narratives to cut
people and threatens progress on this front. What through the noise? Instead of negative emotions,
is the role of community-led solutions to promote how can we trigger determination, empathy, and
sustainable livelihoods? hope?
Kennedy Odede Shining Hope for Communities
Samir Patel Blue State Digital
ETHICAL DILEMMAS OF SOCIAL INCLUSIVE IMPACT: SHIFTING POWER
ENTREPRENEURS THROUGH INVESTING IN PEOPLE
Seminar Room 10 (TBEC) Seminar Room 14 (TBEC)
Social entrepreneurs face a series of ethical dilem- There are stark disparities in opportunity and
mas and difficult choices in creating and scaling funding for social impact leaders of color, and not
a social enterprise. How can a social entrepreneur enough is being done to create an ecosystem that
anticipate and think through ethical dilemmas, in allows diverse leaders to thrive. Let's talk about how
order to act decisively? we can challenge norms to shift social, economic,
Kirk Hanson Markkula Center for Applied Ethics and political power for good.
Liza Mueller Echoing Green Foundation
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SAFE DRINKING WATER AND ADEQUATE, SOLVING RURAL HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES
DIGNIFIED SANITATION AT GLOBAL SCALE
Seminar Room 13 (TBEC) Seminar Room 2 (TBEC)
Unsafe water is a leading cause of illness often Every year millions die from conditions and
leading to mortality, most often as a result of poor diseases that are preventable and curable
sanitation. What solutions exist to provide safe because they live in remote areas far from medical
drinking water and sanitation to all? knowledge and resources. How can we address
Joe Madiath Gram Vikas healthcare disparities on a global scale?
Sanjeev Arora The ECHO Institute at the University of
New Mexico Health Sciences Center
COMMUNITY ENTREPRENEURSHIP: OPPORTUNITIES STORY STUDIO: EMERGING
SOLVING PROBLEMS AND WEAVING LEADERS INITIATIVE
SOCIETY BACK TOGETHER Classroom 2 (TBEC)
Rhodes Trust Lecture Theatre
The rise of digital platforms allows for the Realizing opportunities requires both imagination
unprecedented creation of community both online and courage. This lunch session features the
and offline. Join community entrepreneurs who next generation of social entrepreneurs, selected
are solving intractable social problems—including worldwide as part of the 2019 Emerging Leaders
those related to sustainable agriculture, women’s Initiative. Listen to their powerful and authentic
WED
empowerment, youth health, and more—by creating voices as they share their unique perspectives on
online spaces where people build strong and creating a better world.
meaningful relationships and develop a deeper
MODERATOR
understanding of one another. Join to explore and
Sarah Zak Borgman Director, Skoll Community and
discuss this new approach to age-old challenges.
Convenings, Skoll Foundation
MODERATOR SPEAKERS
Deepti Doshi Strategic Partnerships, Facebook Navalayo Osembo CEO, Enda Athletic Limited
SPEAKERS Peris Bosire Co-Founder, FarmDrive
Htet Thiri Shwe Myanmar Youth Empowerment Ritah Namwiza Founder & Team Leader, Collage
Opportunities
Sekou Dgeorges Manubah Co-Founder & Director of
Lola Omolola Female IN Football, Monrovia Football Academy
Noah Nasiali Africa Farmers Club Shantanu Pathak Co-Founder and CEO, CareNx
Dr. Gbemisola Boyede Ask the Paediatricians Innovations
Vanessa Peña AWEIK Sonia Ben Ali Co-Founder and CEO, Urban Refugees
Zinah Saleh Founder & CEO, Ishtar Handmade Soap
SUCCESSES AND FAILURES OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY IN EDUCATION
Seminar Room 12 (TBEC)
Can digital technology address the existing challenges of a dysfunctional school system, or will it entirely
redefine education? Both paths are fraught with challenge. Join us to discuss education technology’s
failures and successes and the path ahead.
Madhav Chavan Pratham
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WEDNESDAY
Afternoon Sessions
Lightning Talks
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Pyramid Room (TBEC)
MODERATOR
As the uses of artificial intelligence grow Megan Smith CEO at shift7; Former US CTO
exponentially each year, there is a possible future
SPEAKERS
where AI exacerbates injustice, deepens societal Babusi Nyoni Artificial Intelligence Evangelist
divides, and becomes a tool to violate or deny Dunstan Allison-Hope Managing Director,
human rights. But, there’s another “possible”—where Business for Social Responsibility
AI is used to bolster solutions to difficult challenges. Elizabeth Hausler Founder and CEO, Build
Hear from innovators who are exploring the risks, Change
and the power of artificial intelligence and machine Tanya O'Carroll Director, Amnesty Tech, Amnesty
International
learning to accelerate positive change.
Panel Discussion
IS PHILANTHROPY THE SOLUTION OR PART OF THE PROBLEM?
WED
Nelson Mandela Lecture Theatre
MODERATOR
The world of philanthropy is no stranger to critique, Catherine Cheney West Coast Correspondent,
but over the past year, the field has weathered Devex
sharp and sometimes scathing criticism. Many SPEAKERS
agree that philanthropy can and should play a role Deval Sanghavi Co-Founder, Dasra
in systems change. Others argue that philanthropy Edgar Villanueva Vice President of Programs
perpetuates inequity and undermines democracy. and Advocacy, Schott Foundation for Public
Education
Join leaders on all sides of this issue to discuss
Ella Gudwin President, VisionSpring
whether philanthropic dollars and their institutions
Rodney Foxworth Executive Director, BALLE
are heading in the right direction.
Panel Discussion
SCALING HEALTH SOLUTIONS THROUGH GOVERNMENT PARTNERSHIPS
Rhodes Trust Lecture Theatre
For many social entrepreneurs working towards MODERATOR
universal health access, government partnership is a Erin Worsham Executive Director, Center for the
Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship
critical strategy for achieving systems-level change.
Partners bring unique value to the table but forging SPEAKERS
effective and lasting partnerships isn’t easy. This Abera Leta Executive Director, PIH-Lesotho,
Partners In Health
session will explore two cases where government
Lisha McCormick Chief Operating Officer, Last
and global health NGOs are working together to Mile Health
realize the aspiration of universal healthcare. Public S. Olasford Wiah Director of the Community
officials and social entrepreneurs will share candid Health Services Division, Ministry of Health,
and timely lessons from their active collaborations. Government of Liberia
Thabelo Ramatlapeng Director of Primary
Health Care, Ministry of Health, Kingdom of
Lesotho
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1:30—2:45pm
Workshop
SPREADING THE GOOD NEWS: HOW TO TELL IMPACT STORIES IN THE DIGITAL AGE
Classroom 2 (TBEC)
Social media and short videos are critical ingredients FACILITATORS
for storytelling today, but how can organizations Dariush Brizuela-Nothaft Head of Content
Studios, SoulPancake
break through the noise and reach their target
Hashem Selph Head of Production, SoulPancake
audience? Join this workshop to walk through
practical steps for capturing and sharing video
stories and build straightforward strategies for
leveraging social media platforms to engage
audiences. Delegates will workshop a narrative on
the spot, so bring your idea for a digital media story
focused on impact.
Panel Discussion
WHAT’S THE ROLE OF MEN AND BOYS IN THE GENDER EQUALITY MOVEMENT?
WED
Lecture Theatre 4
As the #MeToo movement continues to dominate MODERATOR
global headlines and SDG 5 to achieve gender Katja Iversen President/CEO, Women Deliver
equality by 2030 seems out of reach, many are SPEAKERS
asking: what role should men and boys have in Dakshitha Wickremarathne Co-Founder, Youth
this work? Some advocate for programming that Advocacy Network Sri Lanka
engages men and boys in gender equality efforts. Elizabeth Nyamayaro Senior Advisor to United
Nations Under-Secretary-General, UN Women
Others worry about diverting limited resources
Gary Barker CEO, Promundo-US
and diluting messaging. Is it a zero-sum equation?
Judith Bruce Senior Associate and Policy
Hear leaders discuss—even debate—these
Analyst, Population Council
questions and more.
SESSIONS
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CRISIS TEXT
SKOLL
LINE
AW
Nancy Lublin
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FOR SOCIAL ENTREP
2019
mPHARMA
Gregory Rockson
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mPEDIGREE
THORN Bright Simons &
Selorm Branttie
WARDS
Julie Cordua
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PRENEURSHIP
RECIPIENTS
HARAMBEE YOUTH
EMPLOYMENT
ACCELERATOR
Nicola Galombik &
Maryana Iskander
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2019 Skoll Awards
for Social
Entrepreneurship
4:00—6:00PM
New Theatre, George Street
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Join us as we celebrate the 2019 Skoll Awardees. This event is an emotional highlight of the
week as we hear from and honor social entrepreneurs from around the world who have
demonstrated imagination and courage in designing blueprints for a better tomorrow.
GRAMMY Award winner and Order of Canada recipient Sarah McLachlan will perform.
Doors open at 3:30pm and seating is general admission. New Theatre is a
10-minute walk from Saïd Business School.
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Recipients of the 2019 Skoll Awards for
Social Entrepreneurship
Presented by Richard Fahey, COO, Skoll Foundation
Welcome remarks by Jim DeMartini, Chairman, Seiler LLP
and Debra Dunn, Co-Founder, FEED Collaborative and
introduction of Donald H. Gips, CEO, Skoll Foundation.
CRISIS TEXT LINE
Nancy Lublin
HARAMBEE YOUTH
EMPLOYMENT
ACCELERATOR
Nicola Galombik & Maryana Iskander
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mPEDIGREE
Bright Simons & Selorm Branttie
mPHARMA
Gregory Rockson
THORN
Julie Cordua
MUSICAL PERFORMANCE
Sarah McLachlan
Founder, the Sarah McLachlan
School of Music and Sarah
McLachlan Foundation
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CRISIS TEXT LINE
Nancy Lublin
WED
One in four people across the globe will Crisis Text Line supports people in imminent
struggle with mental illness at some point in danger and uses its real-time data to continuously
their lives. Nearly two-thirds will never seek improve its intervention services. Crisis Text
help from a health professional. Suicide claims Line hosts the largest public dataset on mental
nearly 50,000 lives in the U.S. alone every year— health. In addition, they share aggregated and
more than twice the toll of homicide. In the anonymized data via CrisisTrends.org with the
past two decades, suicide rates have increased
by nearly 30 percent across all demographics.
Young adults have seen an increase of major
depression by 47 percent since 2013.
Crisis Text Line saw the need to create rapid-
response crisis counseling by leveraging
big data and the dominant communication
medium of today—text messaging. Crisis Text
Line reaches underserved demographics; it
skews young, rural, and low-income. People in
crisis text 741741 and a trained Crisis Counselor
responds within minutes, 24/7, to help assess
risk, deescalate the situation, and craft a plan
for continued safety.
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goal of strengthening the broader mental
health system. Partners—ranging from police Nancy
departments to state departments of health,
and community colleges to the Boys and Girls Lublin
Club of America—use this data to improve
essential services and shape policy. Crisis
Text Line’s innovation makes crisis counseling
more accessible and efficient while working to
catalyze an effective, cohesive mental health
support system.
crisistextline.org
@CrisisTextLine
crisistextline
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10:30 AM 85%
100
Has exchanged over
million
68%
of texters agree
on a health and
text messages to date safety plan
Conducts more than
4,000
conversations
every day in the U.S.
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HARAMBEE
YOUTH EMPLOYMENT
ACCELERATOR
Nicola Galombik
& Maryana Iskander
South Africa has one of the highest youth
unemployment rates in the world. The legacy
of apartheid along with rapid globalization
have left many young people geographically
removed from job opportunities. A lack of
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information, skills, networks, and social capital
leave these young people discouraged and
excluded. It is estimated that 40 percent of
this generation will never secure stable work,
Nicola Galombik
despite a large investment in skills training
by South Africa’s government and the private
& Maryana Iskander
sector. Employers say they struggle to find
work-ready candidates and lack the ability to
effectively evaluate these young job seekers.
Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator
builds scalable solutions for the youth labor
market across the formal and informal
economy. Its matching tools and real-world
training methodology help employers quickly
and reliably gauge work-readiness and increase
retention. Its high-tech “pathwaying platform”
connects job seekers with opportunities
developed through partnerships with
businesses—whether behind a counter at
Nando’s or at a desk at Deloitte.
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Both the public and private sectors see
Harambee as leading experts in the dynamics
of the South African labor market. The
Gauteng Province—including Johannesburg
and Pretoria—has institutionalized the
work of Harambee, relying on its platform
and labor market solutions to address the
youth unemployment crisis. Harambee’s
innovations, now expanded into Rwanda,
remove cost barriers for employers to hire
unemployed youth and unlock demand
for this otherwise excluded demographic.
Governments have begun to see the value
of youth-focused solutions, while businesses
have begun to see value in a population that
www.harambee.co.za
had long been invisible to them.
www.harambee.rw
@Harambee4Work
harambee.youthemployment
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100,000
Connected unemployed youth with over
jobs
and work experiences
Improves public employment
services and accelerates
5 times
placement rates by
500
Partners with
African businesses
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mPEDIGREE
Bright Simons &
Selorm Branttie
WED
Bright Simons &
While the global economic impacts of
counterfeiting are costly, the human toll is
Selorm Branttie
staggering. Counterfeit drugs kill an estimated
one million people every year. Counterfeit
agricultural inputs hinder productivity and
keep smallholder farmers in poverty, in effect
decreasing food security and potentially
worsening famines. Weak, uneven regulation
and oversight have allowed this fraudulent
market to develop while consumers absorb
the cost. Without effective, universally applied
certification tools, transnational supply chain
corruption continues to grow at an alarming
rate.
mPedigree’s core innovation is a unique
product identification marker that consumers
use to determine authenticity. They simply
scratch off the label and evaluate a code within
seconds using a mobile phone camera or text
message. A rich overlay of software tools and
sensor technologies create full supply chain
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traceability and visibility, risk management, The metadata from those millions of
and predictive analytics. Empowered authentications help corporations spot
consumers in Africa, South Asia, and the counterfeiting trends and supply chain
Middle East know immediately if they dysfunction. Beyond mobile technology,
have counterfeit goods—not after they’ve mPedigree deploys sensors and machine
entered diabetic shock or have seen learning to predict counterfeiting before
crops fail. Regulators have embraced the it occurs and measures its environmental
technology and industry sees that product impact. mPedigree’s work is unified by a
integrity and supply chain analytics simple grand vision: a marketplace powered
correlate with strong sales. While graft and by verification and trust.
corruption wane, consumer confidence in
the marketplace grows.
mpedigree.com
Working with government and industry,
mPedigree has formed partnerships in @goldkeys
the public and private sectors to stamp
out counterfeiting. Nigeria now requires GoldKey
labelling on all anti-malarial and antibiotic
medicines. Kenya requires labelling on all
seed packages for smallholder farmers.
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Helped
100 million
in Africa, South Asia,
and the Middle East Overall reach will exceed
2 250
authenticate nearly
billion million
2021
products
people by
Partners with COMESA and
the African Union to verify
19
seed quality across
African
countries
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mPHARMA
Gregory Rockson
WED
The drug supply chain in Africa is broken.
Pharmacies struggle to keep life-saving and
Gregory
life-sustaining medicines in stock. Often
patients are forced to pay prices—padded by Rockson
middlemen—three times what they would
in a Western country for the same drugs.
Meanwhile, non-communicable diseases like
cancer, diabetes, and hypertension—which
generally require daily medications at the time
of diagnosis—are becoming the biggest burden
on African healthcare systems. While disease
rates rise, drugs fail to get into the hands of
those who need them most.
mPharma makes medicine accessible and
affordable. Its innovation is to take ownership
of the supply chain, eliminate inefficiencies, and
introduce price controls. mPharma buys drugs
in bulk on behalf of pharmacies which then
sell them to patients—saving pharmacies the
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up-front cost, alleviating supply constraints,
and introducing an efficiency checkpoint. Its
ability to track and aggregate demand and
its purchasing power result in lower drug
prices.
mPharma has formed partnerships with
major drug manufacturers—including
Novartis, Bayer, and Pfizer—and now
manages a network of providers throughout
Ghana, Nigeria, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Many pharmacies in its network, such as the
Red Cross in Zimbabwe, have managed to
eliminate stockouts. mPharma also works
with clinics to conduct community health
screenings and to sign patients up for its
innovative drug financing—an interest-free
micropayment plan. mPharma cleans up
mpharma.com the pipeline of drug procurement to deliver
affordable drugs to sick people.
@mpharmahealth
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mpharmaGH
Manages inventory for network of
243 pharmacies and
clinics serving more than
40,000 patients monthly
Clinics report decrease of up to
25%
in medically-
related
Reduces drug complications
prices by up to
30%
and eliminates
stockouts
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THORN
Julie Cordua
WED
The Internet has proven fertile ground for
exploitation. Reported child sexual abuse
content in the U.S. alone has grown seven-
fold since 2011. It is violent, features younger
children, and is globally networked. In the
Helped officers identify over
30,000
dark corners of the web, online marketplaces
cultivate dedicated communities that
normalize abuse, create demand for new abuse,
and groom new abusers. Law enforcement
sex trafficking victims
lacks capacity and up-to-date tools to identify
perpetrators and victims, and many of the tech
companies built on user-generated content
have failed to root out abuse on their platforms.
Thorn builds tech tools to defend children
from sexual abuse. Its Spotlight tool combines
publicly available classified ad and online
forum data with smart algorithms to help law
enforcement identify an average of eight child
sex trafficking victims every day.
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Julie
Thorn also works to speed the identification of
Cordua
children featured in sexually abusive material.
Thorn manages deterrence campaigns designed
to reach potential consumers of abusive content
and redirect their interest to resources to get them
to stop their abusive behavior.
Law enforcement in every U.S. state and in over
30 countries now use these tools, facilitating
interagency and cross-border collaboration that
vastly speeds investigations. Thorn is working
toward a future in which abusers can no longer
act with impunity, where the problem of child
sexual abuse is forced into the light, and the
networks that support it disintegrate.
thorn.org
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@thorn
wearethorn
Equipped more than
8,500 law enforcement
officers across
2,000 law enforcement
agencies in
35
countries
with its tools
Tools speed
investigation time by
65%
up to
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WEDNESDAY
Evening Activities
6:00—8:00pm 9:00—12:00am
AWARDS RECEPTION SOUNDSHIFT JAM
Ashmolean Museum, Beaumont Street Oxford Town Hall, St Aldates
Immediately following the Awards Ceremony, help Brought to you by The Wellbeing Project and the
us celebrate and honor the 2019 Skoll Awardees Skoll Foundation, Soundshift Jam is an invitation
with a private reception at the Ashmolean to an evening of experience at the magnificent
Museum of Art and Archaeology, Britain’s first Oxford Town Hall. Diverse artists from around
public museum. Enjoy drinks and canapés among the world will create an intuitive musical jam
the art exhibits and ancient artifacts, including a where they will explore the intersections of music,
Jeff Koons exhibition featuring 17 major works of wellbeing, and social change, while creating a
art for delegates to view on this special evening. space for human connection.
Stewards will guide you from New Theatre. While the event is free, advance registration is
recommended at:
https://swf-soundshift.eventbrite.com
7:00—9:00pm
SERENDIPITY DINNERS 9:00—10:30pm
Around Oxford
WED
Following the Awards Reception, join fellow
AFTER-HOURS
delegates for Serendipity dinners at tables The Head Of The River, Folly Bridge
reserved for Skoll World Forum delegates Continue the conversation and Forum networking
throughout Oxford for networking and dining. at The Head of the River, a classic English pub right
Continue those remarkable conversations and on the banks of the River Thames. Food and drink
connections! Delegates should sign up in advance are on your own.
at http://skoll.wf/WDinner
Check in is at the Ashmolean from 7:00-7:30pm.
Please note that availability is on a first-come, first-
served basis. Food and drink are on your own.
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Breakfast and Networking
8:00 – 9:45am
Collaboration Café
Understanding the Skoll Guided Meditation
8:30 –
9:30am
8:30 –
9:30am
Award for Social Classroom 1 (TBEC)
9 am Futures by Design Workshop Entrepreneurship
Seminar Room A Ballroom, Randolph Hotel
Beaumont Street
10 am
Morning Sessions
10:00 –
11:15am
Various Locations
See P.48 in the Program
11 am
Lunch
11:15 am – 1:15pm
Collaboration Café and Dining
Room 1 (TBEC) Possibilities Story Studio: Delegate-Led Discussions
11:45am –
1:00pm
11:45am –
1:00pm
12 pm
Emerging Leaders Various Locations
Initiative See P.50 in the Program
Classroom 2 (TBEC)
1 pm
Afternoon Sessions
1:30 –
2:45pm
2 pm Various Locations
See P.52 in the Program
3 pm Ecosystem Events The Skoll unForum
3:00 – 6:00pm
3:00 - 6:00pm
Around Oxford Seminar Room A
4 pm
5 pm
6 pm
Dinner on Your Own
6:00 – 8:00pm
THU
7 pm
8 pm
The 'F' Word: A Fail Faire Film Screening: The Boy
9:30
8:00 – 10:00pm
8:00 – 10:00pm
The Oxford Foundry, Who Harnessed The Wind
3-5 Hythe Bridge Street New Theatre, George Street
9 pm
After-Hours
9:30 – 11:00pm
Slug and Lettuce,
10 pm
1 Oxford Castle
11 pm2019 Skoll World Forum
THURSDAY
Morning Activities
8:00—9:45am
8:15—9:45am
BREAKFAST AND NETWORKING
Collaboration Café FUTURES BY DESIGN WORKSHOP
This time is designed to accommodate Seminar Room A
breakfast meetings, personal time, or Against a backdrop of accelerating change
networking with other delegates at Saïd and increasing uncertainty, the wellbeing and
Business School. A hearty breakfast will be resilience of organizations, communities, and
served in the Collaboration Café. individuals depends on our ability to think
deeply about the issues shaping our lives.
Combining design and futures thinking can
help us imagine what a possible future might
8:30—9:30am look and feel like, and support decision-making
and strategy-building today. Join this immersive
GUIDED MEDITATION
workshop to rapidly prototype future scenarios.
Classroom 1 (TBEC) You'll learn how to scaffold your imagination
Silent meditation reunites body and mind in and explore potential shifts around the issues
the present moment. An hour-long guided you care most about.
morning meditation is offered Wednesday
Light breakfast will be available. Capacity is
and Thursday at 8:30am. Led by your fellow
limited; please arrive early to ensure your space
delegate, Skoll Awardee and Zen priest, Bart
in the workshop.
Weetjens, the guided meditation provides an
opportunity to practice together, and prepare This workshop will be held twice during Skoll
yourself for a mindful Skoll World Forum. Open World Forum. This is the second of two.
to all, no experience required. In addition
to the guided morning meditation, a small,
FACILITATORS
private room (Seminar 9 in TBEC) is available
Stuart Candy Director, Situation Lab, Carnegie
for use at any time by delegates for personal Mellon School of Design
reflection and silent meditation. Ceda Verbakel Strategic Designer & Facilitator,
Situation Lab, Carnegie Mellon School of Design
THU
8:30—9:30am
UNDERSTANDING THE SKOLL AWARD
FOR SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Ballroom, Macdonald Randolph Hotel,
Beaumont Street
Join Skoll Foundation staff for an open
discussion about the Skoll Award, its criteria,
and selection process. This session is intended
for both social entrepreneurs and funders who
are interested in understanding the Award and
other ways to engage with Skoll.
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THURSDAY
Morning Sessions
Lightning Talks
ARCHITECTING INCLUSIVE CITIES
Pyramid Room (TBEC)
MODERATOR
By 2050, the global urban population will Geci Karuri-Sebina Associate, South African
double, and nearly seven of every 10 people Cities Network
will live in cities. This exponential growth brings SPEAKERS
challenges for equality and inclusion, yet surfaces Chris Underhill Founder, Basic Needs & President
opportunities for innovation, investment, and and Co-Lead, citiesRISE
economies of scale. Hear from leaders shaping the Mohammed Adjei Sowah Mayor of Accra, Ghana
future of cities to address the needs of all citizens. Shauna Carey Managing Director and Director of
Communications, IDEO.org
Smruti Jukur Architect and Urban Planner,
Society for the Promotion of Area Resource
Centre (SPARC)
Workshop
IS IT POSSIBLE TO MEASURE SYSTEMS CHANGE?
Classroom 2 (TBEC)
Social entrepreneurs, funders, business, and civil FACILITATORS
society leaders want to create systemic impact. But Alex Nicholls Professor of Social
Entrepreneurship, Skoll Centre for Social
how can we best measure progress toward systems
Entrepreneurship
change? In this interactive workshop, participants
Anna Birney Director, School of System Change,
will dive into case studies and explore different Forum for the Future
approaches to addressing this question. Attendees Peter Drobac Director, Skoll Centre for Social
will walk away with a stronger understanding of Entrepreneurship
both the challenges of capturing systemic impact
and how they might apply new measurement
THU
methodologies in their own systems work.
Panel Discussion
NOT JUST FOR LAUGHS: HOW COMEDY SPARKS CHANGE
Nelson Mandela Lecture Theatre
Laughter is a universal language. Globally, comedy MODERATOR
can be a powerful voice for change: speaking truth Fenella Kernebone Head of Curation,
TEDxSydney
to power and shaping public opinion and social
norms. Comedy can challenge the status quo, SPEAKERS
expose hypocrisy, and change mindsets. We’ll hear Caty Borum Chattoo Director, Center for Media &
Social Impact, American University
from researchers, comedy writers, and activists
Erika Soto Lamb Vice President, Social Impact
about how they leverage humor to drive real change. Strategy, Comedy Central
Felipe Cala Senior Program Officer, Latin America
Program, Open Society Foundations
Omri Marcus Head of Screenz Originals, Screenz
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