Social Entrepreneurship Forum

Event

Social Entrepreneurship Forum

Venue

NUS Business School, Hon Sui Sen Auditorium

Start Date

20th Nov’08

End Date

20th Nov’08

Start Time

10am

End Time

12pm

Contact Person

Joey Gan, Steven Yong, Don Chen

Contact No.

Joey Gan (81233658), Steven Yong (96200388), Don Chen (96192874)

Email:

Joey Gan (joeygan@yahoo.com)
Steven Yong (steven.yong@citi.com)
Don Chen (g800777@nus.edu.sg)

Organization

NUS Business School Alumni Association

Description

Social enterprises refer to not-for-profit entrepreneurial ventures run by social entrepreneurs. Social entrepreneurs are individuals who recognize the existence of social problems and aim to alleviate these problems through the use of creative business and entrepreneurship principles.

Some prominent social enterprises in Singapore include Bizlink Centre, Teen Challenge Enterprises, Gift and Take, Dignity Links (which operates Barista Express), Food #03, Food for Thought, School of Thought, O School, and ECO Singapore.

In line with Global Entrepreneurship Week 2008 (GEW’08), NUS Business School Alumni Association will host a forum featuring several prominent social entrepreneurs and various companies that are active in corporate social responsibility projects. At the forum, various speakers will share with us their rich experiences in running or partnering social enterprises, and how such social enterprises or collaborations enrich the lives of the less privileged.

Who says enterprises are all about profit and loss?

Program

Guest of Honour for event is Stanley Tan, Chairman, National Volunteer and Philanthropy Center (NVPC)

Speakers are: Wilson Ang (ECO Singapore), Lance Soo Ann (Gift and Take), Tong Yee (School of Thought) and Kala (Dignity Links).

0930: Registration
1000: Opening speech by President of NUS Business School Alumni
1015: Opening speech by Director of NUS Business School’s Center of Social Entrepreneurship and Philanthropy
1030: Commencement of forum
1200: End of forum, commencement of reception

Registration  details

Any interested parties for the forum can RSVP their attendance with Rajes (bizrb@nus.edu.sg).