The Center for Science, Technology, and Society has announced its Fall 2009 Schedule of EventsFriday
20
November
Change that Counts: Building Sustainable Social Business9:00 AM to 5:00 pmCenter for Science, Technology, and Society
[Registration Required]
The Center for Science, Technology, and Society is pleased to be hosting a one-day conference - Change that Counts: Building Sustainable Social Business - to be held at Santa Clara University on November 20, 2009. CSTS is dedicated to creating opportunities for better understanding and enabling the innovative uses of science and technology for global social benefit. The Change that Counts Conference catalyzes this effort by showcasing the work of the 2009 Tech Awards Laureates and engaging some of the most pressing current dynamics that affect their work. Join us for this day of lively discussions focused on the challenging work undertaken by social entrepreneurs, the impact they create, and the processes that underpin the valuation of their work. Conference Program
9:00 Registration9:40 Introductory Remarks10:00 Keynote Address by Jerry Glenn, The Millennium Project:“Global Challenges and Collective Intelligence” 10:45 Moderated Panel: Social Impact Metrics and Social InvestingThis panel on social investing focuses on how metrics and the representation of work on the ground play a role in the perceived attractiveness of social ventures. Panelists also consider the need for and functions of an alternative asset class, how the metrics/representation of work on the ground should be dealt with in relation to an alternative asset class, and whether metrics practices transform with the rise of the patient investor. Panelists
The Tech Awards Laureates 2009
12:00 Networking Lunch1:30 Moderated Panel: Communicating Social ImpactThis panel on metrics and evaluation for social innovation focuses on ways of representing the social impact of ventures. Panelists consider the differences and relations between standardized, top-down metrics and context-specific, bottom-up metrics, as well as the differences and relations between quantitative and qualitative forms of social impact evaluation. Panelists
The Tech Awards Laureates 2009
2:45 Moderated Panel: Creating, Communicating, and Funding Social Impact on the GroundThis panel on social Investing and metrics from the standpoint of the experienced Social Entrepreneur focuses on the social entrepreneur’s grounded perspective on relationships with social investors and how the process of creating social venture metrics mediates that relationship. Panelists
The Tech Awards Laureates 2009
4:00 Break4:15 Keynote Address by Sally Osberg, The Skoll foundation:"Social entrepreneurship: 5 myths, 5 truths and 5 futures" 4:45 Closing Remarks and Final Q&A5:00 ReceptionVisit our site for more information » LocationBenson Center
link to this event: http://www.scu.edu/sts/events/index.cfm?event=14168 |
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