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ForSE 2011

Successful Completion of the
Fifth year of Forum for Social Entrepreneurs
FORSE 2011

 
on Oct 1, 2011 at the Tang Center, MIT, Cambridge MA

Make it Happen! Idea to Social Enterprise!
   

For the fifth consecutive year, the TiE Social Entrepreneurs Group together with Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Sloan Business Club will be hosting ForSE 2011: Forum for Social Entrepreneurs. “Make it Happen; Idea to Social Enterprise” on Saturday, October 1 at MIT. ForSE 2011 brings together social innovators, leading business professionals, investors, donors, government officials, academics, and students to share new technology and business ideas with the potential for significant social impact.
 

Key Highlights

  1.  Keynote Sessions by leading social entrepreneurs
  2. Four tracks on Technology, “How To”, Urban Mechanics, and Global Health promise engaging conversations with committed leaders delivering significant social impact.
  3. Unconference session after the panels, allows you to continue the conversation with panelists in an informal setting.
  4. Pitch contest where new social entrepreneurs, can refine their pitch, test their ideas and wow a panel of seasoned judges. For more information on Pitch contest, click here.

Keynote Speakers

Dr. Harish Hande, Founder of Selco India, social venture promoting sustainable technologies in rural India. Magasaysay Award winner for 2011; Social Entrepreneur of the Year 2007 by the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship
  Dr.Una Ryan, President and CEO, Diagnostics for ALL, a non-profit focused on low cost, easy to use diagnostics for the developing world.
  Andrew Yang, Founder and President, Venture for America, which recruits the best and brightest college grads to work for two years at emerging start-ups and early-stage companies in lower-cost cities


Four Exciting Tracks @ ForSE 2011

Technology

Urban Mechanics

Global Health

“How To”
Social Media for Social Change
Actions to spur Urban Ventures
Sanitation and Health
Incubating your Ideas
Nate Rothstein, Swellr,
Daniel Benoni-Theroux, Invup,
Antoinne Machal-Cajigas, AltruHelp
Ashoka Changemakers
 		 Jackie Douglas, Liveablestreets
Joe Grafton, Somerville Local First
Jessie Banhazl, Green City Growers
 		 Gaurav Tiwari, Sanergy
Lawino Kagumba,
Zana Africa
Dave Perry,
Osmopore
 		 Sam White, Greentown Labs
Akhil Nigam, MassChallenge
Stas Gayshan, Space with a Soul
 
Seeding, Nurturing and Growing Student Innovations
Technologies with social impact in Urban Space
Bridging the Health Care Divide
Socially Responsible Investment
William Li, MIT
Michael Behan, Njabini Apparel
Stephen Douglass, Young Impact
 		 Gus Holcomb, Relayrides.com
Charles Sinkler, Apex Green Roofs
Sam Anton, Gizmo
 		 Arun Shanbag, Lancet
Dan Yansen, ClickDiagnostics
 		 Natalia Oberti Noguera, Pipeline Fellowship
Christine Phillpotts, Grassroots Business Fund
Miguel Herrera, Accion
Stuart Yasgur, Ashoka

 

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