EndPoverty 2019 Schedule*

*Schedule subject to change. updates Will appear in The endpoverty newsletter.

Friday, November 22 - 9 am to 2 pm EST

 9:00 to 11 am

9:00 -9:10 AM  

Summit Opening

Marc Blumenthal

Executive Director

Social Ventures Foundation

The history and mission of the Summit and the Social Ventures Foundation.

9:10 to 9:30

Key Note Speakers

The Students of Social Ventures

Two recently graduated University students who have founded sustainable businesses focused on the "Bottom of the Pyramid" will address the summit. 

9:30 to 11:00  

Doing Business WIth a Purpose

Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Mideast

Universities, Businesses, and Startups from Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East will present their case studies about how they are doing business with a purpose. Social Venture Entrepreneurs will share their stories about their startups and why they decided to do business with a purpose to develop sustainable jobs, products, and/or services that lift the livelihoods of the poor.

 11 to Noon

11-11:30 am

Financing Startups to Scale Round Table: Almost 90% of the businesses focused on the EndPoverty space are startups. Staff and Advisors from the EndPoverty Fund will discuss the immense challenges of securing funding and investment to finance new inventions and innovations that can lift the livelihoods of the poor at the "Bottom of the Pyramid".  A variety of funding mechanisms will be discussed in connection with the underwriting of pre and post revenue startups including follow-on rounds for businesses that are scaling.    

11:30 am to Noon 

Meeting Unmet Poverty Reduction Challenges Round Table

Representatives of Social Engineering and Entrepreneurship Programs at Universities Worldwide will be invited to address how their programs are meeting the unmet poverty reduction challenges in a variety of sectors including health, transportation, housing, agriculture, environment, education, and energy.  We anticipate several startup ideas to spring from this round-table discussion based upon hundreds of "sandbox" innovations being developed at Universities globally.

Noon to 2 PM

Noon to 1:30 pm

Doing Business with a Purpose

North, Central, and South America

Universities,  Businesses, and Startups from North, Central, and South America will present their case studies about how they are doing business with a purpose. Social Venture Entrepreneurs will share their stories about their startups and why they decided to do business with a purpose to develop sustainable jobs, products, and/or services that lift the livelihoods of the poor.

1:30 pm to 2:00 pm

The End Poverty 2019 Awards Ceremony Review

EndPoverty 2019 Awards will be issued in January in January of 2020  to an individual, Universities, Univeobusinesses, and startups that have developed the most outstanding sustainable products, services, and jobs that lift the livelihoods of the poor.  The Awards categories are:

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•  EndPoverty 2019 Social Venture Platinum

• EndPoverty 2019 Social Venture Gold

• EndPoverty 2019 Social Venture Silver   

• EndPoverty 2019 Social Venture Individual