Tibetan Social Business Symposium
| April 10, 2010 | ||
| 8:30 am | to | 5:30 pm |
LOCATION: Abbott Auditorium, Darden School of Business
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
The collecting of Cordyceps (Caterpillar Fungus) provides one of the few sources for cash income in rural Tibetan areas
DETAILS: 8:30am – 5:00pm
Open to the public and free of charge.
The University of Virginia Tibet Sustainable Governance Program, in partnership with Machik, is hosting the Tibetan Social Business and Sustainable Entrepreneurship Symposium on April 10 to bring together Tibetan entrepreneurs and global experts to discuss creative solutions to promoting business innovation on the Tibetan plateau in ways that benefit communities.
The Social Business Initiative is animated by the idea that markets have the power to transform social reality, and yet too often they leave the vast majority of the poor and disadvantaged behind. The concepts of social business and sustainable entrepreneurship offer new avenues for envisioning the role of markets in expanding the capacity of communities to become more self-reliant. By tying market mechanisms to social objectives, business principles can provide an opportunity to harness the power of markets to better meet collective social needs. But how might profit-maximizing enterprises be designed to also optimize social benefits–whether poverty alleviation, education, gender parity or environmental protection–in the Tibetan region?
The University of Virginia’s Tibet Sustainable Governance Program (TSGP) has convened the Tibetan Social Business Symposium in partnership with Machik, a nonprofit organization working to develop new opportunities for education and capacity-building on the Tibetan plateau.
Attendance is free and pre-registration is not required, EXCEPT for optional in-house lunch.
LUNCH OPTION: If you would like an on-site lunch as well as to help subsidize the event, the suggested donation will be $25 and pre-registration is required.
Darden School of Business, Abbott Auditorium
Symposium Schedule, April 10th, 2010
- 8:00 – 8:30am, Registration
- 8:30 – 9am, Opening Remarks
- 9 – 9:30am, Keynote
- 9:30 – 10:45am, Concepts and Frames: Sustainability, Innovation, Entrepreneurship
- 10:45 – 11:15am, Break
- 11:15 – 12:30am, Social Investment, Self-Reliance and Sustainable Communities
- 12:30 – 2pm, Lunch
- 2 – 3:15pm, Case Studies: Sustainable Practices and Social Enterprises
- 3:15 – 3:30pm, Break
- 3:30 – 4:45pm, New Horizons: Tibet, Social Enterprises and Global Connections
- 4:45 – 5pm, Closing Remarks