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Looking Forward, Looking Back:
The Evolution of the Social Enterprise Sector
November 13-15, 2007
(Hotel Helia, Budapest)
Social Enterprise Leaders
(Venue: Hotel Helia, Uranus Room)
The first day of the Symposium focuses on practical training for social enterprises and on introducing the donor and investment communities to the practical problems facing social enterprises in central Europe through direct one-on-one interaction.
10:30 NESsT Venture Fund Portfolio Training Workshop
(NESsT staff & portfolio only)
13:00 Lunch
14:00 NESsT Venture Fund Portfolio Training Workshop (continued)
15:30 Welcome Coffee
16:00 NESsT Social Enterprise “Clinic”
Donors, business and investment leaders will be introduced to social enterprises in the NESsT Venture Fund portfolio from across central Europe. Participants will be pared off with individual portfolio organizations to work directly with managers on practical challenges they face in developing their businesses.
18:00 Adjourn
Social Enterprise Investors
(Venue: Hotel Helia)
The second day of the Symposium coincides with the Annual Conference of the Hungarian Venture Capital & Private Equity Association (HVCA) and focuses on introducing the concept and practice of social enterprise to the investment community in central Europe.
9:00 – 17:00 Annual Conference of the Hungarian Venture Capital & Private Equity Association (HVCA) (this is a private event for registered participants only)
NESsT Social Enterprise Marketplace
(during the HVCA conference in the Panorama Room of Hotel Helia)
Social enterprises in the NESsT Venture Fund portfolio will display their products and services for the investment community.
17:00 NESsT-Citi Social Enterprise Competition Awards Reception
17:00 Cocktails & Hors d’œuvres. The NESsT Social Enterprise Marketplace will also be open to the public and press at this time.
17:15 NESsT International Venture Philanthropy Award 2007
Sponsored by Squire Sanders & Dempsey
Presenter: Lee Davis, NESsT
Recipient: TBA
The NESsT International Venture Philanthropy Award (“NESsT Golden Egg Award”) was established in 2001 to promote excellence in the field of venture philanthropy and to celebrate venture philanthropy role models internationally.
17:30 NESsT-Citi Social Enterprise Competition Awards Ceremony
Sponsored by Citi Foundation
Presenters:
Kenneth Quinn, Citi Country Officer (Czech Republic)
Batara Sianturi, Citi Country Officer (Hungary)
Eva Varga, NESsT
Recipients: TBA
The NESsT-Citi Social Enterprise Competition was launched by NESsT in 2007 with support from the Citi Foundation to enable civil society organizations (CSOs) in Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia to plan for and launch social enterprises. At the reception, NESsT and Citi will showcase competition finalists and present awards for the strongest social enterprise concepts.
18:30 Reception ends
Social Enterprise Financing
(Venue: Hotel Helia, Panorama Room)
The final day of the Symposium is an interactive, working session focusing on the evolution of the social enterprise sector globally and NESsT’s role as a catalyst in central Europe. A group of “pioneers” from around the world will reflect on new trends and opportunities in the social enterprise sector, particularly in developing new financing instruments for investing in social enterprises, and explore opportunities to apply such tools in central Europe.
9:00 Coffee
9:15 The Evolution of the Social Enterprise Sector
A brief overview of the evolution of social enterprise sector in emerging markets and key new directions, themes, and opportunities for the next decade.
Lee Davis, Co-Founder & CEO, NESsT
(California, USA)
9:30 Beyond Grants – a Spectrum of Financing Tools for Social Enterprises
Presenter: David Carrington, Independent Consultant
(United Kingdom)
11:00 Coffee Break
11:30 Loan Models for Social Enterprises
Case: The Charity Bank
Presenter: Malcolm Hayday, Chief Executive, Charity Bank (United Kingdom)
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Building a Social Capital Market
Case: Brazilian Social Stock Exchange
Presenter: Celso Grecco, Atitude Marketing Social
(Brazil)
Special Guests: Representatives of the Budapest Stock Exchange
15:30 Coffee Break
16:00 Private Equity Investors and Social Enterprise
Case: DBG Eastern Europe
Brian Wardrop, Partner, DBG Eastern Europe
(Czech Republic)
17:30 Key Lessons and Strategies for the Future
Nicole Etchart, Co-Founder & CEO, NESsT
(Chile)
18:00 Adjourn
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