Social Venture Network 2014 Fall ConferenceThe Power to Change

Fall Conference Agenda October 23 - 26, 2014, Greenwich, Connecticut

Thursday, October 23, 20141:30 – 8:00pm Registration Open3:30 – 4:45pm Welcome and Networking Session:

How to Make the Most of an SVN Conference4:45 – 6:15pm Networking Reception6:15 – 7:30pm Dinner7:30 – 7:45pm Welcome Remarks

Deb Nelson, Social Venture Network7:45 – 8:45pm Opening Plenary:

True Confessions with Linda Mason, Bright Horizons Family Solutions8:45 – 9:00pm Artist in Residence Performance

Dani Shay, Be More Heroic 9:15 – 10:15pm Entrepreneurs’ Playground

Facilitated by Shilpa Jain, YES!

Friday, October 24, 20147:30 – 8:15am Yoga7:30 – 8:15am Morning Walk8:00 – 9:00am Breakfast8:30am – 7:00pm Registration Open9:00 – 10:30am Plenary: Catalyzing Positive Change

1. Creating Equal Access to the Green EconomyNikki Silvestri, Green for All

2. Performance 3. The Power to Change the Rules

Alnoor Ladha, /The Rules 10:30 – 11:00am Break11:00am – 12:15pm

Interactive Breakout Sessions:1. A Different Kind of Finance for a Different Kind of Business

Brendan Martin, The Working World2. Tanka Returns: Bringing Back the Buffalo to Native Lands,

Lives and Economies Mark Tilsen and Karlene Hunter, Native American Natural Foods. Facilitated by Sarah van Gelder, YES! Magazine

3. The Responsible Entrepreneur: Regenerating Industries, Capital Markets, Cultural Beliefs and GovernancePamela Mang, Regenesis Group and Carol Sanford, The Responsible Entrepreneur Institute

12:30 – 2:00pm Lunch2:15 – 3:30pm Plenary:

Divest-Invest InitiativeDr. Ellen Dorsey, Wallace Global Fund and Chloe Maxmin, Divest Harvard and First Here, Then Everywhere. Facilitated by David Fenton, Fenton.

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Friday, October 24, 20143:45 – 4:45pm Nature Walk3:45 – 4:45pm Music Hour5:00 – 6:30pm Intergenerational Men’s Circle

Facilitated by Jared Levy, Guru Media Solutions and Ed Dugger, Reinventure Capital

5:00 – 6:30pm Intergenerational Women’s Circle Facilitated by Elizabeth Crook, Orchard Advisors and Discover Your YIPPEE!

6:30 – 7:45pm DinnerMember-led Sabbath Dinner begins at 6:45pm

7:45 – 9:00pm SVN Innovation Awards CelebrationHosted by Andy Shallal, Busboys and Poets

2014 SVN Innovation Award Winners:1. Shannon Dosmegan, Public Lab2. Svati Bhogle, Sustaintech India3. Jason Bradford and Craig Wichner, Farmland LP4. Alfa Demellash, Rising Tide Capital

9:00 – 9:15pm Artist in Residence Performance9:30 – 10:30pm Entrepreneurs’ Playground

Facilitated by Shilpa Jain, YES!

Saturday, October 25, 20148:00 – 8:45am Yoga and Meditation

Led by Cara Bradley, Verge Yoga and Verge Inspire8:00 – 8:45am Morning Walk8:30 – 9:30am Breakfast8:30am – 2:00pm Registration Open9:30 – 10:45am Plenary:

Business as a Force for Social Change: Zen and the Greyston Story Roshi Bernie Glassman, Zen Peacemakers and Greyston Social Enterprises and Mike Brady, Greyston Social Enterprises

10:45 – 11:15am Break11:15am –12:30pm Interactive Breakout Sessions:

1. Accelerating Impact EnterprisesKesha Cash, Impact America Fund, Michele Kahane, The New School for Public Engagement and Natalia Oberti Noguera, Pipeline Fellowship

2. Art, Healing and Social ChangeJeffrey Sparr, PeaceLove Studios and Lauren Bettencourt and Ryan Bonifacino, Alex and Ani

12:45 – 2:15pm Lunch and Call to Action Round Table Discussions2:15 – 2:45pm Break2:45 – 4:15pm Plenary:

Race Forward: Turning our Values into ActionsFacilitated by Rinku Sen, Race Forward

4:30 – 6:30pm Products and Services Expo and Reception2 4/28/236:13 AM

Saturday, October 25, 20146:30 – 7:30pm Dinner7:30 – 8:00pm SVN Auction

Co-Hosted by Cheryl Contee Fission Strategy and Josh Mailman, Serious Change LP

8:00 – 9:00pm Plenary: The Power of HumorBaratunde Thurston, Cultivated Wit

9:00 – 9:15pm Artist in Residence PerformanceWomen of the World

Sunday, October 26, 20148:30 – 9:30am Breakfast 9:30 – 10:15am Plenary:

How to Grow Your Mission-Driven CompanyDaniel Lubetzky, KIND Healthy Snacks. Interviewed by Leigh Buchanan, Inc. Magazine.

10:30 – 11:15am Plenary:Sparking ActionCo-Facilitated by Anna McGrath, WonderWorks Consulting and Deb Nelson, Social Venture Network

11:15 –11:45am Break11:45am –1:00pm Closing Circle1:00 – 2:00pm Lunch

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