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Social Innovation in Action

January 22, 2025
11:30–12:15 (Europe/Amsterdam time zone)

About this session

With over 10 million social enterprises globally, contributing $2 trillion annually to the economy, social innovation is driving transformative change. How can business and policy-makers harness the impact of social innovation to meet economic and societal challenges? This session is in partnership with Devex.

This is a livestreamed session.

Speakers

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Chantal Line Carpentier
Head, Trade, Environment, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Branch, Division for International Trade
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
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Barbara Frei
Executive Vice-President and Chief Executive Officer, Industrial Automation
Schneider Electric
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Nicola Galombik
Executive Director
Yellowwoods
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Raj Kumar
President and Editor-in-Chief
Devex
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Hilde Schwab
Chairperson and Co-Founder
Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship
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Parks Tau
Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition
Ministry of Trade and Industry of South Africa
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Prof. Muhammad Yunus
Chief Adviser
Bangladesh Government

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