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How can we unlock new sources of growth?

Putting Entrepreneurs where Markets Aren't

January 21, 2026
13:15–14:00 (Europe/Amsterdam time zone)

About this session

Social innovation has moved from the margins to the mainstream, creating value where markets and governments alone cannot. As disruption continues to rewrite the rules of growth, it is compelling leaders to reconsider how economies function and who they are built to serve. How can entrepreneurship and social innovation transform disruption into scalable solutions that define the next era of...
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Speakers

SB
Shuchin Bajaj
Founder and Director
Ujala Cygnus Healthcare Services
GH
Gwenaelle Huet
Executive Vice-President, Industrial Automation
Schneider Electric
RL
Richard K. Lyons
Chancellor
UC Berkeley
PM
Phuthi Mahanyele-Dabengwa
Chief Executive Officer, South Africa; Executive Director, Naspers and Prosus
Prosus
JH
José Manuel Ramos Horta
President of Timor-Leste
Timor-Leste Government
GV
Gina Vargiu-Breuer
Chief People Officer; Labor Director; Member of the Executive Board
SAP

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