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Panel Descriptions
Keynote Speech 4 – Saturday, february 26
new alliances for Change. The next Step for Social entrepreneurs.
Felix Oldenburg
Europe Leader and Director Germany for Ashoka
New alliances for change. The next step for social entrepreneurs” - Social entrepreneurship has come of age since
Ashoka founded the field 30 years ago, but only recently do we see a landscape emerging beyond the usual set of
anglo-american support organizations, for example in continental Europe. In this landscape, everyone can be a changemaker,
and there are new roles for foundations, investors, corporations, governments ... and MBA graduates.
Keynote Speech 5 – Saturday, february 26
national geographic: an organization Created with environmental awareness as its Core:
More than a Mere Code of Conduct
Maurice van Sabben
President of National Geographic Television International and National Geographic Ventures International
Corporate Social Responsibility is a part of the new bottom line and serious corporations understand it means going
beyond the simple process of ticking the “best CSR practices” box. Long before the “social enterprise” concept was
forged, an organization known as National Geographic was created with environmental awareness as its purpose, not as
a means to an end. How can other organizations take from the “CSR in the blood” example that National Geographic
has set? What does it mean to have a true mission for change as a core fundamental within business practices?