Social Business
Youth Summit 2021
HYBRID
FEBRUARY 27-28, 2021
IMPACT HUB DHAKA, BANGLADESH
The Social Business Youth Summit (SBYS) is the pioneer youth forum hosted by YY Ventures, in an attempt to gather and immerse youth from all over the globe in the world of social business via learning from and interacting with social business experts.
Despite the disruption in day-to-day activities SBYS 2021 believes it is time for innovation through greater connectivity both virtually and in person. SBYS 2021 aims to present a seamless networking opportunity through an amalgamation of face-to-face and digital meetings, varied investment and networking opportunities, alongside inspiring knowledge sessions and conversations.
A leading youth forum where youth across borders interact with the most intriguing and knowledgeable personalities in the social business field
What's Expected
300 Delegates
Online
50 Delegates
On-Site
30 Speakers
Joining
"You can use your creative power that you see in our world and that is the power we are trying to address. You have the power, make use of it. Get things done, create a new world. That’s the challenge we all have to take."
Professor Muhammad Yunus
SPEAKERS

Professor Muhammad Yunus
2006 Nobel Peace Prize Winner & Founder, Grameen Bank

H.E. Harry Verweij
Ambassador of the Netherlands to Bangladesh

Lamiya Morshed
Executive Director at Yunus Centre

Professor Bruce M. Usher
Professor of Practice and Faculty Director, Columbia Business School

Akkie Okma
Technical Advisor, YY Ventures; Executive Coach & Counsellor, Okma Advice

Mostafiz Uddin
Managing Director, Denim Expert Ltd

Cecilia Chapiro
Investment Adviser, UNICEF Ventures & Founder, Yunus & Youth

Tazin Shadid
CEO, YY Ventures
Announcing More speakers SOON
CONTENT
Inspiring
Keynote
Creative Workshops
Changemaker Introduction
Agenda
Day 1
Day 2
Day 1
Gathering & Check-in
10:00 - 10:30
Welcome
10:30 - 10:45
Tazin Shadid @ CEO, YY Ventures
Lamiya Morshed @ Executive Director, Yunus Centre; Chairwomen, YY Ventures
Resilience during unprecedented times
10:45 - 10:55
Mostafiz Uddin @ Managing Director, Denim Expert Ltd
Where are we now? | Ambassador Harry Verwejj Interviews Professor Muhammad Yunus
11:00 - 11:45
HE Harry Verweij @ Ambassador of the Netherlands to Bangladesh
Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus @ Founder, Grameen Bank
Break
11:45 - 12:15
Changemakers’ Meet: Spring 2020 cohort
12:15 - 13:00
Top 7 entrepreneurs from YY Goshti Incubation Program Spring 2020 Cohort make 3 minutes pitch to the community. Audience on site and online gets to give their valuable feedback and offer opportunities to our founders utilising our digital platform.
Break
13:00 - 14:00
Breakout Sessions
14:00 - 15.30
Mentor’s Lounge
Akkie Okma @ Techinal Advisor, YY Ventures; Executive Coach & Counsellor, Okma Advice
Deep Dive: Best practices of delivering clean water at home in underserved communities
Moderator:
Maartje Pronk @ Product Development Manager, Max TapWater
Panelists:
Muntasir Saqib Khan @ Managing Director, BoP Innovation Center
Jack Hartpence @ Co-Founder & CEO, Powwater
Imam Mahmud Riad @ Country Director, Bangladesh and Nepal, Max Foundation
Panel: Best practices for getting your social business off the ground
Moderator:
Lamia Hafiz @ Community Lead, Impact Hub Dhaka
Panelists:
Marcela Lessa @ Program Director, Yunus & Youth
Ke Lin @ Youth Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation Consultant, UNDP Regional Ofice
Shihab Quader @ International Project Manager, Yunus Centre
Fahim Shuvo @ CEO, Garbageman
Social Business Opportunities In A Post-Covid World And The Ecosystem Around It
Moderator:
Faisal Alih @ Co-Founder, Negros SPOKES
Panelists:
Andy Coscolluela @ Negros Women for Tomorrow Foundation, Inc.
Paula Mills @ Academy of Entrepreneurs Australia
Dr. Faiz Shah @ Co-Founder and President, Yunus Thailand
Callum Mckenzie @ Co-Founder and Director, Yunus Thailand
Prometheus Siddiqui @ Board Member of Grameen Australia
Break
15:30 - 16:00
Raising seed capital for your social business- What investors look for?
16:00 - 16:10
Cecilia Chapiro @ Investment Adviser, UNICEF and Founder, Yunus & Youth
Ecosystem Dialogue: Funding next generational social entrepreneurs
16:10 - 17:30
Moderator:
Bas Blaauw @ First Secretary at Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Bangladesh
Panelists:
Theodore Klouvas @ Programme Manager, Orange Corners
Zeenat Islam @ Relations Manager, Academia Network, Yunus Centre
Nirjhor Rahman @ CEO, Bangladesh Angels
Bijon Islam @ Co-founder & CEO, LightCastle Partners
Sharika Sadaf @ Head of Programs & Partnerships, YY Ventures
Shidartho Gouswami @ Head of Operations, Startup Bangladesh
Wellbeing during unprecedented times
17:35 - 17:45
Workplace of the future
17:45 - 17:55
Joe Fletcher @ Head of Creative, Argodesign
Wrap up Day 1
17:55 - 18:00
Day 2
Sunday, February 28
Welcome Back
10:30 - 10:35
Creating a peaceful and tolerant Bangladesh by enabling young innovators: The Digital Khichuri Challange Story
10:35 - 10:50
Robert Stoelman @ Project Manager, UNDP Bangladesh
The Power of Positivity
10:50 - 11:00
Akkie Okma @ Techinal Advisor, YY Ventures Executive Coach & Counsellor, Okma Advice
Role of Technology for Post COVID-19 reconstruction
11:00 - 11:45
Moderator:
Tazin Shadid @ CEO, YY Ventures
Panelist:
Jacki O’ Neil @ Microsoft Africa Research Institute (MARI), Director at Microsoft
Break
11:45 - 12:15
Changemakers’ Meet: Fall 2020 cohort
12:15 - 13:00
Top 10 entrepreneurs from YY Goshti Incubation program Fall 2020 cohort make 3 min pitch to the community. Audience on site and online gets to give their valuable feedback and offer opportunities to our founders utilising our digital platform
Break
13:00 - 14:00
Breakout Sessions
14:00 - 15.30
Deep Dive: Future of Waste Management in Urban Areas
Moderator:
Debojit Saha @ Managing Director, Kaizen CRS
Panelists:
Fahim Shuvo @ CEO, Garbageman
Silvia de Vaan @ Founder & Ceo, Smart Sweep
Panel Session: Making healthcare accessible for everyone
Moderator:
Dr. Shazzat Rahat Hossain @ Project Lead, Sneho Urgent Care
Possible Speaker:
Sajid Rahman @ Co-Founder & CEO, Digital Healthcare Solutions
Panel Session: Future of Cities: Post-COVID era
Moderator:
Shadman Sadab @ Director, Good City Foundation
Panelist:
Ding Wang @ Ethnographer/HCI Researcher, Google AI
Panel: Youth Mobilisation To Make COVID Vaccine A Global Common Good
Moderator:
Lukas Posegga @ Creative Community Builder, The Grameen Creative Lab
Break
15:30 - 16:00
Investing for A World of Zero Carbon Emissions
16:00 - 16:10
Professor Bruce M Usher @ Professor of Practice and Faculty Director, Columbia Business School
Plenary: Unleashing Your Environmental Consciousness
16:10 - 17:30
Moderator:
Mahenaz Chowdhury @ Founder & Designer, Broque
Panelists:
Kate Carrillo @ Program Manager, Yunus Environment Hub
Sohel Ahmed @ Managing Director, Grameen Shakt
Nazmul Islam @ CEO, Avijatrik
Judith Joan Walker @ Director of Operations, African Clean Energy
Closing
Keynote: No Going Back
17:30 - 18:15
Speakers:
Hans Reitz @ CEO, The Grameen Creative Lab
Gabriela Gandel @ Chief Executive Director, Impact Hub Network
Keynote Speaker:
Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus @ Founder, Grameen Bank
End of SBYS 2021/See you next time
18:15 - 18:30
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