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Programme Agenda

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Day 01 1 FEB 2025

Time (GMT +06)	Details
9:00 - 10:00	Arrival and Check-in
10:00 - 10:30	Connections before Content
10:30 – 11:00	Settle in for the Summit!
11:00 – 11:10	Opening Remarks Sadia Hossain, Director of Board, YY Ventures and Impact Hub Dhaka Thijs Woudstra, Charge d'Affaires, Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Bangladesh
11:10 – 11:15	Social Fiction Storytelling Competition Jarin Ibedita Edi, Student, Adamjee Cantonment College
11:20 - 11:50	Keynote: Change the Country, Change the World H.E. Professor Muhammad Yunus, Chief Advisor to the Interim Government of Bangladesh and Nobel Peace Laureate
12:05 – 12:25	Fireside Chat: Bridging Education, Employment & Entrepreneurship with Youth at Heart: Dutch Perspectives on Bangladesh Jurriaan Middelhoff, Ambassador-at-Large for Youth, Education and Employment, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of the Netherlands  Sadia Hossain, Director of Board, YY Ventures and Impact Hub Dhaka
12:30 – 13:30	Panel 1: Start Local, Scale Global: How Youth Are Driving the Future of Social Business Erik Parigger, Orange Corners Programme Manager, Netherlands Enterprise Agency  Ashik Chowdhury, Executive Chairman, Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) & Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority (BEZA) Lamiya Morshed, Principal Coordinator for SDG Affairs, Chief Adviser's Office, Government of The People’s Republic of Bangladesh Sabira Mehrin, Founder and CEO, Wander Woman Alberto Masetti-Zannini, Global Programmes Director, Impact Hub Network Farhia Tabassum Hoque, Programs Coordinator, YY Ventures
13:30 - 14:30	LUNCH BREAK
14:45 – 16:00	Breakout 1: Panel Discussion (Pearl) Food for the Future: Ensuring Food Security in a Changing World Ashwani Nayar, Area General Manager, IHG, Southwest Asia General Manager, InterContinental Dhaka Esrat Jahan Eve, Co-founder and COO, Countree Nafesa Helaly, Founder and CEO, Ecolery Md. Rubaiyath Sarwar, Managing Director, Innovision Consulting Private Ltd. Nandinee Chowdhury, Project Manager, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) Princess Ba-laan, Project Supervisor of Strategic Projects Department, Negros Women for Tomorrow Foundation Breakout 2: Workshop (Crystal) Scaling 3ZERO Clubs for Global Impact: A Youth-Driven Model for Change Breech Pedrajas, Climate Activist Ankita Shohel, Deputy Manager, YY Ventures Breakout 3 (Ruby) Zero Waste Living: Rethinking Consumption for a Sustainable Future Fahim Uddin Shuvo, Founder and CEO, Garbageman Limited Callum Mackenzie, Co-Founder & Managing Director, Yunus Thailand Foundation
16:00 – 16:30	BREAK
16:30 – 17:15	Orange Corners Bangladesh Showcase: Changemaker's Meet Tahmina Rahman Sathi, VP of Content, ToguMogu Navid Haider, Founder & Managing Director, CarboBon Syed Aminul Haque, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, BRTL   Nafesa Anzum Helaly, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Ecolery Yeamin Islam Tabin, Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer, Ecolery Imtiaz Farhan Bin Habib, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Agronochain Salma Nur E Jahan, Co-founder & Chief Operating Officer, SupplyLine  Redwan Ferdous, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, JRC Board  Syeda Tasfia Hoque, Co-founder and Chief Marketing Officer, Briqup Raiyan Khan, Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer, Briqup Md Mahbubul Alam, Co-founder and Lead Researcher, PolkaFlex
17:15 – 17:30	Launch of Orange Corners Innovation Fund in Bangladesh Erik Parigger, Orange Corners Programme Manager, Netherlands Enterprise Agency  Sarah Iqbal, Head of Impact Partners, SAJIDA Foundation Osman Dhali, Chief Operating Officer, YY Ventures
17:30 – 17:45	Key takeaways
17:45 – 18:00	Wrap Up Day 1!

End of Day 01

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Day 02 2 FEB 2025

Time (GMT +06)	Details
9:00 - 9:45	Connections before Content
9:45 – 10:00	Welcome Back!
10:00 – 10:30	Opening Session: Breakthrough Conversations Akkie Okma, Technical Advisor, YY Ventures, & Founder & Executive Coach, Okma Advice
10:30- 10:45	Keynote : Harnessing AI for Social Impact Michael Tjalve, Founder, Independent Humanitarian AI Advisory
10:45 – 11:45	Panel 2: The Green Leap - The Role of Business in Accelerating Our Green Transition Aziza Sultana Mukti, Deputy CEO, SOLshare Callum Mackenzie, Co-Founder & Managing Director, Yunus Thailand Foundation Navid Haider, Founder and Managing Director, CarboBon Christina Jager, Co-founder and Managing Director, Yunus Environment Hub Debashis Roy, Director of Advisory & Partnerships, Bangladesh, Impact Investment Exchange (IIX) Sadia Hossain, Director of Board, YY Ventures
11:45 – 12:15	BREAK
12:15 – 12:30	Fireside chat on Leveling the Playing Field: How Sports Can Create a Just World Ritu Porna Chakma, Bangladesh National Football Team Mohammad Shamsuzzaman Arafat, Bangladesh Triathlete Lamia Hafiz, Programme Manager, SAJIDA Foundation
12:30 – 13:30	Panel 3:  Empowering the Next Generation: How Talent Development Fuels Social Innovation Abdul Hannan Chowdhury, Vice-Chancellor of North South University, and Chairman and Director of Grameen Bank Professor Faiz Shah, Executive Director, Yunus Center, Asian Institute of Technology – Moderator Shamima Akhter, Director - Corporate Affairs, Partnerships & Communications, Unilever Bangladesh Limited Maliha Fawzia, Strategic Lead of Girls Education, Teach For All Tafsir Awal, Director, Multimode Group
13:30 - 14:30	LUNCH BREAK
14:45 - 16:00	Breakout 4 Health for All: Innovations to Ensure Equity in Healthcare Services Moinuddin Chowdhury, Managing Director, Grameen Kalyan Dr. Ahmed Armaan Siddique, CEO,Grameen Digital Health Tawhida Shiropa, Founder and CEO Moner Bondhu Niru Samsun Nahar, Principal of Grameen Caledonian College of Nursing Bishwamitra Chowdhury, Director, Impact Hub Dhaka Breakout 5 The Equity Equation: Activating Change for a Balanced World Tasaffy M Hossain, Founder and Managing Director, Bonhishikha – unlearn gender Breakout 6 Building an Inclusive Ecosystem: Strengthening Support Systems for Entrepreneurs Alberto Masetti-Zannini, Global Development Director at Impact Hub Network Shihab Quader, Director-General (SDGs), Chief Adviser's Office Sarah Iqbal, Head of Impact Partners, SAJIDA Foundation Salekeen Ibrahim, EVP & Head of Asset, Eastern Bank PLC Lamea Tanha, Founder, TransEnd Nazmul Islam, CEO, Avijatrik
16:00 – 16:30	COFFEE BREAK
16:30 –17:30	Panel 4: Future by Design: Building the World of Three Zeros Md. Ashraful Hassan, Chairman of Grameen Group and Managing Director & CEO of Grameen Telecom Trust Dr. David Dowland, Registrar, BRAC University Malika Amiri, Founder, EmpowerHer and 3ZERO Club Member, Malaysia Alex Wang, Managing Director, Global Committee on Social Business for Sustainable Development Goals MacKenzie King, Asia-Pacific Partnerships Lead, Impact Hub Network Ferdous Mottakin, Head of Public Policy & Government Relations, South Asia Global Public Policy, TikTok Alejandro Sebastian Coscolluela, Manager of Strategic Projects Department ,Negros Women for Tomorrow Foundation, Inc.
17:30 – 17:45	Closing Keynote: Closing Keynote: Building the Bangladesh We Want Lutfey Siddiqi, Chief Adviser’s Special Envoy for International Affairs, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh
17:45 – 18:00	Closing SBYS 2025! Osman Dhali, Chief Operating Officer, YY Ventures

End of Day 02

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