Revolution Through Social Enterprise - Sept. 21, 2007

Presented by the Geoffrey H. Palmer Center for Entrepreneurship & the Law

Graziadio Executive Center
Pepperdine University
24255 Pacific Coast Highway
Malibu, CA 90263

Across sectors, generations and disciplines, social entrepreneurs are identifying, addressing, and, in some cases, solving many of the major crises confronting our society today through the creative application of entrepreneurial principles. Bringing together youth, academics, nonprofit and corporate leaders, entrepreneurs and lawyers from around the world, this conference will showcase how the social entrepreneurship movement is transforming business, education, community development and philanthropy on a global scale.

The keynote address will be delivered by Jim Fruchterman, Chairman and Founder of The Benetech Initiative. Among numerous other achievements, Jim is a 2006 MacArthur Fellow, recipient of the Schwab Foundation's Outstanding Social Entrepreneur award in 2003, and a frequent speaker at the Skoll World Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

Panels will cover the following topics:

1. Youth in Social Entrepreneurship
2. Social Entrepreneurship in Academia
3. Legal Issues in Starting a Social Enterprise
4. International Community Development Through Social Enterprise
5. Corporate Social Responsibility
6. Faith-Based Social Enterprise
7. Investing in Social Enterprise

Panelists include the following distinguished individuals, among others:

- Bill Burrus, President and CEO, ACCION USA
- Terry Mollner, Founder, Calvert Foundation
- Anne Hastings, Director, Fonkoze (Haiti)
- Nurjuhan Begum, General Manager, Grameen Bank (Bangladesh)
- Monty Moran, President and CEO, Chipotle

To register for the conference, please click here: http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=139842. Questions? Please contact Kimberly Retts at 310.506.4292 or by email to Kimberly.Retts@pepperdine.edu.