The Wharton Social Impact Conference brings together a network of impact-oriented business and community leaders with the shared goal of driving sustainable social change.
Brought to you by Wharton Social Impact Initiative, Wharton Social Impact Club, and students from the Wharton Executive MBA program, the conference brings light to the many innovative tools and models for social change. The conference is open to the general public.
This year’s featured keynote speakers are impact investing leader Ron Cordes, of the Cordes Foundation, and long-time entrepreneur Iqbal Quadir, WG'87, of MIT’s Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship.
Other speakers include:
Anne Bovaird Nevins, Senior Vice President, Marketing & Business Development, PIDC
Bill Cromie, Director of Emergent Technology, Blue Ridge Labs at the Robin Hood Foundation
Corinne O’Connell, Associate Executive Director, Habitat for Humanity Philadelphia
Deepak Jolly, Vice President, Coca-Cola India and South West Asia
Kate Ahern, Vice President, Social Innovation, Case Foundation
Suprotik Basu, CEO, Office of the UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Financing the Health MDGs & for Malaria
Surya Kolluri, Managing Director for Policy and Market Planning, Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Tobias Peggs, President (Impact), The Kitchen
Yana Watson Kakar, Global Managing Partner, Dalberg Global Development Advisors
Who should attend?
This event will bring together a community of corporate social “change-makers”, social entrepreneurs, impact investors, nonprofit and government executives, philanthropists, and university students with the shared vision of driving social change.
What to expect?
This conference aims to bring light to innovative tools and models for social change spanning various sectors and pulling from the experience of industry practitioners.
Panel topics will include discussion on successful models for social entrepreneurship, innovative financing for social impact, and strategic partnerships for corporate social impact. A full schedule will be available in mid-September.
The day-long event will also feature lightning pitches from cutting edge social entrepreneurs, include time for networking, and include a special presentation on Wharton’s latest impact investing research.
