Each year, around 800 of the world’s most impactful and influential social entrepreneurs and key partners gather at the University of Oxford to exchange ideas, contacts and information.

Speakers and delegates arrive with the aim of using their ideas and organisations to shape the world for the better and are drawn from social, academic, finance, corporate and policy sectors. Speakers from 2011 included:

• Desmond M. Tutu, Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Town
• Jeff Skoll, Founder and Chairman; Jeff Skoll Group
• Mabel van Oranje, CEO, Global Elders
• Álvaro Rodríguez Arregui, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Ignia
• Lord David Sainsbury of Turville, House of Lords, Parliament
• Baaba Maal, Senegalese Master Musician
• Sergio Oceransky, Co-Director, Yansa Community Interest Company
• Fadi Ghandour, Founder & CEO, Aramex
• Ngaire Woods, Director, Global Economic Governance Programme, University of Oxford
• Andrew Kassoy, Co-Founder, B Corp
• Jeff Mendelsohn, President and Co-Founder, New Leaf Paper
• Jeremy Leggett, Founder and Chairman, Solarcentury
• Larry Brilliant, CEO, Skoll Global Threats Fund
• Roger Martin, Dean, Rotman School of Management
• John Elkington, Founding Partner and Executive Chairman, Volans
• Jonathan Lewis, Founder and Chair, Microcredit Enterprises

Expect to be immersed in an environment of inspiration, knowledge and collaboration. Learn from the world’s most senior and celebrated entrepreneurs. Network at dinners hosted in stunning Oxford colleges. Attend skills workshops led by experts in the field. Find your future collaborators for social change.