Muhammad Yunus is a Bangladeshi economist and founder of the Grameen Bank, an institution that provides microcredit (small loans to poor people possessing no collateral) to help its clients establish creditworthiness and financial self-sufficiency. In 2006 Yunus and Grameen received the Nobel Peace Prize. Yunus himself has received several other national and international honors.
2007 SESSIONS
2007 Skoll Awards For Social Entrepreneurship
Featuring:
Jeff Skoll, Sally Osberg, Peter Gabriel, Muhammad Yunus, Salman Ahmad and Monica Yunus
Speakers: Muhammad Yunus, Salman Ahmad, Monica Yunus, Jeff Skoll, Peter Gabriel, Sally Osberg
2007 Skoll Awards Ceremony
2007 SESSIONS
Opening Plenary Of The 2007 Skoll World Forum
OPENING MUSIC
Salman Ahmad, Pakistani musician, UN Goodwill Ambassador HIV/AIDS, and founder of Junoon, South Asia’s most popular rock band
WELCOME
Stephan Chambers - MBA Director and Fellow of Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, Forum Moderator
OPENING REMARKS
Jeff Skoll - Founder and Chairman, Skoll Foundation and Participant Productions
OPENING REMARKS
John Hood - Vice Chancellor, University of Oxford
SOCIAL INNOVATION – WHAT IS IT, WHY IS IT IMPORTANT, WHAT ARE THE BARRIERS, HOW CAN IT BE ACCELERATED?
Geoff Mulgan - Director, The Young Foundation
Rushanara Ali - Associate Director, The Young Foundation
QUEEN RANIA OF JORDAN
SOCIAL INNOVATION – THE NEW PHILANTHROPISTS
Charles Handy - Writer, Broadcaster and Social Philosopher
THE CREATIVE IMPULSE: AN ECONOMIST’S ACCOUNT OF THE VERY DIFFERENT PATTERNS OF PERSONAL CREATIVITY
David Galenson - Professor of Economics, University of Chicago
NOBEL LAUREATE MUHAMMAD YUNUS IN CONVERSATION WITH PAT MITCHELL
Muhammad Yunus - Founder, Grameen Bank
Pat Mitchell - President and CEO, Museum of Television and Radio
CLOSING REMARKS
Stephan Chambers
Speakers: Geoff Mulgan, Muhammad Yunus, Salman Ahmad, John Hood, Rushanara Ali, Charles Handy, David Galenson, Queen Rania of Jordan, Pat Mitchell, Stephan Chambers, Jeff Skoll
Muhammad Yunus & Pat Mitchell at the Skoll World Forum 2007
2006 SESSIONS
Towards A Social Stock Exchange
Experiments with one investment approach or another are good. But we will need new processes of exchange if their use is to grow and lever significant new resources for social change. Different models of social stock exchange offer one such mechanism – but how could they work?
