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2018 Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship

Wednesday, April 11, 2018

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Plenary

Session Description

Proximity is a nearness not just in place, but in time. Seated in this very theater are the social entrepreneurs who take the risks to right the most unjust systems during this moment of our collective experience. Tonight we honor those leaders, and we celebrate a fundamental tenet of their work: with nearness comes understanding. With understanding, we chart a path forward.

MASTER OF CEREMONIES
Sally Osberg, President and CEO, Skoll Foundation

FEATURING RECIPIENTS OF THE 2018 SKOLL AWARD FOR SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Lesley Marincola, Angaza
Jess Ladd, Callisto
Jennifer Pahlka, Code for America
Barbara Pierce Bush, Global Health Corps
Anushka Ratnayake, myAgro
Harish Hande, SELCO

MUSICAL PERFORMANCE
Aloe Blacc

Doors open at 3:30pm and seating is general admission.

Plenaries are free for Skoll World Forum delegates, and no additional ticket is necessary. Members of the general public can purchase tickets in advance here.

Time & Location

Time:
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM, Wednesday, April 11, 2018 BST
Location:
New Theatre
Speakers
  • Lesley Silverthorn Marincola
    Speaker
    CEO, Angaza
    Lesley Marincola is the Founder and CEO of Angaza. Angaza's Pay-As-You-Go technology platform enables businesses in emerging markets to extend flexible solar payment plans to the billion individuals without access to grid electricity. A product designer (B.S.) and mechanical engineer (M.S.) from…
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  • Jennifer Pahlka
    Speaker
    Founder, Code for America
    Jennifer Pahlka works on making government work for people in the digital age. She is the founder and former executive director of Code for America and served as U.S. Deputy Chief Technology Officer in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy from 2013–2014, where she founded…
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  • Harish Hande
    Speaker
    CEO, Selco Foundation
    Harish Hande, Founder SELCO Harish Hande is a renewable energy entrepreneur with over 25 years of grassroots experience in understanding, developing and deploying sustainable energy solutions for underserved communities. He was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 2011. Today…
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  • Barbara Pierce Bush
    Speaker
    CEO and Co-Founder, Global Health Corps
    Barbara Bush is CEO and co-founder of Global Health Corps (GHC), which mobilizes a global community of young leaders to build the movement for health equity. GHC was founded in 2009 by six twentysomethings who were challenged by Peter Piot at the aids2031 Young Leaders Summit to engage…
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  • Aloe Blacc
    Performer
    Musician, Invidividual
    A Southern California native born to Panamanian parents, Blacc was raised on boundary-pushing hip-hop acts like Public Enemy, The Pharcyde, and De La Soul, and developed a fierce admiration for such soul musicians as Donny Hathaway, Marvin Gaye and folk-rock singer/songwriters like Joni Mitchell…
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  • Sally Osberg
    Moderator
    Vice Chair and Senior Advisor, Skoll Foundation
    As the first President and CEO of the Skoll Foundation, Sally Osberg partnered with Jeff Skoll to build it into the leading philanthropy in the field of social entrepreneurship. During her tenure, the Foundation supported more than 100 entrepreneurial organizations driving equilibrium change on many of…
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  • Jess Ladd
    Speaker
    CEO, Callisto
    Jess Ladd has dedicated her career to advancing sexual health and wellbeing through a public health lens and through using technology tools. She created her own major in Public Policy and Human Sexuality at Pomona College and has a Masters in Public Health in Epidemiology and Health…
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  • Anushka Ratnayake
    Speaker
    CEO & Founder, myAgro
    Anushka is recognized as a Global Leader in designing digital financial tools for smallholder farmers & designing for greater gender inclusion. She’s a serial entrepreneur who has had leadership roles in some of the most awarded and recognized social enterprises in the last two decades – Kiva.org…
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