2019 Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship
Wednesday, April 10, 2019
Session Description
Join us for the emotional highlight of the week—our celebration of the 2019 Skoll Awardees. We’ll honor five remarkable social entrepreneurs from around the world who truly embody the spirit of Accelerating Possibility. We’ll hear their stories of imagination and courage in crafting blueprints for a better tomorrow. GRAMMY award-winner and Order of Canada recipient Sarah McLachlan will perform.
Doors open at 3:30pm and seating is general admission.
The Skoll Awards plenary is 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 10, 2019
BST
Location:
New Theatre
Speakers
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Speaker
Julie Cordua is CEO of Thorn, a nonprofit that builds technology to defend children. Since Julie the organization over a decade ago, Thorn has become a pivotal force in creating safer online environments for children, developing tools and solutions for digital platforms to help them prevent and address…
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Greg Rockson is the co-founder and CEO of mPharma, a pharmacy-first primary care operator serving 1.4 million patients annually with essential primary healthcare across ten African countries. Since launching mPharma in 2014, Greg has overseen its growth and expansion and has led the…
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Nicola is a business leader and social innovator, driving multi-sector partnerships for systems change and inclusive economy. As Executive Director of Yellowwoods Holdings she leads the group’s efforts to drive system inclusion and sustainability through, and with, its portfolio of businesses that include…
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Performer
Founder, Sarah McLachlan Foundation
With over 30 years in the recording industry, Sarah McLachlan is a multi-platinum singer and songwriter best known for her intimate vocals and relatable lyrics. Canadian-born, McLachlan is a multiple Grammy and Juno Award winning artist who has sold over 40 million albums throughout her career and…
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I am the CEO of the Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit that operates Wikipedia. I spent a decade as the CEO of Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator, a social enterprise building African solutions to tackle the global crisis of youth unemployment. Previously, I served as Chief Operating…
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Moderator
Chairman, Baker Tilly
Jim DeMartini is the retired Chairman of Seiler LLP (recently acquired by Baker Tilly). In his role as a trusted advisor, Jim counselled clients in matters including income, estate and gift tax planning, wealth management, business management, all facets of real estate, and charitable gift planning…
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Don Gips is the Chief Executive Officer of the Skoll Foundation, a global philanthropy with a mission to build a sustainable world of peace and prosperity for all. With a career spanning public service, politics, business, nonprofits and technology, Gips leads the Foundation’s work investing in, connecting…
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Bright Simons, is the President of mPedigree [link to: www.mpedigree.net], a social enterprise working on three continents with governments, Fortune 500 companies and activists to safeguard human health and food security using technology. A career inventor and innovator, his current projects…
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Moderator
Richard Fahey served as Chief Operating Officer of the Skoll Foundation from 2004 to 2021, where he contributed to the fulfillment of the Foundation’s mission to drive large-scale change by investing in, connecting, and celebrating social entrepreneurs and the innovators who help them solve the…
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Moderator
Director, Stanford University
Debra is focused on achieving a more just and sustainable economic system through collaborative action, human centered design and transformational systems change. She serves on the Boards of the Skoll Foundation, B Lab, IDEO.org, Imperative 21 and the global advisory boards of the African…
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Selorm Branttie is the Global Strategy Director for mPedigree, the industry leader in using innovative mobile technologies to counter the faking of products using mobile technology.
Since joining mPedigree in 2010, Selorm has been responsible for the expansion of the service under the mandate…
