The Global Social Business Summit 2019

Society, economy, and ecology: At the Global Social Business Summit Berlin- The Gathering 2019 (GSBS), 550 representatives from business, science, politics and society has discussed business models that pursue social and ecological goals and are at the same time economical. In 2019 people from 54 different countries has participated in the summit. The conference took place on 7 and 8 November in Berlin.

The Global Social Business Summit 2019

During the Global Social Business Summit, 2 days of meetings, forums and workshops, this event will be decisive of the next years of the social business and microfinance movement as the most noble of social business entrepreneurs worldwide will build taskforces ahead of The Super HappYYness festival on the 28th of June 2020, in which framework Professor Yunus will celebrate his notable 80th Birthday, and where the results of the working groups will be presented. The topics of the event will cover poverty reduction, entrepreneurship creation, the environment and climate change, health, education, sports, arts and culture, microfinance – with a view to generate commitments and action plans from all those attending. Our collective goal will be to charter a path that we’ll follow collectively for the next 30 years, to transform the planet by 2050 and build a new civilization.

The Gathering 2019

The Global Social Business Summit Berlin – The Gathering 2019 will have an outstanding character this year as we will work on the next 30 years of the social business and microfinance movement.

Therefore, this year´s Global Social Business Summit will bring together the social business and microfinance family – the closest circle of inspirational speakers and opinion leaders from the social business and microfinance movement, private sectors, civil societies, governments and academia.

 

Events

The Social Business Academia Conference on the 5th-6th of November at Radialsystem is devoted to the ongoing development of theory and research on social business.

The Young Challengers & Young Pioneers Meeting on the 5th-6th of November at Holzmarkt and DRIVE. Volkswagen Group Forum is open to young individuals up to the age of 35 who are in the beginning of their journey or have first years of experience in the field of Social Business.

The 1st Social Business Environmental Forum on the 8th of November organized by the Yunus Environment Hub, the PREVENT Waste Alliance and the Federal Ministry of International Cooperation and Developpment is the plattform spotlightening circular waste economy.

The Global Social Business Summit – The Gathering 2019 will be decisive of the next years of the social business and microfinance movement as the most noble of social business entrepreneurs worldwide will build taskforces ahead of The Super HappYYness Festival on the 28th of June 2020, in which framework Professor Yunus will celebrate his notable 80th Birthday, and where the results of the working groups will be presented.

 

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