5th Social Business Academia Conference 2017
Paris, France
November 8 - 9, 2017

Tentative Program

November 8, 2017 (Wednesday):
8:30-9:00 : Welcome and coffee
9:00-10:30 : Opening
9:00-9:10 :  Welcome speech by Carine Camby, General Delegate, Cité International University of Paris
9:10-9:30 : Introductory words by Ms Lamiya Morshed, Yunus Centre and Hans Reitz, GCL
9:30-9:40 : Reflections on SBAC 2016
9:40-9:50 : Speaker from City of Paris (TBD)
9:50-10:00 : VIP Greetings/ Speeches
10:00-10:30 : Keynote speech: Professor Muhammad Yunus (30 minutes)
10:30-11:00 : Tea/Coffee Break
11:00-12:00 : Plenary Session 1
    Moderated discussion on the book “A World of Three Zeros” with Professor Yunus leading thinkers or public intellectuals
12:00-14:00 : Plenary Session 2
    Presentations from Yunus Social Business Centres from around the world
14:00-15:00 : Lunch
15:00-16:45 : Parallel Session 1A
    Track: Entrepreneurship and Social Business
Moderator: Professor Mai Thai, HEC Montréal, Canada
Presentation time: 15 minutes presentation + 5 minutes Q&A
   
  1. Social business canvas model: white and blue case, meeting     blue     and     white collar workers
    • Vusal Gambarov , Besjon Zenelaj , Xhimi Hysa
  2. An open path to self-employment The revolutionary and hopeful alternative of Social Entrepreneurship
    • Rogelio Garcia Contreras
  3. Strategies for Scaling Up Social Business Impact on Sustainable Living: A case Study on SBLIF
    • Farhana Ferdousi,Parveen Mahmud, FCA
  4. Cherehani Africa: A Case Study of Social Business Enterprise Towards Empowerment of Women in Rural Kenya.
    • Brian Omondi , Jecinta Kamau
  5. Concept of a Car Sharing Model for Urban Female Corporates to Improve Safety on Road and Productivity at Work
    • Hironobu Kitaoka , Nuren Abedin, Muhammad Ismail Hossain, Kazi , Rafiqul Islam, Hiroshi Okajima, Akira Fukuda, Ashir Ahmed
15:00-16:45 :  Parallel Session 1B
    Track: Entrepreneurship and Social Business
Moderator: Professor Benedicte Faivre Tavignot, HEC Paris
Presentation time: 15 minutes presentation + 5 minutes Q&A
   
  1. The Regional Tourism Value Chain - a workable habitat for sustainable micro and small businesses
    • Victoria Preoteasa , Flaviu Popa, Rodica Popa
  2. Finding a rainbow among the clouds: Annapurna’s micro-insurance program in slums
    • Xavier-Hay Francois , Samant Medha, Kanish Debnath
  3. Reverse Logistics Credits: a social and environmental innovation to address urban waste and recycling in Brazil
    • Mauricio Moura Costa, Luciana Freitas , Pedro Moura Costa
  4. Influence of Motivational and Socio-cultural Factors towards the Goals of Entrepreneurs in Bangladesh: A Policy and Structural Framework for Social Enterprise Economics
    • Rafiqul Islam Molla, Mahazan Abdul Mutalib, Mohammad Zahid Hossain Bhuiyan
  5. Social Business Collaboration Locally and Globally: Advancing Entrepreneurial Initiatives through Cross-Sector Collaboration
    • Debra Pallatto-Fontaine,    Ales Jug
16:45-17:00 : Break
17:00-18:00 : Parallel Session 2A
    Track: Social Business and SDGs
Moderator: Professor M. Jahangir Alam Chowdhury, University of Dhaka
Presentation time: 15 minutes presentation + 5 minutes Q&A
   
  1. Understanding Refugee Education, Entrepreneurship, and Acculturation in the U.S. – A Literature Review
    • Ujal Ibrahim
  2. Empowering Business to act as a Social Business Through SDG Focused Business Cases
    • Douglas Gilbert, Bob Willard
  3. Achieving SDGs through the application of Social Business methodology
    • Bhaskar Kumar
  4. Understanding the role of multilateral organizations and governments in advancing social business and social innovation in health
    • Rosanna W Peeling, François Bonnici , Beatrice Halpaap
17:00-18:00 :  Parallel Session 2B
    Track: Social business and other issues
Moderator:   Prof. Zhao Meng, Renmin University of China.
Presentation time: 15 minutes + 5 minutes Q&A
   
  1. What Do You Mean by “Social”? How an Ethical Lens Sharpens Our View of Social Business and Social Entrepreneurship
    • Ignas Bruder
  2. A Capability Approach for Measuring the Social Impact of Social Enterprises Fighting against Energy Poverty
    • Frederik Claeyé , Inigo Antepara
  3. Towards elucidating the ‘social’ from ‘business’ in social business: Explaining through Grameen and SEWA
    • Shishir K. Jha , Anu Ann Alexander
18:00–19:30   Dinner
 
November 9, 2017 (Thursday):
8:30 – 9:00 : Welcome and coffee
9:00-10:30 : Parallel Session 3A
    Track: Social business and health
Moderator:  Prof. Cam Donaldson, Glasgow Caledonian University
Presentation time: 15 minutes presentation + 5 minutes Q&A
   
  1. Softy – an affordable healthcare product for low paid female workers at readymade garment industry.
    • Mohammad Hasan
  2. Relationship and risk factors of hypertension, diabetes, and proteinuria among adults in Bheramara Upazila, Kushtia District, Bangladesh - Findings from Portable Health Clinic Data, 2013-2016
    • Ashir Ahmed , Rafiqul Islam , Mariko Nishikitani, Kimiyo Kikuchi, Naoki Nakashima, Fumihiko Yokota
  3. Providing Menstrual Health Management (MHM) solution in resource poor settings: case studies from Timor-Leste and Bangladesh
    • Md Mahfuz Ashraf, Ananda Vasudevan, Louise Shaw,    Pratiti Ghosh, MFM Amir Khashru, Kazi Sayem Jayed, Bronwen Morgan, Victor Ho
  4. Transformation strategies in WASH: local buy-in for sustainable service provision A Bangladesh Case Study
    • Giulia Sozzi , Max,  Mrs Kate Pearson, Suzan van der Wilt
9:00-10:30 : Parallel Session 3B
    Track: Finance and social business
Moderator:
Presentation time: 15 minutes presentation + 5 minutes Q&A
   
  1. Building Social Business with Islamic Fund
    • Mohammed Ahsan Ullah, Ahmed Mahmood
  2. Opportunities and challenges of the fintechs for the fight against poverty in smart city context
    • Josep Ortuño, Carmen Parra
  3. Capital and the Common Good: How Innovative Finance is Tackling the World's Most Urgent Problems
    • Georgia Keohane
  4. Developing a Model to Measure Financial Performance of Social Businesses and linking it to Sustainability
    • Nazmun Nahar
10:30-11:00 : Break
11.00-13.00 :  Parallel Session 4A
    Track: Social Business, health and technologies
Moderator: Dr. Faiz Shah, Asian Institute of Technology
Presentation time: 15 minutes presentation + 5 minutes Q&A
   
  1. Work Integration Social Enterprise and Well-being: Perspectives on job quality
    • Jack Rendall
  2. Can Social Business Address the Challenges of Public Private Partnership (PPP) in the Rural Healthcare in Bangladesh: A Proposed Conceptual Model
    • Mahfuz Ashraf, Dewan Muktadir-Al- Mukit, Liaw Siaw-Teng
  3. Financial management, microcredit, and health: The Glasgow Financial Diaries
    • Rachel Baker , Olga Biosca , Cam Donaldson , Fatma Ibrahim, Tim Laxton , Neil McHugh
  4. To change the world for social integration
    • Shah Md. Mohsin
  5. Medication alert system for affluent urban ageing community to reduce morbidity
    • Tomohito Shimura , Rajib Chakraborty, Hiroshi Okajima , Akira Fukuda, Ashir Ahmed
  6. Interfacing modern and indigenous knowledge for social businesses in developing and utilizing renewable energy build with local materials, cocoa pods and electronic waste     for sustainable
    • Tomukum Chia, Hon. Dr. Chia Emmanuel Ngam
11.00-13.00 : Parallel Session 4B
    Track:Social Business, Marketing, Education and other issues
Moderator: Prof. Chien-wen Shen, National Central University
Presentation time: 15 minutes presentation + 5 minutes Q&A
   
  1. Public Opinion towards Social Business – The Perspective of Social Media Mining
    • Chien-wen Shen, Jung-tsung Ho
  2. Irregular migration and social business: micro- and macro-enablers of social empowerment. The case for marketing & communication strategies and ICTs
    • Anna Visvizi , Miltiadis Lytras
  3. A Social Business Model for Investment in Primary Education in Developing Countries: Finding a Niche in Established Educational Systems
    • Garces-Voisenat Juan-Pedro, Ehsan Ali
  4. Need for designing a social business entrepreneurship training module at school for young children: a systematic review
    • Ahmed Rafiuddin and Giilian Sullivan Mort
  5. Citizen Engagement in Social Business Ecosystem – the Ultimate Action Model for Solving Community Problems: A Case of Chittagong SBC Ltd.
    • Moslehuddin Chowdhury Khaled
  6. Social Business Hybrid Models: An Appraisal
    • Dr. A. B. M. Shahidul Islam
  7. Virtual teaching in postgraduate social entrepreneurship programmes: the importance of social collaboration in virtual communities
    • Rogelio Garcia Contreras, Carmen Parra
13:00-14:00 :  Lunch
14:00-15:30 :  Closing session with Professor Yunus
    End