Opening MB100 Forum – 2020

1st December 2020, 1-5pm GMT.

MB100 Forums will bring together the leaders recognised each year for their work in combining profit and purpose to help achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals. 

 

This opening event saw the winners discuss topics ranging from empowering refugee communities to financing the decade of action.

 

Hear below from these outstanding business leaders as they articulate the challenges and opportunities surrounding some of the most pressing issues facing humanity today.

 

AGENDA

1-1.30pm: Meet the Judges

 

Antonia Wade, CMO, Capita (UK)

Kenneth Kwok, Founder & CEO, Global Citizen Capital (Hong Kong)

Nikhil Seth, Assistant Secretary-General, United Nations (Switzerland)

Sally Uren, CEO, Forum for the Future (UK)

 

 

1.35-2.15pm: Empowering Refugee Communities

With more than 1% of all humanity currently displaced, as per the UN Refugee Agency, we will look at how businesses can use their platform to provide opportunities, support refugee entrepreneurship and integrate displaced people into the economy.

 

Sancia Dalley, SVP, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights (Moderator, US)

 

Aime Rebecca, Founder and CEO, Patapia (Uganda)

Cara Boccieri, Founder, Akamae (Thailand)

Roberta Ventura, Founder, SEP Jordan (Jordan)

Shirin Pakfar-Friborg, Chief of Section, Private Partnerships and Philanthropy, UNHCR (Denmark)

 

 

 

 

2.20-3.00pm: Democratising Access to Healthcare

 

With the pandemic creating unprecedented disruption for the healthcare industry, we look at how leaders can deliver affordable healthcare solutions and the action plan for more resilient and better care for all. 

 

Alan Greenberg, Venture Partner, EDT Partners (Moderator, UK)

 

Howard Weinstein, Founder, Solar Ear (Brazil)

Saba Alzabin, Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer, Nabta Health (UK)

Sujay Santra, Founder and CEO, iKure Techsoft (India)

Temie Giwa Tubosun, Founder, LifeBank (Nigeria)

 

 

 

 

 

3.05-3.45pm: Accelerating The Energy Transition

 

As we move towards post-covid recovery measures, how can we create a lasting shift in the global energy mix for a low-carbon world? We will hear from leaders on how to increase the pace of green adoption through technology, innovation and policy advocacy.

 

Assaad Razzouk, Group CEO, Sindicatum Renewable Energy (Moderator, Singapore)

 

Catherine Von Burg, CEO and President, SimpliPhi Power (US)

Chitra Rajan, Managing Director, Radix Group (India)

Inna Braverman, Founder and CEO, Eco Wave Power (Israel)

Juliet Davenport, Founder and CEO, Good Energy (UK)

 

 

 

 

 

3.50-4.30pm: Financing the Decade of Action

 

The World Economic Forum states that there is an annual $2.5 trillion financing gap standing in the way of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. This session will consider the various ways in which this gap can be closed, featuring individuals who are leading the charge.

 

Florian Kemmerich, Managing Partner, Bamboo Capital Partners (Moderator, Switzerland)

 

Diana Wangari Gitau, Principal, Lens Africa Fund (Kenya)

Kimberley Abbott, Founder & CEO, Vested Impact (UK)

Reto Ringger, Founder & CEO, Globalance Bank (Switzerland)

Saskia Bruysten, Co-Founder and CEO, Yunus Social Business (Germany)

 

 

 

 

 

4.30-5pm: In conversation with:

Anna Bateson, Former CEO, Guardian News & Media (UK)

Fiona Morgan, Director of Purpose & Impact, SailGP (UK)

Tom Szaky, CEO, Terracycle (US)

 

 

 

 

SPEAKERS

2020-forum, MB100 2020
Founder & CEO, Patapia
Africa
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Director Board of Trustees, Institute of Imagination
Europe
2020-forum, Ambassadors, JUDGES 2021, MB100 2020
CEO, Guardian Media Group
Europe
2020-forum, ait-judges-2023, JUDGES 2020
Global CMO, PwC
Europe
2020-forum, ait-judges-2023, JUDGES 2019, JUDGES 2020
CEO, Gurīn Energy
Asia
2020-forum, MB100 2020
Founder, Akamae
Europe
2020-forum, MB100 2020
Founder, CEO & President, SimpliPhi Power
North America
2020-forum, MB100 2020
MD, Radix Group
Asia
2020-forum, MB100 2020
Managing Partner, VictoriaLens
Africa
2020-forum, ait-judges-2023, Ambassadors, JUDGES 2020
Director, Purpose & Impact, SailGP
Europe
2020-forum, ait-judges-2023, JUDGES 2020, mission-possible-event
Managing Partner, Bamboo Capital Partners
Europe
2020-forum, Ambassadors, MB100 2020
Founder & CEO, Solar Ear
South America
2020-forum, MB100 2020
Founder & CEO, Eco Wave Power
Asia
2020-forum, Ambassadors, MB100 2019, MB100 2020, mission-possible-event
Chair, Atrato Onsite Energy
Europe
2020-forum, ait-judges-2023, JUDGES 2020, mindWorks-ttlomh, mission-possible-event
Founder & CEO, Global Citizen Capital
Asia
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Founder & CEO, Vested Impact
Europe
2020-forum, ait-judges-2023, Ambassadors, JUDGES 2020, JUDGES 2021, JUDGES 2022, JUDGES 2023, JUDGES 2024
Assistant Secretary-General, UN & Executive Director, UNITAR
Europe
2020-forum, JUDGES 2021, MB100 2019, MB100 2020
Founder & CEO, Globalance Bank
Europe
2020-forum, MB100 2020
Founder, SEP Jordan
Asia
2020-forum, MB100 2020
Co-Founder & Director, Nabta Health
North America
2020-forum, ait-judges-2023, Ambassadors, JUDGES 2020, JUDGES 2021
CEO, Forum for the Future
Europe
2020-forum, ait-judges-2023, Ambassadors, JUDGES 2020, JUDGES 2021, JUDGES 2022, JUDGES 2023
SVP, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights
North America
2020-forum, MB100 2020
Co-Founder & CEO, Yunus Social Business
Europe
2020-forum
Chief of Section, Private Partnerships and Philanthropy, UNHCR
Europe
2020-forum, 2023-MB100-Winners, MB100 2020
Founder & CEO, iKure Techsoft
Asia
2020-forum, MB100 2020
Founder, LifeBank
Africa
2020-forum, 2021-Forum, Ambassadors, MB100 2020, MB100 2021, scaling-impact
Founder & CEO, TerraCycle
North America

 

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