Working towards systemic change

This workshop is part of the International conference “Social Entrepreneurship and Philanthropy – Forthcoming Challenges and Realities” that took place in June 2022, in partnership with the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship. The Conference gathered some of the most prominent scholars in the field as well as government representatives and other important stakeholders engaged in fostering social entrepreneurship. It aimed at stimulating the development, exchange, and dissemination of ideas related to this social entrepreneurship.

Workshop 4 focused on working towards systemic change.

Key Speech by Prof. Paulo Savaget: “Transforming unjust systems through entrepreneurship”
Panel discussion on “What principles and practices can practitioners, funders and investors adopt to work towards deeper, systemic change?”
Moderation by Dr. François Bonnici


o Dr. François Bonnici, Director of the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship and Head of Social Innovation, World Economic Forum
o Prof. Paulo Savaget, Associate Professor of Engineering (Engineering Entrepreneurship), Saïd Business School, University of Oxford ; Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship Fellow at Worcester College, Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, U.K.
o Jeroo Billimoria, social entrepreneur and Founder of One Family Foundation and Co-Founder of Catalyst 2030, Amsterdam, Netherlands
o Dr. Phumlani Nkontwana, Senior Lecturer, Bertha Centre for Social Innovation & Entrepreneurship, University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business, South Africa
o Emilie Romon, Country Director, Ashoka Switzerland ; Global Co-Lead, Ashoka Support Network