A dynamic conference that engages the public to explore entrepreneurial solutions to local and global poverty.

 

LIVESTREAM FROM THE EVENT:

When: April 15th, 2011, 9AM – 5PM.

Where: Mershon Auditorium, Wexner Center for the Arts, The Ohio State University, Columbus OH

Who: 800+ students, faculty, and business/community leaders.

APTE attendees will also have the chance to get plugged into internship, research, volunteer, and study abroad opportunities to channel their interest and enthusiasm into projects that help communities down the street and around the globe. Brought to you by students and partners at The Ohio State University, an International Poverty Solutions Collaborative.

The conference is FREE, thanks to our sponsors, but you must REGISTER:http://eevent.com/business-builders-club/alleviating-poverty-through-entrepreneurship-summit

Lunch will be provided by Fresh Box on a first come first served basis up to 600 attendees, so get there early to secure your wrist band.

NEWS update:

• Check-In will begin at 8:45am
• 600 Free lunches will be provided by Freshbox – If you want lunch check-in early to get a lunch ticket

• The Keynote speaker, Jessica Jackley (Kiva.org), will be presenting before lunch at11:00am

• The entire Summit will be broadcast live via Livestream – for those who may not be able to stay the entire time: http://www.livestream.com/apte

• Public parking can be found at the:

Presenters and Schedule:

Keynote speaker Jessica Jackley is a co-founder of Kiva.org, the world’s first peer-to-peer online microlending website. Named as one of the top ideas in 2006 by the New York Times Magazine and called “revolutionary” by the BBC, Kiva (www.kiva.org) lets internet users lend as little as $25 to specific developing world entrepreneurs, providing affordable capital to help them start or expand a small business. Kiva has been one of the fastest-growing social benefit websites in history, and since its founding in 2005, has loaned over $100M from lenders to entrepreneurs across 182 countries.

In the midst of these successes, Kiva remains focused on a very simple idea: bringing people closer to each other.  Kiva’s mission, “to connect people through lending to alleviate poverty,” and the idea that relationships are a powerful force for positive change, remain foundational for the organization’s strategy – and for Jessica’s work.

Jessica first saw the power, beauty, and dignity of microfinance while working in rural East Africa with microenterprise development nonprofit Village Enterprise Fund on impact evaluation and program development. Sector-agnostic about social change, Jessica has worked for public, nonprofit, and private organizations including the Stanford Center for Social Innovation, Amazon.com, Potentia Media, the International Foundation, World Vision, and others.

In the summer of 2009, Jessica began work on a new platform, ProFounder, that provides new ways for small businesses in the U.S. to access start-up funding through community involvement.  Jessica also currently teaches Global Entrepreneurship at the Marshall School of Business at USC.

Jessica holds an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business with Certificates in Global Management and Public Management, and a BA in Philosophy and Political Science from Bucknell University.  Also a trained yoga instructor, avid surfer, and poet.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS AND LIST OF GUEST SPEAKERS:

 

8:45 – 9:15        Check-in

 

9:15 – 9:25        Student Welcome and Introduction from Dr. Sharon Alvarez

 

9:25 – 9:35        Opening Remarks by Dean Christine Poon, Fisher College of

Business

 

9:35 – 10:50      Session One – Sponsored by the Tony Wells Foundation

• Gaby Blocher, Director of Research for Nuru International
• Mark Rembert and Taylor Stuckert, Founders of Energize Clinton County
• Sonya Perez-Lauterbach, Director of Young Ambassadors for Opportunity, Opportunity International

 

10:50 – 11:10      Coffee and Networking

 

11:20 – 12:00       Session Two: Keynote Speaker – Sponsored by the

International Poverty Solutions Collaborative, the Women’s

Fund of Central Ohio, the Honors Collegium, and Health Sciences Center for Global Health

Jessica Jackley, Co-Founder of Kiva and CEO of ProFounder

 

12:00 – 1:20         Lunch

 

12:10 -  Presentation from the Social Innovation Initiative at Ohio State

12:30 – Video Presentation: Yasmina Zaidman and Wei Wei Hsing,

Director of Marketing and Innovation Associate, Acumen Fund

 

* 1:20 – 2:20                  Session Three: Discussion with the International Poverty

Solutions Collaborative

• Dr. Jay Barney, the Fisher College of Business,

Co-founder of the International Poverty Solutions Collaborative

• Dr. Howard Golstein, College of Education and Human Ecology, Research Director of the Schoenbaum Family Center at Weinland Park
• Lou Siepel, Community Engagement Director of the International Poverty Solutions Collaborative

 

2:20 – 2:40                  Coffee and Networking

 

2:40 – 3:30                  Session Four – Sponsored by the Ohio State University

Medical Center

• Keith Zook, Global Sustainability Fellow, Procter & Gamble’s Children’s Safe Drinking Water Program
• Josh Nesbit, CEO of Medic Mobile

 

3:30 – 3:40                  Break

 

3:40 – 4:50                  Session Five – Sponsored by the Fisher College of Business

• Erin Krampetz, Senior Change Manager, Ashoka U
• Tanisha Robinson, CEO of Fudha.com
• Audrey Seagraves, Director of Programs, World of Good Development Organization

 

 

4:50 – 5:00                  Closing Remarks and Transition to APTE Innovation Marketplace

Fore information on APTE website: http://fisher.osu.edu/APTE
Watch APTE video: http://vimeo.com/18261827

Connect to APTE: on Facebook

Special Thanks to the APTE Team, Partners and Sponsors:

The APTE Team

Alyssa Antram, Bill Babeaux, Alex Barkley, Dr. Melissa Briggs-Phillips, Suzanne Bureau, Megan Colgan, Meg Dick, Jon Fish, Kyle Girardi, Kali Grant, Jaime Gusching, Marium Hussain, Rui Liang, Madeline McCarty, Adam Millat, Amy Miller, David Miracle, Louise Seipel, David Sherry, Carol Walden and Eva Zamudio

Partners and Supporters:

Dr. Sharon Alvarez, Tony Wells, Dr. Clay Marsh, Jacqueline Elcik, Lisa Bare, Mellett, Shawna Hansen, Patty Cunningham, Dr. Dan Sedmak, Melinda Swan, Ben Bayes, Dr. Mabel Freeman, Shaun Holloway, Sean McGee, Jane Abel, Ben Blanquera, Claudia Bonham, Amanda Potter, Bill Barto, Rick Coplin, Luke Barbara, David Tarai and James Balch

 

Global Citizen Platinum Sponsors:

The International Poverty Solutions Collaborative

The Tony Wells Foundation

The Ohio State University Medical Center

The Fisher College of Business

Entrepreneur Gold Sponsors:

The Undergraduate Business Council

Council on Student Affairs at the Ohio Union

Innovator Silver Sponsors:

The Women’s Fund of Central Ohio

The Honors Collegium

Undergraduate Student Government

Fisher College of Business Diversity Committee

eEvent

Live! Technologies

Lasting Impressions Event Rental

Donato’s Pizza

WiredOut – the Tech Store at OSU

Health Sciences Center for Global Health

PROMOTIONAL SPONSORS:

Big Ten Network

TechColumbus

Columbus Council on World Affairs

Outlook Media

Experience Columbus

Again, you must REGISTER to attend:http://eevent.com/business-builders-club/alleviating-poverty-through-entrepreneurship-summit

 

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