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WES 2009: March 20th 2009, Programme
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08.00-08.45
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Coffee and Registration, Vestibule
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08.45-09.00
09.00-09.20
09.20-09.40
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Welcome in the Great Hall: Rebecca Harding: What is keeping WES 2009 attendees awake at night? Results of a survey of delegates
Keynotes introduced by Andy Reinhardt, Editor Business Week Online
“Managing through challenging times”: Jan Mühlfeit, Chairman, Microsoft Europe.
“Focusing on sustainability”: John Elkington, founder, SustainAbility and founder and Director, Volans
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09.45-11.00
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What about my business keeps me awake at night? Q and A of leading entrepreneurs and investors
Chaired by Vicky Pryce, Chief Economic Advisor, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform and Joint Head, UK Government Economic Services with participation from Oni Chukwu, CFO Triple Point Technologies; David Pitt-Watson, Chair, Hermes Equity Partners, Duncan Grossart, Founder and CEO ImageSource, Alistair Lukies, Founder and CEO, Monitise.
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11.00-11.30
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Coffee, Exhibition and Networking: Goodenough College, Large Common Room
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11.30-13.00
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What’s keeping you awake?
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Workshop 1: Can’t think straight! In the Great Hall. Facilitated by KaosPilots NL, this workshop challenges the way you approach your business and business decision-making with the aim of helping you think clearly about how to build your business in a socially responsible way.
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Workshop 2: Can’t get the cash! In the Think Tank. Facilitated by Oliver Woolley & Scott Haughton, Envestors and Shaa Wasmund (Founder, Smarta.com) this workshop focuses on the reality of accessing finance and helps you to build your investor readiness.
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Workshop 3: Can’t get big companies to focus responsibly on what matters! In the Small Common Room, William Goodenough House, across the square. Facilitated by Steve Durbin (Livingston Consulting) with participation from Nigel Kershaw (Chairman, Big Invest), Renate Hornung-Draus (Managing Director, German Employers’ Federation and Tommy Hutchinson, CEO i-genius), this workshop looks at how corporate responsibility budgets in large firms can be invested to support the growth of entrepreneurial social and sustainable businesses across the world creating benefits for all
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Workshop 4: Can’t invest in Africa! In the Large Common Room, William Goodenough House, across the square. Facilitated by Andrea Pizziconi, founder of the Christie Company, and with participation from Chukwu Emeke, CEO Afford, Andy Bainbridge, CEO Bank Muscat International, Henry Obi, Helios Investment Partners, Jean Francois Ruhashyankiko, Managing Director, Rwanda Enterprise Investment Company and Peter Hinton, CEO Summit Development Group, this workshop looks at investment, entrepreneurship and economic development in Africa.
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Workshop 5: Can’t get the right advice! In the Small Common Room
Facilitated by Katie Ledger, Nadene Canning (coach and entrepreneur) and Claire Mason (Managing Director Man Bites Dog): if you are looking to grow your business, this is your workshop. Its focus in on empowerment, focus, confidence, leadership and skills development – what you need to do in order to grow your business with you in the driving seat.
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Workshop 6: Can’t change the climate! In the Churchill Room
Facilitated by Duncan Grossart (CEO Image Source, Robert Hokin (EcoConnect) and Alison Rowles Anobile (IUCN), this workshop aims to help environmental entrepreneurs address the challenges of raising finance, selecting a business model, building networks and commercialising their environmental innovations.
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13.00-14.30
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Goodenough College, Large Common Room
Lunch, Exhibition including social reporting, Speed mentoring (facilitated by Oli Barrett) and Investor Forum: an opportunity to make enduring connections between companies and investors
13.00-13.30: Tour of Goodenough College
13.30-14.00: Speed Networking
Investor Forum: your chance to meet investors and potential partners 14.00-14.30
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14.30-16.00
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Tools to help you
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Workshop 1: Set your business up for social and sustainable growth. In the Small Common Room, William Goodenough House, across the square. Big corporations are struggling to create and capture value. New models are desperately needed. This is the time for the entrepreneur! Facilitated by Maggie Brenneke, Head of Innovation, SustainAbility and James Parr, IDEO Associate, this workshop will help entrepreneurs understand key principles of innovation and how to apply these principles to develop solutions designed for maximum social and/or environmental impact. This is a hands-on, creative session, so come prepared to experiment and have fun!
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Workshop 2: Stop solving the wrong problems well! In the Think Tank
This session will allow you to take the issues raised in some of the morning sessions, identify problems and look at ways of solving them creatively using the unique structured thinking approach developed by John Caswell and Group Partners.
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Workshop 3: Young entrepreneurs: what have you got to lose? In the Churchill Room: Participation from Ali Clabburn, Founder Liftshare.com, Shaa Wasmund, CEO Smarta.com, David McQueen, Founder, Milestoneunltd.com, Matt Kepple, founder Wahblo and Patrick Philpott, founder Visionpath this workshop will give young (and not so young!) entrepreneurs the tools to be creative, socially and environmentally responsible and growth-oriented at the same time!
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The WES Open Space: facilitated by Steve Moore (Policy Unplugged), Steve Brant (Trimtab Management Systems) and Nick Jankel (BeyondZero): In the Small Common Room
What will the future of Capitalism look like? Semi-structured opportunity for you to address the world’s challenges!
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Evidence base Workshop: Steady as she grows: What we know about high growth women’s businesses. In the Large Common Room, William Goodenough House, across the square: Facilitated and Sponsored by the National Policy Centre for Women’s Enterprise with participation from Rebecca Harding; Glenda Stone (Aurora & the Women’s Enterprise Task Force), Fiona Hotston Moore (Partner, Mazars), Trish Traynor-Watson (founder, LiquidSpace), and Deb Leary, Founder and CEO Forensic Pathways, this workshop looks at the key characteristics of women owned businesses, how they innovate and grow and what needs to be done to support more women through the growth path.
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16.00-16.30: Coffee, Networking and Exhibition, Large Common Room
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16.30- 17.30
GREAT HALL
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Is it the economy stupid! Investment and Growth Panel Chaired by Andy Reinhardt, editor Business Week online with Oliver Woolley, Executive Director British Business Angel Association, Nigel Kershaw, BigInvest, Gerard Burke, Cranfield Management School, Jean-Francois, Ruhashyankiko, Managing Director, Rwanda Enterprise Investment Company and Carlo Tortora-Brayda Di Belvedere, Alchemy World
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17.30-18.00
GREAT HALL
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Extravaganza facilitated David McQueen and Oli Barrett
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18.00-19.30
VESTIBULE
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RECEPTION:
speed networking facilitated by Oli Barrett
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19.30- LARGE COMMON ROOM
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Networking dinner – Doing Business in Africa – facilitated by Rebecca Harding with participation from KaosPilots NL
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