2007 Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship

March 27-29, 2007
Saïd Business School, Oxford University, England

This year's Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship attracted nearly 700 social entrepreneurs, thought leaders, policy makers, corporate representatives, financiers, philanthropists and students from more than 40 countries. For three days, we convened a series of plenaries, panel discussions, workshops and academic presentations designed for learning, problem solving and community building on the topic of "Social Innovation and Diffusion." Among the speakers were:

• Jeff Skoll, founder and Chairman, Skoll Foundation and Participant Productions
• Muhammad Yunus, 2006 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Grameen Bank founder and microfinance pioneer
• Peter Gabriel, musician, activist, cofounder and Chair of WITNESS
• David Galenson, Professor in the Department of Economics, University of Chicago, and best-selling author of numerous books on creativity and innovation
• Dr. Larry Brilliant, Executive Director, Google.org, founder and former Director of the Seva Foundation
• Bill Drayton, CEO and Chair, Ashoka
• Jeroo Billimoria, founder, Child Savings International
• Fazle Abed, founder, BRAC
• Susan Collin Marks, Senior Vice President, Search for Common Ground
• Ashok Khosla, President, Development Alternatives Group
• Nina Smith, Executive Director, RugMark
• J.B. Schramm, founder and CEO, College Summit, Inc.
• Salman Ahmad, Pakistani musician, artist, activist and founder of South Asia’s internationally renowned rock band, Junoon

A highlight of the World Forum was the inspiring Skoll Awards Ceremony at the Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford, which honored individual social entrepreneurs from all over the world who are creating positive, systemic change across critical issue areas, including the environment, institutional responsibility, health, peace and security, social and economic equity, and tolerance and human rights.

To access the 2007 program from the World Forum, click here.

Archived Video from the 2007 Skoll World Forum

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Thursday, March 29
Click here to watch the concluding panel , "Social Innovation: Where do we go from here"
Click here to watch: "Supporting More Social Innovation"
Click here to watch Larry Brilliant's presentation, "Reflections from a Pioneer in Social Innovation"
Click here to watch: "The Future of Philanthropy"

Wednesday, March 28
Highlights include remarks by David Bornstein, Jan Piercy, John Elkington, and the Skoll Awards Ceremony featuring Peter Gabriel and Muhammad Yunus.
Click here to watch: "Funding Ideas, Backing People"
Click here to watch: "Moving Capital"
Click here to watch the 2007 Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship

Tuesday, March 27
Click here to watch a video capturing the day's highlights, including music by Salman Ahmad, and remarks from Stephan Chambers, Jeff Skoll, John Hood, Geoff Mulgan, Rushanara Ali, Charles Handy, David Galenson, Muhammad Yunus and Her Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah of Jordan (Real Player required).

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