13th Social Business Day 2023

27-28 July, 2023 Pelangi Beach Resort & Spa

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Social Business Day 2023

War, Peace and Economics: Future of Human Beings 

July 27 – 28, 2023 | Langkawi, Malaysia     
Pelangi Beach Resort and Spa 
   

Day 1 : 27 July 2023 Thursday
7:30 AM - 9:00 AM Gathering & Check- in
9:00 AM - 9:10 AM The Opening: Malaysia- Truly Asia
9:10 AM -9:20 AM Welcome Remarks
  1. Lamiya Morshed, Executive Director, Yunus Centre;
  2. Emeritus Professor Dato' Dr. Abd Aziz Tajuddin, Vice Chancellor and President, Albukhary International University
9:20 AM -10:10 AM Opening Remarks on War, Peace and Economics: Future of Human Beings
  1. Anne Hidalgo, Mayor of Paris (Recorded Speech)
 

2. Sharifah Sofia Albukhary, Trustee, Albukhary Foundation
Video: Introduction of Albukhary International University and Launching Video of Master's in Social Business
  3. Thomas Bach, President of the International Olympic Committee (Recorded Speech)
4. Maimunah Mohd Sharif, Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director, UNHABITAT (Recorded Speech)
5. Tan Sri Idris Jusoh, Former Chairman of the Federal Land and Development Authority
6. The Honorable Marina Silva, Minister of Environment, Federative Republic of Brazil (Recorded Speech) (Luciano Gurgel as a Translator)
7. Jose Ramos Horta, President of East Timor & 1996 Nobel Peace Laureate (Recorded Speech)
10:10 AM –11:00 AM

Keynote Addresses

1. Professor Muhammad Yunus, 2006 Nobel Peace Laureate
11:00 AM – 11:30 AM

Coffee/Tea & Networking
11:30 AM - 12:20 PM

Plenary 1:  Advancing Peace and Ending War: Dialogue with Nobel Peace Laureates and Peace Leaders
 

Moderator:
James Chau, President, China-United States Exchange Foundation, WHO Goodwill Ambassador

Speakers:
1. Professor Muhammad Yunus, 2006 Nobel Peace Laureate
2. Leymah Gbowee, 2011 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Gbowee Peace Foundation Africa
3. Marina Mahathir, Writer, Human Rights Activist
4. Father Enzo Fortunato, Director, Spokesperson and Communication, The Holy Convent of Papal (Online)
Translator: Enzo Cursio, Food Coalition Coordinator, Food And Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
12:20 PM - 1:00 PM

Special Session
3ZERO Club: From Inception to Reality; 1000+ Clubs & Beyond
  1. Professor Muhammad Yunus, 2006 Nobel Peace Laureate
2. Shazeeb M Khairul Islam, CEO, 3Z Global Centre; Managing Director, YY Ventures; & Trustee, Grameen Trust
3. Khadija Mohammed Baker, Deputy Key Person, 3ZERO Club- 458-021-001, Malaysia
4. Shamayla Durrin Islam, Key Person, 3ZERO Club- 050-001-053, Bangladesh
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM LUNCH
2:00 PM – 2:50 PM Glimpses of Social Businesses 
  Enabling Collaborative Ecosystems for Social Business for a New Economy
  Moderator:
Professor Abdul Hannan Chowdhury, Dean of School of Business & Economics, North South University

Presenters:
1. Monica Yunus, Co-Founding Director, Sing for Hope
2. Dr. Lokhman Hakim Osman, Associate Professor, Faculty Of Economy And Management, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
3. Nazneen Sultana, Executive Vice Chairman, Grameen Communications
4. Shiori Onishi, Co-CEO, Grameen Euglena
5. Callum Mackenzie, Managing Director, Yunus Thailand
6. Juno Wang, CEO, Foundation for Yunus Social Business Taiwan
7. Maria Palmieri, Managing Partner, The Grameen Creative Lab
8. Shihab Quader, Head of International Projects, Yunus Centre
9. Daniel Ayebare, Founder, AYE Africa Foundation
2:50 PM – 3:05 PM Announcement
  Video on Virunga National Park  

Emmanuel de Merode, Director, Virunga National Park 
  YSBC signing between National Institute of Development Administration (NIDA) and Yunus Centre
  1. Professor. Dr.Tippawan Lorsuwannarat, President, National Institute of Development Administration (NIDA) Thailand
2. Associate Professor.Dr. Patthareeya Lakpetch, Director, Research Center, National Institute of Development Administration (NIDA) Thailand
3. Dr. Faiz Shah, President, Yunus Thailand & Executive Director, Yunus Center AIT
4. Lamiya Morshed, Executive Director, Yunus Centre
   Shihab Quader, Head of International Projects, Yunus Centre
5. Professor Muhammad Yunus, 2006 Nobel Peace Laureate
  Teaser Video on “A World of Three Zeros”
3:05 PM – 3:10 PM Teaser Video on “War, Peace and Economics- The Future of Human Beings”
  Paola Samoggia, Composer
3:10 PM – 3:20 PM Impulse Speech
  Dr. Bijan Khezri, Member of the Board of Governors, Albukhary International University.
3:20 PM - 4:10 PM Plenary 2: Health Care in the Post-Pandemic World: Building Infrastructure, Embracing New Economics, and Envisioning the Future of Humanity
  Moderator:
Dr. Faiz Shah, President, Yunus Thailand & Executive Director, Yunus Center AIT

Keynote Speakers:
1. Dr Vanessa Kerry, Harvard Medical School, and Founder, Seed Global Health (Recorded Speech)

Speakers:
1. Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty, Chairman and Founder, Narayana Health (Online)
2. A K M Moin Uddin Chowdhury, Managing Director, Grameen Kalyan
3. Dr Tanawan Samleerat Carraway, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Senior Program Specialist, Yunus Center AIT, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand  
4. Dr. Ashir Ahmed, Associate Professor, Department of Advanced Information & Technology, Kyushu University
5. Shamsul Haque Ahmed, Managing Director, Grameen Health Care Services Ltd.
6. Shireen Parvin Huq, Co-Founder, Naripokkho
7. Enzo Cursio, Food Coalition Coordinator, Food And Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
4:10 PM -4:30 PM Coffee/ Tea & Networking
4:30 PM - 6:30 PM Breakout Sessions
 

Country Forums

1. Bangladesh Country Forum
2. Malaysia Country Forum
3. Philippines Country Forum
4. Greater China Country Forum
5. Nepal Country Forum
6. Thailand Country Forum
7. Japan Country Forum
8 Africa Country Forum (Hybrid)
9. Europe Country Forum: Roundtable session: Crisis in Europe - Building Sustainable Food Systems through Social Business and Multistakeholder Collaboration in Response to the Current Global Food Crisis
10. Brazil Country Forum (Online)
11. India Country Forum (Hybrid)
6:30 PM – 7:30 PM Networking and Independently Organized Meetings
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM WELCOME DINNER 
  END of DAY 1
   

 

Day 2: July 28, 2023, Friday
9:00 AM – 9:10 AM Welcome Back!
9:10 AM - 9:40 AM A Thought Leader Session on War, Peace & Economics

H.E. Tun Dr Mahathir bin Mohamad, Former Prime Minister of Malaysia;

Hosted by
Professor Muhammad Yunus, 2006 Nobel Peace Laureate.
9:40 AM - 10:10 AM  Coffee/Tea & Networking
9:40 AM - 10:10 AM Press Conference
10:10 AM – 11:00 AM

Plenary 3: How to Expand Institutions that Support People-centered Social Businesses and New Economics

Moderator:
Suresh Krishna, Managing Director, Yunus Social Business Fund Bengalauru

Speakers:
1. Andrea Jung, President and Chief Executive Officer, Grameen America (Online);
2. Sam Daley-Harris, Founder & Principal Civic Courage, A Project of RESULTS Educational Fund;
3. Dato' Shahira Ahmed Bazari, Trustee and Managing Director, Yayasan Hasanah;
4. Victor Ammer, Founder, Ammer Group;
5. Raymond Serios, Strategic Projects Department, Negros Women for Tomorrow Foundation Inc;
6. Shazeeb M Khairul Islam, Managing Director, YY Ventures; CEO, 3Z Global Centre & Trustee, Grameen Trust;
7. Gao Zhan, Co-founder, Grameen China
8. Nurjahan Begum, Executive Vice Chairman, Grameen Shikkha, Bangladesh
11:00 AM – 11:50 AM

Glimpses of Social Businesses

Social Business Education and Art: Insights, Initiatives, and Inspiration
 
Moderator:
Nini Daing, Chief Executive Officer, Youth Trust Foundation

Presenters:
1. Hirao Tsuneaki, Managing Director, CEO, Japan Automechanic Ltd.
2. Biswajit Ghosh, CEO, Rotary India Literacy Mission;
3. Dominique V. Dauster, Managing Director, Yunus and You - The YY Foundation;
4. Alex Counts, Founder, Grameen Foundation and Independent Consultant to Nonprofit Organizations;
5. Dr. Saleh Mubarak Bazead, CEO, NAMA Foundation;
6. Jose Alexander Mosquera Manchola, Universidad Externado de Colombia
11:50 AM - 12:05 PM Announcement

Social Business Design Competition 2022

Maisha Ahmed, Program Manager, YY Ventures

Social Fiction Design Competition 2022-23: The Challenge, the Talents, and the Fictions for a World in 2050.

Maisha Ahmed, Program Manager, YY Ventures
Lamiya Morshed, Executive Director, Yunus Centre
Shihab Quader, Head of International Projects, Yunus Centre
12:05 PM - 1:00 PM Plenary 4: Circular Transition to a Green Economy: The role of Social Business towards Zero Net Carbon Emissions
                                                                           
Moderator:
Christina Jaeger, Co-Founder and Managing Director, Yunus Environment Hub

Keynote Speaker:
Dr Jane Goodall, DBE Founder, Jane Goodall Institute , & UN Messenger of Peace (Recorded Speech)

Video: Amazonia

Speakers:
1. Tam Phan, Country Director, YEH Vietnam
2. Christine Jeanne G. Violago, Regional Director, Asia and the Pacific, Grameen Foundation
3. Awuor Dorothy, Managing Director, Nyalore Impact Limited (Online)
4. Sohel Ahmed, Managing Director, Grameen Shakti
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Lunch & Prayer Break
2:00 PM - 2:50 PM

Plenary 5: Mobilizing Sports and Social Business in the New Economic Landscape: Addressing Challenges and Unlocking Entrepreneurial Potential

Moderator
Yoan Noguier, Co-founder of Yunus Sports Hub

Keynote Speaker
Ser Miang Ng, International Olympic Committee Vice President

Video: Philipp Muller-wirth, Chief of section for Sport, UNESCO

Speakers:
1. Kim Dong-Uk, Yunus Korea Ph.D.;
2. Ser Miang Ng, International Olympic Committee (IOC) Vice President
3. Jovina Choo, 2016 Olympian, and World Olympian Association Development Manager for Asia
4. Tasmina Rahman, Managing Director, Grameen Trust
5. Noraseela Mohd Khalid OLY, President, Malaysia Olympians Associations
 2:50 PM – 3:00 PM

Traditional Taekwondo Performance

Cyrus Yunus McReynolds
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM

Breakout Sessions
 

Breakout Session 1: Hosted by Yunus Centre
 
Panel- Unleashing the Power of Entrepreneurs to Overcome Unemployment

Moderator:
Dr. Michael Wirtz, Social Business Consultant, Private Institute for Social Business Innovation    
                                                                                                                                   
Speakers:
1. Giusppe Torluccio, Vice President, Fondazione Yunus
2. Dr. Lokhman Hakim Osman, Associate Professor, Faculty Of Economy And Management, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
3. Sharmeen Murshid, CEO, Brotee
4. Luciano Gurgel do Amaral, Executive Director, Artemisia
5. Syed Zakir Hussain, Development Consultant, Grameen Telecom Trust
 

Breakout Session 2: Hosted by Yunus Centre
 
Panel- A Deep Dive into Social Business Innovation: New Economics for a Sustainable Future

Moderator:
Farhana Ferdousi, Associate Professor, Southeast Business School Southeast University, Bangladesh

Speaker:
1. Niru Shamsun Nahar, Principal, Grameen Caledonian College of Nursing         
2. Robert Akoko, Projects Coordinator, East Africa, Yunus & You – The YY Foundation
3.  Dr. Saleem Ahmed Khan, Managing Director, Grameen Communications
4. Md. Ashraful Hassan, Managing Director, Ononyo Construction & Developments Ltd, and Executive Vice Chairman, Grameen Telecom
5. Takuya Kawamura, President, Sunpower Corp
 

Breakout Session 3: Hosted by Grameen Trust
 
Panel- Replication of Nobin and Micro Credit for a New Economics  
    
Moderator:
Shazeeb M Khairul Islam, Trustee, Grameen Trust, Managing Director, YY Ventures & CEO, 3Z Global Centre

Speakers:
1. Shankar Man Shrestha, Chairman, Centre for Self-help Development (CSD)
2. Zahirul Alam, Executive Director, Integrated Development Foundation (IDF)
3. David He, Advisor, Grameen China, Managing Director & Senior Partner, Boston Consulting Group
4. Tasmina Rahman, Managing Director, Grameen Trust
5. Ahmed Al Mahfadi, CEO, Grameen Yemen
6. Ratan Kumar Nag, Managing Director, Grameen Shakti Samajik Byabosha Ltd
 

Breakout Session 4: Hosted by Yunus Thailand    

Workshop- Empowering Social Business in Renewable Energy: Strategies and Case Studies for 3Zero Impact

Facilitators:
1. Sohel Ahmed, Managing Director, Grameen Shakti
2. Dr. Faiz Shah, Executive Director, Yunus Center AIT & President, Yunus Thailand
3. Callum Mackenzie, Managing Director, Yunus Thailand
4. Pathit Ongvasith, General Manager, Yunus Thailand
 

Breakout Session 5:  Workshop by The Grameen Creative Lab  

Title: Nurturing Value-Based Social Business Leadership in the Landscape of AI

Hosted by:
Maria Palmieri, Managing Partner, The Grameen Creative Lab


Guest speaker:
Dr Asif Chowdhury, Corporate Value Officer, Arrowad Group, Saudi Arabia
 

Breakout Session 6:  Hosted by YSB

Panel: Empowering Inclusive Growth: Social Businesses at the Bottom of the Pyramid
 
Moderator:
Suresh Krishna, CEO, Yunus Social Business Fund Bengaluru

Speaker:
1. Abida Sultana, Co-founder, Onnosheba
2. Amir Humayun Chowdhury, Managing Director, Chittagong Social Business Centre Ltd.
3. Kazi Waqar Ahmed, Financial Advisor to Honorable Chairman, Grameen Telecom Trust
4. Bordin Rassameethes, Director, Yunus Social Business Center,  Kasetsart University; Acting Deputy Secretary General, Southern Border Provinces Administrative Centre (SBPAC)
5. Daniel Ayebare, Founder, AYE-Africa Foundation
 

Breakout Session 7: Hosted by Albukhary International University

Recycling Toward a Sustainable Future

Moderator:
Datuk Ts Dr. Mohd Razali Muhammad, Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Albukhary International University

Speakers:
1. MD Mahbubul Islam, Khan, General Manager, Grameen Fabrics & Fashions Ltd.
2. Filza, Hanani, Manager, Singapore Centre for Social Enterprise, raiSE Ltd, Singapore
3. Miki Wajima, General Manager, Yunus Japan, Japan
4. FangWei Hsu, Director, Foundation for Yunus Social Business Taiwan, Taiwan
5. Rufaida Rahman Khan, University of Toronto, Canada
 

Breakout Session 8: Hosted by hosted by myHarapan

Panel- Breaking Away from Unemployment: Unleashing the Entrepreneurial Power of the Youth

Moderators:
Nini Daing, Chief Executive Officer, Youth Trust Foundation

Speakers:
1. Wan Faizal Bin Mohd Anwar, Director Strategic Planning & Business Development, Malaysian Green Technology Climate Change Corporation
2. Vianney Evana Vide, Founder, Wagas D'Asi
3. Dr. Jeffrey Cheah Sau-Seng, Senior Lecture, Graduate School of Business, Universiti Sains Malaysia
4. Dr. Chew Yen Seng, Chief Executive Officer, Chumbaka Sdn Bhd
4:00 PM – 4:30 PM

Coffee/ Tea & Networking
4:30 PM – 4:40 PM

Grameen Telecom Trust – A Social Business that is Empowering other Social Businesses

Md. Ashraful Hassan, Managing Director, Ononyo Construction & Developments Ltd, and Executive Vice Chairman, Grameen Telecom
4:40 PM – 5:30 PM

Report Back from Country Forum

Malaysia Country Forum
Shaarane Jaykumar, Senior Executive, Integrated Marketing Communications

Thailand Country Forum
Pavini Sethi, Project Manager, Yunus Thailand

Nepal Country Forum
Shankar Man Shrestha, Chairman, Centre for Self-help
Development (CSD)

China Country forum:
China Country Forum: Chen Hongshan, Secretary-General of CAFI

Africa Country Forum
Robert Akoko, Projects Coordinator, East Africa, Yunus & You – The YY Foundation

Japan Country Forum
Ashir Ahmed, Associate Professor, Department of Advanced Information & Technology, Kyushu University

Brazil Country Forum
Vitor Hugo Neia, Fundação Grupo Volkswagen,  Superintendente

Philippines Country Forum
Andy Coscolluela, Assistant Manager for Strategic Projects of Negros Women for Tomorrow Foundation

India Country Forum:
Suresh Krishna, Co-founder, Managing Director & CEO, Yunus Social Business Fund Benglauru, India

Europe Forum
Christina Jaeger, Co-Founder and Managing Director, Yunus Environment Hub

Bangladesh Forum
5:20 PM - 6:10 PM

Closing Plenary: Creating a New Civilization: A Vision of Our Future with New Economic Framework

Moderator:
Professor Dr. Suraya Hanim Mokhtar, Associate Professor, Albukhary International University

Recorded Speech:
1. Jana Lessenich, CEO, Yunus Social Business
2.Beth Bechdol, Deputy Director-General, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Speakers:
1. Professor Muhammad Yunus, 2006 Nobel Peace Laureate
2. Dr. Bijan Khezri, Member of the Board of Governors, Albukhary International University
3. Hiroshi Osaki, Representative Director & Chairman of Yoshimoto Kogyo Holdings, and Representative Director, Yunus Yoshimoto Social Action
4. Gaetan Siew, Founder, Global Creative Leadership Initiative
5. Joseph Lee, Vice Chancellor, INTI International University;
6. Masaharu Okada, Professor, Executive Director, Yunus & Shiiki Social Business Research Center, Kyushu University
7. Jonas Yawovi Dzinekou, Director, Institute for Social Transformation, Tangaza University College
8. Lamiya Morshed, Executive Director, Yunus Centre
6:10 PM - 6:25 PM

Announcements

GSBS Peace Gathering
Hans Reitz, CEO, The Grameen Creative Lab

 
Academia Dialogue  
Professor Dr. Suraya Hanim Mokhtar, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation), Albukhary International University (AIU)

Video Message
Cam Donaldson, Yunus Chair & Distinguished Professor of Health Economics,Yunus Centre for Social Business & Health,Glasgow Caledonian University
 

Announcement of Yunus Initiative at George Washington University


3ZERO Club Convention
Shazeeb M Khairul Islam, CEO, 3Z Global Centre; Managing Director, YY Ventures; & Trustee, Grameen Trust
 6:35 PM - 6:40 PM

Wrap up! 

Lamiya Morshed, Executive Director, Yunus Centre 

Emeritus Professor Dato' Dr. Abd Aziz Tajuddin, Vice Chancellor and President, Albukhary International University 
6:40 PM - 6:50 PM

Closing Remarks
Professor Muhammad Yunus, 2006 Nobel Peace Laureate

END OF SOCIAL BUSINESS DAY 2023