DELEGATE’S HANDBOOK
SHIFTING GEARS DRIVE THE CHANGE
We are shifting gears in order to get our delegates to think more about the issue at hand rather than the solution, and then take action based on their findings.
Dear Delegate, Welcome to our fourth annual UBC Social Enterprise Conference, put together by a group of passionate students who strive to create changemakers. Over the past 3 years we have introduced delegates to the concept of Social Entrepreneurship, we’ve taught them how to create solutions that are feasible, and we’ve highlighted the importance of scalability. The underlying passion of solving a social or environmental issue is the basis for success in any impact driven business. This year, we’d like to challenge you to dream up your own innovative ideas and solutions. Our theme, “Shifting Gears: Drive the Change,” will inspire you to think deeper about issues faced by society, both local and global. We aim to ‘shift the gears’ by providing you with a toolbox which will enable you to realize your passions through Social Enterprise. Whether that be through our company and issue-based workshops or through the wise words of our keynote speakers- we want to challenge your existing ideas so that you can reach new, innovative and creative solutions. We hope to bring together those who are well-versed in social entrepreneurship and those who are new to the field to create an environment of learning and collaboration. We are excited to host a diverse network of professionals representing various companies and issues on the beautiful campus of The University of British Columbia. We strive to host a zero-waste conference whilst creating a ‘net positive’ change. While we hope you will join us in making this conference a success, we also want you to help us create and inspire the changemakers of tomorrow. Cheers,
Archana Kannan Co-Chairperson, SEConference
Ayesha Hasan Co-Chairperson, SEConference
ITINERARY 9:30
REGISTRATION
10:00
OPENING REMARKS
10:15
OPENING KEYNOTE
11:30
WORKSHOP 1 SHIFTING GEARS
12:30 2:00
INSPIRATION FORUM & LUNCH WORKSHOP 2 DRIVE THE CHANGE
3:30
MEET THE CHANGE MAKERS
4:15
EXPLORING DESTINATIONS
5:00
CLOSING KEYNOTE
6:00
CLOSING REMARKS
UBC SOCIAL ENTERPRISE CONFERENCE
OPENING Tareq Hadhad Tareq founded Peace by Chocolate, after leaving Syria with his family and starting a new life in Canada. Tareq is shifting gears by using his chocolate manufacturing company as a channel to raise awareness to peace building projects. Since it started, the company has become a phenomenon and has been recognized by the UN Leaders Summit on Refugees. Tareq and
is driving change by by helping others
being unstoppable, as he grows.
CLOSING Tariq Fancy
After creating one billion in profit for investors as youngest Partner at a Wall Street firm, Tariq shifted gears by leaving to pursue a new goal of helping one billion children receive an education through his award-winning low-cost technology approach. In 2013 Tariq founded Rumie, a non-profit organisation that uses low-cost technology to provide access to education for children around the globe. Rumie was awarded the Best Social Startup award at the 2014 Startup Open, was subject of an in-depth Harvard Business School Case Study in 2016, and won the Google Impact Challenge Canada in 2017. Tariq is driving change by using his skills towards a world where education is accessible to all.
KEYNOTES
Manisha Narula LEAGUE OF INNOVATORS
Social impact has been a driving force for Manisha, particularly in education, youth development and community engagement. As the current Director of Education at League of Innovators, Manisha is working on making entrepreneurship and innovation more accessible to youth across Canada.
Naitik Mehta NEXT BILLION
Naitik Mehta is a social entrepreneur and the founder of NextBillion.org. He is one of Canada’s Top 3 Student Entrepreneurs, a recipient of the 25 Under 25 Award from the founders of the Internet, and has previously worked at Facebook and Microsoft.
Bryn Davidson LANEFAB
Bryn is currently working on designing and building custom green homes, infill mini-homes, and passivhaus. He is working to blend mid-century and west coast modernism with net-positive projects with the end goal of creating resilient post-carbon cities.
Aaron Friedland THE WALKING SCHOOL BUS Aaron Friedland is a social entrepreneur whose mission is to empower students in developing countries to be able to access education easily. He is working towards this mission through his companies The Walking School Bus & SiMBi.
Imran Jiwa
ACTIVE IMPACT INVESTMENTS Imran is currently the Director of Impact and Finance at Active Impact Investments. An impact investing firm that seeks to support small businesses that are purpose driven. Having previously worked in the Sustainability Group at KPMG, Imran has experience advising companies in corporate social responsibility, ESG risk and fuel regulations.
PA N E L I S T S
WORKSHOP 1
SHIFTING THE GEARS John Bromley CHIMP Founder, CEO
Lee O’Connor LUSH Sustainability Coordinator
Julie Tremblay RED ACADEMY General Manager
Peony Au
7 DAY RING PROJECT Executive Director
Ben Wells SHIFT DELIVERY Executive Director
Ramona Materi INGENIA CONSULTING President
Bally Sidhu
VANCITY Impact Business Advisor
Christie Stephenson PETER P. DHILLON CENTRE FOR BUSINESS ETHICS
Executive Director
Charitable & technology sectors
Animal welfare & environmental conservation
Design for social impact
Young female education
Environmentally friendly delivery
Environment and entrepreneurship
Community empowerment & good money
Enterprise governance
WORKSHOP 2
DRIVE THE CHANGE Yuri Artibise VANCOUVER CITY PLANNING COMMISSION
Emily Briggs BULLFROG POWER
Ji Youn Kim
Vancouver housing crisis
Green power
SELF-CARE & PERFORMANCE COACH
Mental health on university campuses
Janna Bishop & Shira McDermott
Food sovereingty
GRAIN
Al Etmanski & Liz Etmanski PLANNED LIFETIME ADVOCACY NETWORK
Disabilities rights
Aaron Friedland THE WALKING SCHOOL BUS
Access to education
Jory Wong ENGINEERS WITHOUT BORDERS
Gordon Casey BRAVE
International development
Vancouver opioid crisis
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PROMOS
NETWORKING
SPONSORS
Ayesha Hasan
Devika Javalekar
Bela Corpus
EVENTS VP
INNOVATION DIRECTOR
Emma Bashir
Marian Lee
EVENTS DIRECTOR
EXTERNAL DIRECTOR
CONFERENCE DIRECTOR
Ashley Lin
Archana Kannan
INNOVATION DIRECTOR
CONFERENCE CO-CHAIR
Linda Huang
Simon Chow
MARKETING DIRECTOR
CONFERENCE DIRECTOR
Amanda Mah
Phoebe Liu
EXTERNAL VP
CONFERENCE DIRECTOR
Lynn Li
Rhea Srivastava
CREATIVE DIRECTOR
CONFERENCE DIRECTOR
Saba Bashir
Joanna Zhao
EVENTS DIRECTOR
INTERNAL VP
Olivia Su
Mariana Martinez Rubio
Farzan Masoodi EXTERNAL DIRECTOR
Gabriela Pires MARKETING VP
Chelsea Leong FIRST YEAR OUTREACH
Karen Xu COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR
Leo Shen EXTERNAL DIRECTOR
Lexi Percival INNOVATION DIRECTOR
David Toro INNOVATION VP
OUTREACH DIRECTOR
CONFERENCE CO-CHAIR
Aditi Sriram
PRESIDENT
Paula Martinez Rubio CREATIVE DIRECTOR
OUR TEAM