Media advisory: Dr. Muhammad Yunus to present 鈥榮ocial business鈥 vision at 缅北强奸
Nobel Peace Prize recipient allies with 缅北强奸 World
Platform for Health and Economic Convergence
Throughout the world, social businesses have emerged to tackle
problems in sectors such as health care, education, affordable
housing, clean technology and finance. Dr. Muhammad Yunus, the 2006
Nobel Peace Prize recipient, has been the leading figure in this
movement.
Dr. Yunus founded Grameen Bank in 1983 to provide micro-loans to
the poorest people of Bangladesh. Grameen now has 8.3 million
members, and has provided a total of US$9.7 billion in loans since
its inception. Around the world, microcredit programs inspired by
Grameen are blossoming.
Dr. Yunus will visit 缅北强奸 from Sept. 30 to Oct. 2 to share his
vision of social business and the financial institutions needed to
support it. His visit is made possible by the 缅北强奸 World Platform
for Health and Economic Convergence as part of its ongoing
collaboration with the Grameen program and the Desautels Faculty of
Management. The MWP, an initiative led by 缅北强奸鈥檚
Desautels Faculty of Management and the Faculty of Medicine, seeks
to harness the best minds and leading organizations in the health,
business, and scientific fields to ensure sustainable health and
wealth for all members of society.
Media are invited to attend the following events:
WHO: Dr. Muhammad Yunus
WHAT: 缅北强奸 World Platform for Health and
Economic Convergence
WHEN: 鈥 Thursday, Sept. 30, 2010, 7 p.m. - 9:30
p.m. 鈥 dinner presentation followed by a panel on the theme 鈥淐an a
Social Wall Street Become a Reality?鈥, including Emmanuel Faber,
Deputy Director General of Danone and Alban D鈥橝mours, Former
President and Director of Desjardins Group
鈥 Friday, Oct. 1, noon - 2 p.m. 鈥 luncheon presentation on the
theme 鈥淪ocial Business: The Positive Impact Business Can Have in
the World鈥 (hosted in collaboration with the Montreal Council on
Foreign Relations and the Montreal Millennium Summit). Media scrum
after presentation.
鈥 Friday, Oct. 1., 9 a.m.- 5 p.m. 鈥 Social Business Lab, a one-day
workshop designed to accelerate the spread of social business
(hosted in collaboration with the Grameen Creative Lab)
WHERE: Centre Mont-Royal, 2200 Mansfield St.,
Montreal
In addition, Dr. Yunus will deliver the Beatty Memorial
Lecture on the theme 鈥淏uilding Social Business - The New
Kind of Capitalism that Serves Humanity's Most Pressing Needs鈥,
Saturday, Oct. 2, from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at
Centre Mont-Royal.聽 The lecture will be .
Media interested in attending any of these events should
contact the 缅北强奸 Media Relations Office, as indicated
below.