In a context of overlapping crises, rising needs and tightening resources, how can social impact leaders remain ambitious? This interactive forum on the 20th of May 3.00 to 4.15 pm BST will bring together the Business Fights Poverty community to explore practical responses to doing more with less.
Drawing on emerging insights, the discussion will focus on two key areas: building effective, trust-based partnerships to drive systemic change, and harnessing AI to increase efficiency and impact while managing risks.
Participants will share experiences, challenges and solutions, with a focus on human-centred approaches that enable collaboration, innovation and meaningful progress in difficult times.
If you would like to participate during the live session, RSVP here.
Named Contributors:
- Marc Schleifer, Member, Business Fights Poverty Global Expert Network
- Cymroan Vikas, Senior Manager, Market Intelligence, auctusESG
- Hesham Elzeftawi, Member, Business Fights Poverty Global Expert Network
- Adam J. Tomášek, Executive Director, Debt for Nature Coalition
- Lall Khan, Member, Business Fights Poverty Global Expert Network
- Rachel Seftel, Head of Research and Impact, Cherie Blair Foundation for Women
- John Bee, Executive Board Member and AOAC AFRICA SECTION, and Member, Business Fights Poverty Global Expert Network
- Sanjay Banka, Executive Chairman and Banka BioLoo Limited, and Member, Business Fights Poverty Global Expert Network
- Anna Barford, Co-Director, Business Fights Poverty Institute and Principal Research Associate, Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics, University of Cambridge
- Natasha Kwakwa, Member, Business Fights Poverty Global Expert Network
- Annabella Skof, Socioeconomic Sustainbility Expert and Member, Annabella Skof Consulting and Business Fights Poverty, Global Expert Network
- Divya Kalychurn, Senior Partnerships Manager, Save the Children
- Paul Ellingstad, Member, Business Fights Poverty, Global Expert Network
- Philipp KĂĽst, Social Impact Lead, Reckitt
- Stuart Mills, Impact Leader, Practical Acts
- Rani Pooran, Senior Operations Officer and Member, IFC, World Bank Group and Business Fights Poverty, Global Expert Network
- Hina West, Managing Director and Member, Climate Strategies and Business Fights Poverty, Global Expert Network
- Maggie Rarieya, Member, Business Fights Poverty, Global Expert Network
- Todd Kirkbride, Managing Director, Strategy and Partnerships and Member, The Scaling Community of Practice and Business Fights Poverty, Global Expert Network
- Alicia Jumman, Head of Strategic Partnerships and Sponsorship, War Child
- Steph Shankland, Director and Member, SAS Research and Business Fights Poverty, Global Expert Network
- Beatriz Tumoine Eugenia, Member, Business Fights Poverty, Global Expert Network
- Felicitus Okoko, Executive Director, GenerationUs Kenya
- Alex Millington-Jung, Cultivator Lead, The Centre for Global Equality
- Kim Bettcher, Consultant, Independent
- James Murphy, Senior Fundraising Manager (International Programmes), Fairtrade Foundation
- Rachael Clay, Founder Director, Ethicore
Events from 18th to 20th May are part of a wider series of events timed with the FCDO Global Partnerships Conference:
- May 18, 11:45 am to 1:00 pm UK time: How Partnerships Can Deliver AI for Global Development, hosted in partnership with the Centre for Human-Inspired Artificial Intelligence (CHIA) and Cambridge Global Challenges, at the University of Cambridge (register to join online).
- May 20, 9:30 to 11:00 am UK Time: How do we move beyond GDP to build growth that delivers shared wellbeing, sustainability and resilience? co-hosted with the London School of Economics, and the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (register to join online).
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