VOICE10 - The Social Enterprise Coalition's annual conference
No More Business as Usual
With the UK still recession, the Social Enterprise Coalition believes that it is time to challenge the ‘usual' approach to business. At Voice10, the movement will come together to respond to some key questions and provide answers to challenges we are facing in the current economic climate.
Some of the topics that will be debated at Voice10 include:
- How can social enterprises have a greater impact and help to rebuild a better, more sustainable economy?
- Can social enterprise reform public services at a time when value for money is one of the most important issues faced by society today?
- How can the movement make new connections and collaborate with one other and with the private sector more effectively?
Programme
Day
One - Monday 01 February 2010
14.00 Exhibition opening
16.00 Welcome to Voice10
Claire Dove, Chair, Social Enterprise Coalition
16.10 Opening address
Peter Holbrook, Chief Executive, Social Enterprise Coalition
16.25 Opening plenary: No More Business as Usual
Social enterprises do more than just the “usual”; they are businesses that place ethics, transparency and social and environmental return at their core. This opening plenary will set the agenda for the next two days and explore the challenges being faced by the movement in the current climate.
Angela Smith MP, Minister for
the Third Sector, Cabinet Office
Mikel Lezamiz, Director of
Cooperative Dissemination, Mondragon Corporacion
Cooperativa, Spain
John Bird, Founder and Editor-in-Chief, The Big Issue
Question and answers
17.25 Plenary Social Enterprise in Wales: Setting the Scene
Carl Sargeant AM, Minister for Social Justice and Local Government, Welsh Assembly Government
17.45 Launch: The Social Enterprise Mark
Peter Holbrook, Chief Executive, Social Enterprise Coalition
Lucy Findlay, Chief Executive, RISE
Sanjay Dighe, Chair, Big Lottery Fund England
Angela Smith MP, Minister for the Third Sector, Cabinet Office
18.15 Conference reception
Sponsored by The Cooperative Enterprise Hub,Charity Bank and Investing for Good CIC
19.00 Welcome to Cardiff and Wales
Carwyn Jones AM, First Minister for Wales
20.00 Reception close
Day
Two - Tuesday 02 February 2010
08.00 Registration, coffee and exhibition
09.00 Morning plenary: No more business as usual - different perspectives
Social enterprise is emerging as a strong, growing business sector, but how can its significance be recognised and its influence felt across other parts of the economy? This plenary will examine the opportunities and the challenges in growing social enterprise across different markets, from public services to investment.
Chair Jess Steele, Head of Consultancy,
Development Trusts Association
Phillip
Blond, Director, ResPublica
Nigel Annett, Managing Director, Welsh Water
Ed Mayo, Chief Executive, Co-operatives UK
Caroline Mason, Operations Director, Investing for Good CIC
Question and answers
10.30 Break
11.00 Break out sessions
12.30 Lunch
14.00 Social enterprise Question Time
With potential political changes on the horizon and the slow economic recovery, what impact will this have on the social enterprise movement? This question and others from the audience will be put to a panel of social enterprise leaders, financial experts and leading social thinkers.
Panelists
Chair Sarah-Jane Davis, Regional Director, The Social Enterprise Fund
Lord Victor Adebowale, Chief Executive, Turning Point
John
Bennett, Managing Director, Pack IT
Karen
Lowthrop. Chief Executive, Hill Holt Wood
Laurie
Russell, Chief Executive, The Wise Group
Sarah Forster, Director of Development, Big Invest
Duncan Sloan, Head of Community Banking, NatWest
14.50 Closing remarks: Peter Holbrook, Chief Executive, Social Enterprise Coalition
15.00 Break out sessions
16.30 Conference close
Breakout sessions include:
AM- SE 101: A one stop shop for advice for aspiring social entrepreneurs
- Public services: Doing more and better for less
- Creating large scale social change: Is the future of social innovation in the private sector or can social enterprise go it alone
- Enterprising schools: Creating the next generation of social entrepreneurs
- Scaling up in the social enterprise sector: Why aren't there more social franchises
- Selling social enterprise: How to get consumers to shop social enterprise
- Creative finance: Funding the future of social enterprise
- Housing associations and social enterprise: More than just a roof
- SE 101: A one stop shop for advice for aspiring social entrepreneurs
- Public services: Doing more and better for less
- Social media: Stepping into the world of web 2.0
- Back on track: Social enterprise solutions in criminal justice
- Social enterprise and healthcare: Delivering a high quality, cutting edge service.
- Mergers and acquisitions: Do mergers and acquisitions go against the grain of social enterprise?
- Greening Social Enterprise: How social enterprises can measure and reduce their environmental impact
- Mergers and acquisitions: Are mergers and acquisitions counter cultural for social enterprise?
- Women and social enterprise: Why women are finding a natural home as leaders of social enterprise
*PLEASE NOTE THE PROGRAMME MAY BE SUBJECT TO CHANGE
