Innovation Focus Of WDI Conference In Brazil
Tuesday, August 05, 2008
More than 350 leaders from NGOs, government agencies, and businesses throughout Latin America, including industry leaders such as Endeavour, Avina, Ashoka, the Ethos Institute, and CARE Brazil, will convene Aug. 6-8 in Sao Paulo, Brazil for the second annual WDI conference, “Third Sector Innovation: Sustainability and Social Impact” (TSISSI).
The conference, held in conjunction with CNU Brasil, will focus on social innovation and sustainability issues that are occurring in the nonprofit sector across Latin America. The conference will highlight the valuable work and best practices of social enterprise organizations across the region. In addition, the conference will give attendees the opportunity to develop relationships with their global peers.
The conference content will be presented in three tracks – innovative financing strategy; human resource strategy; and social and economic opportunities through technology.
All of the event proceedings will be streamed on the conference website, www.impactosocial.org.br. Also, there are initial plans to develop a conference volume that would include both the 2007 and 2008 conference proceedings.
“What we’ve found is that many of groundbreaking innovations are occurring in emerging market countries,” said WDI’s Andrea Shpak, who has taken the lead in organizing the Brazil conference.
The conference is funded by sponsors Microsoft, Roche, Sabesp, Eletropaulo, Accor and Senac. In-kind support has been provided by Isat, InterStudio, Instituto Gesto,HDM, Tagline and Emporio das Pastas.
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