Heroes of Social Innovation, supported by Nokia
Event Info
Description
The rise of social media and social technology has demonstrated its power to revolutionise industries, change governments and empower social movements. In a very literal sense, the power to connect and collaborate is quite literally changing the world. Mobile technology and social networks enable groups to self-organise and campaigns to gain worldwide momentum.
The rise of social media and social technology has demonstrated its power to revolutionise industries, change governments and empower social movements. In a very literal sense, the power to connect and collaborate is quite literally changing the world. Mobile technology and social networks enable groups to self-organise and campaigns to gain worldwide momentum.
From global campaigns to national and hyper-local initiatives, mobile technology and social networks are helping to provide foundations for social innovators and social enterprises.
Starting with a keynote from Peace One Day founder, Jeremy Gilley, followed by Frontline SMS founder Ken Banks, our speakers will explore the people and organisations that are harnessing the opportunity the technology provides to overcome social challenges, the heroes of social innovation.
This event is produced by Chinwag and The Hub Westminster and is part of Social Media Week London September 2012.
Speakers:
- Jeremy Gilley, Founder at Peace One Day
@PeaceOneDay // @JeremyGilley // Website // LinkedIn
- Ken Banks, Founder at Kiwanja
@kiwanja // Linkedin
- Ian Drysdale, CTO at Goodgym.org
@idrysdale // Linkedin
- Chair: Dominic Campbell, Founder at FutureGov
@dominiccampbell // Linkedin
This event is co-produced by Chinwag and The Hub Westminster, supported by Nokia.
Social Media Week is proud to have Nokia as the Global Headline Sponsor for 2012. Nokia brings best-in-class devices and solutions to the market together with leading enterprise technology partners. Together Nokia delivers a range of unbeatable end-to-end offerings to all individuals and businesses of all sizes. Nokia’s technology will be incorporated throughout the Social Media Week platform. Most notably, Nokia will be connecting Social Media Week attendees through real-time conversation and also a location check-in experience. In addition, Nokia will be sharing mobile devices to select attendees.
