February 9th, 2023 Mayfair, London, UK The May Fair, A Radisson Collection Hotel

EUROPEAN IMPACT DAY 2023

NET POSITIVE ENTREPRENEURS TRANSFORMING OUR WORLD

Impact Day 2023, a space for genuine commitment that will drive
sustainable growth resilience of EOers businesses.

The Entrepreneurs' Organization (EO) has announced its pledge to support the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that include 17 goals and 169 targets to wipe out poverty, fight inequality and tackle climate change by 2030. EO's pledge to support the SDGs further bolsters its commitment to social entrepreneurship and provides opportunities to impact the world among its global community of entrepreneurs. This pledge was announced at a commemorative event held at the UN General Assembly's main plaza during the 72nd session of the General Assembly.

Addressing those SDG’s are the biggest challenge that society will be facing in the next 10 years. I truly believe that Entrepreneurs can be at the forefront in addressing those challenges through their businesses and their leadership. We will gather to further promote this movement towards conscious capitalism as it needs to work for the whole of society not just a select few. I look forward to welcoming you in London to engage, learn and party with your fellow entrepreneurs at the Hoxton in trendy Shoreditch afterwards

Pajani Singah
EO London President
Co-Founder Amazonia Impact Ventures

According to the 2022 Trust Barometer by Edelman “business must now be the stabilising force for delivering tangible action and results on society's most critical issues” such as social inequality, climate change, skills gap, human rights and biodiversity.

Given the scale of the accelerating crises we face, we need a movement to change the way business is done and the world is demanding that the private sector steps up. It is getting clearer that doing less harm, or incremental change, is not enough. The only way to stay relevant today is to generate positive impact through our products, services and influence but also by maximising benefits for employees, consumers, customers, suppliers, communities and other stakeholders.

Being an impactful business today is a source of differentiation and reputation in a market filled with competitors and no business should ignore the requirement to apply its principles and practices by design, whether it is to build confidence with customers, hire the best talent, raise capital to scale up and contribute to solve global wicked challenges.

Entrepreneurs are uniquely positioned to be a genuine force for societal transformation. They can innovate faster and leaner by building safe to fail experiments and scaling up what works.

There is no straightforward way for entrepreneurs alone to approach most problems we are facing today. Entrepreneurs can take bold steps and shape the ecosystem they operate by partnering with other businesses, suppliers, startups, industry associations, social organisations, universities and governments to advance with the impact agenda.

CO-SIGNED BY EO IMPACT CHAIRS

André R. Coutinho - EO London UK

Gert Eilander - EO Nederlands

Guillaume Bakouch - EO Paris

Tomas Svoboda - EO Europe Bridge

DESCRIPTION

NET POSITIVE ENTREPRENEURS TRANSFORMING OUR WORLD

During the Impact Day 2023 EO entrepreneurs will share their challenges, design impact strategies and sustainability agendas. This will hopefully trigger thoughts to shift their business models, innovate and set their accountability dashboard aligned with the SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals).

Event includes:

4 workshops
2 keynote speakers
2 panels with impact entrepreneurs
drinks + dinner + music at a vibrant social venue

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keynote Speaker

Daniel Epstein

CEO of Unreasonable Group

Daniel is the CEO of Unreasonable Group which actively supports over 350 growth-stage CEOs who have raised more than $11.9B in financing, generated over $8.9B in revenue, and are impacting the lives of more than 1.4 billion individuals across 180+ countries; channels exclusive deal-flow to hundreds of investors and investment funds; and partners with multinational brands and institutions to discover profit in solving global challenges.

Recently Daniel was named by Fortune Magazine as one of the World's 50 Greatest Leaders, alongside the likes of Bill Gates & Tim Cook. Daniel was also awarded Inc. Magazine's “30 under 30 entrepreneurs”, and Forbes identified him as one of the “top 30 most impactful entrepreneurs.” He also received the prestigious “Entrepreneur of the World” award along with Richard Branson & the President of Liberia at the Global Entrepreneurship Forum. Beyond his capacities at Unreasonable, Daniel is a frequent keynote speaker, moderator, thought-leader, and advisor.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Rowan Conway

Policy Fellow and Visitng professor of Strategic Design at UCL Institute of Innovation and Public Purpose

Rowan is a Policy Fellow and Visiting Professor of Strategic Design, leading the Transformation by Design module of the MPA in Innovation, Public Policy and Public Value at UCL’s Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP). Between 2019-2022 she worked with Professor Mariana Mazzucato to lead the Mission Oriented Innovation Network (MOIN) at IIPP, convening global policy-making institutions such as the Scottish Government, the Swedish innovation agency Vinnova, the New Zealand Department for the Environment, the OECD, UNDP and the BBC in a range of exploratory design projects focused on mission-oriented innovation and public value creation.

OUR EVENT WILL BE AT THE MAY FAIR
A RADISSON COLLECTION HOTEL

Stratton St, London W1J 8LT, United Kingdom

Welcome to The May Fair

Agenda

8:00 - 9:00
WELCOME COFFEE
9:00 - 9:15
INTRODUCTION TO THE EUROPEAN IMPACT DAY 2023
Pajani Singah EO UK President, Co-Founder Amazonia Impact Ventures
9:15 - 10:15
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
HOW DO WE LEVERAGE THE POWER OF BUSINESSES TO CREATE A MORE REGENERATIVE AND INCLUSIVE FUTURE
Daniel Epstein, CEO Unreasonable Group

Daniel will share his journey with 350 ventures that are impacting the lives of more than 1.4 billion individuals across 180+ countries, raised more than $11.9B in financing and generated $8.9B in revenues.
10:15 - 11:00
PANEL
THE CIRCULAR BUSINESS CASE FOR IMPACT
Melanie Broyé-Engelkes, CEO Ananas Anam
Troy Armour, Founder and CEO, Junk Kouture

This panel conversation will explore the founder motivations, their ambitious goals towards circular businesses, the costs and risks/barriers, and how to overcome them.
11:00 -11:20
COFFEE BREAK

Agenda

11:20 - 12:30
WORKSHOPS (CHOOSE 1 OF 3)

BUILDING YOUR SUSTAINABILITY AGENDA FROM THE INSIDE OUT
Dominique van Straaten, Founder Rippplers

Creating long-term positive impact requires shifts in mindsets, behaviours and business practices, but to how to start? In times when we feel overwhelmed by the severity of climate change and so many other wicked challenges, Dominique will share Rippplers tools and confidence for entrepreneurs to make a change.

THE UNTAPPED POOL OF TALENTS: LEARN HOW TO ORGANISE ON A WAY THAT DISABILITY INCLUSION CAN REALLY ENFORCE YOUR BUSINESSES
Sandra Ballij, founder Ctalents

We can make diversity and inclusion and actionable strategy in our businesses. How? By selecting, developing and empowering sensorial talents to match them on jobs where they can add value. We want to inspire you to establish successful social businesses, reducing the current unemployment rate of over 60% within this group of people.

IMPACT STRATEGY MAPS TO FUTURE-PROOF YOUR BUSINESS MODELS
André Coutinho and Anderson Penha, Co-Founders GoFw

We entrepreneurs have this unique opportunity to lead the transformation by adapting our business models to disruptive forces ranging from conscious consumers, purposeful talents and ESG requirements. Entrepreneurs should not only fix the game we play but become a game changer by shaping the ecosystem around us. This workshop will introduce frameworks and insights for business strategies that can now actively embrace stakeholder value propositions, impact goals and redesign of products, services and operations.
12:30 - 13:30
LUNCH
13:30 - 14:40
WORKSHOPS (CHOOSE 1 OF 3)

BUILDING YOUR SUSTAINABILITY AGENDA
FROM THE INSIDE OUT
Dominique van Straaten, Founder Rippplers

THE UNTAPPED POOL OF TALENTS: LEARN HOW TO ORGANISE ON A WAY THAT DISABILITY INCLUSION CAN REALLY ENFORCE YOUR BUSINESSES
Sandra Ballij, founder Ctalents

IMPACT STRATEGY MAPS TO FUTURE-PROOF YOUR BUSINESS MODELS
André Coutinho and Anderson Penha, Co-Founders GoFw
14:40 – 15:00
COFFEE BREAK + takeaways from the workshops

Agenda

15:00 - 15:45
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
MISSION-ORIENTED INNOVATION THROUGH PUBLIC PRIVATE SOCIAL PARTNERSHIPS
Rowan Conway, Policy Fellow and Associate Professor at the Institute of Innovation and Public Purpose/University College London

Achieving the ambitious targets of the 2030 UN SDG Agenda requires a revitalised and enhanced global partnership that brings together governments, civil society, the private sector, the United Nations system and other actors, mobilizing all available resources. Strong partnerships will contribute to environmental protection and sustainable development by mobilizing resources, sharing knowledge, promoting the creation and transfer of environmentally sound technologies, and building capacity.
15:45- 16:30
THE 5% OF POSITIVE IMPACT: EXPERIENCE SHARING WITH EO ENTREPRENEURS
Guillaume Bakouch, Co-Founder of GenoReef, manager of GreenSpense
Gert Eilander, CEO and Co-Owner at Obbotec.com
TBC
Deeya Khemlani, Founder of Izaak Azanei & Little IA

The panel will discuss their challenges and experiences along their impact journeys, and the personal significance, in a safe non-judgmental way in order to give us clarity on how to move forward
16:30 - 17:15
WORKSHOP
BUILDING YOUR ACCOUNTABILITY DASHBOARD: SETTING YOUR OWN IMPACT GOALS
Gaelle Lamotte and Muibat Ijaiya, Strategy Management Partners

Entrepreneurs may be able to affect change quicker within their space through shorter decision-making cycles. The key is to start, set a few targets over the short, medium and long term aligned with the company’s clearly defined purpose and leverage the core strengths of the business, and give the business license to think differently in a few focused areas that can make a real difference. And keep track of them with impact measures and potentially public commitments by sharing your goals with your stakeholders and the media.
17:15 – 17:45
TAKEAWAYS & FINAL REMARKS
André Coutinho, EO UK Impact Chair, Co-founder GoFw
Pitches from EO members participating at the Impact Day 2023
17:45– 18:30
TRANSFER TO THE SOCIAL VENUE
18:30 - 22:30
DRINKS & DINNER & MUSIC at Maya, An Idyllic Rooftop In The Heart of Shoreditch

Our evening will be at Maya place

The Hoxton, Shoreditch
1 Willow St, London, EC2A 4BH

Welcome to Maya

If you would like to stay at Maya Place on February 8-10th, you can use the promo code for 10% discount - SHINDIG2381.

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INSPIRATIONAL SPEAKERS

Gaelle Lamotte

Consultant & Executive Coach at SMP - Make Strategy Happen

USD 140

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NOTE THAT

The Entrepreneurs' Organization (EO) supports the UN SDGs and their 17 goals and 169 targets to tackle global challenges by 2030. Being an impactful business today is a source of differentiation for a business in a market filled with competitors and no business should ignore the requirement to apply the principles behind these standards, whether it is to build confidence with customers, hire the best talent, or raise capital to scale up.

EUROPEAN IMPACT DAY 2023

A CALL TO ACTION FOR EO ENTREPRENEURS