Location: London School of Economics
Date: 12/04/2019
Details:
Friday 12 April 2019, 8:30am-17:00pm
New Academic Building, London School of Economics
You are invited to join us at the ESELA Annual Conference on Friday 12 April 2019 at the London School of Economics, hosted by The Marshall Institute.
The conference will explore the Role of Law and Lawyers in the Impact Revolution. A varied agenda will cover international and domestic concerns across four streams: Impact Investing, Profit with Purpose, Systems Change and ‘Spotlight On…’.
The conference will be preceded by a drinks evening on Thursday 11 April 2019 at DLA Piper UK LLP. 160 Aldersgate Street London EC1A 4HT (18:00 start).
Opening Plenary: The Impact Revolution and the Future of the Corporation
Paula Woodman British Council interviews Amit Bhatia CEO of the Global Steering Group for Impact Investment and Professor Colin Mayer British Academy, Academic Lead of the Future of the Corporation project.
What’s covered? The role lawyers and legislation can play in the impact revolution that the GSG is spearheading and the emerging findings from the British Academy’s ground-breaking research on the changing purpose of business.
Closing Plenary: Powering the Impact Revolution
Tim West Pioneers Post interviews Pedro Tarak, Co Founder of Sistema B, Julie Wynne, Vice President of ESELA and Partner at Froriep, and Will Goodhart Chief Executive at CFA UK Working Group Lead of the Implementation Taskforce.
What’s covered? A discussion about the key trends which promise to power the impact revolution over the next decade, as well as an examination of the special role of the law and lawyers.
Panel: Demystifying Social Impact Investing [Impact Investing 101]
Charlotte Benson Big Society Capital
Peter Parker Wrigleys
Stephen Newby Herbert Smith Freehills
Panel: Blended Capital Structures
David Dowling Ropes & Gray
Amélie Baudot Global Innovation Fund
Elizabeth Tirone CDC Group
Professor Deborah Burand NYU School of Law
Panel: What To Do When Things Go Wrong
Christopher Garner DLA Piper
Hannah Watson FMO
Andrew Wallace CDC Group
Impact Metrics and Deal Incentives
Mary Rose Brusewitz Clark Hill
Jim Clifford Bates Wells
TBC
Panel: The SDGs – The Key to the Future of the Corporation?
Charmian Love B Lab UK
Professor Colin Mayer British Academy
Bill Clark Drinker Biddle
Panel: Purposely – How to Embed Purpose [Profit With Purpose 101]
Nick GlicherTrustLaw, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Mark Norbury UnLtd
Louise Harman Bates Wells
Gavin Francis Worthstone
Carolina Henriquez-Schmitz Grunin Center for Law and Social Entrepreneurship, NYU School of Law
Panel: Values Driven Business
Ed Mayo Co-operatives UK
Liz Murphy UK Values Alliance
David Alcock Anthony Collins
Panel: Stakeholder Value – The New Paradigm?
Sponsored by UK Government Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS)
Anna Swaithes DCMS – Head of Responsible Business, Government Inclusive Economy Unit
Peter Barnett ClientEarth
Panel: Entrepreneurship, Migration and Refugees
Emiliano Giovine R&P Legal
Giulio Pasi European Commission, Joint Research Centre
Fulvia Farinelli UNCTAD
Panel: Social Investment Tax Relief [Systems Change 101]
Melanie Mills Big Society Capital
Neil Pearson Mills & Reeve
Panel: Forging Your Impact Career
Sarah Dobson ESELA
Melissa Manzo AgDev Co
Rebecca Perlman Herbert Smith Freehills
These final additions to the agenda will be made soon. The latest updates to the agenda will be added here on the ESELA event page.
The day will open and close with a plenary session, with four break out panels per ‘stream’ running in parallel throughout the day. With a packed agenda of options to choose from, there is something for everyone working in or seeking to learn more about social impact.
We hope you will join the conversation.
The theme of the ESELA Annual Conference 2019 is The Impact Revolution: The Role of Law and Lawyers. This year, the conference will have capacity for 400 delegates in plenary sessions and four break out sessions to choose from, each with space for 50-140 people.
Our programme of speakers will bring together perspectives from around the globe. We hope to create space for conversations which are geared towards understanding how legal practice and legal policy can help the social impact movement thrive.
We are delighted to announce the next ESELA Annual Conference will be hosted by the Marshall Institute for Philanthropy and Social Entrepreneurship at the London School of Economics, on 12 April 2019.
The Marshall Institute works to improve the impact and effectiveness of private action for public benefit through research, teaching and convening. It informs and coordinates the efforts of citizens, researchers, private sector organisations, and social entrepreneurs who are working to tackle the world’s most pressing challenges. We look forward to debating what role law and lawyers have to play.
The conference takes place on Friday 12 April 2019 in London, hosted by The Marshall Institute at the London School of Economics.
The conference will be preceded by an Academic Gathering on Thursday 11 April intended for academics and others with an interest in the implications of the impact revolution for legal scholarship, policy and multi-disciplinary education.If you wish to attend the Academic Gathering, click here to purchase your ticket.
On the evening of Thursday 11 April we are planning networking drinks for conference attendees. This is a chance for those arriving in London for the conference to meet each other and local attendees. Further details about the drinks will be announced during February.
Following the conference, if there is demand, we will organise a sightseeing walk on the morning of Saturday 13 April for those who wish to see some of the key London landmarks and continue conversations with other delegates. This is aimed at international delegates. You can register your interest in taking part in the walk when you purchase your ticket (below).
ESELA is supported by network partners from the world of impact investment, profit with purpose and social enterprise, including Big Society Capital, EVPA, Global Steering Group for Impact Investment (GSG), the Grunin Center for Law and Social Entrepreneurship, SistemaB and TrustLaw.
We are grateful to our host The Marshall Institute, our Media Partner Pioneers Post and our sponsors CDC, Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) and Bates Wells.
Thanks to our Conference Committee:
Carolina Henriquez-Schmitz, Grunin Center for Law and Social Entrepreneurship
Charmian Love, Entrepreneur in Residence at Bates Wells
Nicholas Glicher, TrustLaw, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Rebecca Perlman, Herbert Smith Freehills
Tim West, The Fable Bureau, Pioneers Post
Discounted prices are available to ESELA Members. To request your Member’s Discount Code from ESELA and purchase tickets at EarlyBird prices, click here. [EarlyBird ticket sales closed on 7 February 2019, 1pm (GMT)].
Click here to find out about membership of ESELA – The Legal Network for Social Impact.
Discounted prices are available for group bookings.
Individual (non-lawyer): Group Ticket £40 reduction per ticket when purchasing a Group Ticket for 3 or more delegates who are not practising lawyers. Tickets must be purchased at the same time for delegates at the same organisation.
Lawyer: Group Ticket £50 reduction per ticket when purchasing a Group Ticket for 5 or more delegates who are practising lawyers. Tickets must be purchased at the same time for delegates at the same firm/organisation.
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