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We are happy to inform you that last year’s event will be held once again on the Country Forum for the Social Business Day 2018; for some of the countries and regions where many social businesses already operate.

These country forums will explore the potential and actual practice of social businesses in those countries. The participants would then prepare an action plan for each country for the next two years, in which they will have a chance to share in the plenary. Each country forum must choose to conduct their deliberations in the language of that country. For more, click Country Forums

Latin America and Africa

28th June, 2018

Attendee :

Eliane Knobbe	Executive Assistant at Yunus Social Business - Global Initiatives
Arunima Singh	Social Business Consultant at Yunus Social Business Gmbh
Dodji FIAYIWO	CEO at KOPEME GROUP & SOCIAL BUSINESS
chandan bosu	Assistant Director at AID Foundation
TARIKUL ISLAM	Founder&Chief Executive at AID Foundaiton
Khyaati Jain	Intern at Ashoka Innovators for the Public
ROYSTON BRAGANZA	CEO at GRAMEEN CAPITAL INDIA
Nikita Ahya	Deputy Director, Networking at Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences

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Australia, Philippines and Malaysia

29th June, 2018

Attendee :

RAYMOND PATRICK SERIOS	Asst. Director for Administration & Strategic Projects at Negros Women for Tomorrow Foundation
ALEJANDRO SEBASTIAN COSCOLLUELA	Strategic Projects Assistant Manager at Negros Women for Tomorrow Foundation
ASUNCION SEBASTIAN	Strategic Projects Consultant at Negros Women for Tomorrow Foundation Inc
PROMETHEUS SIDDIQUI	Projects Director at Grameen Australia
Nicholas Carter	General Manager at Marketplace IT
Katie Long	Student at Charles Sturt University
Natasha Clair Slavec	Student at University of Sydney
ANIL SINGH-PRAKASH	EXECUTIVE OFFICER at UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES
Henri Pryde	Student at 40K Plus
Katrina Dunn	CEO Australia at Grameen Australia
Andrew Peter Riis	CEO at Future You
Giles Dickenson-Jones	Mr at Self
Giles Gunesekera	Chief Executive Officer at Global Impact Initiative
Karen Theresa James	Ms at On Purpose Hub
ANIL SINGH-PRAKASH	EXECUTIVE OFFICER - PUBLIC HEALTH at UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES
ANNE MARIE JISON	Board Member at Negros Women for Tomorrow Foundation Inc.
CORAZON HENARES	Foundation Member at Negros Women for Tomorrow Foundation Inc.
AME CRIS TOLEDO	Board Member at Negros Women for Tomorrow Foundation Inc.
JANET JALBUENA	Board Member at Negros Women for Tomorrow Foundation Inc
MYRNA DESABELLE	Board Member at Negros Women for Tomorrow Foundation Inc
SHAFIQUE DHANANI	President Director & Founder at MBK Ventura
Shantanu Paul	Senior Intrapreneur at Ashoka Innovators for the Public
Anurag Dash	Director (Academics) at Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences
Anand Nandakumar	Business Advisor at Independent
SHAHRINA MD NORDIN	Assoc. Prof at Universiti Teknologi Petronas
Norliyati Mat Noh	Manager of Social Business at Institut Darul Ridzuan
CHEAH SAU SENG	Researcher at Universiti Sains Malaysia
LOKHMAN HAKIM OSMAN	Head, Yunus Centre of Social Business, the National University of Malaysia. at The National University of Malaysia
YASRAN HUSSAIN	CHAIRMAN at HARAPAN TROPIKA SDN BHD
Nurfarini Binti Daing Abdul Rahman	CEO at Youth Trust Foundation
Urvi Doshi	Business Development Executive at Saturday Kids

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Bangladesh

29th June, 2018

Attendee :

Md Saidul Haque	Lead of SocialBusinessPedia at Grameen Communications
Mohammad Ali	Proprietor at Sinha Construction
Iqbal Ahmed	Director at STT
ABDUL KADIR	Student at University of Dhaka
FORHAD HOSSAIN	CEO at LBS Management Consultancy Ltd.
RAFI AKTER	Assistant Manager, HR & Training at Grameen Telecom Trust
Abdul Hamid	Founder at s
Someshwari Rhidi	Student at St. Philomena's College
AHMED SABBIR	Student at Rural Development Academy (RDA), Bogra
Atindra Nath	Student at Rural Development Academy (RDA), Bogra
NUSRAT JAHAN ALAM	Assistant Officer at Grameen Telecom Trust
MD SHAH ALAM HOWLADER	Executive Director at Bakergonj Forum (BGF)
Hasanul Banna	Student at Pusan National university
Farid Uddin	Chief Executive Officer at Human Foundation Bangladesh
Abdus Sattar	Chief Financial Officer at Grameen Shakti
MD NAHEED ISLAM	Graduate Student at North South University
NADEEN PURNA	Program Officer at Yunus Centre
Debassree Kar Rakhi	Senior Executive at Grameen Trust
Faria Haque Tina	Assistant Program Officer at Grameen Trust
MEHDI IMAM	Deputy Manager, Social Business Department at Grameen Telecom Trust
SIKDER HASAN ZAFRY	Officer at Grameen Telecom Trust
SUSANTA KUMAR MAJUMDER	Chief at Potroput
FAKHRUL ISLAM	Assistant General Manager at Grameen Telecom Trust
MD JAHIRUL ISLAM KHAN	Asst. General Manager & HOD at Grameen Telecom Trust
MD FORHAD KARIM KHAN	Sr. Manager at Grameen Telecom Trust
SULTAN AHMED BHUIYAN	CFO & Board Secretary at Grameen Telecom Trust
KAZI SHAILA SHARMIN	Senior Manager at Grameen Telecom Trust
JAYANTA KUMER BOSU	Team Leader, Social Business and Program Support at Grameen Telecom Trust
K M SALEHEEN	Coordinator, Social Business at Grameen Telecom Trust
MOHAMMED ANWAR HOSSAIN	Panel Officer, Social Business at Grameen Telecom Trust
FARHANA FERDOUSI	Researcher at Southeast University
BENAZIR AHMED	Co-ordinator, Admin & Security at Grameen Telecom Trust
MD MANIRUZZAMAN	Manager, Admin & Supply Chain at Grameen Telecom Trust
MOHAMMAD SADMANI IQBAL	Officer, HR & Admin at Grameen Telecom Trust
FARIA ZAMAN	Officer at Grameen Telecom Trust
LITON KUMER DUTTA	Senior Deputy General Manager at BASA
A K M SHIRAJUL ISLAM	Executive Director at BASA
MOHAMMAD GOLAM MOSTOFA	Executive Director at SDRS
RASEL AHMED LITON	Chief Executive at SKS Foundation
BIPLOP CHAKMA	Executive Director at ASHIKA Manobik Unnayan Kendra
MOHAMMAD AYNUL HAQUE	Senior Coordinator at ECO SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION (ESDO)
MD SHAHID UZ ZAMAN	Executive Director at Eco Social Development Organization (ESDO)
Md Abul Hasan	Lecturer at Cox's bazar International University, Cox's bazar, Bangladesh
MD AMINUL ISLAM	Executive Director at AID Foundation

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China, Hong Kong, Taiwan

29th June, 2018

Attendee :

Yizhi Hu	Student at University of Notre Dame
MOHAMMAD MASOOD AHMED	Director at Indo Us Hospital
HUI-LING TSAI	President at Foundation for Yunus Social Business, Taiwan
CHUAN-MIN WANG	CEO at Foundation for Yunus Social Business, Taiwan
JEN-HO OU	Associate Dean of College of Management at Asia University, Taiwan
HUI-MING CHENG	President at Walsin Lihwa Corp.
CHUANG-SHIN LU	Chairperson at Juang Jia Guoo Co., Ltd.
MING-FU YANG	Soy Milk Barista at Soy Presso
JUN-HONG SHEN	Associate Professor at Asia University, Taiwan
CHIUNG-JU LIN	Associate General Manager at DBS Bank Limited (Taiwan)
YING-SHING LIN	CEO at YSBC of National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology
CHU-HSIUNG LIN	Dean at Department of Finance, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology
Chia-Yi Chen	Associate Director at YSBC of National Pingtung University of Science and Technology
HSIAO-PING NI	Teacher at Le Ye Elementary School
CHEN-I LIN	Associate Manager Deputy Manager at Environmental Resources Management
Po Ho Huang	Vice President at Chang Jung Christian University
CHIEN-BANG CHEN	Director at Innovation Incubation Center, Chang Jung Christian University
YI-TING CHOU	General Manager at Jing Ho Co.
FANG-WEI HSU	Director of Board at Foundation for Yunus Social Business, Taiwan
SHU-MEI KANG	Supervisor at Foundation for Yunus Social Business, Taiwan
CHUNG-CHENG CHIU	Project Planning Specialist at Foundation for Yunus Social Business, Taiwan
KANG LEE	Marketing at Foundation for Yunus Social Business, Taiwan
TUNG-LIN LI	Administrative Assistant at Foundation for Yunus Social Business, Taiwan
Guojiao Li	Interpreter at Grameen China
Yinqing Wang	Interpreter at Grameen China
Shen Deng	Travel Designer at BraveGo
YONGBIN CHEN	Research Fellow at Grameen China
Jiachen Liu	Student at Deerfield Academy
Kecen Lin	Teacher at School
Cong He	Founder & CEO at Yuanshan Technology
Zhixue Xu	Chairman at Xinjiang Xipa Uyghur Medicine Group
Jing Li	Manager at Grameen China
Fei Deng	Founder at Free Lunch
Han Huang	Goodwill Ambassador at Grameen China
Yan LIU	Co Founder at Embrace Solar Solutions
Zhan Gao	President at Grameen China
SHWU-YUAN LEE	CEO at Japin Group

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Europe

29th June, 2018

Attendee :

Azeem Ahmed	Founder at Liftana
M. Mosharrof Hossain	Editor at
Michael Brohm	Executive Manager at Grameen Creative Lab
Christina Alexandra Jaeger	Director Circular Economy at The Grameen Creative Lab
EUGÉNIO VIASSA DA PURIFICAÇÃO MONTEIRO	Professor at AESE
Eiisabetta Righini	Professor - Speaker at University of Urbino
Benjamin Overton	Partnerships Manager at Yunus Social Business - Global Initiatives
Michael Reinhard Wirtz	Researcher at University
Paola Samoggia	M.o at Association Nazionale Italiana Cantanti
Cameron Donaldson	Pro Vice Chancellor and Vice Principal (Research) at Glasgow Caledonian University
Dominique V. Dauster	Co - Founder at perfect day GmbH & Co.KG
Caroline Heptner	Volunteer at The Grameen Creative Lab
Karen Hitschke	Co-CIO at Yunus Social Business - Global Initiatives
Theodor Braun-Munzinger	project management at The Grameen Creative Lab
Bastian Mueller	Director Partnerships at Yunus Social Business Funds gGmbH
Roland Boerkoel	DIRECTOR at BLUEMATCH CLEAN COOKING SOLUTIONS
Luigi Bisceglia	MICAD coordinator at Bethlehem University
Kondath Balakrishnan	Director Amity Business School & Dean, Faculty of Management at Amity University Rajasthan
Fadi Kattan	Dean of Business at Bethlehem University
Hans -Jürgen Reitz	CEO at The Grameen Creative Lab
Aine Marie Clarke	Film production Cy at Azimut Company
Parita Doshi	Head of Impact at Oomph

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India

29th June, 2018

Attendee :

Om Parkash Goel	General Manager - Corporate Social Responsibility at Bosch Limited
Nagendra Sharma	Chairperson at Birla Institute of Management Technology (BIMTECH)
Aditi Seshadri	Partner at Unlock Impact
Sonali Gupta	Associate at Goldman sachs
VASANTH KUMAR Thimakapura	Director - Technical at Green Lifescience Technologies
Prabhakara K.V	Co-ordinator at Social Business Academia Network
MANJUR AHMED	Head of Human Resource and Administration at Grameen Telecom Trust
Suresh Krishna	CEO at Yunus Social Business Fund Bengaluru P. Ltd.,
INDIRA DASGUPTA	Director at People's Institute for Development and Training
Anupriya Kukreja	Student at Ashoka University
Swetha Prakash	Chief Executive Officer at 40K PLUS Education Private Limited
Chamarty Venkata Chalapati Rao	Ex Chief Scientist (NEERI) at Self Employed
Veena Yamini Annadanam	Founder & MD at Ankuram Social Ventures
Rennis Joseph	CEO at Ignis Careers Private Limited
Payal Mulchandani	Co Founder at 4th Wheel Social Impact
Sucharita Kamath	India Chapter Manager at ANDE
Sendamaraai Ommsharravana	DIRECTOR at J.K.K.NATTRAJA INSTITUTIONS
Wan Mohd Hilmi Wan Ahmad	ASSISTANT DIRECTOR at MAJLIS AMANAH RAKYAT
Priya Shah	Senior Portfolio Manager at Yunus Social Business Fund Bengaluru
Berta Argenté Izquierdo	Portfolio Intern at Yunus Social Business
Saloni Mittal	Portfolio Associate at Yunus Social Business Fund
Nayaz Ahmed	Chief Operation Officer at Jain University Incubation Centre
Uthara Narayanan	Chief Changemaker at Buzz India Trust
Shweta Shekhar	Associate at Ankuram Social Ventures
Nalin Saluja	Co-Founder & CTO at Virohan Institute
KUNAAL DUDEJA	Co-Founder & CEO at Virohan Institute
Akanksha Khurana	Program Associate at Navya Disha
Vandana Viswanathan	Partner at CoCoon
Aruna Rangachar Pohl	Head of Programmes at India Foundation for Humanisitic Development (IFHD)
Mateen Abdul	Co-Founder at Grassroots Energy
Mohammad Sohail Ahmed	Student at ESIC Medical College
SUKANYA NARAIN	Programme Manager at The Global Steering Group for Impact Investment (GSG)
Kanthi Krishnamurthy	Research Specialist at Dream a Dream
Priti Doshi	Partner at YSB Kenya
Nilesh Doshi	Partner at YSB Kenya
Sagar Tandon	Lead- Pre-Investments, edLABS at Gray Matters Capital
Shashank Verma	Global Portfolio Manager at Yunus Social Business - Global Initiatives
AJAY SINGH YADAV	OPERATIONS HEAD-TEAM INDIA at SELF X ANALYSIS , NEW DELHI INDIA
Chandrashekar Devanahalli Prakash	Founder at SUMADHU Trust
Bharti Kannan	Founder at Boondh
Debanga Sourav Gogoi	Founder at www.natunasom.org
PREETIKA SURI	Philanthropy Lead - India at Zatisi Group
Devyani Kacker	Legal Officer South Asia at Thomson Reuters Foundation
Sagarika Ghosal	Partner at Modern Printing Press
Anurag Srivastava	CSR Lead India at Cisco Systems India Pvt Ltd

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Thailand

29th June, 2018

Attendee :

CORDELIA MASON	Director at UNIKL
Nor Hasanah Ariffin	Research Executive at Youth Trust Foundation
MARK ABRAHAM DEL GRECO	Director of Strategic Development at Dana Asia
Rowena ALCOBA	Serinior Program Manager at Yunus Center Asian Institute of Technology
Jutiwat SANGIAMSAKDIKORN	Liaison Manager at Yunus Center Asian Institute of Technology
Callum Mackenzie	Program Manager at Yunus Center Asian Institute of Technology
Andres Rodrigo Parraguirre Alvarado	Program Manager at Yunus Center Asian Institute of Technology
Panchica Koonchaimang	Program Assistant at Yunus Center Asian Institute of Technology
Suthida Phosuwan	Program Assistant at Yunus Center Asian Institute of Technology
Mr. Bordin RASSAMEETHES	Director at Yunus Social Business Center Kasetsart University
Mrs. Yodmanee TEPANON	Assistant Professor at Yunus Social Business Center Kasetsart University
Mrs. Sasivimol MEEAMPOL	Dean at Yunus Social Business Center Kasetsart University
Sarvin RAMITIGOVARI	. at Yunus Center Asian Institute of Technology

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