Program Schedules
Opening Day
DAY 1
Saturday, June 27, 2026
7:00 – 9:30 AM
Gathering & Check-in
9:30 – 10:30 AM
Opening Ceremony
Welcome Addresses
- Lamiya Morshed, Executive Director, Yunus Centre
- Ashraful Hassan, Chairman, Grameen Group
Opening Remarks
- Professor Abdul Hannan Chowdhury, Chairman, Grameen Bank
- António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations (Video Message)
- José Ramos-Horta, President of Timor-Leste (Video Message)
Keynote Address
"Social Business: The Language of Peace in a Fractured World" by Professor Muhammad Yunus, 2006 Nobel Peace Laureate
Celebrating 50 Years of Grameen Bank & 20 Years of the Nobel Peace Prize
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
From Jobra to Oslo and Beyond: The Evolution of Grameen Bank: Audiovisual
Building from the Ground Up: Reflections from Early Pioneers of Grameen Bank
- Lyla Begum, Director, Grameen Bank Chittagong
- Khalida, Director, Grameen Bank Barishal
- Anowara Begum, Former Board Member, Current General Member, Grameen Bank Tangail
- Abdul Hannan Chowdhury, Chairman, Grameen Bank
- Sarder Akhter Hamed, Managing Director, Grameen Bank
From Microcredit to Empowerment: Journeys of Transformation
- Nurjahan Begum, Former Acting Managing Director, Grameen Bank
- Khalid Shams, Former Deputy Managing Director, Grameen Bank
- Professor S.M. Huzzatul Islam Latifee, Former Managing Director, Grameen Trust
From Bangladesh to the World: Stories from Global Grameen Replicators
- Shankar Man Shreshtha, Chairman, Centre for Self- help Development (CSD)
- Suzzette D. Gaston, Executive Director/President, Negros Women for Tomorrow Foundation (NWTF)
- Dr. Dolores M. Torres, Senior Management Adviser, CARD Bank, Inc
- Zahirul Alam, Founder and Executive Director, Integrated Development Foundation
The Nobel Peace Prize Perspective: Reflections from the Nobel Committee
- Video message from Director of Nobel Peace Center
- Kim Reksten Grønneberg, Head of Marketing and Communications, Nobel Peace Center
Reflections from the Founder
- Professor Muhammad Yunus, 2006 Nobel Peace Laureate
Launch of Satellite Festival Initiative
11:30 – 12:00 PM
Networking & Marketplace Tour
12:00 – 1:00 PM
Plenary 1: Healing Our Fractured World: The Role of Social Business
Moderator:
Professor Faiz Shah, President, Yunus Thailand and Executive Director, Yunus Center Asian Institute of Technology
Speakers:
- Professor Muhammad Yunus, 2006 Nobel Peace Laureate
- Erik Solheim, President Europe - Asia Center; Former Executive Director of UN Environment; Former Minister of Environment and International Development of Norway
- Carol Gribnau , Director, Dutch Postcode Lottery Foundation (DOEN Foundation)
- Mrs. Mary Therese Winifred Robinson, Former President of Ireland (Online)
- Dr. Ismail Serageldin, Founding Director of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina and former Vice President of the World Bank (1992–2000)
- Chowdhury Ashik Mahmud Bin Harun, Executive Chairman, Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA)
- Kim Reksten Grønneberg, Head of Marketing and Communications, Nobel Peace Center
- Paul Polman, Former CEO, Unilever (Video Message)
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Lunch
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Plenary 2: Making Healthcare Accessible to all: Role of Technology and Social Business
Moderator: Richard St-Pierre, Senior Digital Sovereignty Advisor, Levio
Speakers:
- Ms. Lacy Hubbard, President and CEO, Elekta Foundation
- Shamsul Haque Ahmed, Managing Director, Grameen Healthcare Services Ltd., Bangladesh
- Dr. Ahmed Armaan Siddiqui, CEO and Board Member, Grameen HealthTech Limited and Acting CEO, Shamadhan Services Ltd, Bangladesh
- AKM Moinuddin Chowdhury, Managing Director, Grameen Kalyan, Bangladesh
- Joseph Hazel, Group Chief Executive Officer, Apex Health
- Kate Moynihan, Executive Director and CEO, Seva Foundation
3:00 PM – 3:40 PM
Spotlight Session: Innovations in Action
Latest Developments from the Grameen Group
- Ashraful Hassan, Chairman, Grameen Group; & Managing Director & CEO, Grameen Telecom Trust
Environment & Climate Actions by Yunus Environment Hub
- Christina Jäger, Co-founder & Managing Director, Yunus Environment Hub
Latest from the Yunus Centre
- Zeenat Islam, Relationship Manager, Yunus Centre
Latest from Grameen Caledonian College of Nursing (Audio Visual)
- Niru Shamsun Nahar, Advisor, Grameen Caledonian College of Nursing;
- Dr. Mosammat Shahinoor Begum, Principal, Grameen Caledonian College of Nursing; and 10 Nursing College Students
Grameen University- Dedicated to Creating a World of Three Zeros
- Professor Dr. Niaz Ahmed Khan, Senior Strategic Adviser, Grameen University
- Ashraful Hassan, Chairman, Grameen Group
- Dr. Muhammad Ibrahim, Trustee, Grameen University
- Professor Muhammad Yunus, 2006 Nobel Peace Laureate
Announcements:
3:40 PM – 3:50 PM
1.Euglena Product Launch
• Mitsuru Izumo, Founder, Euglena Co., Ltd
2. Yunus Social Business Centre at Siam University, Thailand
- Dr. Pornchai Mongkhonvanit, President, Siam University
- Zeenat Islam, Relationship Manager, Yunus Centre
- Professor Faiz H. Shah, President, Yunus Thailand & Executive Director, Yunus Centre, Asian Institute of Technology
- Duminda Jayaranjan Madawala Liyanage
- Lamiya Morshed, Executive Director, Yunus Centre
- Professor Muhammad Yunus, 2006 Nobel Peace Laureate
Financial Inclusion in Action - Shomadhan GPay Card Launch
3:50 PM – 4:00 PM
Networking & Marketplace Tour
4:00 PM – 4:30 PM
Breakout Sessions
4:30 PM – 6:00 PM
7 tracksBreakout Session 1
From Classroom to Community: The University as a Social Business Incubator
Moderator: Dr. Rafiuddin Ahmed, Director, NSU Social Business Center (NSBC), Department of Marking and International Business (DMIB), North South University
- Professor Mohammed Masum Iqbal, Pro-Vice Chancellor, Daffodil International University
- Prof. Dr Haji Mohamad Abdullah Hemdi, Deputy Vice Chancellor, Albukhary International University
- Professor Niaz Ahmed Khan, Senior Strategic Adviser, Grameen University
- Dr. Farhana Ferdousi, Associate Professor and Director at Southeast Business School
- Biswajit Ghosh, Senior Yunus Fellow, Founder of Nabin Entrepreneurship Foundation
- Ana Fernandez Laviada, University of Cantabria
Breakout Session 2
Zero Excuses: Leading Climate Action Through Social Business
Moderator: Christina Jäger, Managing Director, Co-founder & Managing Director, Yunus Environment Hub
- Abdus Sattar, Acting Managing Director, Grameen Shakti
- Shovon Azad Shanto, Founder and CEO, Watteh Greens
- Fahim Uddin Shuvo, Founder and Managing Director, Garbageman Limited
- Kavin Kumar Kandasamy, Founder and CEO, ProClime
- Professor Faiz H. Shah, President, Yunus Thailand & Executive Director, Yunus Center, Asian Institute of Technology
- Mr. Md. Zohorul Haque, Managing Director, Grameen Distribution Ltd. & Grameen Shamogree
Breakout Session 3
Beyond Credit: Building an Inclusive Financial System
Moderator: Sabrina Quaraishi, President and CEO, Grameen Foundation USA
- Tanim Hussain Shawon, Barrister, Advocate, Bangladesh Supreme Court
- Professor Giuseppe Torluccio, Professor, Banking and Finance, University of Bologna
- A K M Sazzad Hossain, Deputy Managing Director, Grameen Bank
- Sangita Bhattacharjee, COO, Chamak Solutions
- Omar Lutf, Co-founder, Grameen Yemen
- Dr. Dolores M. Torres, Senior Management Adviser, CARD Bank, Inc
Breakout Session 4
Building a 3ZERO World: Strategies, Stories, and the Road Ahead
Moderator: Osman Dhali, Chief Operating Officer, YY Ventures
- Qazi Nazrul Huque, Managing Director, Grameen Shikkha
- Associate Professor Dr. Suraya Hanim Mokhtar, Director, ACE-SEDI AIU
- Chuan-Min (Juno) Wang, CEO, Foundation for Yunus Social Business Taiwan
- Sanjay Kumar Mandal, CEO, Jeevan Bikas Laghubitta Bittiya Sanstha Ltd
- Hirao Tsuneaki, Japan Action Tank
- Chris Fussner, Founder and Owner, TransTechnology Pte. Ltd.
Breakout Session 5
Nurturing the Next Generation of Women Entrepreneurs and Leaders:
Moderator:
Lamiya Morshed, Executive Director, Yunus Centre
Speakers
- Tania Nazneen, Founder and Creative Director, Tanis Bangladesh
- Elisa Yavchitz, Member of the Council, Council of Paris, France
- Houriya B. Ahmed, Executive Director, Policy Hub, Qatar Foundation
- Akkie Okma, Senior expert sustainability and economic development, Okma Advice
- Suzzette D. Gaston, Executive Director/President, Negros Women for Tomorrow Foundation (NWTF)
- Ayseba Umutlu, Award-winning Journalist, Member of board of trustees of IEPF
- Philippe Guichandut, General Secretary, Grameen Credit Agricole Foundation
Breakout Session 6
Feeding the Future: Reimagining Food Systems
Moderator: Dipesh Nag, Managing Director, Grameen Danone Foods Limited
- Shiori Onishi, Co-CEO, Grameen Euglena
- Enzo Cursio, Board Member, Saint Peter for Humanity Foundation
- Mohammad Shahid Lone, Chairman, Allah Wale Foundation
- Abida Sultana, Co-founder, Onnosheba
- Nomrota Sarker, Co-founder, COO, Saus Taus Global Pvt. Ltd.
- Duncan Power
Breakout Session 7
Leveraging Emerging Technologies to Address Global Challenges
Moderator: Tazin Shadid, Founder & Executive Director, Spreeha Foundation & Chairman, YY Ventures
- Nazneen Sultana, Executive Vice Chairman, Grameen Communications
- Dr. Ashir Ahmed, Associate Professor, Faculty of Information Science and Electrical Engineering, Kyushu University
- Jeff Hamilton, Lecturer, Bangkok University (BU); Innovation Fellow, Yunus Center AIT (YCA)
- Feroz Mahmud, Managing Director, Grameen Communications
- Umud Mirzayev, President of the International Eurasia Press Fund and Chairman of the Public Council under ANAMA
- Mark Shen, Taiwan
6:00 PM- 6:30 PM
Transition
6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Dinner
8:00 PM
End of Day 01
DAY 2
Sunday, June 28, 2026
7:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Gathering & Check-in
9:30 AM - 9:40 AM
Welcome Back
9:40 AM - 10:00 AM
Spotlight Session: Innovations in Action
- Healing Through Harmony - Sing For Hope & Grameen Health Tech Partnership
1.Dr. Ahmed Armaan Siddiqui, CEO and Board Member, Grameen HealthTech Limited and Acting CEO, Shamadhan Services Ltd, Bangladesh
2. Monica Yunus, Co-founder, Sing For Hope (Online)
3. Camille Zamora, Co-founder, Sing For Hope (Online)
- Grameen Kalyan Health OS (5 mins)
AKM Moinuddin Chowdhury, Managing Director, Grameen Kalyan, Bangladesh - Grameen Healthcare Services & Seva Partnership (5 mins)
Ashraful Hassan, Chairman, Grameen Group; & Managing Director & CEO, Grameen Telecom Trust
Shamsul Haque Ahmed, Managing Director, Grameen Healthcare Services Ltd., Bangladesh
Md. Mainul Hassan, General Manager, Grameen Healthcare Services Ltd., Bangladesh
Kate Moynihan, Executive Director and CEO, Seva Foundation
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Plenary 3: Finance for peace: Redesigning Systems that Work for All
Moderator: Alex Counts, Founder, Grameen Foundation and Independent Consultant to Nonprofit Organizations
Speakers:
- Tasmina Rahman, Managing Director, Grameen Trust
- Suresh Krishna, Co-founder and CEO, Navaka Social Business Fund Bengaluru
- Philippe Guichandut, General Secretary, Grameen Credit Agricole Foundation
- Md Fazlul Kader, Managing Director, Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation
- Sarder Akhter Hamed, Managing Director, Grameen Bank
- Dr. Edzel Almanza Ramos, President and CEO, CARD-MRI
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Networking & Marketplace Tour
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Country Forum (Breakout Rooms)
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Lunch.
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Spotlight Session: Innovations in Action
Social Business Design Competition & Social Fiction Design Competition: Showcasing Emerging Ideas from Young Innovators
- Fairana Afsana, Associate, YY Ventures
Social Business Ecosystem Development Initiative
- Dominique Dauster, Managing Director, Yunus + You - The YY Foundation
- Lydia Siebers, Managing Director, Dutch Postcode Lottery
- Lamiya Morshed, Executive Director, Yunus Centre
- Shihab Quader, Head of International Projects, Yunus Centre
- Osman Dhali, Chief Operating Officer, YY Ventures
3ZERO Club: 7000+ Clubs & Growing
- Ankita Shohel, Manager, 3Z Global Centre
- Daisy Liu, Senior Specialist, Foundation for Yunus Social Business Taiwan
- Mary Sandra Ascalon, Executive Secretary, Negros Women for Tomorrow Foundation (NWTF)
Thematic Spotlights:
The Yunus Initiative at the George Washington University
- Chris Fussner, Founder and Owner, TransTechnology Pte. Ltd.
Sustainable Ocean Management Planning for Blue Economy Promotion in the Bay of Bengal Region: The Sasakawa Peace Foundation and Yunus Centre Collaboration
- Dr. Emadul Islam, Senior Research Fellow Ocean Policy Research Institute (OPRI), The Sasakawa Peace Foundation
From a Student-Led Initiative to a Social Business Ecosystem: The Rizq Story of Reimagining Pakistan's Food System
Musa Aamir, Co-Founder & VP Support Services, Rizq
Qasim Javaid, CEO & Co-Founder, Rizq
Beyond Borders: Creating Opportunities from Bangladesh to Japan
- Japan Action Tank’s Caregiver Training
1. Tsuneaki Hirao, President,Japan Action Tank Association
Duncan Power - SDGs Business Validation Survey for Establishing Acute-Phase Rehabilitation Services and Education for Local Rehabilitation Professionals in Bangladesh
1. Akira Ito, Generous Co., Ltd.
2. Miki Koyama, Generous Co., Ltd - OUR Straight Through®: A Sustainable Social Business Model for Human Development Across Asia
1. Jun KATO
Announcements:
The Language of Art: A Tool for Awareness and Change
Paola Samoggia
WePower Global Secretariat at Yunus Center AIT
Professor Faiz H. Shah, President, Yunus Thailand & Executive Director, Yunus Centre, Asian Institute of Technology
Shukhee 5 Million Users
Connecting Communities: A Digital Platform for Inclusive Communication
Keiken Nakamichi, Founder and CEO, Wick Inc.
Ashir Ahmed, Associate Professor, Faculty of Information Science and Electrical Engineering, Kyushu University
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Plenary 04: Youth Empowerment Through Education, Entrepreneurship, and Technology: A Foundation for a New World Order
Moderator: Shazeeb M Khairul Islam, Managing Director, YY Ventures
- Professor Muhammad Yunus, 2006 Nobel Peace Laureate
- Professor Dato' Ir Dr Mohd Saleh Jaafar, Vice Chancellor and President, Albukhary International University
- Nurfarini (Nini) Daing, CEO, Youth Trust Foundation
- Masahiro Hashimoto, Mayor, Sakai Town, Japan
- Kate Robertson, Co-founder, One Young World
- Mahmudul Hassan, 3ZERO Club Member
- Manahil Kashif, Program Manager, atomcamp
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Networking & Marketplace Tour
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Plenary 5: Report Back from Country Forum
Moderators:
- Abdul Hai Khan, Executive Vice Chairman, Grameen Trust
- Nazneen Sultana, Executive Vice Chairman, Grameen Communications
Speakers:
- Zahirul Alam, Founder & Executive Director, Integrated Development Foundation (IDF), Bangladesh
- Biswajit Ghosh, Director & CEO, Nabin Social Ventures (OPC) Pvt. Ltd., India
- Sanjay Kumar Mandal, Chief Executive Officer, Jeevan Bikas Laghubitta Bittiya Sanstha Ltd., Nepal
- Abu Bakar Ngah, Director of Community and Industry Engagement (CCIE), Albukhary International University, Malaysia
- Sadia Zahid, Program Officer, Yunus Center, Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand
- Reymund A. Vasquez, Audit Group Head, Negros Women for Tomorrow Foundation, Inc. (NWTF), Philippines
- Alex Wang, Managing Director, Global Committee on Social Business for Sustainable Development Goals, Greater China
- Professor Naoko Oishi, Professor, Ryukoku University, Japan
- Professor Mahfuz Ashraf, HDR Coordinator, Barton Business School, Australia
- Christina Jaeger, Co-founder & Managing Director, Yunus Environment Hub, Europe (Germany)
- Susan Wanjiru Mwangi, Adjunct faculty at Tangaza university and A PhD candidate Yunus scholar program,Tangaza university Nairobi Kenya, Africa
- Alex Counts, Founder, Grameen Foundation, United States of America
- Francisco José Vicente, Co-CEO & Partner, Yunus Social Business Latam, Brazil
- Masarrat Misbah, Founder, Depilex Group, Pakistan
6:00 PM – 6:45 PM
Closing Ceremony
- Andrea Jung, President and CEO, Grameen America (Online)
- Tawakkol Karman (Video Message)
Closing Remarks
- Lamiya Morshed, Executive Director, Yunus Centre
- Ashraful Hassan, Chairman, Grameen Group; & Managing Director & CEO, Grameen Telecom Trust
- Professor Muhammad Yunus, 2006 Nobel Peace Laureate
Day 3 ( Side Event )
Telecom Bhaban
June 29, 2026, Monday
Venue: Grameen Telecom Bhaban
- Academia Dialogue
- 3ZERO Club Convention
