Speakers: Jon Samuel, Head of Social Performance, Anglo American Caroline Ashley, Learning and Results Manager, Business Innovation Facility Clara Barby, Head of Impact, Bridges Ventures Chair: Simon Maxwell, Research Fellow, ODI Agenda: 17.00 Registration opens17.30-18.15 Introduction and panel…See More

 DOWNLOAD AUDIO AND PRESENTATIONS HERE Speakers:Maheswar Mishra, Private Sector Development Adviser, Investment and Finance Team, Private Sector Department, Department for International DevelopmentMadeleine Anderson, CEO, Equity for AfricaJulie Wallace, Senior Manager, Group Public Affairs, Standard Chartered BankChair: Simon Maxwell, Research Fellow,…See More

The first London event in the 2011 Event Series will focus on "Business-Donor Partnerships for Development"Speakers:Gavin McGillivray, Head, Private Sector Department, DFID (Click for audio)Anne McCormick, Corporate Affairs Director, Diageo…See More

SCORE, a £2M, six-institution EPSRC funded, research project is addressing the immediate need of energy poverty where over1.6 billion people worldwide have no access to electricity and cook on open fires.Paul Riley, the Director of Score™ and MD of Inovex Limited and Technical Director of RoKD Limited will present on the new advances being made in the area of Thermo Acoustic Engines to produce low-cost, bio-mass fuelled, cookstove that also produces electricity in the 25-100 Watt Range.By…See More

Opening Remarks: Clare Woodcraft, Deputy Director, Shell Foundation Panel Speakers: Mavis Owusu-Gyamfi, Head of Profession, Private Sector Development, Department for International Development William Asiko, President, Coca-Cola Africa Foundation and Chair, Business Action for Africa Dame Barbara Stocking, Chief Executive, Oxfam GB Natalie Africa, Executive Director, Business Call to Action Chair: Myles Wickstead CBE, Head of Secretariat to the Commission for Africa 2010 has been a year…See More

Read the GIM Policy Note.Video of the event with be posted on this site.Please join Business Fights Poverty to ensure that you hear about future events.Royal Society, London, 5.00 - 6.30pm (Registration from 4.30), followed by reception.…See More

Please take a moment to complete the 2009 Event Series survey!Registration from 17.00. Post-event reception from 19.45Event sponsored byThis final event in the 2009 Event Series aims to reflect on the lessons learned and the opportunities identified during the course of the Series, and to look at how business, government and civil society can address them. The…See More