Wednesday 14 April
Registration 09.30 – 17.30 Reception Room
Upon arriving at the Saïd Business School, please check in and pick up your delegate badge at the Skoll World Forum Registration Desk. You must have your badge with you to attend all Skoll World Forum events.
14.00 – 14.40 and 14.50 – 15.30
First Connections
Seminar Rooms A & B
Kick off your Forum experience with this fast-paced networking session, designed to help you meet new faces and make lasting connections. Participants will meet up to ten new delegates for three minutes each, to exchange business cards and begin a conversation. This is an immediate opportunity to start building collaborations that will last well beyond the Forum.
The aim of this session is to come away with 10 new connections. Connect now and collaborate later. There are two sessions, each 40 minutes, starting at 14.00 and 14.50. Bring your business cards!
15.00 – 16.00
Welcome Reception
Entrance Lobby
Come to the Welcome Reception for refreshments and start networking with fellow delegates.
17.00 – 18.30
Opening Plenary
Sheldonian Theatre
Doors open at 16:15 Seating is General Admission
Musical Performance
- Vusi Mahlasela, South African Singer-Songwriter and Poet Activist
Welcome addresses
- Colin Mayer, Peter Moores Dean, Professor of Management Studies, Saïd Business School
- Jeff Skoll, Founder & Chairman, Skoll Foundation, Participant Media, and Skoll Global Threats Fund
The Imperative to Cooperate – A Call for Peace
- Lakhdar Brahimi, Veteran United Nations Envoy and Advisor, Former Foreign Minister to Algeria
Governance, Transparency and Collaboration – Beneficiaries in the Balance
- Moderator: John Ydstie, Economic Correspondent, National Public Radio, USA
- Ann Cotton, Executive Director, Camfed International
- Diana Good and Lance Croffoot-Suede, Partners, Linklaters LLP
- Dr. Felix Phiri, Director of Planning and Information, Ministry of Education, Zambia
- Faith Nkala, Deputy Executive Director, Camfed Zimbabwe
Catalysing Collaboration – Our Humanity at Stake
- Paul Farmer, Co-Founder, Partners In Health
Closing remarks
- Pamela Hartigan, Director, Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship
Please note that the Sheldonian is a 15 minute walk from Saïd Business School.
19.00 – 21.30
Delegate Dinner
Balliol, Exeter, Wadham & New College
A uniquely Oxonian evening of dining and discussion at one of four University of Oxford Colleges; Balliol College, Exeter College, Wadham College and New College. The invitation in your badge pack will indicate the location of your college dinner. Invitations will be checked on entry and badges must be worn.
22.00 – 23.30
Film Screening: Countdown to Zero
Odeon Cinema, Magdalen St
Free Admission. Seating is limited. Doors open at 21.30.
