On Saturday, June 26, 2010, Global China Connection-Harvard in partnership with the Peking University International Students’ Communication Association will host the first of these two themed conferences in Beijing. The forum will take place at the Yingjie International Interaction Center at Peking University, located near the East Gate.

Entitled “Focus on China: Social Entrepreneurship in High Gear,” the forum will feature leading experts and practitioners of this new organizational model which packages concern for sustainable development, the pursuit of a harmonious society, and business savvy into one powerful tool.

Featured speakers for the Beijing conference on social entrepreneurship include:

• Chief Representative for Ashoka in China, Mr. Patrick Cheung

• Co-Founder of Ventures in Development and 2009 World Economic Forum Youth Global Leader,

Ms. Marie So

• Representative for the Ford Foundation in China, Mr. John Fitzgerald

• Founder of Collective Responsibility and Hands on China, Mr. Richard Brubaker

• Vice Secretary General of the Narada Foundation, Ms. Cheng Yu

• Principal Investment Officer of the International Finance Corporation, a member of the World

Bank Group, Dr. Yao Li

• Deputy Director of the NGO Research Center at Tsinghua University, Ms. Xijin Jia

For more information, please click through to the following link: Social Entrepreneurship in High Gear