Social Business Day to be celebrated on July 28-29

This year’s Social Business Day (SBD), aimed at bringing social business entrepreneurs from around the world to discuss and exchange ideas, will be held on July 28-29.

The theme of the seventh edition of the event, organised by Yunus Centre, is “Can Wealth Concentration be Stopped” and will be held at Samajik Convention Centre in Zirabo, Savar, Dhaka, says a press release.

This year’s event will primarily focus on wealth concentration and to look for ways to narrow the widening wealth gap and innovative ways to achieve that, added the release.

This two-day event will incorporate panel discussions among distinguished social business activists. Participants will hear first-hand accounts about the experiences of and the hurdles and challenges faced by Social Business entrepreneurs around the world.

SBD 2017 will be inaugurated by Nobel Peace Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus and will feature more than 2,000 guests and participants including 500 international participants representing over 36 countries.

Thomas Gass, Assistant Secretary General of the United Nations will deliver the keynote speech. Joël Bouzou, President of the World Olympians Association, Keith Tuffley, CEO, The B Team, Switzerland, Jacques Berger, Managing Director, Action Tank Entreprise et Pauvreté, Dato' Charon Mokhzani, representative of Tan Sri Dato' Azman Mokhtar, Managing Director of Khazanah Nasional Berhad among others will attend the event .