Renjie Butalid

Executive Director of Free the Children Marc Kielburger will be in the spotlight on Friday, November 14, 2008 to kickoff the Laurel Centre’s 2008 Annual Conference on Social Entrepreneurship. Kielburger, also the co-founder and director of  Me to We Social Enterprises, will share the knowledge and experience that has led him to become one of Canada’s youngest and most successful social entrepreneurs.

This keynote is OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. Tickets are available online at http://www.laurelcentre.ca, by phone at (519) 888-4908, or in person through the Humanities Theatre box office at the University of Waterloo from noon to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. Tickets are $6 for students and $15 for community members.

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The Laurel Centre for Social Entrepreneurship in the news:

A step forward in changing the world Kielburger to kick off second annual social entrepreneurship conference in Waterloo

Waterloo — For a weekend in November, promising and existing social leaders will converge in Waterloo, Ontario to learn, discuss, and further their individual quests to change the world. Free the Children Chief Executive Director Marc Kielburger will help launch the weekend with his keynote lecture at the 2008 Annual Conference on Social Entrepreneurship.

From November 14-16, 2008, the Laurel Centre for Social Entrepreneurship will host their second annual conference, an event that will bring together students and practitioners of social entrepreneurship for a three-day conference jointly hosted by the University of Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier University, both in Waterloo, ON.

Through a series of workshops, keynote lectures, panel discussions, and an exhibition, the conference, under the title “Change the World,” will explore the advancement of social entrepreneurship both internationally and here at home, featuring the three key themes of health leadership, education, and international development.

The Laurel Centre was founded in late 2007 after the success of the first Waterloo Conference on Social Entrepreneurship, which saw more than 200 people come together from around the world to collaborate on the bridging of the passion for social change together with a business-minded discipline.

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