Opening Ceremony

Grand Hall

After the welcoming works from the Social Impact Award team, you will hear two inspiring keynotes, get to know other participants, and learn all about what to expect at the Summit.

Welcome message: Leonore Gewessler, Federal Minister for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology
Keynote "Sparking creativity for innovation" | Boris Marte, CEO of Erste Foundation
Keynote "Emotions & Data: Why We Should Care for the Climate" | Klara König and David Jablonski, Fridays for Future activists

Coffee Break

Atrium

Parallel sessions

Session 1: Living Library - Education
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Living Library works just like a normal library: visitors can browse the catalog for the available titles, choose the book they want to read, and borrow it for a limited period of time. After reading, they return the book to the library and, if they want, borrow another. The only difference is that in the Living Library, books are people, and reading consists of a conversation.

In this living library, the focus is on Education, and you will get to talk to 3 SIA alumni that tackle this topic through their venture: Neuron (Kosovo), Eduprenoria (Romania), Education 360 (Germany). Ask them anything about their entrepreneurial journey, challenges, impact, or any other topics that interest you!

Session 2: Sustainable Development Goals - Why are they important? | Katharina Eggenweber, Global Responsibility
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In this workshop, you will get an insight into the UN 2030 Agenda and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), their significance, and how you can apply them in your social venture.

The UN 2030 Agenda and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted in September 2015. The 2030 Agenda for sustainable development is a global action plan whose objective is to achieve a decent life for all. Its 17 sustainable development goals aim to improve the lives and future prospects of all people. More specifically, it is about eradicating poverty, protecting the environment, and sustainable and inclusive economic growth. We will look at the principles of the 2030 Agenda, it's leaving no one behind the approach, the 17 SDGs and will discuss how every one of us can contribute to realizing the SDGs in our countries.

Session 3: Building awareness through podcasts | Ema Barba, Bright Living, and Martin Mehrwald, WU Vienna
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Over the past decade, there has been a significant rise in the number of people that switched from listening radio to podcasts. There are now over 2 million podcasts and over 48 million podcast episodes, while experts predict there will be over 160 million podcast listeners by 2023.

How can such a powerful tool be used to increase awareness about social issues? How to start such a podcast and how to build your audience? Martin Mehrwald is the co-founder of an award-winning podcast 5MinutenClimateChance and runs the Social Entrepreneurship Center-Podcast Inside Impact since 2020, while Ema is at the beginning of her journey with her Bright Living podcast. They will share their experience and lessons learned along the way.

Session 4: Partnerships4Good | Gabriele Hartmann, SAP, Franz Karl Prüller, Erste Foundation, and Josefine Schulze, Vienna Business Agency, moderated by Jakob Detering
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In this interactive panel with representatives of corporate, philanthropic, and public sectors, you will get to learn how are these organizations supporting social entrepreneurs, what are such organizations looking for when deciding on who to partner with, what are the typical traps social entrepreneurs fall into when approaching the partners.

Are you curious how to approach the right person in the organization, what should you prepare before approaching them, or what kind of partnership models are out there? Our panelists will also answer questions that the participants might have.

Lunch

Atrium

Parallel sessions

Session 1: The art of pitching | Matthias Haas , SuperSocial
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Conference room 1.4

What's the DNA of a great pitch and how do I get what I want in the end? Explore with us the process of pitching, from Getting-the-foot-in-the-door via Showtime to Closing-The-Deal.

We see pitching as a process, from Getting-the-foot-in-the-door via Showtime to Closing- The-Deal. We explore what is pitching in general and which different forms of pitches are there, how to change the CTA for each objective and audience and how to perform on stage.

Session 2: Advocacy - Educate. Evaluate. Collaborate. | Judith Pühringer, Viennese Green Party
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In this session, we will work together on practical issues of advocacy work in the field of social impact. We will look at practical methods and learnings on how to approach and engage with politicians and policymakers to advocate successfully for your cause. We will share our own experiences within smaller working groups and highlight good practice examples for our common future work in making progress in the field of social impact and social entrepreneurship.

Session 3: Building an online innovation community | Markus Deimel, STRABAG
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Modern information and communication technologies have enabled us to innovate with even larger teams and via the Internet. Previously limited to the domain of software and hackers, online communities create everything from T-shirts, to hardware, and toys nowadays. But, how do we build an online innovation community?

This session will draw on innovation management research, the facilitator's experiences, and those of the participants. At the end of the session participants will know about the fundamentals of online innovation communities, have exchanged best practices, and have gathered ideas on how to build/refine their own.

Session 4: How Microsoft accelerates your social impact business | Florian Slezak, Pascal Gabrielli , Franziska Eurich, Stefan Baresch, Microsoft Austria
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You have a great idea but you do not know how to get started? Or do you already run a business, wondering how technology could increase efficiency? In this session, Microsoft demonstrates how business programs and technology simplify your life as a founder or business decision-maker. As a result, you can focus on what matters most: delivering value.

Coffee Break

Atrium

Insight Conversations

Grand Hall

In this peer-to-peer session, we will join all Summit participants - SIA winners, alumni, and various ecosystem players to discuss social enterprise development challenges together in a World Cafe format.

The World Cafe format fosters an environment that develops good conversations and is designed to get authentic dialogues started. The format encourages the sharing of ideas in a relaxed, informal and creative atmosphere.

Dinner & Cocktail

Enjoy the networking during our dinner and cocktail and connect with the amazing people of SIA community.

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