Change the World.

Business-minded discipline.
Passion for social change.

We are pleased to announce the 2008 Annual Conference on Social Entrepreneurship will be held November 14 - 16, 2008.

This year’s event will focus on our three key themes of HEALTH LEADERSHIP, EDUCATION, and INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

The three-day conference is jointly hosted by the University of Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier University.  It will bring more than 150 practitioners and students together for a series of workshops, panel discussions, an exhibition, and more!

Our Opening Keynote Address will be presented by Marc Kielburger, CEO of Free the Children.  This event is open to the public, please see our registration page for details.  Our Gala Keynote Address will be Dr. Sue Horton, winner of the Copenhagen Consensus for her work with the global Micronutrient Initiative.

This year’s event will also feature a special one-day research component on the Saturday of the conference. Event participants are welcome to attend either the lectures and workshops of the annual conference, or the oral presentations and poster displays of the research component.

Please check back with us regularly for more information about the upcoming annual conference. If you are interested in attending, supporting or presenting at the conference, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Register as a delegate for the 2008 Annual Conference.

Register as an attendee at the Kielburger Opening Keynote Address.

Get involved in the Laurel Centre’s work.

The Laurel Centre for Social Entrepreneurship exists to help address this problem, meeting the needs of those currently working towards change. Our focus is helping both current and potential social entrepreneurs to become more successful by helping them to unite professional business skills with their passion for social change. Our focus is on the connection and education of relevant areas in the various industries, while our conferences, lectures and other programming helps to educate the public on the need for, and opportunities available to, today’s social leaders.

We are a fully incorporated not-for-profit organization in Canada, and have enjoyed the support of a diverse number of organizations in helping us to meet our mandate.