Ashoka Changemaker Summit 2021 - Live Streaming

Online > September 30th to November 25th
Onsite > December 2. Turin, Italy

Follow all sessions of the Ashoka Changemaker Summit live from this page and stay up to date with the highlights from each summit day. If you are a member of the Ashoka Community please log into the event platform to connect with other members of the community in the facilitated connecting sessions.

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In-person event live stream

Thursday, December 2nd, 2021
09.30 - 17:30 CET

Around 300 members of our close community gather physically in Turin, Italy, on December the 2nd to culminate the Ashoka Changemaker Summit in an in-person event. Follow the stream to meet the Italian Young Changemakers, connect with the Italian social innovation ecosystem, meet the latest Ashoka Fellows elected in Italy and embark on a journey to rethink the future of Europe.

Past Sessions >>>

How smart businesses are increasing social impact by partnering with social innovators: 4 Case Studies

Wednesday, December 1st, 2021
10.00 EST I 16.00 CET

Are companies aware of their potential to change the world for the better? How can they integrate social and environmental stakes into their core business? Join this conversation with four top company executives and leading social entrepreneurs who together have explored the paths to “doing good business”, with their success and their failures. Discover how they develop changemaking skills within their workforce, create value for local communities through their value chains, or use indicators to measure their impact.

What's Love Got to Do With It? Faith-Inspired Changemakers Healing a Broken World

Tuesday, November 30th, 2021
11.00 EST I 17.00 CET

This session will feature diverse changemakers whose Why derives from their spiritual beliefs. In 2021 Ashoka ran its first Changemaking Masterclass for Faith-Inspired Changemakers and 140 people from 22 countries and 10 various faith traditions answered the call.

Spotlight for wellbeing, leadership and systemic changes in the aftermath of the pandemic

Tuesday, November 30th, 2021
09.00 EST I 15.00 CET

When Covid-19 hit, we saw Ashoka Fellows and many other changemakers around the world quickly stepping in as first responders, active supporters and visionary entrepreneurs designing new models to react and to build forward better futures worth living in. The pandemic highlighted the need for bringing systemic changes in critical fields, while putting a tremendous pressure on leaders to leverage the momentum for achieving them.

Leading together towards long-lasting impact

Thursday, November 25th, 2021
09.00 EST I 15.00 CET

The value of co-creation for social entrepreneurs, co-workers and corporate partners

Join this conversation with our corporate partner and IKEA coworkers on their experience, insights and learnings from working with leading social entrepreneurs in the Dela Accelerator, co-created by Ashoka and IKEA Social Entrepreneurship.

Ashoka x The Inkey List – Changemaking, the Business Model of the Future

Tuesday, November 23rd, 2021
09.00 EST I 15.00 CET

Since December 2020, Ashoka and the Inkey List have partnered to empower positive change through knowledge – with young people at the heart of the mission. This partnership emerged from the personal story of the Inkey List’s founders, their journey through education, and Ashoka’s own theory of change.

Is the equity revolution changing our organizations? A timely conversation with DEI leaders from different sectors

Thursday, November 18th, 2021
10.00 EDT I 15.00 CET

Join a conversation with top leaders of the social sector as they reflect on their role in building an equitable world. Learn about their biggest challenges, some of their successes, and more importantly about their commitments and aspirations for equitable practices in the social innovation field. We will include the knowledge and perspectives of experts in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) and speakers will answer questions from some of the youngest changemakers in the sector.

Changing the story: new perspectives on migrants and their role as changemakers

Thursday, November 11th, 2021
10.00 EDT I 15.00 CEST

How can we shift the narrative so that migrants are seen as the resourceful changemakers they are, eager to contribute to their communities? Join a conversation with a global network of innovators around migration and from migrant backgrounds, and help us change the story.

Unpacking paradigm shifts in healthcare, health access and well-being

Thursday, November 4th, 2021
10.00 EDT I 15.00 CEST

What happens when you put health in the hands of citizens, practitioners, young people, social entrepreneurs, teachers, community leaders, changemakers and more? Join us, as we unpack the paradigms of health for the future and understand the role that social entrepreneurs have played in bringing these new paradigms forward. Then, hear directly from 3 communities of collaborating social entrepreneurs from Africa, Latin America and Europe, who are working to build co-creations that act at the intersections of healthcare, systems change and collaboration.

Redefining Success & Systems Change: Insights from Women & Queer Changemakers

Thursday, October 28th, 2021
09.00 EDT I 15.00 CEST

What does a gender equal world, where everyone is able to live their authentic selves, look like? Join a conversation with women and queer social entrepreneurs, young changemakers and opinion leaders who commit time, energy and resources towards a more equal and authentic gender order in 2021. How can we close the gender authenticity, empathy and power gaps globally? What insights from the women’s and queer movements can bring our definitions of success, systems change and mindset shift to the next level?

New Longevity: The Power of Arts and Culture to Change Mindsets on Aging

Thursday, October 21st, 2021
10.00 EDT I 16.00 CEST

Does today’s popular culture support or undermine the “longevity revolution” we are in? How can we leverage the power of arts and culture to change our mindsets on aging and grasp the concept of a new kind of longevity? How can we connect Academy Award-winning films or art exhibitions in public spaces with real-life solutions designed by social entrepreneurs around the world?

Preserving democracy in the age of surveillance

Thursday, October 14th, 2021
09.00 EDT I 15.00 CEST

The 21st century has ushered in a new age of exponential technology and digital transformation that have led to radical breakthroughs—but also comes with profound threats to democracy and human rights.

A new economic architecture for our land and food

Thursday, October 7th, 2021
09.00 EDT I 15.00 CEST

Successful nature-based solutions restore ecosystems, create green jobs, reduce greenhouse gases and preserve biodiversity all at the same time, but the challenge lays in the scale and speed of getting this done. Why aren’t we moving fast enough?

Young Changemaking: The new norm

Thursday, September 30, 2021
09.00 EDT I 15.00 CEST

What would our world look like if everyone was a changemaker? What would need to happen in order for us to get there? In this panel, young changemakers from around the world will lead the conversation about how our societies and our institutions can support all young people to be powerful changemakers. They will draw from their own experiences about what led them to take up their role to co-lead an Everyone a Changemaker movement and their strategies for encouraging their peers and allies to do the same.

Digital Press Conference - Insights into the current landscape of social change

Wednesday, September 29, 2021
09.00 EDT I 15.00 CEST

This is an invitation for journalists and media professionals to preview results of Ashoka's Global Fellow Survey, presented within the Ashoka Changemaker Summit 2021. The full results of the report will be released at the in-person Summit in Italy, Turin, on December 2nd.