Fri, 11 December 2020, 15:00 – 16:00 GMT

About this Event

As part of SIX Wayfinder Movement No. 2 — Ensembling, we are bringing together two leading thinkers and doers in a public global dialogue, ‘Open Duets’.

In this session, Miquel de Paladella, CEO of UpSocial and Geraldine Cahill, Director of UpSocial Canada will come together to discuss why scaling social innovation is an important topic that needs more attention, the difference in context for scaling globally, and why it is so challenging. There will be an opportunity for discussion with the audience and some guests will share examples of successful scaling approaches and projects.

Contributors

Miquel de Paladella is the co-founder and CEO of UpSocial, a firm specialised in implementing and scaling innovative solutions to social problems. He also leads UpSocial’s spin-off focused on implementing education innovations such as JUMP Math. He is an economist, social entrepreneur and consultant with extensive experience in international organizations such as Ashoka, UNICEF, Global Movement for Children, Plan International, Society for International Development, among others. He advises national and international institutions such as the Inter-American Development Bank, the European Commission and the Carasso Foundation, among others. He is also a professor of innovation at the University of Barcelona and at ESADE Institute for Social Innovation. He participates in other projects seeking social justice in areas of reintegration of prisoners, emotional health, culture and education.

Geraldine Cahill is Director of UpSocial Canada. Prior to its 2019 launch, Geraldine was deeply immersed in the Canadian social innovation community, supporting the development of programs, policies and an enabling environment for enterprises and initiatives focused on positive impact. In 2017, she co-authored Social Innovation Generation: Fostering a Canadian Ecosystem for Systems Change, with Kelsey Spitz.

Moderator: Louise Pulford