Programma - Social Enterprise Open Camp

Il Social Enterprise Open Camp – TOGETHERNESS – Cultivating Systemic Change ha offerto, nella formula della formazione intensiva e residenziale, un programma ricco di workshop e sessioni plenarie sulle tematiche più rilevanti e attuali legate all’imprenditoria sociale e dell’impact investing.

Quattro giorni intensi di confronto, conversazioni approfondite, lavori di gruppo sul ruolo e sullo sviluppo delle imprese a impatto in particolare in relazione al focus TOGETHERNESS – Cultivating Systemic Change.

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 28, 2025 – OPENING SESSION

Venue: Conservatorio di Musica «Giuseppe Verdi», Via G. Mazzini 11, 10123, Turin (TO)

10:30

Optional visits to social enterprises in Turin (by reservation and limited number of participants)

12:30

Registration

14:45

Opening Musical Performance
Giorgia Alice Arneodo -Flauto / Elisa Giola – Arpa
Corso Magistrale di Musica da Camera- Conservatorio Verdi di Torino

15:00

Institutional greetings
Jacopo Rosatelli, Councillor for Social Policies, City of Turin
Dimitri Buzio, General Council Fondazione Compagnia di San Paolo
Chiara Ventura, Institutional Activities – Research and Education Department Fondazione CRT

15:15

Keynote Otto Scharmer, Senior Lecturer MIT & Founding Chair, Presencing Institute
“On the Evolution of Systems Thinking: From Social Systems to Social Soil”

15:50

Musical Performance
Kuza African Sanaa, Nairobi Kenya

16:00

Social Entrepreneurs Panel
“Pursuing Transformational Change”
– Anne Boermans, Co-founder, Zeefier (Olanda)
– Elisabetta Giacosa, Secretary General, WellFARE Impact (Italy)
– Nancy Iraba, Co-founder & CEO, Healthy Seaweed Cafe (Tanzania)
– Angela Odero, Co-founder & CEO Riofish (Kenya)
Moderator: Maria Luisa Ferreira, Impact Intrapreneur & Economist

16:30

Keynote Giovanni Muscarà, Founder & CEO, Vivavoce
“I was wrong!”

16:45

Keynote Patrice Schneider, Chief Strategy Officer, MDIF
“Islands of Coherence: The Science of Strategic Smallness”

17:00

Coffee break

17:30

Keynote Adama Sanneh, CEO & Co-founder, Moleskine Foundation
“Should we invest in the creative industries?”

17:45

Keynote Simona Maschi, Co-founder, Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design
“Trust Based Servicing”

18:00

Keynote speaker Mario Calderini, Full Professor at Politecnico di Milano
“High-Tech Frugality: Reconciling Innovation and Impact Investing”

18:15

A conversation on
“Beyond Linear Mindset”
– Uli Grabenwarter, Head of Equity Investments, European Investment Fund (Luxembourg)
– Maarten Derksen, Program Manager Regenerative Economy, DOEN Foundation (The Netherlands)
– Elena Casolari, CEO & Partner, Opes Italia Sicaf-Euveca (Italy)

18:45

Musical Performance
Kuza African Sanaa, Nairobi Kenya

18:55

Keynote Myrna Atalla, Former Executive Director, Alfanar
“The Unbearable Heartache of Investing for Impact: Lessons of Hope from the Arab Regione”

19:10

Closing Keynote Peter Holbrook, CEO, Social Enterprise UK
“Level Up! or Game Over? Human Civilisation on the Brink”

19:30

Closing

20:00

Dinner – Circolo dei Lettori, Turin
Palazzo Graneri della Roccia, Via Gianbattista Bogino, 9, 10123 Torino

22:00

Bus to the various hotels in Pollenzo-Bra/Cherasco/Alba

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 29, 2025

Morning: Università di Pollenzo, Piazza Vittorio Emanuele 9, 12042, Pollenzo (CN)
Afternoon: Teatro Toselli di Cuneo, Via Teatro Giovanni Toselli 9, 12100, Cuneo (CN)

9:00 – 13:00

Workshop – Università di Scienze Gastronomiche di Pollenzo
for the participants of SEOC 2025

12:30

Tour of the Rondò dei Talenti in Cuneo
for speakers and guests of SEOC 2025 and Lunch in Cuneo

13:00

Lunch in Pollenzo for the participants of SEOC 2025

14:00

Buses leave from University of Pollenzo for Cuneo for the participants

15:20

Plenary session, Teatro Toselli di Cuneo
Opening Musical Performance
Viola Girbaudo -voce/ Michele Peirone -chitarra
Conservatorio G.F. Ghedini, Cuneo

Institutional greetings
Patrizia Manassero, Mayor of Cuneo
Mauro Gola, Chair Fondazione CRC

15:35

Keynote Alex Eaton, CEO, Sistema.bio (Mexico)
“Family Farmers at the Center of Climate and Systems Change”

15:55

Uncomfortable conversation, first part
“Shifting toward Trust based funding”
– Ariadna Bardolet, Director of the International Programs Department, “la Caixa”Foundation (Spain)
– Simona Torre, General Manager, Fondazione Accenture (Italy)
– Carola Carazzone, General Secretary, Assifero (Italy)

16:20

Music Performance
Kuza African Sanaa, Nairobi Kenya

16:30

Keynote Sara Roversi, Founder, Future Food Institute
“Unleashing the Power of Earth. Reclaiming the Future from the Roots”

16:45

Presentation of Case Studies first part
– Panatè (Italy)
– Smart Havens Africa (Uganda)
– Develop Players (Italy)
– Circular11 (UK)

17:15

Keynote Abdoulaye Fall, Retail Manager, Baluwo
“The Road to Empowerment”

17:30

Coffee break
Musical Performance
Viola Girbaudo -voce/ Michele Peirone -chitarra
Conservatorio G.F. Ghedini, Cuneo

18:00

Keynote Luca Baraldi, Ambassador European Digital SME Alliance
“The Hidden Fabric of AI”

18:15

Keynote Giovanni Teneggi, Senior Consultant, BMore
“I built a house like a Gardener”

18:30

Presentation of Case Studies second part
– Cooperativa San Rocco (Italy)
– Kalatà (Italy)
– Isola Catania (Italy)
– Tujikuze (Kenya)

19:00

Music Performance
Viola Girbaudo -voce/ Michele Peirone -chitarra
Conservatorio G.F. Ghedini, Cuneo

19:05

Keynote Mauro Berruto, Mentor, Inspirational Speaker
“The Power of Sport: a Force for Change”

19:30

Closing

20:15

Dinner in Cuneo

SUNDAY NOVEMBER 30, 2025

Venue: Università di Pollenzo, Piazza Vittorio Emanuele 9, 12042, Pollenzo (CN)

9:00 – 11:30

Workshop – Università di Pollenzo
for the participants of SEOC 2025

11:45 – 13:15

Plenary session, Università di Scienze Gastronomiche di Pollenzo

11:50

Panel Foundations from Italy
“Epic Collaboration Towards Systemic Change”
– Carola Carazzone, General Secretary, Assifero
– Marta Luca, General Manager, Fondazione Snam ETS
– Erika Ruggeri, General Secretary, Fondazione ASM
– Marzia Sica, Head of Goal: “People”, Fond. Compagnia di San Paolo
– Cristina Toscano, Program Officer, Fondazione Cariplo
Moderator: Laura Orestano, Founder and President, SocialFare

12:30

Keynote Silvio Barbero, Vice-President, Università di Scienze Gastronomiche di Pollenzo
“Place Based Investing: the Pollenzo Case”

12:45

Social Entrepreneurs Panel
“Place-based funding and community engagement”
– Meg Allan, Advocacy and Market Development Lead, Australian Centre for Rural Entrepreneurship, (Australia)
– James Dunbar, Chief Executive, New Start Highland (Scotland)
– Daniel Heery, founder CBN, (UK)
Moderator: Debra Cerasa, CEO, Amplify Alliance (Australia)

13:15

SEOC 2024 Awards
Thomas Finazzi and Tommaso Poloni, Fondazione Opes Lcef
With the 2024 winners: Sara Pezzulli, Jonathan Di Paola, Viola Capotosti

13:20

Jury Presentation
– Ilaria Caramia, Fondazione Compagnia di San Paolo
– Daniela Cusan, Fondazione CRC
– Cristina Toscano, Fondazione Cariplo
– Chiara Ventura, Fondazione CRT

13:30

Lunch

14:30 – 19:30

Workshop – Università di Pollenzo for the participants of SEOC 2025

20:30

Dinner & Music at Albergo dell’Agenzia, Pollenzo
Live concert by Magasin du Cafè

MONDAY DECEMBER 1, 2025 – CLOSING SESSION

Venue: Museo Nazionale dell’Automobile, Corso Unità d’Italia 40, 10126, Turin (TO)

09:50

Opening Musical Performance
Kuza African Sanaa, Nairobi Kenya

10:00

Interview
Alberto Anfossi, Secretary General, Fondazione Compagnia di San Paolo
Interviewer: Elena Casolari, CEO & Partner, Opes Italia Sicaf-Euveca

10:20

Uncomfortable conversation
“Shifting toward Trust based funding” second part
– Marta Cenzi, Head of the Institutional Activities Department,
Fondazione Cariverona
– Saverio Dani, Project Manager, Fondazione CRC
– Niccolò Romano, Institutional Affairs, Fondaz. Monte Paschi di Siena
– Carola Carazzone, General Secretary, Assifero

10:50

Interview
“Reimagining Urban Landscape: the Journey of Regenmalbourne”
Alison Whitten, Director of Systems Lab, Regen Melbourne (Australia)
Interviewer: Tim West, Pioneers Post (UK)

11:05

Music Performance
Kuza African Sanaa, Nairobi Kenya

11:10

Panel Creativity Pioneers
“From Local Stories to Systemic Impact: The Power of Creativity for Social Change”
– Joseph Ian Wabwire, Executive Director, KQ Hub Africa (Uganda)
– Enid Brun, Founder, Nativas (Switzerland)
– Nana Akosua Hanson, Journalist & Founder of Moongirls Live (Ghana)
Moderator: Marina Mussapi, COO, Moleskine Foundation