Whom You Know: Social Venture Capital/Social Enterprise Conference Miami and Sustainable Haiti Conference Brings Together Visionaries from the World of Finance and Philanthropy March 17-19, 2010 At The Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami Beach, FL

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Social Venture Capital/Social Enterprise Conference Miami and Sustainable Haiti Conference Brings Together Visionaries from the World of Finance and Philanthropy March 17-19, 2010 At The Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami Beach, FL

Over 700 leaders from 30+ countries, 240+ speakers, and 110+ panels and workshops will be presented during the 3 days of SVC/SE, Miami-2010 and Sustainable Haiti beginning tomorrow, Wednesday, March 17th and continuing through Friday, March 19th, 2010 at the Miami Beach Convention Center. The SVC/SE Conference will focus on promoting economic development within Latin America and the Caribbean by utilizing Social Venture Capital and Social Enterprise. These unique investment vehicles reap returns for investors while creating market-driven solutions to social and environmental issues. Speakers will include actress-turned-filmmaker Somy Ali, Global Director of Citi Microfinance Robert Annibale, U.S. Business Editor and New York Bureau Chief for The Economist Matthew Bishop.

Running concurrently with the SVC/SE conference will be the Sustainable Haiti "conference within a conference" that will bring together social entrepreneurs and social investors from around the world, US government officials, NGOs, leaders of the Haitian Diaspora, Haitian government officials, faith-based groups, and corporations with a presence in Haiti. Featured among Sustainable Haiti's long roster of distinguished speakers is Michele Duvivier Pierre-Louis, the former Prime Minister of Haiti. Sustainable Haiti is the largest conference of its kind.

"The rebuilding of Haiti will take the collective effort of many creative and talented social entrepreneurs, investors, and philanthropists from around the world," says DVK L3C founder John Rosser, the convener of SVC/SE, Miami-2010 and Sustainable Haiti. "Sustainable Haiti will provide a powerful launching pad for this historic and heroic effort."

The Conference Agenda is posted on the SVC/SE, Miami-2010 website. Registration is still open for the Miami Conference, and participants can register directly on the SVC/SE, Miami-2010 website,www.connectionmiami.com.

ABOUT THE ORGANIZERS
SVC/SE, Miami-2010 and Sustainable Haiti are organized by DVK L3C, an experienced business conference and festival organizer, that previously led the Gasparilla International Film Festival (over 6,000 attendees) and the MBAs for Asia/MBAs for Latin America (over 2,000 attendees), the largest international MBA job fair in the world.
SPONSORS
Sponsors of SVC/SE, Miami 2010 and Sustainable Haiti include: Citi Bank, Miami Finance Forum, Florida Venture Forum, The Haitian League, FAVACA, MIF/Fomin, Fonkoze, Halloran Philanthropies, Napo Pharmaceuticals, Sarona Asset Management, Promotora Social Mexico, Miami Herald, Univision, Stanford Social Innovation Review among many more.
ADVISORY BOARD
The SVC/SE, Miami-2010 Advisory Board includes members of professional Social Venture Capital/Social Enterprise organizations from around the world. The SVC/SE, Miami-2010 Advisory Board is led by Jonathan C Lewis, CEO of MicroCredit Enterprises and CEO of the Opportunity Collaboration Conference. Other members of the Advisory Board include: Alvaro Rodriguez Arregui - Ignia Daniella Levine - Human Services Coalition Kelly Michel - Vox Capital Rodrigo Villar - New Ventures Mexico Percy Venegas - Solar Business Technology Eric Leenson - Progressive Asset Management and Instituto Ethos Raul Pomares - Guggenheim Partners.

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