Fifth Subsistence Marketplaces Conference - Early Registration Closing April 30th
The program for the fifth subsistence marketplaces conference is now available at here.
Among the many exciting aspects are the following:
Close to 50 presentations in discussion-oriented sessions (short presentations with few slides and at least half of each session devoted to group discussion, breakout work and summary later presented to larger group)
Practitioners from three continents as keynote speakers
Community workers and social entrepreneurs from India, Tanzania, and Uganda who grew up in subsistence contexts (as presenters and resource persons for workshop sessions)
Junior scholar mentoring workshop on (please contact Srini (Junior) at [email protected])
Poverty simulation exercise conducted by a superb team of U of Illinois Extension specialists
Movie showing about a woman in a subsistence context who empowers herself through the marketplace (Shakti Rising - a movie that won honorary mention at an LA film festival)
Interactive, immersive workshops on research, curricular innovations, and social innovations
Panel on commercial innovations
Round Table UnSession (Participants' choice of topics)