Prof. Faivre-Tavignot welcomes Prof.Yunus
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Prof. Bénédicte Faivre-Tavignot and HEC Paris welcome Prof. Yunus for the third time on the campus. Prof. Yunus visited HEC in 2005. He gave a conference on "Micro-credit: a road towards a world without poverty". Prof. Yunus came a second time in December 2010 on the campus for a unique event: "Digital4Change". The topics covered by the panelists included: the power of networks, open innovation and the technological transformation of society. On October 29, 2012, The "Youth We Can" team organized social business workshops before the conference. Workshops were structured around one expert testimony and were followed by a discussion with students and other entrepreneurs. Among the different workshops were MACADAM, Rickshaw Art and Danone.Communities.
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