Innovating Justice Boostcamp Accra
Event Information
Description
HiiL is delighted to invite you to the Innovating Justice Boostcamp taking place in Accra on the 15th of September 2017! This event will highlight this year’s semi-finalists for the HiiL Innovating Justice Challenge.
These justice start-ups were carefully selected from more than 600 candidates from all over Globe. During the boostcamp, the entrepreneurs will pitch their justice innovation, after which the best will be selected and reviewed by a jury. During the boostcamp, the best innovations will be selected and reviewed by a jury, who will advise the selection of finalists who will then pitch for the Innovating Justice Awards and acceleration funding worth over € 160 000!
The Innovating Justice Boostcamp will have key-note addresses followed by pitches and interactive working sessions that bring together the different worlds of entrepreneurs, investors, civil society, justice professionals and academia.
Please visit this page or our website for updates about the event! More information about HiiL's Accelerator programme and other boostcamps can also be found on our website.
Questions about tickets and the event can also be addressed to innovatingjusticeforum@hiil.org.
We look forward to seeing you at our Innovating Justice Boostcamp in Accra!
HiiL Justice Accelerator Team
Programme
14:00 - 15:00 Arrival and Registration
15:00-15:15 Opening & Welcome by Nathalie Dijkman (Justice Sector Advisor at HiiL)
15:15 - 16:00 Keynote Address by Caecilia T.M. Wijgers, Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
16:00-17:00 Innovator Pitches, incl. Q&A from the jury
17:00 - 17:30 Break and cocktail
17:30-18:00 Panel: Impact Investment for Justice with Winslow Sackeyfio (Director- Capital Markets, First Banc),Rebekah Damilola Thompson (Corporate Counsel, Echo VC), George Duncan (Program Manager, Impact Booster) and Robert Yakohene (Managing Partner, Spark Spies Global), moderated by Josiah Kwesi Eyison (Founder & CEO, iSPACE Foundation)
18:00-18:30 Interactive Sessions with Justice Innovators
18:30-19:00 Jury Debrief: Todd Holcombe, Senior Faculty at Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology | Ato Ulzen Appiah, Director at Ghana Think Foundation | Fiifi Baidoo, CTO at iSPACE Foundation | Rebekah Damilola Thompson, Corporate Counsel, Echo VC | George Duncan, Program Manager, Impact Booster
19:00-19:30 Winner Announcement and Closing Remarks by Rebekah Damilola Thompson (Corporate Counsel, Echo VC) and Ato Ulzen Appiah (Ghana Think Foundation)
19:30 - 21:00 Networking Dinner and Drinks accompanied with music (location: Outdoor Space)
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