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Keynote Address and Kickoff of Global Entrepreneurship Week!

FedEx Global Education Center (Center for Global Initiatives), Nelson Mandela Auditorium, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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12 November 2012 - 13 November 2012

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

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Organizer: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Kickstarting Global Entrepreneurship Week: Theme - "How Entrepreneurship Can Change the World" 5:00 - 5:15pm: Opening Remarks 5:15 - 6:15pm: Keynote Speaker to talk about: "Improving the World Through Social Innovation"!!! A UNC alumn, Molly Barker is a globally recognized leader in girl’s education and development. She is an Ashoka Fellow and has been featured on Forbes Magazine: "Molly Barker's 5 Tips for Start-Up Social Entrepreneurs." In 2012, she was profiled by Fast Company as one of its “League of Extraordinary Women,” an elite list of 60 influencers who are changing the world. She is the founder of Girls on the Run, which uses physical and emotional training to help girls challenge the status quo and see themselves as part of a healthy, well-balanced society. Today, there are Girls on the Run councils in over 190 cities across North America serving over 150,000 girls and women each year.