Europe 2020 goals look at social inclusion from multiple perspectives: fight against poverty, development of skills for job, promotion of diversity. Due to the economic crisis, 130.7 million European people are experiencing exclusion and poverty, and youth unem-ployment rate in the Eurozone stands at 20.9%, with peaks over 40% in some countries, like Italy. Unemployment does not relate only to the economic situa-tion, but also to structural problems, such as the educa-tion system which is not providing training and skills re-quired by the job market. Through the Youth Guarantee program, the European Commission intends to influence the transition from school to work and the employment

services efficiency. A year from the start, yet, the problems faced are not fully solved. Positive effects on growth may come from the promotion of diversity, a recent McKinsey report state. By the way, the integration and inclusion of foreigner people, while bringing economic benefits, poses challenges to the poli-cies of migratory flows in the EU, as experimenting these days. To achieve the social inclusion goals for youth, women and people socially disadvantaged, a strategic lever should support the creation and development of entrepreneur-ship with high social impact.

Director of International Strategy and Head of EuropeLab at The Young Foundation (UK), and senior research associate at the Global Climate Forum, the research center for sustainable development.

With a 12 years’ experience in European multi-stakeholder projects for socio-economic development, he’s a member of the Italian Government’s expert group on social entrepreneurship and the Italian government advisory group that supports the G8′s Social Impact Investment Taskforce. He is also part of the EC Expert Group on an Integrated Concept for Strategic Foresight, and the EC Strategic Policy Forum on Digital Entrepreneurship. He was a founder of GlobaLab in 2001 and Euclid Network, the European network of civil society leaders and social entrepreneurs, in 2007.

He’s a passionate activist in social media and contributor in various media such as The Guardian – So-cial Entrepreneur Network, and Vita Third Sector Magazine.

Torella holds a degree in Humanities and has been working for years at Ferrovie dello Stato, dealing with social issues and socio-economic research. In conjunction with research institutes and universi-ties, he has drawn up reports about the possible socio-environmental reaqualification of railway sta-tions no longer used. He’s the Ferrovie dello Stato Group representative for European projects on so-cial issues.

He’s co-president of Gare Européenne et Solidarité, association composed of 12 European railway networks that have signed the European Charter for the development of social initiatives in stations. He is the coordinator of the social actions in the Italian railway stations, in collaboration with institu-tions, local authorities and the third sector.

Member of the French team of freestyle wrestling during 10 years and graduate from ESCP, he has been involved in the humanitarian sector since he finished his studies.

He co-founded the NGO “Sport Without Borders” in 1999 and has managed it for 6 years and chairs it from now. He has also contributed to the development of various Social Businesses in France. He launched the operations of Ashoka France/Belgium/Switzerland in 2005 and played an active role in the recognition of the Social Entrepreneurship sector. In addition he oversees the development of Ashoka in Southern Europe today as well as the Social & Business Co-creation initiative, in particular the Making More Heath partnership with Boehringer Ingelheim.

Married with two children, she holds a degree in Business and Economics from the Florence University and sits on the Management Board of ValoreD, the first association of large companies formed in Italy in order to support women’s leadership in the corporate world.

CEO and General Manager of RCS Libri, she worked in leading consumer goods multinational compa-nies with local and international marketing & sales leadership roles. In 2001 she moved to Mondadori Group serving as Managing Director and CEO of several Trade Book Publishing Houses to eventually join RCS Libri in 2013, with the responsibility of Trade, Educational and International business.

Sits in the board of Università Cà Foscari of Venice and Sorin S.p.A as independent board member.

Andrew Davenport is CEO of YBI and leads the global network’s efforts to help more young entrepre-neurs start up in business. He is an expert on youth entrepreneurship and works closely with YBI mem-bers on issues such as resourcing, operations and governance. He focuses on the strategic develop-ment of the network and initiating and managing complex multi-stakeholder relationships. Prior to joining YBI, Andrew spent 18 years in investment banking, most recently as a managing director at Goldman Sachs.

Annemarie Muntz is Director Group Public Affairs at Randstad Holding.

Next to this she holds the presidency of both Ciett, the International Confederation of Private Employ-ment Agencies as well as Eurociett, the European Confederation of Private Employment Agencies.

Ms. Muntz has worked in various legal and public affairs functions for multinational staffing compa-nies.

Her interests and specialties lie in the field of labour market polices, regulation and industrial rela-tions. She sits on the board of directors of CSR Europe.

Stefan Olsson became head of the Unit for Social Inclusion and Poverty Reduction in 2014 after having managed units responsible for inter alia Diversity Management and Non-Discrimination as well as IT and Human resources.

Deborah Ball is Rome-based bureau chief for Italy at the Wall Street Journal. A native of Boston, she has been with the paper for more than 15 years, covering a wide variety of business, finance and political topics in Milan, London and Zurich. Between 1999 and 2002, she also covered the European luxury goods sector for the Journal, and is the author of "House of Versace," published by Random House in 2010.

As Secretary General of the Terre Des Hommes International Federation, Ignacio Packer gives leader-ship to the overall development of Terre Des Hommes’ Federation and its organizational culture.

He is engaged in global advocacy on several child right issues.

With 30 years of experience in the area of humanitarian work and development issues, Ignacio has built a sound field experience with several resident assignments.

Ignacio is also a trained health economist of the university of York and has worked in this function for Médecins Sans Frontières, the European Association for Development and Health and for the Swiss Tropical Institute.