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Deshpande Foundation announces its international conference Development Dialogue 2015 : This year theme is "Scaling by Proving" ​ ​​ Nobel Peace Prize Winner and Child Rights Activist Kailash Satyarthi ​ill be in the​ Keynote Panel of Development Dialogue 2015 ​

Development Dialogue is an International social entrepreneurship ecosystem conference hosted at Hubli, Karnataka by Deshpande Foundation. Development Dialogue brings together numerous social entrepreneurs as well as those who believe in and are involved in creating ecosystems to nurture social innovation and entrepreneurship. The conference is attended by participants from for-profits, not-for-profits, global visionaries, impact investors as well as local communities to share proven models, innovations, and transforming perspectives. The past year we had about 600 participants from across the globe attending the conference. Delegates find themselves coming back to the conference every year for inspiration and ideas. We find this platform both inspiring and motivating as it brings together all likeminded agents of change to connect and collaborate on good ideas. In the past we have had legends like Mr. Ratan Tata, Mr. N. R. Narayana Murthy, Dr. Raghunath Mashelkar, Mr. Deep Joshi, His Excellency Mr. Stewart Beck, Mr. T V Mohandas Pai and Mrs. Sudha Murthy who have attended the dialogue among others. Relevance of dialogue and presence of important guests have led to an increasing interest from the subcontinent as well as from countries like Germany, Philippines, and Cambodia and of course from USA and Canada who are interested in contributing to learning from the sandbox experience.

Development Dialogue 2015

The theme of Development Dialogue 2015, “Scaling by Proving”, emphasizes the path to truly scalable development impact requires careful planning and execution in the early proving stages before momentum can build towards scalable execution. By “Failing Small, Failing Early, Failing Fast”, organizations can test hypothesis and new approaches at a small scale, rapidly shake down ideas, learn from mistakes and make quicker midcourse corrections early in their implementation. During this early “Proof of Concept” phase organizations can also create the networks and coalitions, test the relationships and put in place processes that will help it grow rapidly. The 2015 Development Dialogue will showcase several examples of organizations that have tested alternatives at early stages, learnt from their successes and mistakes and then moved ahead to scale their implementation in different dimensions. We invite you to join the dialogue, share your own experiences and learn from the models and approaches presented as we join in “Scaling by Proving” at Development Dialogue 2015.​

Register online here: www.sandboxstartups.org/events ​For more information about event visit: www.developmentdialogue.org