Jessica Alba, New York Giant Victor Cruz And Chobani Founder, Among Other Luminaries, To Speak At Social Innovation Summit 2014

NEW YORK, May 20, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- The Social Innovation Summit 2014 will be held May 28-29, 2014, bringing together socially aware celebrities and business leaders such as Jessica Alba, New York Giant Victor Cruz, DonorsChoose founder and CEO Charles Best, 10-year-old socialpreneur Vivienne Harr and many others.

The Social Innovation Summit is a twice-annual event (the fall edition will take place in Silicon Valley) that represents a global convening of black swans and wayward thinkers. Those who are playing at the nexus of technology, investment, philanthropy, international development and business come together to investigate solutions and catalyze inspired partnerships that are disrupting history.

"We are thrilled to convene this group of world-class leaders and thinkers who transform thought into action," said Zeev Klein, general partner and co-founder of Landmark Ventures, the lead curator of the highly anticipated Social Innovation Summit. "Most conferences just gather luminaries for a lot of big talk—but we bring together those who have a passion to not just to talk about the next big thing, but to build it."

The Social Innovation Summit unites top executives and thought leaders from around the globe to discuss opportunities for leveraging technology and innovation to affect social change. Attendees will discuss philanthropic trends, analyze innovative approaches for problem solving and build lasting partnerships that enable them and their organizations to discover new methods of engaging with social challenges.

Highlights of the conference agenda include speakers such as:

• Jessica Alba, actress, president and cofounder, the Honest Company
• Victor Cruz, receiver, New York Giants
• Vivienne Harr, 10-year-old socialpreneur, founder of Make a Stand Lemon-Aid
• Eileen Howard Boone, senior vice president, Corporate Social Responsibility & Philanthropy, CVS Caremark; president, CVS Caremark Charitable Trust
• Judy Dimon, social entrepreneur
• Fay Arjomandi, chair and president, Vodafone Americas Foundation; global lead, Vodafone xone
• Ron Shaich, founder, chairman and CEO, Panera Bread
• Michael Smith, director, Social Innovation Fund; Corporation for National and Community Service, the White House
• Hamdi Ulukaya, founder and CEO, Chobani
• Keith Weed, chief marketing and communications officer, Unilever
• Steven Brown, president and CEO; Greyston Foundation, Greyston Bakery
• Erie Meyer, senior adviser to the CTO, Office of Science and Technology Policy, the White House
• Nancy Lublin, CEO and Chief Old Person, DoSomething.org
• Charles Best, founder and CEO, DonorsChoose.org
• Jan Eliasson, deputy secretary-general, United Nations

Companies and organizations expected to attend the Social Innovation Summit include: American Express, Apple, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Box, Bloomberg, charity: water, Clinton Global Initiative, CVS Caremark, DoSomething.org, Ernst & Young, Greyston Bakery, the Honest Company, HP, IDEO, Intel, JPMorgan Chase & Co., mothers2mothers, NASA, National Football League, New York Giants, NYC Department of Education, One Laptop Per Child, Paycheck to Paycheck, Paypal, Samsung, Scientists Without Borders, Skype, Starbucks, White House, William J. Clinton Foundation, World Bank Group, World Food Programme, Zynga.

About Landmark Ventures
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Our core strengths include extensive personal relationships across the financial and strategic landscapes, unparalleled market insights and deep global perspectives with a focus on cross-border transactions across North America, Europe, Asia and Israel.

Today, Landmark Ventures has grown to become the No. 1 venture development firm in the world with a portfolio of over 150 best-of-breed technology companies across information technology, business services and healthcare technology & life sciences industries.

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