Ken Banks

Ken Banks, Founder of kiwanja.net and creator of FrontlineSMS, devotes himself to the application of mobile technology for positive social and environmental change in the developing world. He has worked at the intersection of technology, anthropology, conservation and development for the past twenty years and, during that time, has lived and worked across the African continent. He is a PopTech Fellow, a Tech Awards Laureate, an Ashoka Fellow and a National Geographic Emerging Explorer, and has been internationally recognised for his technology-based work. In 2013 he was nominated for the TED Prize. Ken is also a published author, with his first edited book, “The Rise of the Reluctant Innovator”, released in late 2013. His latest project, Means of Exchange, looks at how everyday technologies can be used to democratise opportunities for economic self-sufficiency, rebuild local community and promote a return to local resource use.

Graham Gardiner

Graham Gardiner is an experienced social entrepreneur, supporting people in understanding their vision (personal or organisational) and helping them to get there. He also works in the following areas: 1) helping charities become more entrepreneurial without losing their soul, including facilitating the Paid for Services Network for Age UK; 2) supporting new start ups – especially social enterprises, including teaching at Loughborough Uni on the Business Model Canvas and offering business clinics to students wishing to start their own business; 3) impact measurement- supporting organisations to demonstrate the difference they make. See www.limtool.com; and 4) service designs, helping make services better for the customer, and currently supporting Age UK Rotherham to redesign their services.