LAST YEAR'S CO-ORGANIZERS
Ascendance
QS Quacquarelli Symonds
Wharton Interactive
Penn Rotaract
Wharton Undergraduate Sports Business Club
Wharton MUSE
Wharton Undergraduate Media and Entertainment (UME) Club
Wharton Retail Club
ASELxPenn
Wharton Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Club (WUEC)
ATTENDEES
SPEAKERS
COUNTRIES
UNIVERSITIES
Welcome to the Global Gamechangers Summit 2022
The Global Gamechangers Summit is a 48-hours continuous live event – which means we will have non-stop content going on for 2 whole days. It will feature over 50+ C-suite executives from top organizations around the world in entrepreneurship, finance, venture capital, media, entertainment, technology and so much more. Held from the 19th to 21st of November, the Summit has 6 tracks for participants to choose from consisting of keynotes, networking sessions, and live panels and Q&A sessions.
Join 5,000+ of the world’s top student leaders and industry professions as we journey across the latest news and developments in top industries. Get a glimpse into where the future is heading with this summit of multi-disciplinary leaders.
An Initiative by Student Organizations from the University of Pennsylvania.
Organized by the Ascendance Social Enterprise X Penn (ASELxPenn) Club and fellow University of Pennsylvania clubs, the Global Gamechangers Summit is a student initiative by the University of Pennsylvania that aims to bring together Penn student leaders towards a shared vision of learning about the latest news and developments in some of the biggest industries.
The conference is also co-organized with Wharton MUSE, Wharton Undergraduate Business Sports Club, Wharton Retail Club, Wharton Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Club (WUEC), Penn Rotaract, Wharton Undergraduate Media and Entertainment (UME) Club, and Wharton Interactive.
ASELxPenn is a student organization that is focused on developing self-sustaining social enterprises. We help Penn students by empowering them to start and run social enterprises in the fields that they are passionate about through tested growth and sustainable strategies.
Our Mission Behind the Summit: To Raise Funds to Equip School Libraries with Resources to Learn About Entrepreneurship and Financial Literacy.
Even though the summit itself is free for all attendees, the summit served as a fundraiser in partnership with the non-profit, Dynamic & Creative Minds Association, also known as Persatuan Minda Dynamik & Kreatif (PMDK) to help provide books on entrepreneurship and finance to schools from developing countries. Each school library will receive a set of 10 books: 5 copies of the book, The Makings of A Teenage Entrepreneur, and 5 copies of the book, Money Matter$
To date, we have delivered the books to 19 school libraries from developing countries. The funds received were also used to sponsor 7 students for “Breaking Down The Basics of Business & Leadership Program.
EXPLORE TRACKS
IT’S LIKE 6 EVENTS IN ONE
Finance & Venture
Fundraising / Career in Finance / Managing Finances / Keeping Your Business Afloat
What Do Investors Look For? / Financing Opportunities / Growth & Acceleration / Raising Capital / Pitching to Investors / Angel Investing
People & Networking
Building Your Network / Making Meaningful Connections / Engaging Your Team / Leadership / Organizational Culture / People Transformation
Entrepreneurship
Ideation / Finding Your Niche / Social Entrepreneurship / Expanding Globally / Student Entrepreneurship
TECHNOLOGY
AR & VR – Where is it heading? / VR in Storytelling / Future of Business with XR / NFTs / Blockchain / Gaming / Digital Marketing
Entertainment & Media
Journalism / Changing The World with Arts / Breaking into the Film Industry / Data Behind The Screens / The Power of Comedy
GLOBAL ISSUES
Health / Food Tech / Responsible Consumption / Climate & Environment / Corporate Social Responsibility / ESG
Last Year’s Speakers
C-SUITE EXECUTIVES. STUDENT LEADERS. GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURS.
Finance & Venture Track
Finance & Venture Track
Joyce Lim
Founder and CEO of Simply Empowering
Sanjib Sengupta
Vice President, Product Development at Visa
Saurav Mukherjee
Vice President, Digital Transformation Lead at Goldman Sachs
Joanna Zhao
Vice President, Equity Research – Internet at Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Morgan Kyauk
Managing Director at NightDragon
Jackson Vaughan
Managing Partner at Konvoy Ventures
Jacob Bloch
Founder & CEO, Passport Experiences
Managing Partner, JBBH Holdings
Sachs
Rick Shrotri
Founder at Digital Alpha
People & Networking Track
People & Networking Track
Margaret Lee
Former Director of UI/UX Culture, Google
Levent Yarar
Director of Corporate Partnership
Wharton Executive Education
Anita Hossain
Co-founder and CEO of The Grand
Anil Sharma
Vice President and General Manager, Avery Dennison Label and Graphic Materials, Asia Pacific
Sarah Toms
Co-Founder and Executive Director, Wharton Interactive
Wei Deng
Founder and CEO of Clipboard Health
Bo Lu
COO of Clipboard Health
Audrey Knoll
Co-President, Wharton MUSE
Edoardo Gualandri
President, Wharton Retail Consulting
Nox Richmond
Co-President, Wharton Undergraduate Sports Business Club
Caylen David
President, Wharton Undergraduate Media and Entertainment Club
Entrepreneurship Track
Entrepreneurship Track
Grace Gerwe
President of the Yale Entrepreneurship Society
James Klusaritz
Co-President of the Wharton Undergraduate Entrepreneurship club
Charlie Wehan
Co-founder of The ORCA Network
Shamus Madan
Host & Founder of MBIT Podcast
Dieumerci Christel
Founder of Enlight App
Nandini Nag
Global Business Development and Strategy Lead, Hitachi Vantara
Former Director of Strategy, Nokia
Son Ca Vu
Co-Founder and CEO at Alta
Vinita Jain
Director of Product Marketing, Intel Corporation
Rammyasheiny
CEO of ET Boost Studio
Taylor Durham
Director of Marketing & Digital Studios, Venture Labs, University of Pennsylvania
Sanadtkumar Ganesan
Chief Operation Officer, Ascendance
Yeap Eu Juan
Founder of Swimin12.com
Shirley Wong
Entrepreneur-in-Residence, SMU Institute of Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Managing Partner, TNF Ventures Pte Ltd
Professor David J. Reibstein
Professor of Marketing, The Wharton School
Technology Track
Technology Track
Michael Swensson
Chief Operating Officer & Co-Founder at M31 Capital Management
Nathan Montone
Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder at M31 Capital Management
Tyler Bulakul
Head of Venture Capital and Partnerships at The Brooker Group
Professor Sarah Hammer
Adjunct Professor of Law & Managing Director of the Stevens Center for Innovation in Finance University of Pennsylvania
Fred Pettijohn
Chief Development Officer Fortis Life Sciences
Gwendolyn Regina
Investment Director at BNB Chain
Neil Hoyne
Chief Measurement Strategist at Google
Sarah Norman
Sales & Data Leader at TikTok
Entertainment & Media Track
Entertainment & Media Track
Nick Bernstein
Senior Vice President of Late Night Programming at ViacomCBS
Marc Lorber
Senior Vice President, International TV Co-productions and Acquisitions at Lionsgate
Blain Watters
Screenwriter, Director and Instructor at Toronto Film School
Global Issue Track
Global Issue Track
Nunzio Quacquarelli
Chief Executive Officer, QS Quacquarelli Symonds
John Gamba
Entrepreneur in Residence and Director of Innovative Programs at Catalyst @ Penn GSE
Ken Myers
President & Co-Founder at Coral
Lisa Leonard
Voice Actor and Narrator
Joan Batory
Chairperson at The Philadelphian Green Task Force
Mathura Kannan
Chief Executive Officer of ET Ideas Group & Co-Founder and Advisor at Ascendance
Valsala Krishnan
Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder of Globetrotter Consultancy
Heather Courtney
Chief Executive Officer and Founder at Alwyn Capital
Albrecht Wolfmeyer
International Head at ProVeg Incubator
Jose Cil
Chief Executive Officer of Restaurant Brands International
Steven Raj
President of Dynamic and Creative Mind Association
Rebecca M. Winkler
Program Coordinator at Venture Lab, The Wharton School
Andrew Griffiths
Director of Community and Partnerships at Planet Mark
Franziska Alesso-Bendisch
Chief Growth & Sustainability Officer of the Meta-RealityTM company YUPIX.
Michael Ferguson
Americas Analytical Manager for the Sustainable Finance group at S&P Global Ratings
Jeff Thiel
Partner at Carbon Innovations, LLC
Tiffany Yau
Founder of Fulphil
The Global Summit of The Year
A Virtual Event Like You’ve Never Seen Before
Learning
Learn from game-changing industry experts themselves who are at the forefront of their respective industries and ask your questions to them during our live panels and Q&A sessions.
Fundraising
The summit serves as a fundraiser in partnership with the non-profit, Persatuan Minda Dinamik dan Kreatif (PMDK) to help provide books on entrepreneurship and finance to 2,500 schools from developing countries, aiming to raise a total amount of $500,000.
Networking
With 8 live networking sessions throughout the summit, you have the opportunity to not only meet some of the amazing speakers but also speak to other industry leaders in attendance.
Career Development
Stay ahead of the curve and gain the knowledge and information you need to chart your career course towards in line with where the industries are moving towards.
BE OUR CONFERENCE PARTNER
Like what we’re doing? Join us as an official conference partner for the Global Gamechangers Summit 2022! Email our partners outreach chair at Harsha02@sas.upenn.edu or fill in the contact form below to find out how we can collaborate
BE OUR CONFERENCE PARTNER
Like what we’re doing? Join us as an official conference partner for the Global Gamechangers Summit 2022! Email our partners outreach chair at Harsha02@sas.upenn.edu or fill in the contact form below to find out how we can collaborate
Last Year’s Sponsors
