On Tuesday, September 22 What If hosted Be Social Change for a panel discussion on the Future of The Sharing Economy. The panel included the following experts in the field: Melissa O’Young, Head of NY Community, Airbnb, Odile Beniflah, Head of International, Meetup, Lee-Sean Huang, Co-Founder / Creative Director, Foossa, Eric Ho, Founder, miLES, and Delphine Braas, Co-Founder, Marketing & Business Development, Sailo. Marcos Salazar, Co-Founder + Executive Director of Be Social Change moderated the evening’s discussion.
Throughout the evening the panelists helped to define what the sharing economy is as well as the benefits.
The panelists discussed many topics on how the sharing economy provides people access, creates micro-entrepreneurs and improves lives. However, they noted that there is a fast-evolving space and there are still a lot of questions that need to be answered with government and corporate responsibility.
If you weren’t able to attend the discussion, you can listen to the panel here.
We will be sharing our thoughts and vision on the #SharingEconomy in an upcoming blogpost, so be sure to stay tuned to this space to read all about it!
The conversation on the Future of.. continues on October 15th, 2015 when we will be hosting Be Social Change again for a panel on the Future of Corporate Social Responsibility — Can Business Be Used as a Force for Good?, which will be moderated by Marcos Salazar. You can learn more about the event and how you can purchase tickets here. We hope to see you for what will be a great evening of discussion.
