Elena Panaritis on becoming Social Enterepreneur, at MIT Legatum Center Orientation

Sept. 11, 2010 - PRLog -- Elena Panaritis, property rights expert, institutional economist, action leader, and social entrepreneur has been chosen to speak to MIT Legatum Center Fellows during Orientation for new, up-and-coming social entrepreneurs. Ms. Panaritis, as one of the early pioneers in the field,  will share her experience and offer advice on leveraging the private sector to solve larger institutional and social problems.

ABOUT THE LEGATUM CENTER

The Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship was founded on the belief that economic progress and good governance in low-income countries emerge from entrepreneurship and innovations that empower ordinary citizens.

The Center was founded at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2007 through a structured gift of $50 million from Legatum, a global investment firm.

The Center administers programs and convenes events that promote and shape discourse on bottom-up development. Led by Iqbal Z. Quadir, founder of Grameenphone and Emergence BioEnergy, the Center runs a highly competitive fellowship program for MIT graduate students who intend to launch enterprises in low-income countries. In addition, the Center convenes an annual conference, hosts lectures, and supports teams of enterprising men and women at MIT who are passionate about starting viable businesses in the developing world.

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She is an expert on property rights and illiquid real estate assets who heads Panel Group, a specialized investment advisory group that invests in undervalued property and provides counsel on transforming illiquid real estate and related public policy.