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Hello everyone.

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Well, Antonella already shared with you
the reasons I am here to talk.

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I don't now if you remember me,

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but I have been here last year
with a group of 16 students,

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ready to participate in a school
for innovation for postgraduates.

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This is me.

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Our challenge was something we thought
it was very interesting, namely,

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what could be done to reuse
the food restaurants throw away?

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We thought it was interesting,
but we wanted to do it at a bigger scale.

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We wanted to have a better understanding

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and consider all solutions
that could be found

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in the area of social entrepreneurship
and linked back at food.

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This is how we got to visit The Food Bank,

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we got to know more about
all kinds of social enterprises,

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we found out more about
ecologic agriculture,

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and alternative ways of food distribution,

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only to finally realize

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that what interested us most
was the act of eating in itself.

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There is something about eating

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that is closely linked
with current tendencies

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about the eating act we all are part of.

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It is a social act
where we can share things.

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It's an experience in a world
where we prefer

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to live and share things
rather than own them.

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And all that in the Spanish society

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that we all know is very supportive.

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Our country is the second
most generous in donations in the world.

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This is how Givo was created,

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as a way for everyone to create
their small social enterprise

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by starting with something
we all are so familiar with: food.

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Givo is a web platform
where you can cook

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meals and dinners together with
friends and total strangers.

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It's very easy: you access
the page, create an event,

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decide on the number of participants,
how much you want to get paid,

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and all the money you raise will be
donated to the cause you most care for.

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It's a way for everybody

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irrespective of their economic power
to be truly supportive.

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And also a way to transforming
something that we all usually do,

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such as inviting friends over dinner,
into something more special.

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We need your help to promote
this project and see it succeeding;

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we also need a programmer.

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So, if anyone is interested,

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or just wants to know
more about the project,

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please look for us, we'll be around
and very glad to tell you more about it.

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Thank you very much.

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(Applause)