In June 2019, Beit Issie Shapiro organized a side event at the CRPD conference at the UN in NY, together with the Harvard Law School Project on Disability, and the Israeli and Austrian Permanent Missions to the UN.
The side event, attended by some 100 people, focused on Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation.
Jean Judes - Executive Director of Beit Issie Shapiro presented the organization's model of social entrepreneurship and innovation.

Chairman:
Prof. Michael Stein - Harvard Law School Project on Disability
Presentations:
Venus Ilagan - former Executive Director of Rehabilitation International
Loic van Cutsem - Ashoka Austria
Gidon Judes - XTEND, South Africa
Sara Minkara - Empowerment Through Integration, USA
Jean Judes - Executive Director of Beit Issie Shapiro. who presented the organization's model of social entrepreneurship and innovation.