4IMPACT / SPEAKING & CONFERENCES
Ideas worth sharing.
Conversations that matter.
Bringing research, real-world experience, and practical insights to conversations about social impact, sustainable development, economic empowerment, and organizational change.
THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
Sharing knowledge.
Advancing practice.
Dr. Maya Giorbelidze, Founder & Director of 4IMPACT, contributes to international conferences, academic discussions, and professional events through research presentations and keynote addresses.
Her contributions connect evidence and practice, exploring how organizations and communities can better understand, measure, and create meaningful social and economic change.
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Insights beyond the conference room
Explore Maya's perspectives and ideas through video. Discover how research, evidence, and practical experience can contribute to more meaningful conversations about impact and change.
Watch on YouTubeSELECTED ENGAGEMENTS
Conferences & presentations
Selected research presentations, conference contributions, and keynote engagements from 2021 to 2026.
2026
Atlantic Schools of Business Conference
Memorial University · St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
“Adding Lives to Years: Community Engagement and the Social Infrastructure of Active Aging in Rural Cape Breton.”
With B. Mazumdar and K. McKague.
2025
21st International Conference on Sustainable Development
University of Ottawa · Canada
“Enablers and Constraints of Channeling Mature Talents into Workforce: Insights from Nova Scotia, Canada.”
With B. Mazumdar and K. McKague.
2024
7th Global Conference on Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Sustainability
Toronto · Canada
“Embracing an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem: A Market Systems Analysis of Women Entrepreneurship in Cape Breton.”
2024
Sorbonne University
France
Research presentation on mentorship and women-led small and medium-sized enterprises in Georgia's economy.
With N. Jibladze.
2023
Babson College
Boston · United States
“Social, Economic and Contextual Determinants of Women's Economic Empowerment.”
With B. Pearson.
2022
World Tourism Institute
Cape Breton University · Canada
“Reimagining the Tourism and Hospitality Workforce.”
With B. Mazumdar, S. McPherson, and K. McKague.
2021 · KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Measuring Social Impact
European Union & CENN · Georgia
Keynote address: “The Importance of Measuring Social Impact and Its Methodology.”
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Topics we bring to the conversation
Drawing on international consulting, applied research, and teaching experience, we bring evidence-informed perspectives to discussions on:
“The value of evidence is not only in what it tells us, but in what it helps us change.”
4IMPACT · Our approach to evidence and learning
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