Net impact. I like the concept behind the Net Impact Conference, to be held October 28-30 at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Hosted by the Ross School of Business, the conference focuses on all aspects of corporate responsibility. The result? Larger net impact.
Tracks include:
- Corporate impact
- Energy and clean technology
- Environment and natural resources
- International development
- Investing for impact
- Professional development
- Social innovation
- Urban revitalization and community development
Keynotes include:
Corporate Responsibility 2020: The Future of Sustainable Business
Susan M. Cischke, Ford Motor Company
Aron Cramer, Business for Social Responsibility
Rose Kirk, Verizon Communications
From Source to Blue Bin: Extending U.S. Beverage Producer Responsibility
Kim Jeffery, Nestlé Waters North America
William McDonough, FAIA, Author, Cradle to Cradle
Marc Gunther, FORTUNE (moderator)
The Future of Management Education
Srikant M. Datar, Harvard University
James P. Walsh, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan
Judith Samuelson, Aspen Institute Business and Society Program (moderator)
Concurrent Keynote: Toward Sustainable Capitalism
David Blood, Generation Investment Management
Concurrent Keynote: Our Time Is Now
Gary Hirshberg, Stonyfield Farm
Green the Ghetto – And How Much It Won’t Cost Us
Majora Carter, The Majora Carter Group, LLC
So if you don’t have anything planned this weekend and want to avoid the trick o’ treaters, you might want to check it out.
You can register here.
Also, our very own Lane Jost will be representing The Inspired Economist at the NI Conference this year so watch for his posts.