Ross School of Business & Cottage Inn

4:00 – 4:45 pm

Registration, Ross School of Business
Outside of Room E0530

4:45 – 6:30 pm

Domestic Corps

6:30– 8:30 pm

Reception and Keynote Address
Please join us for a welcome reception and keynote address by Dr. Mark Albion, the Co-Founder of Net Impact. Heavy appetizers and wine and beer will be served.
The Reception will be held at the Cottage Inn, located at 512 E. William Street

Friday, January 18, 2008

Michigan Union

8:15 am –  9:00 am

Opening Keynote
Andy Lock, Executive Vice President & Chief Administrative Officer, Herman Miller Inc.,
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9:15 am – 10:30 am

Concurrent Sessions

Session 1A

Corporate Sustainable Strategies Track:
Sustainability Consulting
Pendleton Room, 2nd floor

As industries and organizations becoming increasingly interested in adopting sustainable business practices, how has this affected consulting activities?  To explore this topic we’re considering the following questions:
 1)   What kinds of initial projects indicated a rise in demand for sustainability consulting, and what industries and/or type of client were demanding this approach?
2)   What kinds of projects are underway at the moment? Which functions/businesses are these projects servicing?  Has the scope of sustainability consulting changed since you implemented it?
3)   How do you foresee these projects developing in the future? Will sustainability consulting be more fully integrated or will these types of projects remain a niche market?

Moderator:
Thomas Gladwin, Max McGraw Professor of Sustainable Enterprise Professor

Confirmed Panelists:
Chris Park, Partner, Deloitte Consulting
Eric Olson, VP Advisory Services, Business for Social Responsibility
Sarah King, Senior Associate, Green Order
Jon Creyts, Partner and Leader of North American Climate Change Initiative, McKinsey & Company

Session 1B

Cross-Sector Social Impact Track:
The Blurring of Public, Private and Citizen Sector Lines: Why Cross-Sector Collaboration is Essential to Business
Anderson Room D, 1st floor
                                                    
This panel will provide a variety of perspectives on the importance of cross-sector collaboration and how it's working in the real world.  The lines between the public and private sectors are blurring.  Businesses are rethinking their engagement with government, the public sector, media, and public policy formation.  Public sector entities -- non profits and government -- are forging new ways of working with business to solve social problems and create new solutions in a range of policy areas, such as health care, economic development, and education. 

Moderator:
Dr. Martin Zimmerman, Ford Motor Company Clinical Professor of Business Administration Stephen M. Ross School of Business

Confirmed Panelist:
Dr. Melanie Beth Oliviero, Strategic Advisor for USAID Global Development Alliance, DAI

Brian Maynard, Global Director of Corporate Social Responsibility, Whirlpool
Thomas G. Ehr (University of Michigan ’84), Executive Director, MTV Europe Foundation
Joe Mulvey, Regional Development Director – Great Lakes Region, Corporate Programs, Habitat for Humanity International

10:45 am – 12:00 pm

Concurrent Sessions

Session 2A

Corporate Sustainable Strategies Track:
Green Marketing
 Pendleton Room, 2nd floor
                                                    
Many companies are jumping on the sustainability band-wagon and still more are capitalizing on the current popularity of “green” and incorporating sustainability into their PR and marketing campaigns. This panel will discuss how the environmental achievements of both values-driven and conventional firms can be marketed to generate competitive advantages.

Moderator:
Thomas Lyon, Dow Chemical Professor of Sustainable Science, Technology and Commerce

Confirmed Panelists:
Kate Brass,Marketing Program Manager, GE Energy-Americas
Andrew Essreg, Business Sustainability Consultant
David Steuer, Vice President of Creative Services, Act Now
Greg Chandler, Director of Reputation Marketing, Wal-Mart

Session 2B

Cross-Sector Social Impact Track:
Consulting for Nonprofit Organizations: Unique Challenges and Opportunities
Anderson Room D, 1st floor

Nonprofits can benefit tremendously from the type of strategy consulting services normally associated with private corporations. However, given the lack of resources within nonprofits, how must these services be altered, in terms of revenue model and tactics, to provide a measurable impact for the organization? Can nonprofits justify hiring consultants to improve their organization (without the prospect of increased profits), or is the future of nonprofit consultancy solely philanthropic?

Moderator:
Lynn Wooten, Clinical Assistant Professor of Strategy and Management & Organizations, Univ. of Michigan Faculty

Confirmed Panelists:
Jill Corcoran, Community Impact Manager at BCG
Mary Wissemann, Director, Wellspring Consulting
Scott Watkins, Consultant and the Director of Marketing and Administration, Anderson Economic Group

Session 2C

Design and Innovation Track:
Designer’s Role in Sustainable Development
Anderson Room ABC, 1st floor

The focus of this panel is to identify the role of designers, and what their contributions are, in a sustainable development project. Disciplines to be included are landscape architects, architects, design developers and industrial designers. The project experience of the panelists should run from urban redevelopment to conservation oriented. This panel will give the audience a solid overview of the design profession and how the work of designers makes sustainability feasible and meaningful to the inhabitants of the site. Potential discussion could include: overview of relevant project, challenges of working within the framework of sustainable principles, engaging and educating the community, and challenges of working within a multidisciplinary team.

Confirmed Panelists:
Dale Medearis, Senior Environmental Planner, Northern Virginia Regional Commission
Vernon Swaback, FAIA, FAICP Managing Partner, Swaback Partners pllc
Tavis Dockwiller, ASLA, Co-founder, Principal Landscape Architect & Planner, Viridian Landscape Studio
Kurt Nahikian, LEED AP, Vice President Marketing and Business Development, Workstage
Kurt Nahikian, Vice President Workstage LLC

12:00 pm – 1:15 pm

Lunch
Ballroom, 2nd floor

Keynote: Jacqueline Novogratz, CEO of the Acumen Fund*Read more*

1:30 pm – 2:45 pm

Concurrent Sessions

Session 3A

Corporate Sustainable Strategies Track:
Socially Responsible Investing
Pendleton Room, 2nd floor

Individual investors have practiced Social Responsible Investing (SRI) on their own for many years. Initially perceived to only exclude companies, SRI now incorporates positive screens, and promotes advocacy efforts by shareholders. Investors can choose from a range of Responsible Funds and ideas that match their personal missions with investment dollars. This panel will discuss the following: how investors evaluate SRI options and its placement in their portfolios; the effectiveness of SRI as compared to other investments; the future potential of Social Responsible Investing; and how SRI can effect corporate change.

Confirmed Panelists:
Jeffrey T. S. MacDonagh, SRI Portfolio Manager, Domini Funds
Morgan Simon, Executive Director, Responsible Endowments Coalition
John Deosaran, Head of Environmental, Social and Governance Analytics, RiskMetrics
Nancy Reyes, Manager of Institutional Services, Parnassus Investments

Session 3B

Cross-Sector Social Impact Track:
Social Entrepreneurship
Anderson Room D, 1st floor

Social Entrepreneurship has become increasingly popular in driving social change using entrepreneurial principles. As various social enterprises have come into being and experience different challenges, today the definition of social entrepreneurship differs across organizations. This session will be run as a interactive workshop aimed at exploring the multiple dimensions of social entrepreneurship with active audience participation.

Moderator:
Mark Albion, Co-founder of Net Impact

Featured Social Entrepreneur:
Jude Walton, Managing Partner, Zingerman's Mail Order

For this session, Jude Walton, Partner of Zingerman's, will present a local working case of Social Entrepreneurship. We’ll ask him to share the history of Zingerman’s, reflect on critical success factors, share lessons learned, and any challenges the company is facing in charting future growth plans. This interactive session will focus on gleaning thoughts and insights from the audience that are relevant to shaping the future of Zingerman’s. We will then draw upon the audience’s business insights to develop an action plan for Zingerman's.

Session 3C

Design and Innovation Track:
Renewable Energy: Continued Growth or Waiting for the Bubble to Burst?
 Anderson Room ABC, 1st floor
                                                    
From Wall Street and Silicon Valley to America's Heartland, renewable energy has seen explosive growth in the past few years. This session will examine if the renewable energy sector is poised for continued growth and investment or if a possible bubble is forming. Panelists will discuss possible obstacles for future growth and which technologies will continue to be an integral part of the US energy portfolio in ten or twenty years.

Moderator:
Peter Adriaens, RE Professor of Environmental Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship, Zell-Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan

Confirmed Panelists:
Lauren Bigelow, Managing Director, Cleantech Network
Max Shtein, Asst Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Michigan
Maria Klutey, Senior VP, Origination for GE Energy Financial Services Renewable Energy, GE
Scott Baron, Leader of Organizational Effectiveness, Acciona Energy North America

3:00 pm – 4:15 pm

Concurrent Sessions

Session 4A

Corporate Sustainable Strategies Track:
Competitive Environmental Strategies
Pendleton Room, 2nd floor

Environmental pressures and problems can provide compelling opportunities as well as threats to companies who find their business affected by them. Such issues, including pollution, global warming, and waste disposal, are forcing companies to rethink their processes and products. Many of these companies have crafted a ‘greener’ core mission in response.  This panel will explore how companies have successfully pursued environmental goals that have ultimately contributed to strengthening their bottom line and competitive position.

Moderator:
Andrew Hoffman, Holcim (U.S.) Professor of Sustainable Enterprise

Confirmed Panelists:
Scott Noesen, Director for Sustainable Development, Dow Chemical Company
Janelle Kearsley, Director of Corporate Strategy/Sustainability, Wal-Mart
Raj Sapru, Manager, Advisory Service, Business for Social Responsibility
Michael Block, CEO of Kinetix

Session 4B

Cross-Sector Social Impact Track:
Managing Nonprofits for Performance: Accountability to Donors and the Targeted Population
Anderson Room D, 1st floor

This panel will discuss issues in financial and social accountability of nonprofit organizations.  Nonprofits are financially and socially accountable to donors, their targeted populations, and increasingly so, Government.  Between 1990 and 2005, the number of nonprofits registered with the IRS doubled.  With fast growth, increasing scrutiny from Government, and more educated donors who expect results, how are nonprofits managing performance?  What are common issues?  How are they being addressed?  What can the nonprofit world learn from the for-profit world and vice versa?

Confirmed Panelist:
Peter Borish, Board Member, Robin Hood Foundation
David Nelson, Chief Operating Officer, The National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship
Barbara Anderson, an Associate with Booz Allen Hamilton

4:30 pm – 6:30 pm

Career Expo
Kuenzel Room, 1st Floor