Agenda
This year, the BSR Conference will celebrate its 20th anniversary. Twenty years into our work with business on sustainability, it’s time to push fast forward. Our agenda will provide the practical learning experiences, inspiration, and interaction you need to achieve even more over the next 20 years.
Participants are able to customize a personal agenda by selecting from more than 35 sessions featuring a variety of topics and session lengths. In addition, there is ample time for networking at meals, networking breaks, and evening receptions.
Leadership in Action
New to our agenda this year are our Leadership in Action sessions, which will run simultaneously each morning. Look for forward-looking CSR professionals presenting ideas and unique perspectives that focus on the future.
Session Types
Plenary sessions feature global leaders who provide one-hour, interactive presentations, and our unique I3 presenters motivate, inform, and encourage participants with their extraordinary stories.
Two-hour working sessions thoroughly examine a diverse range of topics by integrating presentations, case studies, and group discussions into a collaborative, workshop-style setting, and one-hour conversations present an intimate forum for discussion and inspiration.
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
7:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Conference Registration
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Welcome Reception
Sponsored by Target
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
7:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Conference Registration
7:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
Breakfast
Sponsored by BNY Mellon
8:15 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
Conference Opening
Aron Cramer, President and CEO of BSR
8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
I3 Presentation
Tracy Palandjian, CEO and Cofounder, Social Finance
9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Featured Plenary Speaker
Marc Bolland, Chief Executive, Marks and Spencer
10:00 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
Networking Break
Sponsored by Ford
10:45 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
Plenary Breakouts: Leadership in Action
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
1:15 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Breakout Sessions
Track 1, Two-Hour Working Sessions
1:15 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Track 2, One-Hour Conversations
1:15 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.
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Option 1:
Hot Spots: Identifying Future Issues in the Global Supply Chain
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Option 2:
The Future of Sustainability Ratings
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Option 3:
Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) Investments in Emerging Markets
2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Networking Break
Sponsored by The Walt Disney Company
4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Featured Plenary Speaker
José Ramos-Horta, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and Former President, Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste
5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Networking Reception
Sponsored by Hitachi
9:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.
After-Hours Reception
Sponsored by Anheuser-Busch InBev
Thursday, October 25, 2012
7:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Conference Registration
7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
BSR Working Groups Showcase
Empire State Ballroom, Ballroom Level
7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
Breakfast
Sponsored by Baker & McKenzie
8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
I3 Presentation
Platon, International Photographer
9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Featured Plenary Speaker
Leontino Balbo, Jr., Head, Native Organic Products
10:00 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
Networking Break
Sponsored by Best Buy
10:00 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
BSR Working Groups Showcase
Empire State Ballroom, Ballroom Level
10:45 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
Plenary Breakouts: Leadership in Action
11:45 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Working Lunch: All Conference
Sponsored by UPS
1:15 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Breakout Sessions
Track 1, Two-Hour Working Sessions
1:15 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
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Option 1:
Sustainability and Leadership Competencies
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Option 2:
Humanizing the Inclusive Economy
Track 2, One-Hour Conversations
1:15 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.
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Option 1:
Responsible Growth: On the Frontier
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Option 2:
Energy’s Newest Frontier...America?!
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Option 3:
Happiness and the New Generation of Chinese Migrant Workers
2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
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Option 1:
Climate 2.0: The Widening Scope of Leadership
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Option 2:
Precarious Work around the World
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Option 3:
Happiness Is . . . A Business Model for the Future
3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Networking Break
4:00 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Featured Plenary Speaker
Anne-Marie Slaughter, Bert G. Kerstetter '66 University Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Princeton University
5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Networking Reception
Sponsored by UL
Friday, October 26, 2012
7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
Buffet Breakfast
Sponsored by Hyatt
8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
I3 Presentation
Raj Shah, Administrator, USAID
9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
Plenary Panel: The Changing Energy Landscape
Speakers: Fred Krupp, President, Environmental Defense Fund; Mindy Lubber, President, Ceres, Director, Investor Network on Climate Risk
9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
I3 Presentation
Jeff Jarvis, Author, Writer, and Professor, BuzzMachine
10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Networking Break
Sponsored by Vale
10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Breakout Sessions
* Agenda is subject to change.
