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07:45–08:15 Registration and Breakfast
08:15–08:30 Opening Remarks
Professor Ray Fisman, Director, Social Enterprise Program, Columbia Business School
08:30–09:30 Opening Keynote
Robert Annibale, Global Director of Citi Microfinance and Community Development
08:30–09:30 Morning Coffee Break

Breakout Sessions
9:45–10:45 From Socially Responsible Investing to Sustainability Approaches to Investing in Climate Change Innovative Mobile Phone Strategies and Applications in the Developing World Social Enterprise and Real Estate: The Role of the Private Sector in Community Development
11:00–12:00 Private Equity in Emerging Markets: Looking Beyond the Internal Rate of Return Energy Storage and Battery Technology Civic-Minded Media Developing Audiences: Consumption and Capital
12:00–13:00 Networking & Lunch
13:00–14:00 Lunchtime Keynote and Botwinick Prize in Business Ethics recipient
Peter Blom, Chairman and CEO, Triodos Bank Group
Introduction by Professor Bruce Kogut, Director, Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Center, Columbia Business School
14:00–14:15 Afternoon Coffee Break

Breakout Sessions
14:15–15:15 Connecting the Dots through Social Impact Measurement A Cross-Sector Success Story: The Neighborhood Energy Loan Program Asset Development: Innovations for Reaching the Financially Underserved Supply Chain Management within the Developing World
15:30–16:30 Leveraging Distribution Networks to Grow BOP Markets Consulting for Growth: Scaling Social Innovation ROI in Education: Increasing Innovation and Choice Pitching Social Impact
16:45–17:45 Closing Keynote
Raj Shah, Administrator, United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Introduction by Professor Ray Fisman, Director, Social Enterprise Program, Columbia Business School
17:45–18:00 Closing Remarks
Daniel Gennaoui '10, Lucia Villar '11, Conference Organizers
18:00–19:00 Cocktails and Networking Reception

* Session topics and speakers subject to change.

From Socially Responsible Investing to Sustainability
What are the motivating factors for increased investor participation in Socially Responsible Investing (SRI), and how can government regulation help or hinder its growth? What are the challenges for companies in measuring their Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) impact? What are some of the benefits and challenges of putting ESG strategies into practice across different asset classes (i.e. PE, Public Equity, Debt, etc.)? What has been the effect of the recent financial crisis on SRI and how has SRI evolved in order to achieve sustainability?
Moderator: Mary Jane McQuillen EMBA ’07, Portfolio Manager and the Head of the Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Investment Program, ClearBridge Advisors
Speaker(s):

  • Vinay Nair, Founder of Ada Investments; and Adjunct Associate Professor, Columbia Business School
  • Peter Knight, President, Generation Investment Management
  • Valerie Cook Smith, Vice President of Corporate Sustainability, Citigroup
  • Bryan Corbett, Principal in Global Government and Regulatory Affairs, The Carlyle Group

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Private Equity in Emerging Markets: Looking Beyond the Internal Rate of Return
What role can and should private equity firms play in development of emerging markets? What impact do they have on scaling socially innovative ventures? What can be learned from funds operating in Latin America, Asia and Africa?
Moderator: Paul Tierney, Co-Founding Member, Development Capital; General Partner, Aperture Venture Partners; Adjunct Professor, Columbia Business School
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Connecting the Dots through Social Impact Measurement
How does measuring social impact add value to different stakeholders? How is social impact currently being measured, and how much progress has been made in standardizing metrics within sectors? How do investors use these measurements to allocate resources? What types of metrics are most helpful for decision-making by social entrepreneurs and leaders of social organizations to increase their social impact?  
Moderator: Antony Bugg-Levine, Managing Director, Rockefeller Foundation; Adjunct Associate Professor, Columbia Business School
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Leveraging Distribution Networks to Grow BOP Markets
Microfinance Institutions have proven to be an incredibly successful distribution system of financial services to the “bottom of the pyramid”. Can they effectively broaden their product offerings beyond credit, savings and insurance to distribute other consumer products of high need such as mobile phones, consumer packaged goods and healthcare? What best practices can be learned from MFIs around the world that are currently employing innovate distribution strategies. What other innovative models exist to increase market access for the poor throughout the world? How can innovations in franchising, transporting, aggregating and establishing new channels create sustainable market-based opportunities to reach the people who most need increased products and services.  
Moderator: Suresh Sundaresan, Chase Manhattan Bank Foundation Professor of Financial Institutions, Columbia Business School
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Approaches to Investing in Climate Change: Carbon Finance, Investment Management, and Private Equity / Venture Capital
With climate change becoming an increasingly relevant topic to businesses and individuals around the world, investors are seeking ways to invest in this growing sector. With the help of some of the world’s leading business leaders in the field, this panel looks at some of the main approaches for investing in a low-carbon economy. Approaches explored include creating and trading carbon credits under carbon finance mechanisms, managing a portfolio of environmentally sustainable public companies, and backing exciting private companies working in the climate change arena.  
Moderator: Bruce Usher, Former CEO, EcoSecurities; Adjunct Professor and Executive-in-Residence, Columbia Business School
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Energy Storage and Battery Technology
What new technologies are being developed to increase capacities for battery storage? What technological developments are required to pave the road for greater usage of solar, wind and other forms of sustainable energy systems?  
Moderator: Garrett van Ryzin, Paul M. Montrone Professor of Private Enterprise, Columbia Business School
Speakers:

  • Sanjiv Malhotra, Founder, President and CEO, Oorja Protonics
  • Rob Mosher, Director of Product Marketing, A123Systems, Inc.
  • David Edelson, Senior Project Manager, Energy Markets Products, New York Independent Systems Operator (NYISO)
  • Shayne McQuade '94, CEO, Voltaic Systems, Inc.

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A Cross-Sector Success Story: The Neighborhood Energy Loan Program
How effective are cross-sector partnerships in fostering innovative, socially beneficial projects? What specific contributions can each sector bring to joint efforts to address some of the world's most intractable issues? Nonprofit and corporate leaders will discuss a successful joint initiative to bring energy efficient retrofits of residential properties to scale in New York City. How was their partnership was formed and why was this an effective structure for cross-sector collaboration? What were some of the challenges and what are some of the implications for establishing effective partnerships?
Moderator: Marilia Bezerra, Director of Commitments, Clinton Global Initiative
Speakers:

  • Sam Marks, Vice President, Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation
  • Sadie McKeown, Senior Vice President, Director of Hudson Valley and Connecticut Regions, Community Preservation Corporation
  • Michael Sturmer, Principal, Lemle & Wolff

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Innovative Mobile Phone Strategies and Applications in the Developing World
Will new for-profit and nonprofit ICT initiatives using mobile telephony transform the development business, and how? Given the modularity of technology solutions, how can they be combined, and what issues arise in collaboration for systemic change? What lessons can be learned from the creation of technology companies focused on the BOP that use a mix of grassroots and foreign talent and funds?  
Moderator: Spencer Ante, Deputy Bureau Chief of the New York Corporate Bureau, Wall Street Journal
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Consulting for Growth: Scaling Social Innovation
As nonprofit organizations and NGOs organize for the future, they are faced with choices both internal to their missions and in response to external changes in a changing economy. Using live "mini-cases", we will explore these difficulties and will hear from individuals working in nonprofits and the consultants that are tasked with supporting their missions for change. What effective strategies have innovative organizations used to scale up? What tensions arise between serving constituencies core to the organization's mission and finding sustainable revenue models? How can consultants use their knowledge of other organizations, businesses and industries to help create individualized and effective strategies for their clients?
Moderator: Jeff Chu, Editor, Fast Company
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Civic-Minded Media
We often think of marketing and advertising as simple money-making strategies. But increasingly, marketers and advertisers are using their mediums to help communities. In this panel, civic-minded marketing executives will discuss new strategies that are helping the bottom line while also improving cities and communities.
Moderator: Doug Bauer, Executive Director, Clark Foundation; and Adjunct Professor, Columbia Business School
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Asset Development: Innovations for Reaching the Financially Underserved
In light of new consumer regulations, and the developing marketplace for financial services for the poor, how can we ensure that effective options for asset building are financially sustainable for providers? What are the barriers that prevent low-income individuals from building assets? How is asset building related to poverty reduction? Which innovations in financial services models would create greater access to asset building tools for low-income individuals? What kinds of financial education models are effective and what are their revenue models? How can we make this sustainable for banks, credit unions and other institutions to undertake?  
Moderator: Eric Schurenberg, Editor-in-Chief, BNET.com
Speakers:

  • Justine Zinkin '02, Executive Director, Credit Where Credit Is Due
  • Jane Katz, Regional Affairs Officer and Director of Education Programs, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
  • Erik Shumar, Vice President and Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) Officer, Amalgamated Bank
  • Robert Duvall, Former President and CEO, National Council of Economic Education

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ROI in Education: Increasing Innovation and Choice
With the recent influx of funding into education, how is capital being raised, and where is it being used to develop innovative, scalable, and sustainable solutions for education reform? How is (Social) Return on Investment (ROI) in this sector measured? What solutions can increase the "ROI" or "SROI" of education investments?  
Moderator: Jonah Rockoff, Sidney Taurel Associate Professor of Business, Columbia Business School
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Social Enterprise and Real Estate: The Role of the Private Sector in Community Development
The development of workforce and low-income housing is an important part in developing successful communities. In New York City, developers and investors have a long record of partnering with local governments and NGOs in developing housing. What role should the private sector take in community development and should this role extend beyond developing only housing?  
Moderator: Lynne Sagalyn, Earle W. Kazis and Benjamin Schore Professor of Real Estate; Director, The Paul Milstein Center for Real Estate, Columbia Business School
Speakers:

  • Arlo Chase, Senior Vice President for Policy Initiatives, NYS Homes and Community Renewal
  • Daniel Nissenbaum '88, Chief Operating Officer of the Urban Investment Group, Goldman Sachs
  • Paul Freitag, Managing Director of Development, Jonathan Rose Companies

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Developing Audiences: Consumption and Capital
This session investigates opportunities and challenges for the arts—dance, music, theater and the visual arts—in supporting intellectual capital and socioeconomic development as arts consumption evolves. The 2008 National Endowment for the Arts’ Survey of Public Participation cites worrying trends: “American audiences for the arts are getting older, and their numbers are declining.” What implications do these trends have for cultural institutions and their communities? What can be done to regenerate traditional arts audiences during recessionary times, how do we build new audiences and who are they? What new modes and technologies of consumption might be used? What for-profit marketing models can be adapted to the nonprofit arena?  
Moderator: Lane Harwell '11, Director, Dance/NYC
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Supply Chain Management within the Developing World
Demand for sustainable and fair trade products continues to grow, and businesses are working to supply the market with goods. Speakers will address the current market and emerging trends in fair trade practices and explore opportunities and challenges in building linkages between developing country producers and customers. What is the role of the private sector and developed nations in the expansion of these industries around the globe? How are retailers integrating sustainable sourcing of products into their core operations? What are the incentives for retailers to get involved? What are the major supply chain management challenges facing these industries?
Moderator: Rick Larson, Director of Sustainable Ventures, The Conservation Fund; and Adjunct Associate Professor, Columbia Business School
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Pitching Social Impact
The 2010 Social Impact Pitch Competition will feature emerging social entrepreneurs in a variety of fields who will be allotted two minutes to pitch their enterprise to a panel of judges. Judges will give feedback, rate each competitor, and select a winner. This session is intended to highlight and analyze the common interaction between funder and entrepreneur. What exactly are social investors thinking when they encounter an entrepreneur with an idea? With only two minutes, what should the entrepreneur convey? The end of the session will be reserved for reflections by competition participants as well as audience questions and comments.  
Moderator: Cliff Schorer, Adjunct Professor, Columbia Business School
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Entrepreneurs:


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