Schedule
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8:00 AM to 8:45 AM | Breakfast & Registration | |
9:00 AM to 9:15 AM | Opening Remarks - Social Enterprise Program Director Ray Horton, Frank R. Lautenberg Professor of Ethics and Corporate Governance |
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9:15 AM to 10:30 AM | Breakout Session 1 | |
Sustainable Business Strategies | ||
Driving Change in U.S. K-12 Education: Ensuring Quality Teachers for All Classrooms | ||
Private Equity Investment in GS Telecom of Nigeria: A Case Study | ||
10:45 AM to 12:00 PM | Breakout Session 2 | |
The Frontlines of Social Entrepreneurship | ||
Transitions in Capital Market Financing for Microfinance Institutions | ||
Limited Resources, Unlimited Potential: The Next Generation of Renewable Technologies | ||
12:15 PM to 1:15 PM | Conference Luncheon | |
1:30 PM to 2:30 PM | Keynote Speaker: Jeffrey Immelt, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of General Electric, and Recipient of the 2008 Botwinick Prize in Business Ethics; Introduction by Bruce Kogut, Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Professor of Leadership and Ethics | |
2:45PM to 4:00 PM | Breakout Session 3 | |
Earned Quality: Nonprofit Organizations and Earned Income Initiatives | ||
Transforming Global Health | ||
Private Equity in Emerging Markets: Looking Beyond the Internal Rate of Return | ||
4:15 PM to 5:30 PM | Plenary Session: Cultivating Effective NGO-Business Partnerships |
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5:30 PM to 7:00 PM | Reception and Book Signings: Economic Gangsters: Corruption, Violence and the Poverty of Nations by Edward Miguel and Raymond Fisman, Lambert Family Professor of Social Enterprise When Principles Pay: Corporate Social Responsibility and the Bottom Line by Geoffrey Heal, Paul Garrett Professor of Public Policy and Business Responsibility Philanthrocapitalism: How the Rich Can Save the World by Matthew Bishop, Chief Business Writer/US Business Editor of The Economist* |
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*All of these books are available through our conference store. |
The Social Enterprise Conference 2008 is presented by the Columbia Business School's Social Enterprise Club and the International Development Club with the support of the Social Enterprise Program, Energy Club, Microlumbia Fund, Healthcare Industry Association and Green Business Club, and our generous sponsors. |
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