The Challenge: Change, Measure, Sustain

Valérie GauthierDedicated to raising awareness about socially responsible business practices, HEC Paris is proud to host its 7th Annual Social and Sustainable Business Conference “The Challenge: Change, Measure, Sustain” on 28-29 May 2010. Read the rest of this entry »

Launch Video

One Day to Go: Some Points about the Conference

May 26th, 2010

Greetings everyone,

With our conference just around the corner, we wanted to remind you of a couple of key points. First and most importantly, the conference will be held in the Grande Ecole building on HEC’s campus in Jouy en Josas.

On Friday, May 28, coffee and registration will kick off at 8:15 am, and the conference will start at 9:00 am.
Friday’s sessions will include keynotes: Clara Gaymard of GE; Ben Verwaayen of Alcatel Lucent; and Pamela Hartigan of the Skoll Center at the Said School of Business at Oxford. The day on Friday will wrap up with a cocktail from 6:15 – 8:00.

On Saturday, May 29, the coffee and registration will commence at 9:00 am, with the first keynote, Scott Beale of the Atlas Corps starting at 9:30 am. Afternoon keynotes include Simon Pickard of EABIS and Tim Turner of the African Development Bank.

For more information about our speakers and panels, please see the program page and speaker page on this website.

Many student organizers will floating around the conference area with red t-shirts during the two days of the conference to answer any questions you should have.

We look forward to welcoming you to the 2010 HEC SSBC!

Best Regards,
Brendan, Christine, Juliana, Rahul and the many, many student organizers

The Combined Power of Social Entrepreneurs

May 17th, 2010

In a recent post for the McKinsey Quarterly, Bill Drayton, CEO and founder of Ashoka argues that “the life purpose of the true social entrepreneur is to change the world.” We here on the organizing team of this year’s SSBC tend to agree Read the rest of this entry »