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The 2010 HEC Social and Sustainable Business Conference
Friday 28 May    
   
8:15-9:00 Coffee + Registration      
9:00-10:00 Conference Introduction + Keynote I Introduction: Valerie Gauthier, Associate Dean HEC MBA
Keynote Address:Clara Gaymard, National Executive GE France
10:00 – 11:00 Keynote II Ben Verwaayen, CEO Alcatel-Lucent    
11:00-11:30 Coffee Break      
11:30 – 12:45 Panels Session I RESENSING THE REFINED: THE LOOK OF LUXURY IN A SUSTAINABLE WORLD THE GREEN WAVE AND CITIES OF THE FUTURE WILL CARBON BE KING?
Moderator: Moderator: Moderator:
Anne Michaut-Denizeau, Assistant Professor of Marketing, HEC School of Management, Paris Jean-Baptiste Blanc, HEC MBA 2011 Keith Culver, Director of the International Chair of Eco-Inovation at Universud Paris, France
Speakers: Speakers: Speakers:
Francis Quinn, Director of Sustainability, L’Oreal Bernard Fauconnier, Senior Vice President Industrial Lafarge Dermot Hikisch, ENDS Carbon and Brand Emissions Manager, UK
Sylvie Benard, Environment Director, LVMH Francoise Guichard, Director of Sustainable Development, GDF Suez Thierry Fornas, President and Co Founder of EcoAct
Awal Aït-Hocine, Corporate Responsibility Director, Cartier International SA Harry Verhaar, Director Energy & Climate Change Head of Strategic Sustainability Initiatives, Philips Lighting Philippe Rosier, CEO Orbeo, France
Panel Organizer: Panel Organizer: Panel Organizer:
Sabrina Punja, HEC MBA 2011 Jennifer Winston, HEC MBA 2011 & Paméla Chin-Foo, HEC MBA 2011 Jean-Marc Mallard, HEC MBA 2011 & Thomas Wheeler, HEC MBA 2011
12:45–14:00 Lunch Lunch Buffet in Conference
Building
   
14:00-15:30 Panels Session II THE MAKING OF GENERATION Z: PROFITABLE EDUCATION IN A YOUTUBED WORLD: BIG BUSINESS AND NGO’s: PARTNERSHIPS FOR IMPACT ON ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIETY INNOVATIVE BUSINESS STRATEGIES AND THE CHALLENGE OF GLOBAL HEALTH
Moderator: Moderator: Moderator:
Zvi Goldfarb, HEC MBA 2011 Gargi Saha,Founder, Kuvam Shines Frederick Durand, HEC MBA 2011
Speakers: Speakers: Speakers:
Eric Le Marois, Director of Education at Microsoft, France Julia Haake, WWF France Robert Sebbag, Vice President, Access to Medicines at Sanofi-Aventis
Katerina Ananiadou, Education Analyst, OECD Anna Thrap-Olsen, Director of Business Development, Tetrapak Dr. Kiechel, Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative, DNDI
Isabelle Flory, Director of Strategic Initiatives and the Public Sector, Intel France Jessica Nyman, Price WaterhouseCoopers Eric Maville, Director, GBC Europe and Francophone Africa, Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and Malaria (GBC)
Cedric Wachholz, Programme Specialist, Information Society Division , UNESCO    
Panel Organizer: Panel Organizer: Panel Organizer:
Zvi Goldfarb, HEC MBA 2011 Juliana Florez, HEC MBA 2011 Frederick Durand, HEC MBA 2011
15:30-16:00 Coffee Break      
16:00-17:15 Panels Session III FROM FRINGE TO MAINSTREAM: THE SOCIAL ENTREPRENEUR TAKES OFF SOCIAL INVESTMENTS TIME FOR A NEW ECONOMIC MODEL?
Moderator: Moderator: Moderator:
Bénédicte Faivre-Tavignot, Academic Director of the Masters in Sustainable Development program, HEC Paris Graham Sinclair, Sustainable Investment Architect and Principal, SinCo tbc—please check insert sheet on conference day
Speakers: Speakers: Speakers:
Cliff Prior, CEO of Unltd, UK Tashi Lassalle, Director, ACTIS Giles Hutchins, Global Director, Head of Sustainability Solutions, Atos Origins, UK
Nicolas Hazard, Managing Director, Groupe SOS, France Martin Rich, Director Social Finance Tim Jackson, Professor of Sustainable Development, University of Surrey
Phil Conway, Founder and CEO Cool2Care, UK Craig Courtney, GAIN, Switzerland  
     
Panel Organizer: Panel Organizer: Panel Organizer:
Brendan Kramp, HEC MBA 2011 Maria Xiao, HEC MBA 2011 Saskia Green, HEC MBA 2011
17:15 – 18:15 Keynote III Introduction by: Maggie MacArthur, Deputy Director Net Impact
Keynote:
Pamela Hartigan, Director of the Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship at the Said Business School, Oxford
18:15–20:15 Cocktail Networking Cocktail with participants, speakers and guests
         
       
Saturday 29 May    
   
9:00-9:30 Coffee + Registration      
9:30-10:30 Keynote IV Keynote Address:Scott Beale, CEO Atlas Service Corps
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break      
11:00 – 12:15 Panels Session IV THE ALTERNATE TOMORROW: A LOOK AT WHAT SUSTAINABLE BUSINESSES SHOULD LOOK LIKE THE SOUNDTRACK OF MIRACLES: MEDIA, MUSIC, AND MY WIKI FOR FREE  
Moderator: Moderator:  
Ruud Vermeulen, Economist, International Monetary Fund Zvi Goldfarb, HEC MBA 2011  
Speakers: Speakers:  
Arian Hassani, Former Consultant for UNESCO in Culture and Development  
Andrew Simms, Policy Director and Head of Climate Change and Energy, New Economics Foundation António Wagner Diniz,Director at the National Conservatory of Portugal and founder of the Orquestra Geração project, El Sistema Portugal.  
Walid Malouf, Independent Consultant, Acting Director for Clinton Climate Initiative, France Christophe Henner, Wikimedia Foundation, France  
  Diane Emdin, Coordinator, The Create Joy Fund, Vivendi  
Panel Organizer: Panel Organizer:  
Saskia Green, HEC MBA 2011 Zvi Goldfarb, HEC MBA 2011  
12:15–13:30 Lunch Lunch Buffet in conference building    
13:30-14:45 Panels Session V IT’S IN THE WATER: CHANGING THE WOLRD ONE DROP AT A TIME SUSTAINABILITY–TRUTH OR MYTH? CSR IN CONTEXT;  
Moderator: Moderator:  
Brendan Kramp, HEC MBA 2011 David Bevan,Academic Director EABIS
Translator:
Anne-Reine Lapeyre, HEC MBA 2011
 
Speakers: Speakers:  
Joe Madiath, Founder and CEO Gram Vikas, India Francois Marty, CEO Chenelet  
Peter Frykman, CEO of Driptech, USA Nadege Claudel, Carrefour Nonfood Quality & Sustainability Director  
Skylar Woodward, Special Advisor to Kiva, France Giselle Weybrecht, Sustainability Consultant and Author of "The Sustainable MBA"  
     
Panel Organizer: Panel Organizer:  
Brendan Kramp, HEC MBA 2011 Kristin Baker, HEC MBA 2011 & Robert Johnson, HEC MBA 2011  
14:45-15:45 Keynote V Simon Pickard, Director General EABIS
15:45-16:15 Coffee Break      
16:15-17:30 Panels Session VI CAREERS IN SUSTAINABILITY: OPPORTUNITIES, CHALLENGES, REWARDS SUSTAINABILITY AND DEVELOPED VS DEVELOPING ECONOMIES THE (UN)MARKETING OF SUSTAINABILITY
Moderator: Moderator: Moderator:
Laura Jane Silverman, Trinity Green Sonali Satpathy—HEC MBA 2010 Alex Marshall, journalist, The ENDS Report
Speakers: Speakers: Speakers:
Giles Hutchins, Global Director, Head of Sustainability Solutions, Atos Origins, UK Kumara Narayanan, Director Tata Consultancy Services, France Karen Brennan, Finance Director, Futerra
Walid Malouf, Independent Consultant, Acting Director for Clinton Climate Initiative, France Robert Scheidig, L’Appel, Former Global Director Marketing IBM, Manager of nonprofit activities in Chad John Grant, Co-founder of St. Luke’s and Author
Giselle Weybrecht, Sustainability Consultant and Author of "The Sustainable MBA" Preeti Sinha, African Financing Partnership (AFP) & Syndications, African Development Bank  
  Gargi Saha, Founder, Kuvam Shines  
Panel Organizer: Panel Organizer: Panel Organizer:
Kristin Baker, HEC MBA 2011 Avishek Sarkar, HEC MBA 2011 Saskia Green, HEC MBA 2011
17:30 – 18:30 Keynote VI and closing remarks Keynote: Tim Turner, Director Private Sector Operations, African Development Bank
Thank you and closing:
Valerie Gauthier, Associate Dean HEC MBA

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