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
7:30 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 Commences
8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
I3 Presentation
9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Featured Plenary Speaker
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
Option 4:
Beyond Incrementalism with Justin Adams: Accelerating Solutions in the Food, Energy, and Water Nexus
11:45 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Working Lunch: All Conference
Sponsored by American Express
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:
The Search for Sustainable Products: Collaboration and Competition
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Option 2:
Putting a Dollar Value on Externalities: Today’s Reality
Track 2, One-Hour Conversation
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
Track 2, One-Hour Conversation
2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
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Option 1:
What All Businesses Can Learn from Privately Held Companies
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Option 2:
Women Entrepreneurs and the Scaling Dilemma
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Option 3:
Mega-Cities and Urbanization
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
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.
Breakfast
Sponsored by Baker & McKenzie
8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
I3 Presentation
9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Featured Plenary Speaker
10:00 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
Networking Break
Sponsored by Best Buy
10:45 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
Plenary Breakouts: Leadership in Action
Option 2:
Investing in Women is Smart Business
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 Conversation
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
Track 2, One-Hour Conversation
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. – 5:00 p.m.
Featured Plenary Speaker
5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Networking Reception
Sponsored by UL Responsible Sourcing
Friday, October 26, 2012
7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
Breakfast
Sponsored by Hyatt
8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
I3 Presentation
9:00 a.m. – 10 a.m.
Featured Plenary Speaker
10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Networking Break
Sponsored by Vale
10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Breakout Sessions
10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
* Agenda is subject to change.
Thank You, Sponsors
