Event Calendar

The Aspen Institute's Center for Business Education holds many events each year. They build a bond between business leaders and those interested in ways the business sector can create a sustainable global society. The Institute creates opportunities for executives and educators to explore new pathways to sustainability and values-based leadership with activities that range from local seminars to international events. We also have listings of events our partners are having.

If you would like to have your event listed or for additional information on the events listed, please email info@aspencbe.org.

 

 

Upcoming Events

 

 

Spring & Summer, 2009

 

August 7-11, 2009

2009 Academy of Management Annual Meeting
The meeting theme, " Green Management Matters ," encourages us to consider how our ongoing scholarly activities- including teaching, research and service- might shape and be shaped by society's increasing concern about responsible stewardship of the natural environment. The meeting will take place in Chicago, Illinois. With 6402 total submissions organized into 1654 sessions, and with over 8000 participants representing  75 countries, the 2009 Annual Meeting Program  promises to be as exciting as ever! 

 

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Recent Events

May 6, 2009

The CUMBA CSR Conference

The CUMBA CSR Conference was held in the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre on May 6th. This year's conference theme was "Creating Sustainable Impact- CSR as a Competitive Edge". The conference addressed the current economic crisis and explored how Corporate Social Responsibility could address the current economic downturn. Click here to visit the conference web site.

 

May 28-29th, 2009

Catalyzing Conscious Capitalism

Building on the resounding success of the first practitioner-centric conference called Catalyzing Conscious Capitalism® in Austin in November 2008, this gathering of thought leaders aimed to lay the intellectual and conceptual foundations of the field, and identify key research questions.

It featured two days of presentations by leading thinkers on the fundamentals of business definition, purpose and stakeholder orientation. It was held at Bentley University in Waltham, Massachusetts. Visit the conference web site for more information.

 

June 2-5th, 2009

Second Global Forum on Business as an Agent of World Benefit

Aspen CBE and Case Western Reserve University collaborated on the Second Global Forum on Business as an Agent of World Benefit (BAWB). The conference was held on June 2-5, 2009 at Case Western Reserve's Weatherhead School of Management in Cleveland , Ohio, discussed the concept of “management- as-design” as its starting point.  Defined as a “creative problem-solving” and “out of the box thinking” approach, management-as-design envisions large scale innovation to unleash human creativity and harness business to benefit people and planet.  For more information on the Forum on Business as an Agent of World Benefit, please visit the forum's web site.

 

February 4, 2009

Web Conference: “How Should Sustainability Be Integrated into the Core Finance Curriculum?”
Gautam Kaul, John C. and Sally S. Morley Professor of Finance at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan, and Sylvia Maxfield, Associate Professor at the Simmons College School of Management spoke during this web conference. *You can find an archived version of this web conference here.

 

January 22, 2009

Web Conference: “Preparing Responsible Managers for the Mining and Metals Industry”
Dr. R. Anthony Hodge, President of the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) and Dr. Bruce Hutton, Dean Emeritus and Piccinati Professor of Marketing at the Daniels College of Business at the University of Denver spoke, and Dr. Maureen Scully, Professor of Management at UMASS-Boston was the moderator. *You can find an archived version of this web conference here.

 

January 9th and 10th, 2009

On January 9th and 10th in Jamshedpur, India, The Aspen Institute held its third meeting of the Teaching Innovation Program-India (TIP-India), a network of faculty, business and NGO leaders who support efforts within Indian business education to prepare managers to tackle the social and environmental issues that affect business. The program hopes to stimulate new research on business education, develop new curricular models and teaching materials, and works to change the context of business education, including recruitment, admissions and ranking.

 

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