Business Call to Action Fifth Annual Forum - September 24, 2014

 
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This invitation-only event will bring together chief executives from prominent Business Call to Action member companies as well as senior representatives from governments, bilateral donors, civil society and the United Nations. The event will include a series of high-level plenary sessions and interactive working groups.
 
 
 
This year we are teaming up with Business Fights Poverty, the world's largest community of professionals harnessing business for social impact, to provide an online community portal for the Annual Forum. We will be streaming all the plenary sessions on this dedicated portal, along with exclusive articles and opportunities for participants and others to network and continue the discussion beyond the New York event. You will be sent login details to enable you to access the Annual Forum Portal.
 
THIS IS INVITATION-ONLY EVENT, IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN ATTENDING, PLEASE CONTACT:
Tatiana Bessarabova at tatiana.bessarabova@undp.org
 
 
 
8:00-9:30 | BREAKFAST SESSION:
 
HOW TO STRENGTHEN PARTNERSHIPS WITH BUSINESS TO DELIVER THE SDGS
Organised by Business Action for Africa, Harvard Kennedy School CSRI and The Partnering Initiative.
  • Chair: Stuart Hart, Professor Emeritus of Management at Cornell University's Johnson Graduate School of Management.
  • Magdy Martínez-Solimán, Assistant-Secretary General, Bureau for Development Policy, UN Development Programme (UNDP)
  • Sam Worthington, President and CEO, InterAction
  • Mark Devadason Group Head of Sustainability, Standard Chartered
  • Allan Pamba, Vice-President, East Africa, GSK
  • Louise Kantrow, ICC Permanent Representative to the United Nations
10:00-11:30 | PLENARY I:
COMMEMORATING THE MILESTONES OF INCLUSIVE BUSINESS

 

  • Eriko Ishikawa, Global Program Manager, Inclusive Business Models, International Finance Corporation (IFC)
  • Lena Ingelstam, Director of Partnerships and Innovations, Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA)
  • Martha Herrera, Corporate Social Responsibility and Community Development Director, CEMEX
  • Grace Waiharo, Head of Operations, Phillips Healthcare Services Limited
  • Peter White, Chief Operating Officer, World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)
  • Moderator: Sahba Sobhani, Acting Programme Manager, Business Call to Action (BCtA)
11:45-13:00 | PLENARY II:
INCLUSIVE BUSINESS, CLIMATE CHANGE AND GREEN LEAP

 

  • Presenter and Moderator: Stuart Hart, Grossman Endowed Chair in Sustainable Business at the University of Vermont Business School and the S. C. Johnson Chair Emeritus at Cornell University’s Johnson School of Management
  • Genichiro Shimada, General Manager of International Relations Group, Panasonic Corporation
  • Raman Ramachandran, Chairman & Managing Director, BASF
  • Bart Hartman, Founder and Chief Entrepreneur, NOTS Impact Enterprises
14:00-15:30 | PLENARY III:
CATALYZING PARTNERSHIPS FOR INCLUSIVE BUSINESS AT THE COUNTRY LEVEL

 

  • Opening remarks: Ricardo Michel, Director, Center for Transformational Partnerships, United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
  • Mark Joaquin Ruiz, Co-founder & Managing Director, Hapinoy
  • Willie J. Uy, President & Chief Executive Officer, Phinma Property Holdings Corp.
  • Moderator: Rapa Lopa, Executive Director, Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP)
  • Closing remarks: Marcos Neto, Cluster Leader, Innovations and Development Alliances, UN Development Programme (UNDP)
16:00-17:30 | BREAKOUT SESSION I:
FOSTERING HIGH-IMPACT BUSINESS-TO-BUSINESS PARTNERSHIPS

 

  • David Auerbach, Co-Founder, Sanergy
  • Márcio Campos, CEO, PagPop
  • Eduardo Puig de la Bellacasa, Corporate Director of Sustainability, Telefónica
  • Suneet Singh Tuli, DataWind Ltd.
  • Mert Basar, Chief Marketing Officer, TTNETModerator: Adrian Hodges, Director, Adrian Hodges Advisory Ltd.
16:00-17:30 | BREAKOUT SESSION II:
CREATING VALUE THROUGH MEASURING IMPACT

 

  • Subathirai Sivakumaran, Team Lead, Business Call to Action (BCtA)
  • Parag Gupta, CEO, Waste Capital Partners
  • Shaffi Mather, Co-Founder, Ziqitza Healthcare Limited (ZHL) and Founder, MUrgency
  • Moderator: Caroline Ashley, Editor, Practitioner Hub on Inclusive Business/Results Director, DFID Impact Programme
 
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