Published 10-28-04
Submitted by BSR
"The entire Columbia Business School community is proud to host this year's event - in addition to the dozens of students organizing the event, faculty and alumni are actively involved as panelists, participants and sponsors," stated R. Glenn Hubbard, dean of Columbia Business School. "The record-breaking registration reflects the growing emphasis at Columbia and other top business schools on preparing future leaders who seek opportunity to add value beyond the bottom line."
"Net Impact's annual conference is a forum where current and future business leaders from around the world gather together to demonstrate their commitment to utilizing business for a positive social change," said Liz Maw, the Executive Director of Net Impact and a 1999 graduate of Columbia Business School. "The fact that this year's conference will break all previous attendance records shows that issues related to corporate social responsibility are increasingly important to the business leaders of tomorrow."
Consistently drawing the attendance of more than 1,000 business students and professionals, the Net Impact annual conference is one of the largest and most powerful gatherings of socially minded business leaders in the world. For registration, agenda and speakers list visit: www.net-impact.org.
EVENT: 12th Annual Net Impact Conference
WHEN: Thursday, November 11, 2004 - Sunday, November 14, 2004
WHERE: Most events will occur at the Columbia University campus. A variety of off-site trips have been scheduled including Times Square Case Study and Site Visit, Common Ground Site Visit, and Artists and Community Development Site Visit. We are also proud to offer our guests a unique session, "The Concert of Ideas", hosted by Creative Leaps International and featuring special guest Harriet Mayor Fulbright. This dynamic presentation will incorporate ideas from conference sessions into a lively performing arts event, stimulating the intellect and bringing conference ideas full-circle.
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TOPICS: The conference will address issues often missing in traditional business school courses and explore the ways MBAs can use their skills and leadership positions to benefit the greater community. More than 78 sessions will take place under the general categories of:
Net Impact is the leading network of business students and professionals committed to using the power of business to create a better world. Originally founded as Students for Responsible Business in 1993, Net Impact has developed into a mission-driven network of almost 10,000 new leaders for better business. For more information, visit Net Impact's web site at www.net-impact.org.
Columbia Business School is proud to host the 12th Annual Net Impact Conference in the business and cultural capital of the world, New York City. Columbia thrives on the energy of its diverse faculty and student body committed to building a better business world. Columbia's Net Impact chapter, the Social Enterprise Club, empowers and inspires students to create social value in private and public enterprises through a variety of educational and networking opportunities. For additional information, visit www.gsb.columbia.edu.
Since 1992, Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) has been providing socially responsible business solutions to many of the world's leading corporations. Headquartered in San Francisco, with offices in Europe and China, BSR is a nonprofit business association that serves its 250 member companies and other Global 1000 enterprises. Through advisory services, convenings and research, BSR works with corporations and concerned stakeholders of all types to create a more just and sustainable global economy. For more information, visit www.bsr.org.
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