This October 2 – 3^rd at the Cipriani Event Center on Wall Street in New York, Future 500 and Corporate Responsibility (CR) Magazine are set to host the 2012 Right Left UnConvention one month before a national election. The Right Left UnConvention is building a bridge between academic, activist, corporate, and political leaders from the Right and the Left for open discussion on controversial issues our country faces. 

It features four panel sessions with one of the most provocative panels covering the issue of Crony Capitalism in the U.S.  This panel includes many well-recognized conservative and liberal political and corporate figureheads including Reagan’s Former Budget Director, David Stockman who believes strongly that cronyism has overtaken our U.S. economy. 

In a recent interview by Alex Delay, Casey Research’s Chief Technology Investment Strategist, David Stockman states, “You can't have capitalism if the capital markets are dead”.  This remark is just one of many that Stockman has made in regards to his belief about where our economy is heading.  

The panel on crony capitalism will be particularly dynamic and will revolve around the 2008 finance crisis, the role of free markets, and how to reduce cronyism in the economy generally.  The panel includes CEO Emeritus of Freddy Mac Ed Haldeman, President Ronald Reagan’s one-time Budget Director David Stockman, Author of A Capitalism for the People Luigi Zingales, President of the Government Accountability Institute Peter Schweizer, Former Secretary-Treasurer of the Service Employees International Union and current Member of the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board Anna Burger, and American Banker & Senior Fellow at the Aspen Institute Susan Ochs.

• Keynoted by David Stockman, President Reagan's Budget Director, CEO Emeritus
• Peter Schweizer, President, Government Accountability Institute
• Luigi Zingales, Professor, University of Chicago Booth School of Business and Author
• C. Ed Haldeman, CEO Emeritus, Freddie Mac & Former President, CEO, & Chairman Putnam Investments
• Anna Burger, Former Secretary-Treasurer, Service Employees International Union, Member of the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board
• Susan Ochs, Author, American Banker & Senior Fellow at the Aspen Institute

The Right Left UnConvention is part of the annual COMMIT!Forum, hosted by CR Magazine held October 2-3, 2012, which is one of the nation’s largest gatherings of business, government, and NGO leaders, drawing people from all sides of the economic and political divide for an unconventional dialogue. Commit!Forum Unconvention is a joint initiative of CR Magazine and Future 500.

Registration is open to the public with limited seating available, so early registration is encouraged.  Registration ranges from $375 for students to $1,695, to assure a vibrant mix of people and ideas. To register: www.commitforum.com/index.php/register/.   Early registration discounts are available. For more information, visit www.unconvention2012.org.

BIOGRAPHIES

The 2012 Right Left UnConvention is a conversation on Innovation between the Right and Left will be held on October 2-3, 2012 at the Cipriani Wall Street Convention Center on Wall Street in New York City.  Future 500 and Corporate Responsibility (CR) Magazine will bring together world-renowned corporate, NGO, activist, and political allies and adversaries concerned about a gridlocked Congress and bitter partisan divide, to explore future possibilities on issues related to energy, technology, government spending, and innovation.  www.unconvention2012.org.

The Future 500 is an international non-profit organization, launched in 1995, that builds alliances between adversarial stakeholders – liberals and conservatives, corporations and activists, free marketers and progressives by cultivating and leveraging an extensive stakeholder network. Founded in 1995 and with office in the U.S., China, and Japan, and affiliates in every area where business, civil society groups, and other stakeholders must engage, Future 500 focuses on a host of sustainability issues that fall under four broad categories: Energy & Climate, Water & Agriculture, Materials Stewardship, and Technological Empowerment.  www.future500.org/

CR Magazine is the leading magazine on issues of corporate social responsibility and sustainability, and sponsors of The Commit!Forum that hosts the Right Left UnConvention. It is their mission to provide senior executives with unparalleled learning, meeting, and networking experiences on corporate responsibility, human resources and financial management. www.thecro.com/      

EVENT FACTS

What:  

The 2012 Right Left Unconvention:

A Conversation on Innovation between the Right and Left                 

When:  

October 2-3, 2012

Part of the two day Commit!Forum beginning October 2, 2012

Where:  

Cipriani Wall Street Convention Center on Wall Street, New York City

55 Wall Street, New York, New York 10005                 

Featured Speakers:   

Author, American Banker & Senior Fellow at the Aspen Institute, Susan Ochs

CEO Emeritus of Freddy Mac & Former President, CEO, & Chairman Putnam Investments, C. Ed

Haldeman

Director of Social Responsibility at Mosaic, Chris Lambe

Director, Sustainability Operations at AT&T, John Schulz

Former U.S. Secretary of State, George Shultz

Former U.S. Senator & Co-Author of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Paul Sarbanes

Professor of Entrepreneurship & Finance at University of Chicago, Luigi Zingales

President Reagan’s Budget Director, David Stockman

President Clinton’s Chief Economic Advisor, Dr. Robert Shapiro

Co-Founder of MoveOn.org & MomsRising, Joan Blades

Environmentalist, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

Event Agenda:                 

http://www.unconvention2012.com/agenda

Hosts:                                   

Future 500 www.future500.org/

CR Magazine www.thecro.com/

Price:                                   

Range in registration price from $375 for students to $1,695

Registration And Info:                 

www.commitforum.com/index.php/register/

Sponsorship:                 

Commit!Forum Sponsorship opportunities are available. Please visit, http://www.commitforum.com/index.php/sponsorship-program/ or contact, Richard.Crespin@sharedxpertise.com for more information.

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