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Please see below for information about the Next Great Transformation Conference in October.  Please excuse cross postings.

<st1:personname w:st="on">Sandra Waddock</st1:personname>

The Next Great Transformation: Sustainable <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Enterprise</st1:city></st1:place>
A Conversation About The Future

Registration is now open for a conversation taking place at the Eden Project in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Cornwall</st1:city>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">England</st1:country-region></st1:place> from 24 to 26 October 2007.
Conversation, inspiration, music, food and change.

Organised by The Applied Research Centre in Human Security at Coventry University (ARCHS), <st1:placename w:st="on">Boston</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">College</st1:placetype>'s Winston Centre for Ethics and Leadership, the Eden Project and the UN Global Compact, the conversation is sponsored by Shell International and supported by the Journal of Corporate Citizenship, Business as an Agent for World Benefit, and the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">European</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Academy</st1:placetype></st1:place> for Business In Society (EABIS).

This October a broad range of people, from sustainable enterprise pioneers to interesting thinkers in business, government, agencies, NGOs, and academia, will come together to explore new models, new systems, new policies and new strategies for the transformation towards sustainable enterprise.  You are invited to join this conversation, which will take the form of a few provocative keynote speakers with plenty of space for open and structured conversations. 

A Sustainable <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Enterprise</st1:place></st1:city> Economy includes private, public, civil society and social enterprise. It is based on the benefits of collectivism and wealth creation, whether organised publicly or privately.  In a sustainable enterprise economy, individuals, communities and investors must all gain from the fruits of their labours. Bringing together the principles of sustainable development, which include eco-efficiency and social justice, with the principle of allowing enterprise and innovation to blossom provides the best possible milieu for a wholly new model of capitalism to be born out of the current wasteful and inequitable model of wealth creation.

In the plenary sessions we will hear from Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary-General • Lord <st1:personname w:st="on">Mich</st1:personname>ael Hastings, KPMG • Katie Stafford, Marks & Spencer • James Smith, Shell UK •  Mark Swilling, Co-Founder, The Sustainability Institute, South Africa •  Tim Smit, Co-Founder of the Eden Project • Georg Kell, UN Global Compact • <st1:personname w:st="on">Sandra Waddock</st1:personname>, Professor of Management, Boston College Carroll School of Management • <st1:personname w:st="on">Malcolm McIntosh</st1:personname>, Professor of Human Security, Coventry University • Mark Lee, CEO, SustainAbility • Professor Ted Cantle, Institute for Community Cohesion, Coventry University • 

In what promises to be a rich and challenging three days, over sixty parallel session speakers will share their experiences and thoughts from work with and in a broad range of organisations and initiatives, including;

• Architects of Human Development • The Aspen Institute • The Big Issue • British Airways • Dept of Civil Engineering, University of Bristol • The Cat's Pyjamas & Sustainability North-West • Carbon Sense • Center for Corporate Citizenship, Boston College • Centre for Peace and Reconciliation, Coventry University • The Design Council • The Eden Project • Embercombe •  Envolve Partnerships for Sustainability • Ethical Fashion Forum • Ethics etc...• European Academy for Business In Society • Forum for the Future • GIERTZ VINIMPORT • Greenlight Trust • Halcrow Yolles • Henderson Global Investment • HP • Impact • KPMG • Leadership Labs • Live/work • Marks & Spencer • Norwood Rare Breeds and Organic Farm • Oxford University • Prisma Foundation, Fdesemillas • Responsible Futures • ROSE Foundation • Shell UK • SustainAbility • Sustainability Institute, Stellenbosch University • Sustainable Communities Initiative • Teach A Man To Fish • TiC Consultants and PLUS Group • TRANS4M Global Transformation Management Institute • TwentyFifty • 2020*Vision Ltd and UNPA campaign • UN Global Compact • UN Staff Systems College • Walmart • World Wide Fund for Nature •

Much of the conference will be spent in two-hour parallel conversation sessions.  These sessions will feature four ten-minute presentations with the rest of the time given over to facilitated, open discussion about the challenges and opportunities in the transformation to Sustainable Enterprise.

The seventeen parallel conversations include:

 • Infrastructure for Sustainable Enterprise • Spirituality & Integration • The Need for Systems Change: The Democratic Deficit • Leadership & Personal Commitment • Sustainable Communities: Connecting People Locally & Globally for Sustainability •  Beyond Supply Chain Management: New Models for Sustainable Development • Financial Markets in the Sustainable Enterprise Economy • Climate Change & Energy • From Corporate Responsibility to Sustainable Enterprise: Organisational Change, Partisans and Entrepreneurs • 
• Sustainable Design •  The Need for Systems Change: The Case for the Next Great Transformation • The Individual in the Sustainable Enterprise Economy: Consumerism & Civic Participation • Sustainable Cities • Education for Sustainable Enterprise • The Role of Enterprise in Peace, Security, Human Rights and Development • Tour of the Eden Project •

A full programme, with session descriptions, presenters and presentation material, and travel and accommodation details can be found on the conference website at travel and accommodation.  Carriages for conference participants will be reserved on an afternoon train service between <st1:city w:st="on">London</st1:city> and <st1:city w:st="on">Cornwall</st1:city> on Wednesday 24th October and on a train returning to <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">London</st1:place></st1:city> late in the evening after the conference ends at 4pm on Friday 26th October. Further information is available at Travel & Accommodation.  Please indicate if you intend to take the train when you register.

The conference registration fee also includes a complimentary ticket for yourself and one other person to the Eden Project from Wednesday 24th to Sunday 28th (inc).

To register for the conference now click here.  For further information please contact Jeanette Morris at TNGTconference.bes@coventry.ac.uk, Tel: +44 (0)24 7679 5752.  

We look forward to talking with you in October.


 

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<st1:personname w:st="on">Sandra Waddock</st1:personname>, Professor of Management

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Senior Research Fellow,

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