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From Allen White and Peter Senge

  • 1.  From Allen White and Peter Senge

    Posted 08-09-2007 11:45

    Some of you may be interested in this important upcoming conference in <st1:city w:st="on">Boston</st1:city>, which continues and augments the conversation that some of us held at the All-Academy symposium on the Corporation in the 21s Century earlier this week at the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">Academy</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Management</st1:placename></st1:place>. 

     

    Best to all,

     

    <st1:personname w:st="on">Sandra Waddock</st1:personname>
    <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Boston</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">College</st1:placetype></st1:place>

    617-552-0477

     

     

     


     

     

    JOIN US FOR A UNIQUE, MULTISTAKEHOLDER FORUM ON

    THE FUTURE OF THE CORPORATION

     

    On November 13-14, 2007, the SUMMIT ON THE FUTURE OF THE CORPORATON (www.summit2020.org) will convene in historic Faneuil Hall in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Boston</st1:city></st1:place> to address one of the most critical questions of our time:  Are corporations equipped for the 21st century?  

     

    Outstanding speakers will facilitate an exciting agenda of plenary sessions, café-style discussions, visioning and agenda-setting. Speakers include:

     

    • Jason Clay, Vice President, WWF-US
    • Charles Handy, formerly Royal Dutch Shell and the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">London</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Business</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">School</st1:placetype></st1:place>; author of Age of Unreason and Gods of Management
    • Jay Hooley, Vice Chairman, State Street Corporation
    • Robert Kuttner, Columnist for Business Week; Editor, American Prospect; Commentator, National Public Radio
    • David Korten, author of The Great Turning and When Corporations Rule the World
    • Henry Mintzberg, Global leader in organizational management and strategy; author, Rise and Fall of Strategic Management and Managers, Not MBAs
    • Robert Monks, Pioneer in corporate governance; Founder,  Institutional Shareholder Services; author, The New Global Investors
    • Darcy Winslow, Nike Foundation, former General Manager, Sustainable Business Strategies, Nike Inc.

     

    Join these and other global thought leaders from business, civil society, governance, labor, law and the media  for two days focused on  designing corporate forms capable of meeting the great sustainability imperatives in the 21st century. 

     

    Space is limited and discounted hotel rates expire shortly.  Register now for this extraordinary event at www.summit2020.org.     

     

    For more information, contact  <st1:personname w:st="on">Faye Camardo</st1:personname> at fcamardo@tellus.org) 

     

    Allen L. White                             Peter Senge

    Co-Organizer                            Co-Organizer

     

     
    Convening Committee*Aron Cramer
    President and CEO,
    Business for Social Responsibility

    Arie de Geus
    Former Group Planning Coordinator,
    Royal Dutch/Shell

    Kent Greenfield
    Professor,
    <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Boston</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">College</st1:placetype> <st1:placename w:st="on">Law</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">School</st1:placetype></st1:place>

    Sean Harrigan
    Former President,
    <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:state w:st="on">California</st1:state></st1:place> Public Employees
    Retirement System (CalPERS)

    Jeffrey Hollender
    President and CEO,
    Seventh Generation

    <st1:personname w:st="on">Marjorie Kelly</st1:personname>
    Co-Founder, Corporation 20/20;
    Former Editor, Business Ethics

    Mindy Lubber
    President,
    Ceres

    Michael Marx
    Executive Director,
    Corporate Ethics International

    Peter Senge
    Senior Lecturer,
    <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">MIT</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Sloan</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">School</st1:placetype></st1:place> of Management

    Damon Silvers
    Associate General Counsel,
    AFL-CIO

    Michael Thomas
    Former Vice President,
    Granite Construction Company

    <st1:personname w:st="on">Allen White</st1:personname>
    Co-Founder, Corporation 20/20;
    Co-Founder/Former CEO,
    Global Reporting Initiative

    *Affiliations for identification
    purposes only.

     

     

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