2009-10 Social Enterprise Events
Speakers, seminars, workshops and conferences are an integral part of the Columbia MBA experience—they expose students and alumni to the wide range of issues in the field of social enterprise.
Annual Social Enterprise Reception
When: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 at 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Where: Low Library
This event brings together students, alumni and professionals for an evening of networking and socializing and will feature Social Enterprise Summer Fellows and Alumni. Please register online.
While
this event is free of charge*, please consider supporting the Summer Fellowship
Program. Please
give online at: www.gsb.columbia.edu/makeagift/sefellows
*This
event is partially supported by the Ray Horton Social Enterprise
Fund.
Please contact Anna Berger at the Social Enterprise Program if you have questions: ab3221 (at) columbia (DOT) edu.
Jennifer Burns on Ayn Rand
When: Wednesday, November 11, 7:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Where: Warren Hall, Room 208
Cassandra or scapegoat? The ideas of Ayn Rand, bestselling author of The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, have been front and center in recent debates over the financial crisis. Some blame Rand’s celebration of free markets for the catastrophe, pointing to her long relationship with Alan Greenspan; others claim her fiction predicts both the bailout and the dire consequences sure to follow. Professor Jennifer Burns, author of the new book Goddess of the Market: Ayn Rand and the American Right (Oxford University Press), discusses these questions and how Rand’s powerful novels have shaped our understanding of capitalism, markets and the government’s role in the economy. The American Thinker calls Goddess of the Market “a terrific book — a serious consideration of Rand's ideas, and her role in the conservative movement of the past three quarters of a century, that is empty of academic jargon and accessible to those unfamiliar with Rand's life or ideas.”
Jennifer Burns is a graduate of Harvard College and received her Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. She is currently an Assistant Professor of History at the University of Virginia. Podcasts of her introductory lectures on American history are available online and on her Web site: www.jenniferburns.org.
Co-sponsored by the Social Enterprise Program and the Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Center for Leadership and Ethics.
The CEO Series: Challenges and Opportunities of Wind Energy
When: Wednesday, November 4, 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Where: Smith Barney, 450 Lexington Avenue at 45th Street, New York
Join the Columbia Business School Alumni Club of New York and the Fordham Business School Alumni Club for a discussion on wind energy, which has long been an alternative to fossil fuels because it is abundant, renewable, widely distributed and emissions free. Jim Spencer, a top executive of New York-based EverPower, will shed light on the industry, his company and the economics of wind power.
Jim Spencer has over 20 years of experience in the power industry managing the development and financing of energy projects in developed and underdeveloped countries. Spencer founded EverPower in 2002 to pursue renewable energy development. Prior to 2002, he served as an advisor to Renewable Energy Systems Limited (RES) and was instrumental in establishing RES's Asia Pacific presence in NSW Australia. He also served as a director of RES Asia Pacific from its inception until 2004, when he resigned to devote 100% of his efforts to EverPower. Mr. Spencer began his career in 1985 as an attorney in the energy project finance group at Chadbourne & Parke LLP. In 1989, he was recruited to the Prudential Capital Corporation where he served as vice president of corporate finance in the Utilities & Finance Group. Mr. Spencer was involved in energy-related financings representing more than $6 billion. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Duquesne University and studied at the University of Toronto. He received a law degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.
Cost: $25 CBSAC/NY members, $40 non-members. More information online.
Rational Markets: Justin Fox
When: Wednesday, October 28, 7:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Where: Warren Hall, Feldberg space
Justin Fox, author of The Myth of the Rational Market: A History of Risk, Reward, and Delusion on Wall Street, will discuss ideas commonly held around markets and the recent financial crisis. Co-sponsored by the Social Enterprise Program and the Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Center for Leadership and Ethics.
Annual Social Enterprise Conference: From Vision to Practice
When: Friday, October 9, 2009, 8:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Where: Lerner Hall
Social enterprise is gaining momentum and all types of organizations are incorporating social and environmental principles into their core, everyday business practices - from multinationals to grassroots nonprofits. The 2009 Columbia Business School Social Enterprise Conference will concentrate on how enterprises can create social impact, from the vision of change to the actual, tactical implementation. Whether you’re a social entrepreneur or not, you’ll leave this conference with a better understanding of how you can affect social and environmental change.
Session topics include: Private equity for social impact, clean water, education reform, social media, financial instruments with social return, healthcare, the green economy and a social entrepreneur showcase.
Featured speakers include: Craig R. Barrett, Retired CEO and Chairman of the Board, Intel Corporation, and recipient of the 2009 Botwinick Prize in Business Ethics (sponsored by the Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Center for Leadership and Ethics); Jimmy Wales, Co-Founder, Wikipedia, and 2007 World Economic Forum ‘Young Global Leader’; Thomas Gensemer, Managing Partner, Blue State Digital, and 2008 Barack Obama presidential campaign social networking strategist; Nancy Barry, President and CEO, Enterprise Solutions to Poverty, and Forbes Magazine’s 100 Most Powerful Women, and many more.
More information and registration online.
Future of Sustainability
When: Wednesday, September 30, 6:15 p.m. - 9:00p.m.
Where: Hudson River, New York
The Carnegie Council will host a screening of the new climate change film Shattered Sky. The screening will be followed by a judged debate covering New York City green business and policy, with participants drawn from NYU's Stern School of Business, Columbia Business School, and Baruch College's Zicklin School of Business. Judges will be drawn from the New York business community, Carnegie New Leaders, and other social entrepreneurs. Participants include: Nate McMurry '10; Kayvan Parvin '10, and Irene Pipola '10; Scott Kaufman, The Carbon Trust; Alice Korngold, Korngold Consulting (Judge) and many more. Cost: $20 in advance and $25 at the door. This event is organized by the Carnegie New Leaders Program. More information online.
Acumen Fund Fellows Info Session
When: Wednesday, September 23, 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Where: Uris Hall, Room 328
An informational event featuring four recent graduated fellows from Acumen Fund. This will be a unique opportunity to learn about their experiences, their views on Acumen work and some tips on how to apply. Acumen Fund is a great organization to work during the summer and the Fellowship Program definitely a possible option after graduation, so if both relevant to first and second year students. If you want to learnmore about Acumen Fund and their fellowship program, please visit their web site. Formore information, contact Julia Sanchez Abeal '10.
Inside Scoop: Social Enterprise Panel
When: Tuesday, September 22, 2009, 5:45 p.m.-7:15 p.m.
Where: Uris Hall, Room 141
Learn from second year MBA students about their summer internships, career paths, job functions, lifestyle and more. Organized by the Career Management Center with support from the Social Enterprise Program.
Kick-off: Making Green From Green
When: Wednesday, September 16, 2009, 5:30 p.m.
Where: Columbia/Princeton Club, 15 West 43 Street, NYC
The Columbia Business School Alumni Club of New York Announces Eight-Part Event Series with Certificate Program to Commence Fall 2009. To help the Columbia Business School community stay current with emerging green trends, and to put member careers on a sustainable path, the Columbia Business School Alumni Club of NY is launching a new Sustainable Business Committee. Their first order of business will be an eight part monthly series on green business that will run from October 2009 through June 2010. Members who attend six out of eight events will receive a Certificate of Attendance.
Two keynote speakers:
Ray Anderson, Chairman of Interface, and Author, Confession of a Radical Industrialist.Rohit Aggrawal '00, Director, New York City Mayor's Office of Long-term Planning and Sustainability.
Cost: $35 for CBSAC/NY members, $45 for non-members. More information online.
Annual Catskills Retreat
When: Saturday, September 12, 9:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Where: Professor Ray Horton's Home, Catskills
This annual upstate social gathering gives new students a chance to meet second year students, SEP staff, faculty and other friends of the Program.
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