Peace and Prosperity Through Trade and Commerce Summit
Trade and commerce can be a powerful engine for promoting peace and prosperity worldwide.
This is an opportunity to learn more about what companies are doing to generate profits by engaging stakeholders in ways that create significant social and corporate value.
Is your firm an agent for economic stability and social well-being at the national and international level? What are the venues to efficiently conduct business with a significant social and environmental impact?
This summit will bring together key industry and business leaders to discuss new opportunities and creative best practices for addressing global peace and prosperity through trade and commerce.
Tentative Schedule for Friday, May 30th, 2008
| 8:30 a.m. | Registration | |
| 9:00 a.m. | Welcome and Introduction | |
| 9:15 a.m. | Business and Markets for World Change Ted London, William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan Moderator: Patricia Marquez, University of San Diego |
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10:15 a.m. |
How Trade Fosters Peace: A Debate Dan Griswold, Director, Center for Trade and Policy Studies Jonathan Jacoby , Associate Director for International Economic Policy, Center for American Progress Moderator: Reo Carr, San Diego Business Journal |
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| 11:15 a.m. | Coffee Break | |
| 11:30 a.m. | Building the Green Company DNA Mona Amodeo, President, idgroup |
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| 12:30 p.m. | Networking Lunch | Garden of the Sea at the Institute for Peace and Justice |
| 1:30 p.m. | Business in Action: Towards Social Inclusion and Sustainable Supply Chains Karen Cebreros, Founder and President Elan Organic Coffees Bob Langert, Vice President, Corporate Social Responsibility, McDonald's Corporation Moderator: Jaime Alonso Gomez |
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| 2:45 p.m. | From Ideas to Implementation Jaime Alonso Gomez, National Dean of EGADE, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico |
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| 3:15 p.m. | Reception | Rotunda, Institute for Peace and Justice |
