PAST Conference ANNOUCEMENTS
August 06 - August 08, 2008, São Paulo, Brazil
The WDI and CNU-Brazil Committee are pleased to invite you to take part in the second international conference “Third Sector Innovation: Sustainability and Social Impact” (2nd TSISSI). The focus this year is to continue to raise the profile of the valuable work of social enterprise leaders across Latin America, to share best practices and cases of social innovations in the areas of Innovative Financing Startegies, Human Resources Strategies, Sustainable Social and Economic Opportunities through IT and Models of Cross-Sector Partnerships.
August 06 - August 08, 2008, São Paulo, Brazil
El Comité de WDI y CNU-Brasil están contentos en anunciar la segunda conferencia internacional “Innovación en el Tercero Sector: Sustentación e Impacto Social” (Segundo TSISSI).
Para que obtenga más detalles clic aquí.
September 09 - September 11, 2007, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
The William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan and the Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise at Cornell University are pleased to host "Business with Four Billion: Creating Mutual Value at the Base of the Pyramid." This conference will be held in Ann Arbor, Michigan on September 9-11 and is sponsored by the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan.
The conference builds on the growing global interest in enterprise-based strategies for serving the four billion poor at the base of the economic pyramid (BoP). We expect to bring together the leading BoP business managers, policy makers, social entrepreneurs, academics, non-profit experts, and development agency professionals.
August 16 - August 18, 2007, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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The “Third Sector Innovation: Sustainability and Social Impact”(TSISI) international conference, co-hosted by the William Davidson Institute (WDI) and Institute GESC aims to raise the profile of the valuable work of social enterprise leaders across Latin America, to share best practices and cases of social innovations such as Social Enterprise (Revenue Generation), Management Tools, IT Inclusion, Partnership and to also examine the current obstacles and opportunities for fostering social enterprise in the region.
August 16 - August 18, 2007, São Paulo - Brasil
A Conferência Internacional “Evolução para o Terceiro Setor: Sustentabilidade e Impacto Social”, a ser realizada pela William Davidson Institute (WDI) e o Instituto GESC, tem como objetivo fortalecer o perfil dos líderes de empreendimentos sociais, principalmente na América Latina, compartilhando as melhores práticas e estudos de casos em inovação social como Modelos de Negócios para Geração de Recursos; Ferramentas de Gestão; Empoderamento e Oportunidade Econômicas através da Tecnologia da Informação; e inovações em Parcerias. O compartilhamento destas experiências poderá ser de grande ajuda para que organizações sociais possam alcançar seus objetivos através de estratégias inovadoras e buscar eficiência e sustentabilidade como pilares para atingir seu impacto social.
August 16 - August 18, 2007, Sao Paulo – Brasil
La Conferencia Internacional Innovaciones en el Tercer Sector: Sostenibilidad e Impacto Social (ITSSIS), organizada por el William Davidson Institute (WDI) y el Instituto GESC tiene por objetivo aumentar la visibilidad del trabajo de los lideres de empresariado social en América Latina.
March 22 - March 23, 2007, Ann Arbor, MI
The conference will focus on business innovations which are occurring in the nonprofit sector both domestically and in EU Accession and new member countries. Nonprofits in the U.S. and in Eastern Europe are experiencing growing competition for increasingly limited donor funds.
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September 09 - September 11, 2006, Ann Arbor, MI
The William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan and the Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise at Cornell University are pleased to host Business with Four Billion: Creating Mutual Value at the Base of the Pyramid. This conference will be held in Ann Arbor, Michigan on September 9-11, 2007. Sponsorship is provided by the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan.
The conference builds on the growing global interest in enterprise-based strategies for serving the four billion poor at the base of the economic pyramid (BoP). We expect to bring together 300 of the leading BoP business managers, policy makers, social entrepreneurs, academics, and non-profit leaders to share the latest thinking and further build the community in this emerging and dynamic field.
July 06 - July 08, 2006, Belgrade, Serbia
“Civil Society and Business: Bridging the Gap” co-hosted by The William Davidson Institute (WDI) and ProConcept aims to bring together leaders in the nonprofit sector who are developing and/or utilizing innovative approaches to achieve greater financial sustainability and ultimately increased social impact. The conference aims to share best practices and to examine opportunities and obstacles for fostering social enterprise in the region. For more information, please visit the conference
webpage.
June 08 - June 09, 2006, Santiago, Chile
The Latin American Social Enterprise Symposium (LASES) co-hosted by the William Davidson Institute (WDI) and Nonprofit Enterprise and Self-sustainability Team (NESsT) aims to raise the profile of the valuable work of social enterprise leaders across Latin America, to share best practices and cases of social enterprise, and to examine the current obstacles and opportunities for fostering social enterprise in the region.
The symposium will bring together leaders in the field to provide greater attention, definition and legitimacy to social enterprise in Latin America; to share practical lessons learned and encourage regional exchange of common experience among social enterprise practitioners and their supporters in Latin America; and to evaluate the policy and legal/regulatory environment for social enterprise in Latin America and formulate a regional strategy for fostering such activity more broadly.
June 06, 2006, Ann Arbor, Michigan
A focused, invitation only event for executives, vendor managers, program managers, and others involved or interested in using outsourcing to transform their business. The ORM II Forum will be held at the University of Michigan, Palmer Commons Building on June 6, 2006.
Register to learn from the most experienced professionals in the industry as they share practical steps, strategic direction and lessons learned from their outsourcing success.
If you would like an invitation, send an email to events@janeeva.com
May 25 - May 26, 2006, Warsaw School of Economics, Poland
The Conference "Economic Globalization and Environmental Policy" to be held on May 25th and 26th, 2006 is continuing an experience of previous events organized by the Warsaw School of Economics to evaluate impacts the globalization might have on natural environment. Our former efforts were focused on a spectrum of national and sub-regional problems with particular attention given to the environmental implications of the European Union enlargement. Click
here for more information
May 18 - May 20, 2006, Ann Arbor, MI
The William Davidson Institute and the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan was pleased to host Research at the Base of the Pyramid: Developing a New Perspective. This conference was held in Ann Arbor, Michigan on May 18-20, 2006 and is the first of what is anticipated to become an annual event.
March 18 - March 20, 2006, Mumbai, India
WDI is an outreach partner for the conference, titled "Driving Global Business: India's New Priorities, Asia's New Realities." It will be held March 18-20 in Mumbai, India. Click
here for the conference brochure.
February 08, 2006, Davidson Hall #1273, Ross School of Business
The influence of China’s relentless global pursuit of energy resources on international energy markets, the environment and future relations with the United States will be the subject of a one-day conference Feb. 8 sponsored by the William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan and the National Bureau of Asian Research in Seattle.
October 21, 2005, Phelps Lounge, Ross School of Business
The University of Michigan is organizing a conference on “Perspectives on the WTO Doha Development Agenda Multilateral Trade Negotiations,” to be held in Ann Arbor, Michigan on Friday, October 21, 2005. The conference is being hosted by the International Policy Center of the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, together with the Department of Economics and the Law School. WDI is one of the sponsors of the conference.
The purpose of the conference is to provide a forum to discuss the most important issues to be addressed during the December 2005 Ministerial Meeting of the WTO in Hong Kong.
September 15 - September 16, 2005, Ann Arbor, MI
This workshop will focus on business and policy implications of increasing global trade in services. It will bring together a select group of leading academics and practitioners from around the world to share their research and experiences, and to help frame WDI research agenda on this topic.
June 28, 2005, Ann Arbor, MI
WDI has partnered with Janeeva, an Ann Arbor-based firm that supplies software and services to companies outsourcing work, to host an Outsourcing Assurance Forum on June 28 in Ann Arbor. The one-day, invitation-only forum for business executives will feature industry luminaries as well as veteran and novice users of outsourcing in an informal setting where users, experts and suppliers can openly discuss winning solutions and strategies. It will be held at the Executive Residence at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan.
June 28 - June 29, 2005, Paris, France
The Global Scholar Network will hold a conference June 28-29 on "Institutional Development: The Role of Business" in Paris, France.
May 19 - May 20, 2005, Ann Arbor, WDI seminar room
On May 19-20, WDI organized the workshop “Social Enterprise and Entrepreneurs in Emerging Markets: Framing the Issues.”
March 03 - March 05, 2005, Bratislava, Slovakia
The William Davidson Institute, together with the
Pontis Foundation will host the conference "Rethinking the Way in Which NGOs Do Business"
December 12 - December 13, 2004, San Francisco
WDI is a partner for The World Resources Network (WRI)'s December 12-14 conference Eradicating Poverty through Profit - Making Business Work for the Poor. The conference, to be held in San Fransisco, will bring together business leaders, entrepreneurs and senior policymakers to share hands-on experience of proven, profitable, and innovative approaches for a more active and beneficial presence at the bottom of the pyramid.
May 27 - May 30, 2004, Hanoi, Vietnam
This conference was organized by the William Davidson Institute (WDI) and the Center for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), and hosted this year by the National Center for Social Sciences and Humanities of Vietnam (NCSSH) and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). It provided a forum for leading economists and other social scientists working on transition and on broader issues of development and institutional change to meet, present new research, develop collaborative relationships, and complete ongoing research.
April 23, 2004, Washington D.C.
This forum, chaired by Secretary Albright, brought together business and government leaders from both the developed and developing worlds to discuss the challenges and opportunities of offshoring.
April 16 - April 18, 2004, Ann Arbor, MI
This conference was designed to contribute to a debate renewed in the last several years on how best to promote development in an era of globalization. The UN began the process in 2000, by setting out a series of far-reaching and concrete "Millennium Development Goals", which aimed to significantly reduce global poverty by 2020.
March 24, 2004, Washington D.C.
Former U. S. Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright convened this meeting in her capacity as Distinguished Scholar of the William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan Business School. We brought together a distinguished group of policymakers, business leaders and scholars from the United States, Europe and international community to address both opportunities and challenges of EU enlargement and its significant implications on foreign policy and the world economy.
December 03, 2003, Washington, D.C.