Day 1: The Role of Business Leaders
How can business leaders drive systemic transformation in the face of resistance to change and an increasingly divided political context?
Tuesday 21st February 2023
Introduction
Paul Polman, Business Leader, Campaigner, Co-author of “Net Positive”
Fireside Chat
Paolo Lanzarotti, CEO, Asahi Breweries Europe and International, in conversation with Colin Mayer CBE, Former Dean, Oxford University’s Saïd Business School; Visiting Oxford Professor.
Oxford MBA Keynote
Reflections and provocations on the day’s theme by Lindsay Strouse, Oxford MBA student; Former Global Partner Marketing Lead, Google for Startups.
Panel Discussion
Mette Morsing, Head of PRME, UN Global Compact; Ikdeep Singh, Global President, Pet Nutrition, Mars, Inc.; Morten Enggaard Rasmussen, Executive Vice President, Novozymes; and Chris Herschend, Chair, Herschend Family Entertainment. Moderated by Jay Jakub, Chief of Staff, Economics of Mutuality; Director, EoM Foundation.
Fireside Chat
Peter Bakker, CEO, World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), in conversation with Ann Florini, Fellow, New America; Prof. of Practice, Thunderbird ASU; Former Prof., National University of Singapore, Singapore Management University; Former Senior Fellow, Brookings.
Day 2: The Role of Regulators, Standard Setters, and Investors
What targets should companies set and what should they measure, manage, and mobilize to drive systemic transformation?
Wednesday 22nd February 2023
Introduction
Colin Mayer CBE, Former Dean, Oxford University’s Saïd Business School; Visiting Oxford Professor.
Fireside Chat
Gavin Long, Executive Director, Economics of Mutuality; Co-founder and Partner, Acacia Group in conversation with Nadia Terfous, Managing Director, EoM Solutions; Former Partner, McKinsey & Company.
Oxford MBA Keynote
Reflections and provocations on the day’s theme by Lorenzo Capinpin Oxford MBA Student; Former Industry Business Architect, SAP.
Panel Discussion
Andrew Economos, Group CFO, Hex Trust; Former Managing Director, JP Morgan Asset Management; Lawrence Ford, CEO, Conscious Capital; Founder, Future Capital; and Erika Karp, Executive Managing Director and Chief Impact Officer, Pathstone. Moderated by Paul Gyra, Managing Partner, Thompson Family Office; Former Head of ING Alternative Asset Management, New York.
Message From the Dean
Soumitra Dutta, Dean of Oxford University’s Saïd Business School and Former Dean of Cornell University’s Business School, will explore the key role of education in supporting transformational change in business and investing for mutual value creation.
Day 3: The Role of Government and International Institutions
What role should partnerships between business and government / international institutions play in driving systemic transformation?
Thursday 23rd February 2023
Introduction
Nadia Terfous, Managing Director, EoM Solutions; Former Partner, McKinsey & Company; and Pascal Riederer, Consultant, EoM Solutions; Oxford MBA Graduate.
Fireside Chat
Chip Conley, Founder, Modern Elder Academy; Former Head of Global Hospitality and Strategy, Airbnb in conversation with Amanda Kathryn Hydro, Forum Producer and Co-host; Founder & Principal, LIONHEARTED, inc.
Oxford MBA Keynote
Reflections and provocations on the day’s theme by Katherine Dellar, Oxford MBA student; Former Assistant Director, Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Panel Discussion
Melissa Aratani Kwee, Catalyst, NVPC Singapore: City of Good; Chairman, MHPL (Pontiac Land Group); Matthew Barzun, Former U.S. Ambassador to the UK & Sweden; Author, The Power of Giving Away Power; and Lord Maurice Glasman, Labour Life Peer, UK House of Lords; Social Commentator. Moderated by Ann Florini, Fellow, New America; Prof. of Practice, Thunderbird ASU; Former Prof., National University of Singapore, Singapore Management University; Former Senior Fellow, Brookings.
Day 3 Keynote
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, US Business Editor, Financial Times.
Closing Remarks
Gavin Long, Executive Director, Economics of Mutuality; Co-founder and Partner, Acacia Group; Colin Mayer CBE, Former Dean, Oxford University’s Saïd Business School; Visiting Oxford Professor; and Amanda Kathryn Hydro, Forum Producer and Co-host; Founder & Principal, LIONHEARTED, inc.