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Events: 2004-2005

 

View from the Top: Corporate Vision Key to Creating Shareholder Value, Says John Browne of BP
May 16, 2005

video Video File (46:35 min)

A successful corporation must keep its own sense of purpose firmly in view to be successful at creating shareholder value said John Browne, Sloan '81, who heads the global energy giant BP. Details

"Life Lessons" with Kathleen Brown, former California Treasurer and Gubernatorial Candidate
May 11, 2005
Kathleen Brown visited the GSB for an informal chat about her life's journey and extensive career in public service and the private sector. She served as Treasurer of the State of California (1990 - 1994), Democratic Party nominee for Governor of California (1994), co-chair of the Presidential Commission on Capital Budgeting (Clinton Administration), and a Board member of the Los Angeles Unified School District, CalPERS, and CalSTRS. In addition, she was the President of the Private Bank at Bank of America and an attorney with O'Melveny & Myers. Today, Kathleen is a Managing Director and Head of the West Coast Region for the Municipal Finance group at Goldman, Sachs & Co. Kathleen currently serves on the Board of Directors of Countrywide Financial Corporation and the Children's Hospital of Los Angeles. She also sits on the boards of several non-profit organizations, including The California Women's Foundation and Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce. Kathleen is a Stanford alumna and a member of the Brown family political dynasty, the daughter of former Governor Pat Brown (1959 - 1967) and sister of Oakland Mayor Jerry Brown (former Governor of California 1975 - 1983).

Fighting Poverty through Microfinance, Speaker Monica Brand (ACCION International)
May 9, 2005
The Global Management Program and the International Development Club co-sponsored "Fighting Poverty through Microfinance" with speaker Monica Brand. Ms. Brand (GSB '97) is the Senior Vice president of Marketing and Product Development at Accion International, a nonprofit that fights poverty through microlending in Latin America, Africa, and the U.S. She has also worked in Cape Town, South Africa, where she founded an entrepreneurial training organization for disadvantaged small and medium-sized businesses.

14th Annual Conradin von Gugelberg Lecture on the Environment featuring Jacques Dubois, Chairman of Swiss Re America
May 5, 2005
The Public Management Program along with the Environmental Management Club presents the 14th Annual Conradin von Gugelberg Lecture on the Environment featuring Jacques Dubois, Chairman of Swiss Re America. Swiss Re, a global reinsurer helping clients manage capital and risk, has become known as a leader in assessing climate change risks and strategy. Evaluating and managing the effects of natural catastrophes has always been one of the primary concerns of the reinsurance industry. In coming years, the world of insurance and reinsurance will have to face a new challenge: developing and implementing strategies and business solutions to deal with climate change and a carbon-constrained future. Details

 

New Technologies for Enterprise and Job Creation in Africa, Speaker Martin Fisher (ApproTEC)
May 5, 2005
The Global Management Program, Africa Business Club, and the International Development Club co-presented speaker Martin Fisher, Co-founder and Executive Director of ApproTEC, an international non-profit dedicated to developing and promoting new technologies that can be used in developing countries to establish vibrant new businesses, create new jobs and help the poor to climb out of their poverty. ApproTEC produces easy-to-use tools for developing-world farmers to help them increase earnings ten-fold. It has also been one of 25 organizations to win the 2005 Fast Company & Monitor - Social Capitalist Award. Since 1991, local entrepreneurs have used ApproTEC technologies to establish over 37,000 new businesses. Presently over 800 new businesses are being started every month and between them, the new businesses are generating over $39 million a year in new profits and wages.

Stanford Management Internship Fund (SMIF) Week
May 2 - 6, 2005
In May, PMP students lead a fundraising effort to raise money to support this year's Stanford Management Internship Fund (SMIF) Fellows. Founded by students in 1981, SMIF supports GSB students who bring MBA skills to nonprofit and governmental organizations over the summer. SMIF aims to achieve three goals: (1) to contribute management expertise to the nonprofit and governmental sectors; (2) to support students who take summer jobs in these sectors; and (3) to enrich the GSB community with the experiences that these students gain over the summer. To date, over 350 interns, including 33 recipients from the Class of 2005, have brought skills learned at the GSB to nonprofits throughout the world.

California Energy Commission Presentation
April 21, 2005
The GSB Energy Club was delighted to host California Energy Commissioner Jackalyne Pfannenstiel on campus. She spoke to Governor Schwarzenegger's 10 priorities for the California energy industry, with an emphasis on new business opportunities.

"The Corporation" screening and discussion, hosted by Professors Van Horne and Plambeck
April 14, 2005
Professor Van Horne, Professor Plambeck, and PMP students gathered for pizza and a screening of clips from the 2004 Sundance hit The Corporation, a controversial documentary that "explores the nature and spectacular rise of the dominant institution of our time," followed by a provocative discussion of the corporations' role in society, and our role in them.

From Wall Street to Main Street: The Intersection of Finance and Government
April 11, 2005
This panel discussion included prominent GSB alums including California's Deputy Treasurer Barbara Lloyd, San Jose's Debt Manager Dave Persellin, and bankers who discussed current issues and thoughts on pursuing careers in public finance and government.

Third Annual Stanford Business of Education Conference
April 9, 2005
The third annual Stanford Business of Education Conference, Setting the Bar: The Business of Student Achievement, explored the ways in which business relates to the changing educational landscape. Issues regarding education as both a social good and a market opportunity were examined. This year's keynote speaker was Dr. Rod Paige, 7th US Secretary of Education.

"The One Degree Factor: As the planet's temperature rises, what might the future hold?"
March 9, 2005
GSB students and faculty were treated to an exclusive previewscreening of the film, The One Degree Factor: As the planet's temperature rises, what might the future hold? The film is part two in a four-part National Geographic Film Series and was followed by expert panels, - including Stanford faculty and the film's producers - discussing the issues and possible solutions.

Kim Smith, Founder & CEO, NewSchools Venture Fund
March 4, 2005
PMP Alumna Kim Smith provided an overview of NewSchools' work and her journey as a successful businesswoman, social entrepreneur and CEO since graduating from the GSB in 1998. NewSchools is national venture philanthropy fund investing in promising for-profit and non-profit ventures focused on improving public K-12 education, particularly in disadvantaged areas.

Fast Company Social Capitalist 2005 Awards: "Unleashing Community Power"
March 3, 2005
A panel discussion sponsored by the Center for Social Innovation. Three of the 25 best social entrepreneurs according to the first-ever and exclusive Fast Company Social Capitalist 2005 Awards discussed international development issues. The panel included: John Wood, Founder and chairman of Room to Read; Gillian Caldwell, Executive Director of Witness; Dr. Christopher Elias, President of Path (Program for Appropriate Technology in Health).

Pamela Hartigan, Managing Director of the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship
March 1, 2005
This event was sponsored by the Global Management Program (GMP) and the International Development Club, a joint PMP/GMP student club. The Schwab Foundation provides a global platform to promote social entrepreneurship as a key element to advance societies and address social problems in an innovative and effective manner. Dr. Hartigan's career has included over a decade working with youth; supporting the spawning and consolidation of community-based organizations serving the Latino community in Washington, D.C.; and twelve years at the World Health Organization, beginning at the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), WHO's regional office for the Americas. Subsequently, she became Chief of the Women, Health and Development Program where, among other initiatives, she launched region-wide mobilization to address violence against women. In 1997, she was selected as Program Manager for the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR). She was appointed to head the Department of Health Promotion at WHO Headquarters in Geneva, and later as Director of the newly formed Department for Violence and Injury Prevention.

"The Promise of the Next Industrial Revolution: Cradle to Cradle Design"
February 15, 2005
Using concrete examples from everyday products such as mobile phones and soda bottles, Dr. Braungart explained the application of Cradle to Cradle (C2C) design in fields ranging from product design to materials engineering to corporate strategy with a focus on how C2C design and Intelligent Materials Pooling can help companies achieve breakthroughs and innovations to positively impact their top and bottom lines. This event was cosponsored by the Business and Sustainability Group (BSG) and the Stanford Center for Social Innovation. Details

Health Care and Biotech Symposium
January 26, 2005
America's health care system is broken, drug development takes too long and costs too much, and the FDA needs major reform, speakers told the annual Health Care and Biotech Symposium. The daylong conference was organized by the student Stanford Health Care Club. Titled "5 by 20: Five Ideas That Will Revolutionize Health Care by 2020," the conference drew a diverse audience of more than 250, including students from the Stanford schools of Business, Medicine, and Law, as well as alumni, investors, other business leaders, and the public. Details

Fourth Annual Conference on International Development: "Innovations in Improving Access to Health Care: Appropriate and Feasible?"
February 26, 2005

Remarks by keynote speaker, Dr. Debrework Zewdie

Non-profit, donor, private sector, and academic leaders converged to discuss innovations in delivery, funding, and medicine that will improve access to health care in emerging markets. The conference was sponsored by SAID (the Stanford Association for International Development) and featured keynote speaker Debrework Zwedie, Director, Global HIV/AIDS Program, World Bank. Also with representatives from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Partners in Health, and a consultant to Merck. Details

Strategic Philanthropy and Climate Change
February 3, 2005
The Public Management Initiative and the Social Venture Club welcomed Hal Harvey, one of the nation's leading philanthropic strategists, to talk about the approaches that large US foundations take in addressing climate change. Harvey is the Environment Program Director at the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the former Executive Director of the Energy Foundation, and former chairman of MB Financial Bank of Chicago.

A Chat with Mike Feinberg, co-founder of KIPP
January 28, 2005
The PMP and the P4E Club welcomed Mike Feinberg, co-founder of Knowledge is Power Program (KIPP), to the GSB for an informal conversation with students who are interested in education or the KIPP model. KIPP began in 1994 when teachers Dave Levin and Mike Feinberg completed their Teach For America commitment and launched a program for fifth graders in a public school in inner-city Houston, Texas. Today, 38 KIPP Schools with 300 teachers are serving over 6,000 students in 15 states and the District of Columbia. KIPP Academies have a sustained record of high student achievement.

Social Entrepreneurship: Bill Drayton, Ashoka Founder and CEO
January 27, 2005
Bill Drayton, founder and CEO of Ashoka, visited campus to discuss the Ashoka model of social entrepreneurship and how it has transformed the lives of millions of people worldwide. In 1980, Mr. Drayton--a former McKinsey consultant and Assistant Administrator at the US EPA--founded Ashoka with a budget of less than $50,000 and a belief that the entrepreneur is the most powerful force for social change. Today Ashoka has invested in more than 1,500 fellows in 53 countries and spends more than $17 million a year financing its fellows around the world. The event was sponsored by the Social Venture club, the International Development club and FUSION.

Key roles that brand management and social mission play at Clif Bar Inc.
January 21, 2005
The Marketing and the Social Venture Clubs hosted Diana Simmons (GSB Class of 2003), Clif Bar Brand Manager, to share her experiences and lessons. Clif Bar Inc. is an energy bar company that prides itself on its core mission of social impact and environmental sustainability.

Energy Conference: The Business of Energy
November 10, 2004
The Stanford GSB Energy Conference provided a forum for the exchange of ideas and information about the energy industry. Students, faculty, alumni, business leaders and members of the community participated in this exciting event. The conference brought together leaders from several sectors including oil and gas, renewables, venture capital, private equity, and investment banking. This diversity of perspectives provided a comprehensive view of the emerging global issues and business opportunities in the energy industry. Details

PMP/ACT: Nonprofit Board Governance Panel
November 9, 2004

video Video File (41:55 min)

A distinguished panel discussed effective board governance for nonprofits. The session was moderated by Senior Director of McKinsey & Company and Center for Social Innovation Lecturer, Bill Meehan, who also teaches the popular GSB class, Strategic Management of Nonprofits. The evening's panelists:

The Coming of Age for Educational Leadership: Transforming Our Schools for Better Teaching and Learning
November 4, 2004

Agenda and list of speakers [notes DOC 26.5 KB]

This conference examined innovations in school redesign and organizational structures that support the student learning process. Keynote speaker: John Morgridge, Chairman, Cisco Systems. Sponsored by Stanford Educational Leadership Institute (SELI), a joint initiative of the Stanford University School of Education and the Center for Social Innovation at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, and The Goldman Sachs Foundation.