CSR 4.0
Responsibility as a Driver of Company Performance
MARCH 1, 2018
FORT MASON CENTER
LANDMARK BUILDING A
2 MARINA BLVD
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
AGENDA
The Skytop Strategies team is dedicated to crafting thought provoking
agendas that are diverse, not only in areas of thought and experience,
but in the broad range of attending speakers.
| Time | Description |
|---|---|
| 8:00-8:25 AM | Registration & Networking Breakfast |
| 8:25-8:30 | Welcome Remarks Bradley Moody, Chief of Staff, Skytop Strategies |
| 8:30-8:50 | Keynote Presentation Cracking the Culture Code Presenter: Laura Plato, President and Chief Operating Officer, Causecast |
| 8:50-9:30 | Panel Discussion Social Good and the Workplace Culture of Tomorrow Moderator: Laura Plato, President and Chief Operating Officer, Causecast Panelists: John Leonard, Senior Program Manager, Optimizely.org Steven Salsberg, Chief Executive Officer, Global Access Advisors; Board Chair, American Sustainable Business Council |
| 9:30-10:10 | Panel Discussion Trends from the Top Down: Innovative Companies and Their CSR Initiatives Moderator: Fahmida Ahmed, Director, Sustainability and SEM Business Services, Department of Sustainability & Energy Management (SEM), Stanford University Panelists: Melissa Adams, Chief Corporate Social Responsibility Officer, WGL Holdings Inc. Susan Beverly, Senior Director of Sustainability, Abbott Laboratories Naomi Morenzoni, Vice President of Philanthropy Strategy, Salesforce.org Joe Verrengia, Director, Corporate Social Responsibility, Arrow Electronics |
| 10:10-10:30 | Networking Break |
| 10:30-11:10 | Customer Trust: Companies Must Create Profits, Responsibly Moderator: Eric Nee, Managing Editor, Stanford Social Innovation Review, Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society Panelists: Bruce Klafter, Vice-President, Corporate Social & Environmental Responsibility, Flex Laurel Peacock, Senior Manager, Sustainability, NRG Energy Kelli Schlegel, Corporate Responsibility & Human Rights Manager, Intel Corporation |
| 11:10-11:50 | Panel Discussion The Value Equation: A Case Scenario on the Tension Between Short-Terminism and Long-Term Value Moderator: David Carnevali, Senior Journalist, Activistmonitor, Acuris Panelists: Gregg Sgambati, Director, ESG Solutions, S-Network Global Indexes, Inc Christie Stephenson, Executive Director, Peter P. Dhillon Centre for Business Ethics, UBC Sauder School of Business |
| 11:50-12:20 | Interview “Good” by Association: Best Practices in Ensuring Supplier Alignment with Company CSR Standards Interviewer: Brendon Steele, Director of Stakeholder Engagement, Future500 Interviewee: Rita N. Soni, Advisor, B2R Technologies; Former CEO, NASSCOM Foundation |
| 12:20-1:20 | Networking Luncheon |
| 1:20-1:45 | Keynote A Force for Good: The Drive Towards Sustainable Value Creation Presenter: Daryl Brewster, Chief Executive Officer, CECP: the CEO Force for Good |
| 1:45-2:25 | Panel Discussion Employee Engagement: Aligning Corporate and Social Purpose Moderator: Andrew Behar, Chief Executive Officer, As You Sow Panelists: Melissa Adams, Chief Corporate Social Responsibility Officer, WGL Holdings Inc. Sara Broadbent, Director of Corporate Responsibility, Philanthropy and EHS, Avaya Thomas Knowlton, Partner, Director of Corporate Services, TCC Group Jamie Olsen, Senior Director, Employee Engagement Programs at Salesforce.org |
| 2:25-3:05 | Panel Discussion The Power of Disruption: How CSR Can Affect Company Brand Value Moderator: Cynthia Figge, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, CSRHub Panelists: Lily Bowles, Sustainability Officer, Aspiration Philip Clawson, Managing Director, CSR Lab Veronica Juarez, Senior Director, Business Initiatives, Lyft Barbara Koontz, Senior Vice President Sales & Customer Experience, Curran & Connors |
| 3:05-3:35 | Networking Break |
| 3:35-4:05 | Interview When Shareholders Engage: Attack or Risk Warning? Interviewer: Alex Heath, Senior Vice President, Group Director, Business and Social Purpose, Edelman Interviewee: Andrew Behar, Chief Executive Officer, As You Sow |
| 4:05-4:45 | Panel Discussion Engagement: How to Present CSR Initiatives to Institutional Shareholders Moderator: Brian Thurston, Vice President, Business & Partner Development, Oceanworks Inc. Panelists: Jim Hawley, Head, Applied Research, TruValue Labs Courteney Keatinge, Director, Environmental, Social & Governance Research, Glass Lewis |
| 4:45 | Closing Remarks |
| 4:50 | Program Adjourns, Networking Reception Begins |
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