Event Overview

Questions answered during the conference will include:

• What are the key ingredients of a successful partnership?
  How do they really work and what can go wrong?

• Is the role of the typical NGO changing
  What movements are there towards greater transparency and accountability?

• What's the case against engagement?
  Does it undermine the role of government?

• Business/NGO disputes
  How should the rules of engagement be fixed so they can be more easily resolved?

• Bribery and corruption
  How have leading companies and civil society groups partnered to tackle practical issues?

• Pressure encountered by the NGOs when partnering
  The cons of partnerships and strategic philanthropy - the voices of the critics

• How to make partnerships work - and to avoid mistakes from the past

  When agreements do not work out, what can be learned for the future?

• Can Business - NGO co-operation improve international security
  what role for business? How much is peace worth?

• Should NGOs and companies conform to the same rules of disclosure?

  NGO accountability… what's being done to create greater transparency?

Group bookings and team discounts available

Why not bring your colleagues?

Just a few of the 100 participants that have already registered:

Few of the speakers that have already confirmed their participations:

Nike , Vice-President, Corporate Responsibility, Hannah Jones

The Corporate Library , Editor, Nell Minow

Legislative Director for Congressman Eliot Engel , Pete Leon

The Global Compact , Deputy Executive Head, Denise O'Brien

The Nature Conservancy, Chief Administrative Officer, Stephanie K. Meeks

The Kenan Institute ,Director, Dr. Jennifer A. Bremer

USAID , Senior advisor, Global Development Alliance Dan Runde

Florida Power&Light(FPL) , Manager of Environmental Services, Ray Butts

Transparency International USA , Managing Director, Nancy Boswell

Medtronic , Manager of Employee Involvement, Christy Eichers

The DAI Group , Director,Global Business Solutions, Jonathan Berman

NXG Global Law & Compliance PLLC ,Principal, Michael E. Fine

The Copenhagen Centre , Director , Programme Manager, Jette Steen Knudsen

Visa International , Product Director, Consumer Products, Sandy Thaw

Finca, the Director of New Business Development Services, Soledad Gompf

BC Hydro ,manager of stakeholder relations , David Facey

WWFUS ,Business & Policy Officer, Matt Banks

Nike , Director of Business Integration and Collaboration, Caitlin Morris

SustainAbility , Senior Advisor, Katie Fry

Save the Children Canada , CEO, Rita Karakas

National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy ,   Executive Director, Rick Cohen

Africare-USA , president, Julius Coles

Metafore ,Vice-President, Sam Doak

Staples , vice president of environmental affairs, Mark Buckley

Social Accountability International (SAI ),president, Alice Tepper Marlin

Handicap International , International Corporate Partnership Manager, Virginie Améhamé   

Barry Clarke , Chairman of the International Save the Children Alliance

VolunteerMatch , Group Director Business Services, Luisa Perticucci

GivingGlobal, Founder & President, Pamela Hawley

Sanofi-Aventis ,Global Director, Guy Ouakil

National Directorate for the Promotion of Children and Family of the Ministry of the Promotion of Women , National Director, Modibo Diarra

The World Cocoa Foundation, president, Bill Guyton

World Bank Group , Operations Officer, Social Protection, Amy Luinstra

Friends of the Earth , Chief Executive Officer , Beatrice Olivastri

Jonathan Wootliff , independent consultant and NGO engagement expert

World Monitor, Former Director for Business Partnerships at UNDP, Sirkka Korpela

Coca-Cola , Director, Operations Development Worldwide Public Affairs and Communication , Perry Cutshall

Future 500 , President, Bill Shireman

Placer Dome America , Director of Sustainable Development, Bill Upton

Western Colorado Congress , Energy Organizer, DeAnna Woolston

Industry & Equity , Director, Kathleen Anderson

Accenture Development Partnerships , Director, Gib Bulloch

USAID , Director of the Global Development Alliance Partnership Office, Holly Wise

Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) ,Director, Business and Human Rights Program, Mila Rosenthal

The William James Foundation , Executive Director, Jonathan Cohen

Donna Tingley, Executive Director, CASA

Mercy Corps , Director of Program Operations, Kim Johnston

Tazo , Founder of Tazo and Vice President of Tea for Starbucks, Steve Smith

New Directions Group , Coordinator,   Paul Griss

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Note takers and online discussion!

Ethical Corporation will have note takers in each session to record and summarize the key findings of each group. These will be hosted on the Ethical Corporation conference website after the event. An online discussion and networking facility for attendees will also be available alongside.

To register TODAY for this conference fill in the online form and pay on our secure server, or simply request for more information by contacting:

Laura Geron
Conference Director
Ethical Corporation magazine
laura.geron@ethicalcorp.com
+44 20 73 75 7226