Time | Event | Speaker | Location |
Monday, October 8 | |||
8:30 - 9:30 a.m |
Kick off Welcome |
Jeff Terry, Lead, Corporate Citizenship, Amway Mayor George Heartwell |
WHQ Auditorium |
8:45 - 9:30 a.m. |
Morning Keynote Speaker Linking the CSR Strategies of Tomorrow to the Legacy of our Past |
Jim Musial, Vice President, Corporate Social Responsibility, Wolverine Worldwide | WHQ Auditorium |
9:30 - 10:15 a.m. |
Panel Dicussion Ethical Dimensions of CSR & Defining Shared Value |
Panel: Jim Musial, Vice President, Corporate Social Responsibility, Wolverine Worldwide, Deb O’Connor, Kyle Whyte, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Michigan State University |
WHQ Auditorium |
10:15 - 10:30 a.m. | Coffee Break | ||
10:30 - 11:30 a.m. | Break Out Sessions #1 | ||
CSR 101 to 301: Transactional to Strategic Discussing basic approaches for your business/organization can take to introduce CSR into company operations, employee engagement and culture and introduce how to incorporate elements of CSR into the strategic direction on your company/organization. |
Panel: Deborah O’Connor, Director of Corporate Reputation and Community Relations, Whirlpool, Carol Sanchez, D.B.A. Professor of Management, Director, International Business Programs, Dave Aupperlee, Senior Manager of Product Safety and Regulatory Affairs, Bissell |
WHQ Auditorium | |
“Corporate Citizenship” Discussing how companies and organizations are working together to help solve systemic sustainability issues in our community such as poverty, educational attainment, and job creation. |
Panel: Pat Lonergan, Senior Vice President, Community Reinvestment, Fifth Third Bank Eric Foster, Project Manager, Community Governance Coach, Seeds of Promise Jeff Padnos, President, Padnos |
Connections | |
11:30 - 12:30 p.m. | Lunch & Networking | WHQ Auditorium | |
12:30 - 1:30 p.m. | Afternoon Keynote Speaker | Neil Hawkins, Sc.D., Vice President, Sustainability & EH&S, The Dow Chemical Company | WHQ Auditorium |
1:30 - 2:45 p.m. | Break Out Sessions #2: | ||
A Local Focus: Investors, Investments & Impacts |
Panel: Elissa S. Hillary, Executive director, Local First Carlos Sanchez, Executive Director, West Michigan Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Joe Jones, Interim President & CEO, Grand Rapids Urban League |
WHQ Auditorium | |
Water Cycle in Your Business Operations to Social Good How to take a comprehensive and strategic approach to addressing business needs and opportunities while at the same time providing a social good? The panel will discuss how to leverage core competencies in your business to do good for the environment, your business and for society overall. |
Panel: Roy W. Kuennen, Ph.D., Director Durables R&D, Amway Christina Keller, Business Unit Leader, Triple Quest, Peter Flaherty, Water Management Practice Leader for Environmental Resources Management |
Connections | |
2:45 - 4 p.m. | Break Out Sessions #3 | ||
Creating Partnership for Social Impact | Panel: Mark Peters, CEO, Butterball Farms and Founder of SOURCE, Randy Osmun, Executive Director, SOURCE, LeMark Payne, MM, MBA, Director Inclusion, Diversity and Employee Engagement at Spectrum Health | WHQ Auditorium | |
"Is Carbon Management in your Future?" | Panel: Kevin Coyne, President & CEO, e3 Solutions Inc. Mark LaCroix, EVP, Business Development, The CarbonNeutral Company Dan Kuipers, Managing Director, Sustainable Energy Financing LLC. | Connections | |
4 - 4:30 p.m. |
Closing Comments Wrap-up & Call to action “Blurring the lines” |
President Thomas J. Haas, PhD, Grand Valley State University Jeff Terry, Lead, Corporate Citizenship, Amway |
WHQ Auditiorium |
4:30 - 5 p.m. | Open Networking | Local Beverage Company – Brewery Vivant | WHQ Lobby |