Panel Discussions

Track 1 – Corporate Social Responsibility and Beyond: The Challenges of the Corporate World

The corporate world has changed: CSR is the new bottom line. In short, having sustainable practices and ethical behavior is the minimum requirement for the large corporations and their management. But how do these new expectations translate in corporate daily activities? People attending the conference, together with the invited panelists, will question some of the so called “grey areas” in CSR: differences in practices across regions; the definition (if there is any) of what is ethics in business; and MBA’s responsibility in all these discussions.

This track will showcase what experts project will be the future of sustainability and attendees will be able to understand what type of profile companies seek for their CSR department. Finally, using a more practical approach, the track will provide useful examples of corporations answering to some of society’s demands of a better corporate world through the inclusion of people with disabilities and fostering better work life balance of their employees.

  • The Future of Sustainability
  • The Ultimate Balancing Act: Managing Career, Family and Personal Life
  • How Do the CSR Strategies of Large Corporations Differ Across Regions and Countries?
  • Inclusión Laboral y Social de Personas con Discapacidades (PANEL IN SPANISH)
  • What it means to Pursue a Career in CSR?
  • The Approach to Social Responsibility Approach within Business Schools

Track 2 – The Importance of Capital for Fostering Development

We all know that capital is the engine that moves markets and businesses. While financial institutions have spent most of their time in the news under negative headlines, in this track, we will discuss what kind of positive impact these institutions can have on social change. In particular, we will look deeply into the following topics: fostering savings consciousness by micro-deposit; supporting key sectors in emerging economies, using the development bank model; fostering employment growth in emerging economies by supporting small and medium enterprises. Beyond these topics, our panelists will guide us through the new industry jargon, educating us on Impact Investing, Venture Philanthropy, and Ethical Banking.

  • What are the Challenges of Micro-Savings?
  • Impact Investing – The Panacea for Solving Global Challenges?
  • The Future of Ethical Banking: A Fashionable Trend, or a New, Sustainable Way of Doing Business?
  • Development Banks and Their Role in Promoting Private Sector-Led Growth
  • The Challenge for SMEs in Emerging Economies of Accessing Credit
  • Venture Philanthropy – The Benefits and Challenges of New Ways of Funding in Social Sectors
  • Non-Profit Fundraising in the Credit Crisis Environment: A New Paradigm

Track 3 – Social Entrepreneurship: Empowering Change

Given that social enterprises also look for some type of financial return, they cannot be considered part of the social sector. Social entrepreneurship is not a normal private initiative either as the aim of these organizations is to address some of the world’s social and environmental issues. If we can’t even reach an agreement on what social entrepreneurship is, we need to try to continue to pursue an understanding of the success factors of these companies and how they compete in the market.??How they attract talent given salary levels can be a challenge when profit is not the sole bottom line. How is the old model of the NGO adapting to these new social enterprises? Besides trying to find an answer to these questions, we will have access to many examples of social enterprises, whose successes will be discussed under a regional umbrella: Latin America; a sector-focused umbrella: tourism; and a structural umbrella: the necessity of support institutions, such as Endeavor or TechnoServe, to help foster growth.

  • Success Factors for Social Enterprises: What Difference Do They Make When Competing in the Marketplace?
  • The Role of Entrepreneurship in Creating Sustainable Social Change: Challenges and Success Stories in Latin America
  • Evaluating the Institutions that Foster Social Entrepreneurship
  • Talent Attraction in the Social Sector
  • Women’s Role in Delivering Social Change: Are Women Better Social Entrepreneurs?
  • El modelo Tradicional de ONG y Fundaciones: Qué Ha Cambiado con el Aparecimiento de las Empresas Sociales? (PANEL IN SPANISH)
  • Responsible Tourism: The Changing Legacy and Consequences of Tourism)

Track 4 – Innovation and Technology as an Answer to Poverty Alleviation

Innovation pushes industries beyond their own frontiers of efficiency. But what has been its role in social and environmental development? Technology is allowing mankind to expand its horizons towards greener energy and shift away from heavy energy consumption. New innovative products and processes are bringing health care to people that before had no access to it. Banks and telecommunications companies, thinking beyond traditional service models, are using technology to substantially increase banking services penetration. Cutting edge innovations in the construction and transportations sectors are allowing our cities became greener. Our speakers will dive more deeply into all of these areas to help us understand how technology and innovation is driving social change.

  • Approaching Healthcare Challenges in Developing Countries through Innovative Business Models and Disruptive Technologies
  • Technology’s Role in Increasing Accessibility to Banking Services in Developing Nations
  • Responsible Urbanization: Can New Business Models Save the Urban Landscape?
  • Technological Innovation Driving Reduction in Energy Consumption and Emissions
  • Smart Grid and More: Transforming the Energy Value Chain

Track 5 – Prominent Challenges and Opportunities in Social Development

Hunger, conflict, poverty, children denied their basic rights: how is society addressing these long-standing problems? While we still haven’t been able to completely solve these issues, there has been important progress in the right direction. In this track we will debate a diverse selection of topics that revolve around this progress, including sustainable agriculture, economic peace and the challenges faced by an aging society. We will also discuss topics related to practical examples of initiatives used to bring a new world of opportunities to underprivileged people, and try to understand what the role of sports and vocational training is in driving social change?

  • Can Investments in Agriculture be Profitable and Ensure Positive Social Impact?
  • Economic Incentives and the Role of the Private Sector: Is it Sufficient for Achieving a Long-term Sustainable Peace?
  • Football: a Global Sport and a Powerful Tool to Drive Social Change
  • Investment in Large Sport Events: Are There Better Uses of These Enormous Funds that could Guarantee Longer-term Benefits to Country’s Citizens?
  • Is Old the New Young? How to approach the challenge of an elderly society?
  • GDP vs. HDI: the Right Measure of Human Welfare

Track 6 – Addressing the Challenges at the Bottom of the Pyramid

Almost half of the world lives under the poverty line. Depending on the definition that one uses to define the poverty line, this number can represent almost 80% of the human population. If this number does not convince corporations and society to look to the bottom of the pyramid, what will? The fact is that this demographic can no longer be ignored. This track will look at how to address current issues being faced in Africa, how to foster a more equitable power relation with fair trade, how to create incentives for doing research for the cure of the diseases of the BoP, and how to design products for the BoP.

  • What Does it Take to Replicate the Asian Economic Miracle in Africa? Doing business on the “Forgotten Continent”
  • How Do Companies Formulate Strategies to Approach Bottom of the Pyramid (BoP)?
  • Neglected Tropical Diseases: an Innovative Business Model to Eradicate Them
  • Fair Trade: A Philanthropic Initiative that is Becoming a Private, Sustainable and Profitable Business
  • Developing Relevant Innovations, Products and Services that Target the Bottom of the Pyramid (BOP), the 4 Billion People Who Live on Less Than $2.5 Dollars/Day

DGDW 2011 Speakers

  • Meredith Alexander, Head of Trade and Corporates, ActionAid
  • Michael Anthony, Head of Global Microhealth Insurance Portfolio, Allianz
  • César Antúnez-de-Mayolo, F-D., PAD School of Management
  • Antonio Argandona, Professor of Economics and holder of the “la Caixa” Chair of Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Governance, IESE Business School
  • Beatriz Armendariz, Lecture of Economics, Harvard University & Senior Lecturer, University College, Harvard University & University College
  • Richard Atkinson, Founder, Second Mile
  • Luciano Balbo, Founder and Chairman, Fundazione Oltre
  • Jim Barrington, Program Director, SMS for Life
  • Todd Beane, International Director, Johan Cruyff Institute of Sport Studies
  • Maria Bercetche, Economist, Strategy Department, P.A.U. Education
  • Alessio Beverina, Partner, Sofinnova Partners
  • Dirk Bogaert, Director of Operations, Avancar
  • Rafael Borreguero Figols, Insurance Actuary, RIMANSI
  • Monica Brand, Manager, Frontier Investments Group, ACCION
  • Miquel Cabre, Wind Business Expansion Director, Alstom
  • Ignacio Canaveral,ECO2
  • Davide Cannarozzi, Finance Director, Enertika
  • Laercio Cardoso, Regional Category VP-Laundry, Unilever China
  • Ignasi Carreras, Director of the Institute for Social Innovation, ESADE Business School
  • Juan Casals Ovalle, Responsible for the Equator Principles, BBVA
  • Núria Casamitjana, Deputy Director and Academic Coordinator, CRESIB
  • Macarena Cassinello, Product Vice-President, FIAT Industrial
  • Charles Castro, ECODES
  • Nuria Chinchilla, Professor, IESE Business School
  • Amaia Cilveti, Elderly People Social Programs Leader, Fundación La Caixa
  • Josep Maria Corbinos, Director General, La Fageda
  • Adelaide Cracco, Manager, Finaves
  • Ignasi Cubiná, Founder Member and Director, EcoIntelligentGrowth
  • Chris Daniels, Head of London 2012 Activation, Wholesale Division, Lloyds TSB
  • Antonio Dávila, Professor of Entrepreneurship and Accounting & Control, IESE Business School
  • Teshome Dayesso, Founder and CEO, Buusaa Gonofaa MFI
  • Jack De Bokx, Senior Director for Europe, Middle East and Africa, Johnson and Johnson
  • Maarten de Jong, Head of Investor Matchmaking Department, Business in Development Network
  • Guadalupe de la Mata, President, Microfinance Club
  • Miquel de Paladella, Executive Coordinator, Global Movement for Children& Co-Fouder 1×1 Microcredit
  • Francisco Javier de Rocafort, Chairman, Quimera Project
  • Sergio Dedominici, Syngenta
  • Charles Donovan, Adjunct Professor, EADA Business School
  • Alberto Durán López, President, Fundación ONCE
  • Marcos Eguiguren, Partner and Board Member, Grupo Empresarial Inmark
  • Charles Elazar, Sales Engineer, Manager for Latin America and Manager for South East Asia, GE Energy
  • Jordan Elpern-Waxman, Founder, Olive Branch Clothing
  • Ana Estenssoro, Social Business Program Coordinator, Ashoka
  • Ignasi Fainé De Garriga, CSR Director, Agbar
  • Joel Feldschuh, CEO, Nesher Israel Cement Enterprises
  • Pedro Fernandez, Regulatory Affairs Manager, BAT
  • Fabrizio Ferraro, Associate Professor of Strategic Management, IESE Business School
  • Orlando Ferreira, Chief, Development Effectiveness and Corporate Strategy Unit, IIC
  • Gonen Fink, Pythagoras Solar
  • Ramón Folch Soler, Director Responsabilidad Social Corporativa, ISS Facility Services
  • Joan Fontrodona, Professor, IESE Business School
  • Jeremie Fosse, Co-Founder and Partner, Ecodigma
  • Patricia Francis, Executive Director, International Trade Center
  • Anne Gaboury, President and Chief Executive Officer, Développement international Desjardins (DID)
  • Eloy Garcia, Professor of Finance and Strategy, IE Business School
  • Patrick Gasser, Head of FSR unit, UEFA
  • Luis Gavela,WEDGE
  • Vivian Gee, Head of Asia, Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship
  • Ramon Giró, Director, Fundacion Seeliger y Conde
  • Yvette Go, Investment Manager, SET Venture Partners
  • Lauro Gonzalez, Head of Center for Microfinance Studies, FGV-EAESP
  • Ricardo Lindenberg Gravina, Co-Founder and Director of Sales and Public Relations, Aoka
  • Tony Greenham, Head of Finance, New Economic Forum
  • Vinay Gupta, Founder, Whipcar
  • Robert Hacker, Chief Financial Officer, One Laptop per Child Association
  • Malcolm Hayday, CEO, Charity Bank
  • Lisa Hehenberger, Research Director, EVPA
  • Jo Hill, Manager of Advantage Team, UnLtd
  • Catalina Hoffmann, Founder, Vitalia
  • Carlos Hornstein, Founder and Managing Director, Global Play Foundation
  • Gijsbert Huijink, Som Energía
  • George Jagoe, Executive Vice President, MMV
  • James M Jones, Manager of Global Development Program, Exxon Mobil Foundation
  • Jordi Juanós, Founder, Nueva Filantropía
  • Katja Juvonen, Devex
  • Oliver Karius, Partner, LGT
  • Shainoor Khoja, Director of Corporate Affairs, Roshan
  • Eliezer Kliatzkin, WIFLEX
  • Emmanuel Lagarrigue, Vice-President Corporate Strategy & Development, Schneider Electric
  • Fabio Lancelloti, Senior Associate, Aster Capital
  • André Laude, Chief Investment Officer, Global Financial Markets Department International Finance Corporation (IFC)
  • Mosun Layode, Executive Director, LEAP Africa
  • Jorge Lázaro, MBA 2011, IESE Business School
  • David Lehrer, President, Conatix
  • Helena Leurent, World Economic Forum
  • Steven Levecke, Investment Manager, Capricorn Venture Partners
  • Yuting Lien, Talent Program Manager, Endeavor
  • Alfonso López, Coffee and Cocoa Area, Nestlé Spain
  • Tobias Lorenz, Founder and Managing Director, Glovico
  • Jan Lübbering, Partnership Development, streetfootballworld
  • Gloria Macías-Lizaso,McKinsey
  • Kenneth Marcus, Chairman, Karl Storz Endoscopy
  • Oscar Márquez Sánchez, General Manager, Itron
  • Neus Martínez Roldán, Corporate Communications and Public Affairs Director, Nestlé
  • Alejandro Mashad, Managing Director, Endeavor Argentina
  • José Maria Mateo, Country Representative for Spain, Cargill
  • Peter Materu, Lead Education Specialist, World Bank
  • Assad Matuk Safi, General Manager of the Department of Market Access for Spain and Portugal,Johnson & Johnson Medical
  • Kandarp Mehta, Professor of the Department of Entrepreneurship, IESE Business School
  • Tim Mohin, Director CSR, Advanced Medical Devices
  • Bernhard Mohr, Investment Manager, BASF Venture Capital
  • Amy Mpungwe, Ambassador, Tanzania’s High Commissioner to the Republic of South Africa,Tanzanite One Ltd
  • Nathan Mulure, Operations Manager for Africa Malaria Initiatives, Novartis
  • Todd W Onderdonk, Senior Energy Advisor, ExxonMobil
  • Thomas Osburg, Director Europe Corporate Affairs, Intel Corp
  • Jean-Pierre Paccaud, Business Development, DNDi
  • Martin Pan, Discovery Medicine, Glaxo Smith Kline R&D
  • Sonja Patscheke, FSG
  • Antoni Pérez Francés, Delegate, Save the Children Catalunya
  • Joana Pérez Martorell, Regional Head, UNICEF Comité Autonómico de Catalunya
  • Orni Petruschka, Chairman, Pythagoras Solar
  • Joan Pinyol, DEXMA
  • Ignacio Pons, Marketing Director, Ecoveritas S.A
  • Maria Prandi, Researcher and Professor, Escuela de Cultura de Paz, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona
  • Ricard Prats, Hidroflot Technologies
  • Cliff Prior, Chief Executive, UnLtd, UK Foundation for Social Entrepreneurs
  • Francesc Prior, Professor of Banking and Finance, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya
  • Maha Rafi Atal, Journalist, Forbes
  • Santhosh Ramdoss, BRAC Uganda & Founder, ThinkChange India
  • Cesar Ramirez i Martinell, Cesar Martinell & Associates
  • Nicolas Reis, Founder and CEO, Altruja
  • Arun Renuka Jayadev, Principal, Wellington Partners
  • Alberto Ribera, Adjunct Professor, IESE Business School & Visiting Professor and Co-Director of the Executive MBA, Nile University (Cairo), IESE Business School and Nile University (Cairo)
  • David Risher, World Reader
  • Raul Robert, SostreCivic
  • Paulo Rocha e Oliveira, Assistant Professor, IESE Business School
  • Jean-Claude Rodriguez-Ferrara, Founder and Director, CAF
  • Mike Rosenberg, Professor, IESE Business School
  • Magdalene Rosenmöller, Professor, IESE Business School
  • Pedro Saffi, Assistant Professor of Financial Management, IESE Business School
  • Himanshu Sahasrabudhe, Manager, Roshan
  • Óscar Sánchez,Escola Emprenedores
  • Rafael Sanchis, Head of Dept of Fair Trade, Intermon Oxfam
  • Filipe Santos, INSEAD Business School
  • Pedro Santos, OSCOMP Systems
  • Sandra Schoenes, Founding Partner, Gybe Healthcare S.L.
  • José Antonio Segarra, Professor, IESE Business School
  • Marcos Semmler, Venture Partner, Demeter Partners
  • Paul Simon, Special Advisor to Lord Stanley Fink and Partner, Earth Capital Partners
  • Michael Skapinker, Assistant Editor, Financial Times
  • Conal Smith, OECD
  • Dana Smith, Co-Founder and Managing Director, Trestle Group Foundation
  • Ricard Soderberg, Sofinnova Partners
  • Jorge Soley, Senior Lecturer of Financial Management, IESE Business School
  • Joan Tallada, Global Health Consultant
  • Matteo Tarchi, Senior Business Developer, GDF SUEZ Energia Italia
  • Elia Tárrega, Managing Director, Sustainalytics Spain
  • Jean-Marc Thiébaut, Program Manager, Acting for Life
  • Juan Carlos Thomas, Country Director, TechnoServe Chile
  • Montserrat Toha i Solé, Directora General, Fundació Institut de Reinserció Social
  • Manuel Torres, Accenture
  • Esther Trujillo, Sustainable Development Responsible, Sol Meliá
  • Rut Turró, Rut Turró
  • Antonino Vaccaro, Assistant Professor of the Business Ethics Department, IESE Business School
  • Dolors Vallespí, AlterCompany
  • Jil van Eyle, Founder, Teaming.info
  • Tim Vang, Co-Founder, MYC4
  • Andrea Vigevani, General Manager, ICU
  • Sebastian Waldburg, Managing Partner, SI Capital
  • Giselle Weybrecht, Author, The Sustainable MBA
  • Tom Wright, Founder, Whipcar
  • Silvia M Wyckoff, Director of Organizational Controls and Performance and Assistant to Employee Relations, Southern Company
  • Tanja zu Waldeck, Founder, Netmoms.de