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2008 Net Impact North America Conference

The Sustainable Advantage: Creating Social and Environmental Value

November 13 - 15, 2008 : Philadelphia, PA

Schedule

The 2008 Net Impact Conference took place at The Wharton School on November 13-15, 2008.

Click here for maps and driving directions to conference venues.

Thursday, November 13th

 

8:00 AM - 5:00 PM CSR and Change Management Workshop
(Participants must apply to attend)
The Wharton School

2:30 PM

Registration opens
The Wharton School

 

3:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Chapter Leader Sessions

(Net Impact Chapter Leaders Only)
The Wharton School

 

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Students' Welcome Activities
The Wharton School

 

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Professionals' Welcome Event
The Wharton School

 

8:00 PM

No Host Group Dinners
Various restaurants in Philadelphia Center City

 

7:30 PM

Registration closes
The Wharton School

 

Friday, November 14th

 

7:30 AM - 8:20 AM

Breakfast
The Wharton School

Morning Tea with Seth Goldman of Honest Tea
The Wharton School

Breakfast Discussion on Building & Scaling Social Enterprises

The Wharton School

Registration opens
The Wharton School

 

8:00 AM - 5:00 PM CSR and Change Management Workshop
(Participants must apply to attend)
The Wharton School

8:30 AM - 9:45 AM

Keynote Panel: John F. Brock, Chairman and CEO of Coca-Cola Enterprises and Carter Roberts, President and CEO of World Wildlife Fund 
Irvine Auditorium and overflow room

 

10:15 AM - 11:45 AM

Breakout Session 1
The Wharton School

 

11:45 AM

Career Expo Opens
First District Plaza

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Lunch and Lunch Sessions
Various campus locations

 

1:15 PM - 2:30 PM

Keynote Panel: John Wood, Founder and CEO of Room to Read and Kate Roberts, Founder of YouthAIDS

Irvine Auditorium and overflow room

 

2:45 PM – 4:15 PM

Breakout Session 2

The Wharton School

 

4:30 PM - 6:00 PM Breakout Session 3
The Wharton School

6:00 PM

Career Expo Closes

First District Plaza

 

6:00 PM – 8:30 PM

Cocktail Reception

University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

 

7:30 PM

No Host Group Dinners

Various restaurants in Philadelphia Center City

 

Saturday, November 15th

 

7:45 AM – 8:40 AM

Breakfast
The Wharton School

Registration opens
The Wharton School

 

9:00 AM – 10:30 AM

Breakout Session 4 
The Wharton School

 

10:45 AM – 12:15 PM

Breakout Session 5

The Wharton School

 

12:15 PM – 1:45 PM

Lunch

The Wharton School

 

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch Sessions
Various Campus Locations

1:45 PM – 3:15 PM

Breakout Session 6

The Wharton School

 

Philadelphia Green Economy Case Competition

The Wharton School

 

5:00 PM – 6:30 PM

Keynote: Matt Kistler, Senior Vice President of Sustainability, Wal-mart

Stores, Inc.

Academy of Music

 

6:30 PM - 10:00 PM

Closing Event

Park Hyatt