Climate Change Education: Preparing Future and Current Business Leaders: A Workshop Summary (2014)
Chapter: Appendix B: Workshop Agenda
The National Academies
Climate Change Education Roundtable
A Workshop on
Climate Change Education for Future Business Leaders
Thursday, March 14, 2013
National Academy of Sciences
2101 Constitution Avenue
Washington, D.C.
Objectives:
- Discuss climate change as a key strategic business issue with a focus on risk and opportunities.
- Learn from leaders in business schools and international corporations how they train the necessary talent.
- Identify the institutional barriers and discuss models that work for incorporating climate change education into business schools.
- Discuss pathways to providing climate change education for future business leaders.
March 14, 2013 (Room 120)
Breakfast available at the meeting room starting at 7:30 a.m.
8:00 a.m. | Welcome & Workshop Goals |
| Janet Peace, VP of Markets and Business Strategy, C2ES Martin Storksdieck, Director, Climate Change Education Roundtable | |
8:15 a.m. | Climate Change: The Global Challenge |
| Robert W. Corell, Global Environment and Technology Foundation |
9:00 a.m. | Business Opportunities and Challenges Posed by Climate Change |
| Moderator: Janet Peace | |
Panelists: | |
Dave Nagel, Executive VP, BP America Inc. | |
Michael Parr, Senior Manager, Government Affairs, DuPont | |
Valerie Patrick, Sustainability Coordinator, Bayer | |
Camilla Seth, Executive Director, Environmental Affairs, JPMorgan | |
10:30 a.m. | Break |
10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. | Business Schools: Opportunities and Challenges Posed by Climate Change |
| Moderator: Richard Vietor, Senior Associate Dean for the Asian Initiative, Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration | |
Panelists: | |
Robert Hansen, Senior Associate Dean, Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth | |
Valerie Suslow, Associate Dean, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan | |
Anjani Jain, Senior Associate Dean, School of Management, Yale | |
12:15 p.m. | Lunch (provided onsite) |
1:15 p.m. | Current Efforts and Approaches for Incorporating Climate Change Education into Business Schools |
| Introduction by Anant Sundaram, Professor of Finance, Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College | |
| Moderator: Andy Hoffman, Holcim Professor of Sustainable Enterprise, University of Michigan |
Panelists: | |
Eric Orts, Director, Initiative for Global Environmental Leadership, Wharton | |
Jacob Park, Associate Professor of Business Strategy and Sustainability, Green Mountain College |
Dan Reicher, Executive Director, Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy Policy and Finance, Stanford University | |
Melissa Paschall, Director, Business & Environment Initiative, Harvard Business School | |
3:15 p.m. | Break |
3:30 p.m. | Needs and Opportunities: A Way Forward |
| Moderator: Anant Sundaram | |
Discussants: | |
Laura Clise, Director of Sustainable Development, AREVA Inc. | |
Bruce Schlein, Director of Corporate Sustainability, Citi | |
Dan Vermeer, Executive Director, Center for Energy, Development and the Global Environment, Duke University | |
| Attendees and Discussants will reflect on the needs, opportunities, and ways forward. |
4:30 p.m. | Review of Main Ideas |
| Janet Peace | |
4:45 p.m. | Closing Remarks |
| Martin Storksdieck | |
5:00 p.m. | Networking Event |
6:00 p.m. | Meeting Adjourns |
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