Wharton Conference

Creating Lasting Change: From Social Entrepreneurship to Sustainability in Retail

Photo from EvalBlog review of the conference, 4.13.2012.

Raghavan Anand, One Million Lights CFO, acted as Moderator on the Social Entrepreneurship & Innovation Panel.

A Wharton School Conference, jointly organized by the Wharton Program for Social Impact (WPSI), the Baker Retailing Center, and the Initiative for Global Environmental Leadership (IGEL).

Date: Thursday, April 5, 2012

Location: Wharton | San Francisco

Overview

This conference focuses on social entrepreneurship, sustainability and social corporate responsibility and is jointly organized by the Wharton Program for Social Impact (WPSI), the Baker Retailing Center, and the Initiative for Global Environmental Leadership (IGEL). Participants will be Wharton alumni and students. The event will took place in the new home of the Wharton | San Francisco campus, the historic Hills Brothers building at the base of the Bay Bridge.

Program

1:30-2:00pm Registration
2:00-2:15pm Welcome Remarks
2:15-3:35pm

Panel One:
Social Entrepreneurship/Innovation

Moderator: Raghavan Anand, Chief Financial Officer, One Million Lights

Panelists:

Andrew D’Souza, Chief Revenue Officer, Top Hat Monocle

Amy Errett, Partner, Maveron

Susie Lee, TBL Capital

Mike Young, Director of Technology Development, Innova Dynamics

3:35-3:55pm Break
3:55-5:15pm Panel Two:
Sustainability/CSR in the Retail Industry

Moderator: Barbara Kahn, Patty & Jay H. Baker Professor, Professor of Marketing; Director, Jay H. Baker Retailing Center

Panelists:

Christy Consler, Vice President of Sustainability, Safeway Inc.

Paul Dillinger, Senior Director-Global Design, Levi Strauss & Co.

Lori Duvall, Director of Operational Sustainability, eBay Inc.

Shauna Sadowski, Director of Sustainability, Annie’s

5:15-7:00pm Reception