2007 Conference

Owen Graduate School of Management - Vanderbilt University
Building a Sustainable Future: What will you do next?
November 1-3, 2007
Nashville, TN

Keynote Recap
 
  1. Yvon Chouinard, Founder, Patagonia in conversation with Andy Savitz, Author, The Triple Bottom Line Listen to the address
  2. Chad Holliday, CEO, DuPont Listen to the address
  3. Tensie Whelan, Executive Director, The Rainforest Alliance
Capstone Recap
 
  1. John Replogle, CEO of Burts Bees  Watch the video of his presentation: Replogle (.wmv), Replogle (.rm)
  2. Neal Keny-Guyer, CEO of Mercy Corps
  3. Carol Cone, Chairman of Cone, Inc.
  4. Andy Savitz, Author of The Triple Bottom Line
  5. Scott Case, COO of Malaria No More and Dr. Steven Phillips, Medical Director for Global Issues and Projects at ExxonMobil
  6. High Impact Nonprofits (Anne Marie Burgoyne, Director of the Draper Richards Foundation, David Yarnold, SVP of Environmental Defense and Aimee Eubanks Davis, Chief People Officer at Teach For America, Mary Mountcastle, Senior Associate at Self-Help. The panel was moderated by Heather McLeod Grant, Co-author of Forces of Good.)  Watch the video of their discussion: High Impact Nonprofits (.wmv), High Impact Nonprofits (.rm)
  7. Representative Jim Cooper, Congressman for Tennessee's Fifth District  Watch the video of his presentation: Cooper (.wmv), Cooper (.rm) 
  8. Scott Smith, CEO of Teche Regional Medical Center
  9. Environmental Entrepreneurship: Clean-tech Roundtable (Peter Corsell, President and CEO of GridPoint and Yasmina Zaidman, Director of Portfolio Strategies at Acumen Fund and Claire Broido Johnson, Co-Founder of Sun Edison and VP of Environmental Attributes. The roundtable was moderated by Clint Wilder, Co-author of The Clean Tech Revolution)
Media

  1. Miss something at the Conference? Owenbloggers were everywhere keeping tabs on all the exciting conference guests, panels, and activities. Check out the footage at: Owen Bloggers 
  2. Businesses share 'green' steps and how they aid bottom line" published in the Tennesean
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Conference Knowledge Bank

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Attendee Stats

Total Attendees 1,915
Students 1,275
Professionals 285
Speakers 355
International 56
States/Provinces 44

Chapter Breakdown
Chapters Represented 112
Student 93
Professional 19
Top Three in Attendance Yale University - Yale School of Management
University of California Berkeley - Haas School of Business
University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business
Chapter of the Year University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business

Speakers/Career Expo

CE Companies 70

See complete list of participating companies on our Virtual Career Expo.