| Thursday, May 3 (The Earle Downtown) |
| 6:00 pm |
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Cocktails |
| 6:30 |
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Dinner Speaker: Mark Van Putten
(President & Founder of ConservationStrategy LLC and Former President and CEO of National Wildlife Federation)
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| Friday, May 4 (Kuenzel Room, Michigan Union) |
| Part I: Setting the Stage |
| 8:00 am |
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Registration and Refreshments
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8:30
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Welcome and Introduction (View Video)
Thomas Lyon, Dow Professor of Sustainable Science, Technology and
Commerce, University of Michigan |
| 8:45 |
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Keynote Address: The 21st Century NGO (View Video)
John Elkington, President, SustainAbility (Slides) |
| 9:15 |
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Coffee Break |
| 9:30 |
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Who is Part of the Environmental Movement? (View Video)
Andrew Hoffman, Holcim Professor of Sustainable Enterprise,
University of Michigan |
| 10:00 |
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Break |
| Part II: What Do Academics Know About NGOs? |
| 10:15 |
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The View from Sociology (View Video)
Speaker and Discussant: Michael Mason, London School of Economics.
(Civil Society and the Environment: Understanding the Dynamics and Impacts of the U.S. Environmental Movement -PDF)
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| 11:15 |
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The View Political Science (View Video)
Speaker: Lawrence Rothenberg, University of Rochester (Slides) and (Environmental Groups: What Political Science Has to Offer - PDF)
Discussant: Daniel Diermeier, Northwestern |
| 12:15 |
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Lunch Break |
| 1:15 |
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The View from Economics (View Video)
Speaker: John W. Maxwell, Indiana University (Slides) and (The Economics of NGO Behavior in the Policy Life Cycle - PDF); Robert Brulle (Slides).
Discussant: Madhu Khanna, University of Illinois (Slides) |
| 2:15 |
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Break |
| Part III: How Do NGOs See Themselves? |
| 2:30 |
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Conflict-Oriented Corporate Campaigns (View Video)
Speakers: Lisa Krill, Rainforest Action Network (Slides)
Kert Davies, Greenpeace |
| 3:15 |
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Cooperation-Oriented Business Engagement (View Video)
Speakers: Gwen Ruta, Environmental Defense (Slides)
Matthew Banks, World Wildlife Fund (Slides) |
| 4:00 |
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Break |
| 4:15 |
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Linking NGO Presentations to the Academic Literature (View Video)
Speaker: Mayer Zald, University of Michigan |
| 5:00 |
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Close for the Day |
| 6:00 |
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Cocktails (Melange Restaurant) |
| 7:00 |
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Dinner (Melange Restaurant) |
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| Saturday, May 5 (Kuenzel Room, Michigan Union) |
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| 8:30 am |
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Registration and Breakfast |
| Part IV: Bringing NGOs and Corporations Together |
| 9:00 am |
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The View from the Corporate World (View Video)
Speakers: Scott Noesen, Dow Chemical (Slides)
Martin Zimmerman, University of Michigan
Steve Percy, former CEO, BP America (Slides) |
| 10:15 |
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Creating Intelligent Markets (View Video)
Speakers: Ben Cashore, Yale University (Slides-1) (Slides2)
David Driesen, Syracuse University (Slides)
Bill Shireman, CEO, The Future 500 (Slides) |
| 11:15 |
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Break |
| 11:45 |
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The Future Research Agenda (View Video)
Speaker: Aseem Prakash, University of Washington (Slides) and (NGO Research Program: A Collective Action Perspective -PDF)
Discussants: David Baron, Stanford University (Slides)
Oran Young, University of California, Santa Barbara |
| 1:00 |
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Lunch |
| 2:00 |
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Conclusion |
