Scott Johnson, Vice President- Global Environmental & Safety Actions, S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc and Stuart Hart, S.C. Johnson Chair of Sustainable Global Enterprise and Professor of Management, Johnson School of Management, Cornell University present on the Base of the Pyramid Protocol.

Is there a significant overlap between the needs of global companies for growth and the needs of the poor? If companies are to exploit this nexus on a large scale, how must perceptions and practices within companies change? What strategies can best guide companies through this unfamiliar terrain? These questions are central to the purposes of this conference. The conference begins with insights from a business strategist, responses from corporate leaders in two critical sectors, and a proposal for principles that can guide corporate engagements with low-income communities.

How significant is the opportunity at the Bottom Of the Pyramid--for
the private sector, and for the public good? What can global companies
do to explore and exploit that opportunity? Insights from corporate
leaders in two sectors central to development, and case studies in the
critical leadership decisions and strategies for initiating action.

Access to financial services is a cornerstone to the process of developing a stronger foundation for economic development in low-income communities. Visa’s experience with financial institutions, governments, and businesses suggests a pathway.

Global companies have unique capabilities and unique responsibilities.
How can we work together to create economic growth through community engagement?

Committing to the BOP: How we made the decision and how we implemented it

Governments play a key role. But what policies are most needed to
unlock entrepreneurship in developing countries? What steps can
multinational or bilateral agencies take to leverage private sector
investment and management skills within their programs? Why are such
policies critical to achieving the Millennium Development Goals?
Insights from the U.N. Commission on the Private Sector in Development

What has been learned? What critical insights have emerged? What accelerates the private sector role in development? A summation from many different perspectives.

How significant is the opportunity at the Bottom Of the Pyramid--for the private sector, and for the public good? What can global companies do to explore and exploit that opportunity? Insights from a corporate leader in the agricultural sector.

What has been learned? What critical insights have emerged? What accelerates the private sector role in development? A summation from many different perspectives.