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Plenary Session - BOP Protocol

_DTE Admin — Tue, 12 Apr 2005 09:59:44 -0500

Talk Title:
Toward a Base of the Pyramid Protocol

Date of talk or publication:
Tues, December 14, 2004

Speaker Name / Title:
Stuart Hart / Scott Johnson

Description:

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.

Welcoming Remarks

_DTE Admin — Tue, 29 Mar 2005 10:34:44 -0500

Talk Title:
Welcoming Remarks

Date of talk or publication:
Sunday, December 12, 2004

Speaker Name / Title:
Scott Shuster, Jonathan Lash, C.K. Prahalad

Description:

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.

A Perspective from the Telecommunications Sector

_Jacob Kramer-Duffield — Tue, 29 Mar 2005 10:32:12 -0500

Session Title:
Conference Keynote Address

Talk Title:
A Perspective from the Telecommunications Sector

Date of talk or publication:
Monday, December 13, 2004

Speaker Name / Title:
Arun Sarin, Charlotte Grezo

Organization:
Vodafone

Description:

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.

Building a Foundation at the Bottom of the Pyramid: Access Innovation and Growth

_DTE Admin — Tue, 29 Mar 2005 10:30:10 -0500

Talk Title:
Building a Foundation at the Bottom of the Pyramid: Access Innovation and Growth

Date of talk or publication:
Sunday, December 12, 2004

Speaker Name / Title:
Christopher Rodrigues, President and Chief Executive Officer

Organization:
Visa

Description:

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.

Petroleum, Profits and Poverty – A Changing Philosophy of Community Engagement

_DTE Admin — Tue, 29 Mar 2005 10:19:19 -0500

Talk Title:
Petroleum, Profits and Poverty – A Changing Philosophy of Community Engagement

Date of talk or publication:
Monday, December 13, 2004

Speaker Name / Title:
Peter J. Robertson, Vice Chairman of the Board

Organization:
ChevronTexaco

Description:

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

_DTE Admin — Tue, 29 Mar 2005 10:04:13 -0500

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

Date of talk or publication:
Monday, December 13, 2004

Speaker Name / Title:
C.K. Prahalad, Yogesh C. Deveshwar, Nachiket Mor, Ph.D.

Description:

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

Whither Technology? Probing the Bleeding Edge of Technology and its Applications in the Service of Business Engagement with Low-

_Jacob Kramer-Duffield — Tue, 29 Mar 2005 09:57:32 -0500

Talk Title:
Whither Technology? Probing the Bleeding Edge of Technology and its Applications in the Service of Business Engagement with Low-

Date of talk or publication:
Tuesday, December 14, 2004

Speaker Name / Title:
Craig Mundie, Senior Vice President and Chief Technical Officer of Advanced Strategies and Policy

Organization:
Microsoft

Description:

The Private Sector as the Enabler for the Public Sector Agenda

_DTE Admin — Tue, 29 Mar 2005 09:26:49 -0500

Talk Title:
The Private Sector as the Enabler for the Public Sector Agenda

Date of talk or publication:
Tuesday, December 14, 2004

Speaker Name / Title:
Herman Mulder, Senior Executive Vice President and Co-Head of Group Risk Management

Organization:
ABN AMRO

Governments as Enablers of Private Sector Solutions

_Jacob Kramer-Duffield — Mon, 28 Mar 2005 16:53:39 -0500

Talk Title:
Governments as Enablers of Private Sector Solutions

Date of talk or publication:
Monday, December 13, 2004

Speaker Name / Title:
Alan Larson, Mark Malloch Brown, His Excellency Dipak Patel

Description:

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

Values-Based Guidelines: Building the Case for “BOP Principles”

_DTE Admin — Mon, 28 Mar 2005 16:31:39 -0500

Talk Title:
Values-Based Guidelines: Building the Case for “BOP Principles”

Speaker Name / Title:
Jim Harmon, Chairman

Organization:
World Resources Institute