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Past WDI Conferences


Business with Four Billion: Creating Mutual Value at the Base of the Pyramid
September 9-11, 2007
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Research at the Base of the Pyramid "Developing a New Perspective"
May 18-20, 2006
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To share the latest experiences and knowledge, we also organize and host major practitioner and research conferences. In these events, we bring together the leading experts, including those working and living at the BoP. We aim to address the most intriguing and timely issues facing organizations and individuals interested in applying business strategies to address poverty alleviation.

 Announcements

oikos Global Case Writing Competition

The Call for Cases 2009 oikos and Ashoka join forces to promote the creation of high quality teaching cases on Corporate Sustainability (sponsored by oikos) and Social Entrepreneurship (sponsored by Ashoka). The competition welcomes entries from all parts of the world. Submitted case studies should be suitable for use in management education and should be related to managerial issues faced by organizations and individuals.

Application deadline is November 30, 2008. Click here for more information.

WDI Events

Base of the Pyramid Discussion Series
Eradicating Poverty Through Profit: Making Business Work for the Poor
Date: Fall 2008
William Davidson Institute - Seminar Room
WDI's Base of the Pyramid Initiative at the University
of Michigan has organized a monthly lunch series centered on innovative business solutions to poverty alleviation. The BOP Initiative has joined forces with the Emerging Markets and Net Impact Clubs at the Ross School of Business to conduct monthly BOP lunches. Hosted by the William Davidson Institute, the goals of the lunch series are to share the most recent thinking on BOP opportunities and challenges and to build and    support a community of students interested in BOP issues.  Guest speakers at previous meetings include Jesse Moore of Care Canada and Patrick Donohue of Brinq. 
 
Please Contact Blair Miller:  blairem@umichedu
regarding attendance or further information.
 

Global Events 
Base of the Pyramid Events (Non-WDI)
Eradicating Poverty Through Profit: Making Business Work for the Poor
The international conference on “Development through Innovative Business Cases” will take place on September 18th in Berlin, Germany. The venue will bring together representatives from business, scientists, NGOs, government and development experts. The conference is organized by German Technical Cooperation on behalf of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, click here for more information.


The international conference on Sustainable Innovations at the Base of the Pyramid will take place on the 26-27 September 2008 in Helsinki, Finland. 

The conference is targeted to academics, businesses and entrepreneurs, policy makers and NGOs. The conference will address technological, social, and business innovations in the context of social and ecological sustainability. The speakers include international experts of BOP business from academia, NGOs, the public sector and companies such as Nokia, GrameenPhone, Phillips Design and Vestergaard-Frandsen. In addition, there will be interactive workshops on current themes on sustainability and innovations at the BOP. The conference will coincide with the publication of the book ”Sustainability Challenges and Solutions at the Base of the Pyramid: Business, Technology and the Poor”, edited by Prabhu Kandachar and Minna Halme and published by Greenleaf. Click here for more information.
 
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