Below is the agenda for The Student Conference for Corporate Responsibility, co-hosted by The Dwight Hall Socially Responsible Investment Fund at Yale University and The Intentional Endowments Network.
Day One: April 13th, 2019
9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Registration
10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Conference Welcome
- Gabriel Malek, Co-Chair of the Board, Dwight Hall SRI Fund
- Katrina White, Co-Chair of the Board, Dwight Hall SRI Fund
- Nicole Torrico, Program Manager, Intentional Endowments Network
11:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. Keynote Speaker
- Shelley Alpern, Director of Corporate Engagement for the Reproductive Health Investors Alliance
11:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Network Updates
- Peter Crumlish, Executive Director, Dwight Hall
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Lunch Break
1:00 p.m. - 1:40 p.m. Introduction to Shareholder Rights
- Sanford Lewis, Director and Founder, Shareholder Rights Group
- Colleen Orr, US Policy Analyst, Principles for Responsible Investment
- Rachel Curley, Democracy Associate, Public Citizen
1:40 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Q&A & Discussion
2:00 p.m. - 2:40 p.m. Hot Topics in Investor Activism
- Thomas Collin-Lefebvre, Strategy Research Assistant, Access to Medicine
- Eric Darrisaw, Racial Equity, Economics, Finance, and Sustainability, Steering Committee
- Nicole Pinko, Union of Concerned Scientists
- Henrik Jeppesen, Carbon Tracker
2:40 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Q&A & Discussion
3:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Network Updates
- Nicole Torrico, Program Manager, Intentional Endowments Network
3:15 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Networking Break
4:00 p.m. - 4:40 p.m. Engagement Among Asset Managers
- Julie Goodridge, CEO, Northstar Asset Management
- Sean Wright, Morgan Stanley Global Sustainable Finance
- Lisa Hayles, Institutional Investor Services, Boston Common Asset Management
- Paul Hilton, Partner, Trillium Asset Management
4:40 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Q&A & Discussion
5:00 p.m. - 5:40 p.m. A Conversation on Student-Managed SRI Funds
- Cary Krosinsky, Lecturer, Sustainable Finance, Yale School of Management
- Gabriel Malek, Co-Chair of the Board, Dwight Hall SRI Fund
- Katrina White, Co-Chair of the Board, Dwight Hall SRI Fund
5:40 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Q&A
6:00 p.m. - 6:45 p.m. Keynote Speaker
- Josh Humphreys, President, Croatan Institute
6:45 - 7:00 p.m. Closing Remarks
- Gabriel Malek, Co-Chair of the Board, Dwight Hall SRI Fund
- Katrina White, Co-Chair of the Board, Dwight Hall SRI Fund
Day Two: April 14th, 2019
9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Introductions & Action Learning
10:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. Small Group Discussion
10:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Table Debriefs and Next Steps
11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Lunch
11:30 a.m. - 11:40 a.m. Set Up Shareholder Engagement Discussion
11:40 a.m. - 12:10 p.m. Small Group Discussion
12:10 p.m. - 12:20 p.m. Report Bank & Set-Up Coordinating Engagement Efforts Discussion
12:20 p.m. - 12:50 p.m. Full Group Discussion
12:50 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Next Steps and Closing