Student Conference for Corporate Responsibility Agenda

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

 

 

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