MIT Innovations in Management Conference

Strategies for Sustainable Business Practice

Dec. 5-6, 2007

DAY 1

Welcome and Introduction:
Karl Koster, Director, MIT Office of Corporate Relations/Industrial Liaison Program

Opening Remarks:
David Schmittlein, John C Head III Dean, MIT Sloan School of Management

SESSION I: BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

Opportunities in Energy

John Sterman
Jay W. Forrester Professor of Management
Director of MIT's System Dynamics Group
MIT Sloan School of Management
Energy for a Sustainable World (PDF)

Emanuel M. Sachs
Fred Fort Flowers ’41 and Daniel Fort Flowers ’41 Professor of Engineering
MIT Laboratory for Manufacturing and Productivity

Opportunities in Supply Chain Management

Richard M. Locke
Alvin J. Siteman Professor of Entrepreneurship and Political Science
MIT Sloan School of Management
Improving Labor Standards in a Global Supply Chain: Lessons from Nike (PDF)

Charles H. Fine
Chrysler Leaders for Manufacturing Professor of Management and Engineering Systems
Co-Director of the International Motor Vehicle Program
MIT Sloan School of Management
Roadmapping the Supply Chain for Lightweight Vehicles in India (PDF)

Peter Senge
Senior Lecturer
Chairman, Society for Organizational Learning
MIT Sloan School of Management

Opportunities in Infrastructure and the Built Environment

Sarah Slaughter
Senior Lecturer, Behavioral and Policy Sciences
MIT Sloan School of Management
Opportunities for Sustainable Infrastructure and the Built Environment (PDF)

David H. Marks
Morton (1942) and Claire Goulder Family Professor of Civil and Environmental Endgineering and Engineering Systems
Co-Director, Laboratory for Energy and the Environment
Opportunities In Water Services and Infrastructure (PDF)

John E. Fernandez
Associate Professor of Architecture and Building Techology
Class of 1957 Career Development Professor
MIT Department of Architecture
Opportunities In Water Services and Infrastructure (PDF)

Lunch

Welcome and Introduction
Steven D. Eppinger, Deputy Dean, MIT Sloan School of Mangement
General Motors Professor of Management Science and Engineering Systems

Climate Change: Citi's Initiatives Around Carbon Risks and Opportunities
John Clapp, Director, Power Industry Specialist
Global Power
Citigroup Corporate and Investment Bank

SESSION II: CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS

Concurrent Workshops in Opportunities in Supply Chain, Energy, and Infrastructure

SESSION III: GENERAL SESSION

Session Reports

Getting There from Here: Sustainable Solutions for Transportation

John Sterman
Jay W. Forrester Professor of Management
Director of MIT's System Dynamics Group
MIT Sloan School of Management
Creating an Ecologically and Economically Sustainable Transportation System (PDF)

Donald R. Sadoway
John F Elliott Professor of Metallurgy
Margaret MacVicar Faculty Fellow
MIT Department of Materials Science and Engineering
New Horizons in Electrochemical Energy Storage (PDF)

DAY 2

Opening Remarks:
Richard M. Locke, Alvin J. Siteman Professor of Entrepreneurship and Political Science, MIT Sloan School of Management

SESSION IV: MOBILIZING THE ORGANIZATION

Strategy and Sustainability

Rebecca M. Henderson
Eastman Kodak LFM Professor of Management
MIT Sloan School of Management
Strategy & Sustainability (PDF)

Strategy and Sustainability: Panel Discussion

Wayne Balta
Vice President, Corporate Affairs and Public Safety
IBM Corporation

Mark Buckley
VP Environmental Affairs
Staples
Strategies for Sustainable Business Practices (PDF)

Kevin Moss
Head of Corporate Social Responsibility
BT Global Services
Implementing Sustainable Strategies (PDF)

Moderator: Peter Senge
Senior Lecturer
Chairman, Society for Organizational Learning
MIT Sloan School of Management

Sustainability at MIT Sloan