Event Calendar
The Aspen Institute's Center for Business Education holds many events each year. They build a bond between business leaders and those interested in ways the business sector can create a sustainable global society. The Institute creates opportunities for executives and educators to explore new pathways to sustainability and values-based leadership with activities that range from local seminars to international events. We also have listings of events our partners are having.
If you would like to have your event listed or for additional information on
the events listed , please email info@aspencbe.org
Upcoming Events
May 21 , 2008
Web-Conference: MBA Curriculum Reform in the Finance Discipline
The Aspen Institute Center for Business Education Web-Conference Series is hosting its 2nd online web-confernece on May 21, 2008, from 1pm-2pm EST. Email Alex.Roberts@aspeninstitute.org to RSVP or for inquiries.
Featured professor John Becker-Blease, Associate Professor of Finance, Washington State University, Vancouver, will be discussing WSU's recently revamped core MBA Finance Course, re-examining the role of stakeholders in corporate finance. The new course (a) covers a traditional slate of topics present in most corporate finance courses, (b) formally introduces students to the stakeholder and shareholder primacy models of the corporate objective function, and (c) demonstrates how understanding each perspective can improve their effectiveness as decision-makers. . Although training and disciplinary bias may incline some finance faculty toward a shareholder perspective of the firm, careful consideration reveals that a much more explicit treatment of all stakeholders is necessary to achieving any corporate objective, whether it focuses on the shareholders or the stakeholders.
The new finance course is a piece of the innovative work being done as part of Aspen Institute CBE 's Corporate Governance and Accountability Project .
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Spring, 2008
The Re-Launch of CasePlace.org
After launching the Center for Business Education website in late 2007 to house all of Aspen BSP's business education resources and re-launching Beyond Grey Pinstripes in November 2007, the Aspen Institute Business and Society Program is anticipating the re-launch of a brand new and improved CasePalce.org. CasePlace.org is currently a leader in providing MBA faculty with new and cutting edge teaching materials, including over 1000 cases from top publishers such as HBSP and ecch, and over 1500 supporting materials such as webcasts, journal articles, research papers and course syllabi. The new CasePlace.org will feature a simpler and more aesthetically pleasing design and, most importantly, make it easier than ever for faculty, practitioners, and students to find high quality resources.
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July, 2008
Green Technology Entrepreneurship Academy
The second annual Green Technology Entrepreneurship Academy presented by the UC Davis Center for Entrepreneurship will take place July 7 - 11, 2008 at the Tahoe Center for Environmental Sciences (TCES) in Incline Village, Nevada. At the Academy, science and engineering doctoral students, post-docs and research faculty spend a week learning to recognize and identify the market potential of their research in green technology and environmental health sciences.
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Recent Events
April 25, 2008
The 2008 JP Morgan Case Competition
The 2008 competition is being held in April 2008, and is culminating with a the Final Round on April 25, 2008 at the Ritz Carlton, Battery Park, in New York City. You can find more information on the event here.
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April 29, 2008
Web-Conference: MBA Curriculum Reform in the Accounting Discipline
The Aspen Institute Center for Business Education Web-Conference Series is hosting its inaugural online web-confernece on April 29th, 2008, from 1pm-2pm EST. Email Alex.Roberts@aspeninstitute.org to RSVP or for inquiries.
Featured professor Jane Cote, Associate Professor of Accounting, Washington State University, Vancouver, will be discussing WSU's recently revamped core MBA Accounting Course, “ Accounting Measurement for Leaders ”, which explores how accounting information impacts not only strategic decision makers but also a firm's stakeholders. The new course examines how accounting information impacts not only strategic decision makers but also a firm's stakeholders. In the face of endless possible data collection, it is essential to assess what should be measured in order to assess performance and progress toward strategic goals, and most fundamentally, to look deeply at what we need to know about the credibility and implicit assumptions in the process of measurement itself.
The course, “ Accounting Measurement for Leaders ” is a piece of the innovative work being done as part of Aspen Institute CBE 's Corporate Governance and Accountability Project .
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November 16th, 2007
The Beyond Grey Pinstripes award ceremony:
Center for Business Education Awards Ceremony
Ernst & Young, 5 Times Square
New York, New York
The Aspen Institute's Center for Business Education celebrated its 2007 Beyond Grey Pinstripes schools, Faculty Pioneer Awards and Dissertation Proposal Awards at the Ernst and Young offices in New York City on November 16th. Beyond Grey Pinstripes, the Aspen Institute's CBE's biennial survey and ranking of business schools, spotlights innovative full-time MBA programs and faculty that lead the way in integrating issues of social and environmental stewardship into business school curricula and research. The Faculty Pioneer Awards recognize exceptional faculty that are leaders in integrating social and environmental issues into their research and teaching both on as well as off campus. The inaugural Dissertation Proposal Awards was established to encourage and recognize students showing interest in social and environmental impact management while in their Ph.D. programs.
The event was a success, and you can more about it here.