Monday, September 24

6:00pm – 8:00pm – Welcome dinner 

Luke – 333 St. Charles, New Orleans

Tuesday, September 25 

8:00am – 5pm – B Academics Roundtable

Intercontinental Hotel New Orleans, 444 St Charles Ave, New Orleans

8:00 – 8:30 am – Registration and Breakfast

• Registration is in the Lasalle Prefunction area
  • Registration is open 7:30am – 1pm
  • For those registered for the B Corp Champions Retreat, you can pick up your Retreat registration at the same in the same location
• Breakfast is in the Pelican Pre-Function area
• See last page for a floorplan of the hotel

8:30 – 9:00 am Opening Remarks

• Welcome – Jessica Thomas, NC State University (Co-chair, Events Working Group) & Emily Medley, University of Tennessee (Co-chair, Events Working Group)
• Welcome from sponsor and local host – Vanessa Hill, University of Louisiana at Lafayette (Events Working Group)
• Welcome from sponsor IDRC – Mary-ann Cooper, Academia B (Events Working Group)
• Launch of B Academic Website – Summer Brown, DePaul University (Chair, Information Sharing Platform Working Group)

9:00 – 10:00 am  Collaboration with B Lab

• Facilitator: Emily Medley, University of Tennessee (B Local & B Lab Working Group)
• Speakers:
  • Dan Osusky, Director of Standards, B Lab
  • Michael Brown, Researcher, The Wharton Social Impact Initiative (virtually)

10:00 – 10:30 am: Break

10:30 – 12:30 pm: Research Presentations and Discussion

• Facilitators: Garima Sharma, University of New Mexico (Co-chair, Research Working Group) & Joel Gehman, George Washington University (Co-chair, Research Working Group)
  • Speakers:
  • Keynote (20 mins): Chris Marquis — Samuel C. Johnson Professor in Sustainable Global Enterprise and professor of management at the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management

Title: A new capitalism: Creating the best companies in–and for–the world

• Paper Presentations (10 mins each)
  • Maira Ruggi, UTFPR – Federal Technological University of Paraná (Co-author: Thiago Cavalcante Nascimento)

Paper Title: Reasons that lead B Corps to innovate

• Maria Ballesteros-Sola, California State University – Channel Islands

(Co-authors: Marta Mas Machuca; Ramon Bastida)

Paper Title: Comparing financial and social performance across US and European certified B Corps

• Kevin McDermott, Wilfrid Laurier University

Paper Title: The prosocial crowdfunding advantage: Assessing the efficacy of B Corp Kickstarter.com campaigns

• Kendall Park, Vanderbilt University

Paper Title: Mission expansion: How impact measurement shapes firm prosocial behavior

• Ivan Montiel, Baruch College

(Co-authors: Anne-Laure Winkler, and Florencio Portocarrero)

Paper Title: When human resources meet the natural environment: A careful look at the B Corporations world

• Research Sketch (5 mins each)
  • Garima Sharma, University of New Mexico

(Co-authors: ‘Alim Beveridge & Joel Gehman)

Paper Title: Practice change for social impact in an emerging field

• Remy Balarezo-Núñez, University of Piura, Peru

(Co-author: Ivan Montiel)

Paper Title: Bye bye B Corps: Why firms abandon sustainability certification

12:30 – 1:30 pm: Networking Lunch

• Pelican Pre-Function area
• See last page for a floorplan of the hotel

1:30 – 2:15 pm: Collaboration with the Benefit Corporation Bar Association (BCBA)

• Facilitator: Mark Starik, President, Always Be Sustaining (Chair, Partnership Working Group)
• Speaker:
  • Elizabeth K. Babson, Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP & Executive Director BCBA

2:15 – 2:45 pm: Break

2:45 – 4:00 pm: Curriculum Presentations and Discussions 

• Facilitator: Kristin Joys, University of Florida (Curriculum Development Working Group)
• Speakers:
  • Kristin Joys, University of Florida – “Teaching Innovation & Sustainability: Business doing Good”
  • Tammy Kowalczyk, Appalachian State University – “Assessing Sustainability in a Global Business Environment – Syllabus Overview” (virtually)
  • Jessica Thomas, NC State University – “Building a B Impact Team”
  • Ryan Honeyman & Tiffany Jana, co-authors of the B Corp Handbook v2 

4:00 – 5:00 pm – Strategic Planning Session

• Facilitators: Maria Ballesteros-Sola, California State University, Channel Islands (Co-chair, Planning Working Group) & Jessica Thomas, NC State University (Co-chair, Events Working Group)
  • Feedback on current vision, mission and strategic priorities.
  • Discussion of organizational structures and funding strategies.

5:00 pm – B Corp Champions Retreat Opening Reception

• The Sugar Mill (included in Roundtable registration)
• 1021 Convention Center Blvd, New Orleans

• Co-chair – Emily Medley, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
• Co-chair – Jessica Thomas, Poole College of Management, NC State University
• Maria Emilia Correa, Academia B
• Rosanna Garcia, University of Denver
• Joel Gehman, University of Alberta, Alberta School of Business
• Vanessa Hill, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
• Maira Ruggi, Federal Technological University of Paraná – UTFPR / ISAE Business School
• Maria Vizcarrondo, Cabrini University
• Fiona Wilson, Peter T. Paul College of Business & Economics, University of New Hampshire