BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//B Academics - ECPv6.18.2//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:B Academics X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://bacademics.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for B Academics REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:UTC DTSTART:20250101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20270314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20271107T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20261023T110000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20261023T140000 DTSTAMP:20261012T233543Z CREATED:20260909T173900Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261012T233543Z UID:7731-1792753200-1792764000@bacademics.org SUMMARY:B Academics Teaching Roundtable 2026 DESCRIPTION:The B Academics Teaching Roundtable is back!\n\n\n\nThis October\, join us for our 2026 Teaching Roundtable\, a virtual event that invites educators and practitioners alike to share how they are navigating the importance and value of business sustainability education. This year’s theme\, “A Roadmap for Leveraging the Power of Purpose in Business and Beyond\,” will center how organizations can influence industry and encourage growth by developing systems that integrate purposeful\, ethical\, stakeholder-focused policies. From investing your organization’s time into understanding the new B Lab Standards\, to evaluating and overcoming the systemic obstacles of developing stakeholder-oriented business\, there’s real value in business for good – and we can’t wait to break it all down. \n\n\n\nWe are thrilled to announce that Eric Ries\, entrepreneur and New York Times best-selling author of The Lean Startup\, will be joining us as our keynote speaker! He’ll be bringing years of industry insights and valuable perspective on how to ensure sustainability-centered businesses can actually keep sustainability at the center\, regardless of success. Check out his latest book Incorruptible: Why Good Companies Go Bad… and How Great Companies Stay Great and follow @ericriesactual on Instagram! \n\n\n\nWhen? Friday\, October 23rd \n\n\n\nWhere? Virtual \n\n\n\nWhat time? 11AM-2PM EST \n\n\n\nWho should attend? Faculty\, Students\, Staff\, B Corp representatives\, aspiring B corps\, community members\, B Lab employees and anyone interested! \n\n\n\nAgenda\n\n\n\n11:00am – 11:10am Introduction & Welcome\nReflecting on Our History: 10 Years in Action w/ B Academics President\, Summer Brown \n\n\n\n\n11:10am – 11:35am B Corp Movement Trends & Insights Mini-Keynote\nFeaturing Ryan Honeyman\, founding partner of LIFT Economy and coauthor of The B Corp Handbook! \n\n\n\nWe’re kicking things off with a mini-keynote that dives right into the heart of the current B Corp Movement\, from upcoming trends to relevant community insights. This year’s theme aims to consider how B Corp Movement trends\, changes\, and growth impact the needs of growing businesses #ForGood. And we couldn’t think of anyone better to lead this conversation than Ryan\, who isthe host of Beyond the B and author of The B Corp Handbook! \n\n\n\nRyan is a renowned name in the B Corp community for his work as a committed consultant and a curious advocate for the B Movement. As the host of the Beyond the B podcast\, Ryan regularly sits down with B Corp leaders that are making waves and doing what we all aim to do – prove that business can\, and should\, work for everyone. His expertise will shine a light on the themes that matter most as we navigate the B Corp V2 Standards landscape\, and will set the tone for the Teaching Roundtable’s roadmap. \n\n\n\n\n11:35am – 12:00pm The New B Lab Standards Mini-Keynote\nFeaturing Erik Kivimäki\, Director of Certification Program Development at B Lab! \n\n\n\nWhat do I need to know to teach the new B Lab Standards? What lessons can we take away from the certification standards overhaul? And how can we adapt as academics and practitioners to making the V2 standards work for our organizations? There’s a lot of questions that come up simply at the mention of the B Lab certification standards’ 2025 update\, and we’re digging right into them with this mini keynote featuring Erik\, a leading mind behind B Lab’s program development. \n\n\n\nErik brings almost twelve years of experience as a trailblazer at B Lab to this talk\, but it gets more personal than that – he played a leading role in the development\, launch\, and continuing management of Version 2 of the B Corporation Certification Program. This keynote will give attendees insight on the new standards from the B Lab lens\, and advise upon how to integrate the new standards into lessons\, education\, and workplace practice\, and we can’t wait to hear Erik’s fresh perspective. \n\n\n\n\n12:00pm – 1:00pm Keynote Presentation featuring Eric Ries\nFor our featured keynote presentation at the Teaching Roundtable 2026\, B Academics is thrilled to welcome serial entrepreneur and New York Times bestselling author of The Lean Startup\, The Startup Way\, and Incorruptible\, Eric Ries! Drawing on two decades of work with founders\, CEOs\, and investors\, Eric Ries reveals the forces that make companies vulnerable to destruction from within and without. Then he offers solutions that safeguard against them for the long-term. \n\n\n\nAs a sought-after business speaker and the originator of the Lean Startup Methodology\, Ries is bringing expert insight on the relevance of the B Corp Movement and business for good to our virtual gathering as one of the final stops of the Incorruptible tour. Attendees can expect a dynamic keynote presentation focused on how to balance profit with the uplifting of mankind\, and how building a resilient organization goes hand-in-hand with building an ethical organization\, followed by a Q&A led by the B Academics Teaching Committee. \n\n\n\nLearn more about our featured speaker here\, and check out Ries’ newest title wherever you buy books – Incorruptible: Why Good Companies Go Bad… and How Great Companies Stay Great! \n\n\n\n\n1:00pm – 1:55pm Experiential Learning Panel\nFeaturing Charlotte B Corp Collective board member and founder of Fortuna Money Jen Bower as our moderator\, and experts on the value of experiential learning from the lens of both academic and practitioner methodologies\, including: \n\n\n\n\nKelley Ellis\, Associate Dean of Student Affairs at Drake University\n\n\n\nNima Farshchi\, Executive Director of the Office of Experiential Learning at the University of Maryland\n\n\n\nAbraham Chen\, Executive Director of B Local San Diego\n\n\n\nMaría Ballesteros-Sola\, Associate Professor of Management at California State University Channel Islands\n\n\n\n\nThis panel will be a standout for academics or institutions looking for guidance on experiential learning integration in the classroom and beyond. We’re looking forward to highlighting what successes our panelists have seen in their experiential experiences\, and dissecting where they may be opportunities for growth as programs expand their impact. Tune in to get real insight on the value of learning through action\, and check out B Academics’ experiential learning opportunities here! \n\n\n\n\n1:55pm – 2:00pm Closing Remarks\nLooking to the Future and our Call to Action w/ B Academics Executive Director\, Jessica Yinka Thomas \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nPlanning Committee\n\n\n\n\nKristin Joys\, University of Florida\n\n\n\nSaheli Nath\, University of Central Oklahoma\n\n\n\nAllen Gunderson\, Greater Victoria School District\n\n\n\nAvi Mayerhoff\, University of Illinois Chicago\n\n\n\nNima Farshchi\, University of Maryland\n\n\n\nJessica Yinka Thomas\, NC State University\n\n\n\nRachel Haynes\, NC State University\n\n\n\nRayna Phillips\, NC State University URL:https://bacademics.org/event/b-academics-teaching-roundtable-2026/ CATEGORIES:Event,Roundtable ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://bacademics.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Teaching-Roundtable-2026-3.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261110T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261110T120000 DTSTAMP:20260217T042314Z CREATED:20260217T042312Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260217T042314Z UID:7247-1794308400-1794312000@bacademics.org SUMMARY:Q4 2026 B Academics Research Committee Meeting DESCRIPTION:We invite members to join our quarterly research committee meeting!\n\n\n\nReach out to our Chair of Research\, Emily Landry (research@bacademics.org) if you have any questions! \n\n\n\n \n\n\n Access the Meeting Information Here\n\n\n Become a Member URL:https://bacademics.org/event/q4-2026-b-academics-research-committee-meeting/ CATEGORIES:Committee Meeting ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://bacademics.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/IMAGES-MARCH-2022-NEWSLETTER-BA-768-x-432-px.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20261201T110000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20261201T120000 DTSTAMP:20261010T234342Z CREATED:20260910T190556Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261010T234342Z UID:7742-1796122800-1796126400@bacademics.org SUMMARY:B Academics 10 Year Anniversary Celebration DESCRIPTION:Join us for the B Academics 10 Year Anniversary Celebration – a virtual gathering for all of our friends\, family\, and peers from around the world to celebrate the history\, mission\, and accomplishments of B Academics’ first decade in impact. Stay tuned for registration updates and featured hosts! \n\n\n\nFeaturing remarks and reflections from B Academics leadership\, including: \n\n\n\n\nExecutive Director & Past President Jessica Yinka Thomas\,\n\n\n\nPresident & Board Chair Summer Brown\,\n\n\n\nand Vice President Joel Gehman!\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\nLoading... URL:https://bacademics.org/event/b-academics-10-year-anniversary-celebration/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://bacademics.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/10-Year-Anniversary-Celebration.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261105T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261105T130000 DTSTAMP:20261006T161128Z CREATED:20261005T170723Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261006T161128Z UID:7870-1793880000-1793883600@bacademics.org SUMMARY:Chat with the Board Series: Careers with Purpose DESCRIPTION:Join us for a fireside chat on finding and flourishing in sustainability roles!\n\n\n\nFor the final installment of our 2026 Chat with the Board Series\, B Academics is hosting an authentic\, optimistic conversation about the opportunities that exist in the working world of sustainability. We are thrilled to welcome Katie Kross (Instructor and Managing Director of the Center for Energy\, Development\, and the Global Environment at Duke University) and Avi Mayerhoff (Director of Innovation at the University of Illinois Chicago)\, who will dive into topics including: \n\n\n\n\nHow to walk the walk of a sustainability professional\,\n\n\n\nhow to create sustainability opportunities in any business role\,\n\n\n\nindustry-leading skills that will define future roles\,\n\n\n\nand advice for students seeking a real entry point.\n\n\n\n\nRegistration for this Chat with the Board series is completely free and open to the public! Don’t miss this opportunity for industry-leading insight from two of academia’s brightest B advocates on November 5th at 12:00PM ET. URL:https://bacademics.org/event/chat-with-the-board-series-careers-with-purpose/ CATEGORIES:Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://bacademics.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Q3-Chat-w-the-Board.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR